aim and back ground: impulsivity and risky decision making is a core element of plenty of individual and social deficits. on the other hand, history of attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity has been reported in many people with these problem particularly addiction. decision making requires basic cognition function such as inhibition, working memory and attention. the aim of the current s...

Eurofound data shows that only 29% of employees in the European Union, Norway and United Kingdom participate work their organizations at a high level involvement: they making decisions have an impact on wider organization, individually or collectively, show personal initiative carrying out daily tasks. At time when many companies are facing serious crises (inflation, problems functioning supply...

despite a lot of efforts and investigations worldwide, dnr is still a controversial issue in many countries. in iran although significant achievements are reached in different fields; end of life care is hardly considered as a scientific necessity. development and implementation of clear policies for dnr orders is required to prevent futile prolongation of death, psychological stress to the pat...

Information system development (ISD) has long been treated as that process that system developers craft an artifact to support business operation based on their special expertise. However, a significant portion of projects still have failed because the developed outcome cannot fit users’ needs. An emerging internal service concept indicates that, by treating ISD as one type of service, the requ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential of Web 2.0 technologies for knowledge management and to explore how corporate governance models influence the adoption of Web 2.0 for organisational learning and knowledge exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a literature review to understand the phenomenon of Web 2.0. It introduces the opposing governance ...

Creative performance through participative video making is a means to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects, arousing the curiosity of learners and their audience. This paper focusses on the role of video creation artefacts as boundary objects stimulating reflection and deeper understanding. Based on this theory we explain how engaging students in ...

Why do innovation projects fail? The most common answers are (A) the implementation differs from what was planned; (B) despite positive expected payoffs, there is an ex-ante probability that payoff can be negative (risk). As a third option, we consider fallibility of individuals who evaluate using their limited information-processing capabilities (bounded rationality). Furthermore, compare over...

e-Democracy takes place at different levels, ranging from local to regional to state governments. It also takes different forms: voting, consultation, and the participation in the construction of the alternative course of actions. This paper is concerned with the use of information and communication technologies in participative e-democracy at community and local government levels. It postulate...

Public private partnerships (PPPs) have been widely adopted to provide essential social and economic infrastructure and services. However, there is currently no systematic mechanism governing how social concerns should be captured at different stages of a PPP project. This paper, therefore, advocates a rethinking of the pragmatic issues underpinning public engagement and suggests a process fram...

Cost-Benefit Analysis is a method to assess the effects of policies and projects on social welfare. CBAs are usually applied in a top-down approach, in the sense that a decision-making body first decides on which policies or projects are to be considered, and then applies a set of uniform criteria to identifying and valuing relevant cost and benefit flows. This paper investigates the possible a...