Organisational Supplying Behaviour: Understanding supplier needs, wants and preferences

From Organisational Structure to Organisational Behaviour Formalisation*

To understand how an organisational structure relates to organisational behaviour is an interesting fundamental challenge in the area of organisation modelling. Specifications of organisational structure usually have a diagrammatic form that abstracts from more detailed dynamics. Dynamic properties of agent systems, on the other hand, are often specified in the form of a set of logical formulae...

Consumer and organisational buyer behaviour

Preferences, needs and QALYs.

Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) have become a household word among health economists. Their use as a means of comparing the value of health programmes and medical interventions has stirred up controversy in the medical profession and the academic community. In this paper, I argue that QALY analysis does not adequately take into account the differentiated nature of the health state values it...

Ranking Needs Preferences of Iranian Seafarers

People are motivated according to their needs. These needs vary according to the time and based on various situations. Identifying and assessing human needs are the first and vital step in determining the amount of its impact on work and activity. According to these facts, the aim of this research is to identify the needs of the Iranian seafarers on board merchant ships. It also tries to spec...

Understanding and Transforming Organisational Culture

Since the introduction of computers, information systems and data have been repeatedly undermined by design flaws, weak passwords, lost media, social engineering and numerous other bad practices. These risks continue to grow with the increasing complexity and connectivity of modern business systems. But actions by people are not only the cause of incidents, they are also the means to prevent, d...