Ecological destruction in human-dominated landscapes has significant impacts on environment sustainability internationally. Landscape planning can play a role in mitigating the effects of human-related activities. One element of landscape planning involves the analysis of the biological, spatial and social arrangement of areas in an urban environment and identifying characteristics that are und...

the aim of this study is to design an appropriate organizational culture for the military and police organizations. the main research question is that what is native model of recognition and management of organizational culture for the military and police? in order to achieve an accurate and definitive model to investigate the above question the first step is to review the existing models in th...

Fostering team innovation is increasingly an important leadership function. However, the empirical evidence for the role of transformational leadership in engendering team innovation is scarce and mixed. To address this issue, the authors link transformational leadership theory to principles of M. A. West's (1990) team climate theory and propose an integrated model for the relationship between ...

There is no clear-cut definition of Operational Excellence (OPEX) in theory or practice. Especially the inflationary use of the term for almost every launched improvement activity rather obscured than clarified its meaning. In some companies it has been used synonymously for cost-cutting, in others similar to Six Sigma or lean production. This chapter explains our understanding of, and our phil...

The current shortfall in effectiveness within conservation biology is illustrated by increasing interest in “evidence-based conservation,” whose proponents have identified the need to benchmark conservation initiatives against actions that lead to proven positive effects. The effectiveness of conservation policies, approaches, and evaluation is under increasing scrutiny, and in these areas mode...

The notion of “Software Excellence”, i.e., excellence in all aspects of the creation and application of software in the general organizational context, has been modeled in this paper after the European Quality Model. The logic of the model is that in any Software Producing Unit (SPU), Leadership driving Policy & Strategy, SPU People Management, End-user Management, Resource Management and Proce...

The current shortfall in effectiveness within conservation biology is illustrated by increasing interest in "evidence-based conservation," whose proponents have identified the need to benchmark conservation initiatives against actions that lead to proven positive effects. The effectiveness of conservation policies, approaches, and evaluation is under increasing scrutiny, and in these areas mode...

the main aim of this study is to recognize and prioritize the effective factors of a sme’s excellence. the research population consists of experts or activists in ceramic and tile industry selected via purposeful conjecture based on judgmental sampling .the required data of this study were collected by two methods of library studies and survey studies.  in order to identify strengths and weakne...

Based on the King Abdullah Quality Award (KAQA) excellence model, this study seeks to understand management leadership's role in supporting quality and excellence. The applied Saudi Electricity Company, estimated have (33957) employees all Arabian branches (KSA). current used a constructed questionnaire with 32 items spanning six dimensions. first dimension assesses determining company's strate...