Networked organizations are becoming a trend particularly for globalization strategies. The organization's resources and capabilities are extended by a network of suppliers, customers and partners. Internal and external relationships have to be connected with the organization by means of effective communication media and synergistic work processes. To sustain their competitive advantage, networ...

All organizations learn, whether they consciously choose to or not-it is a fundamental requirement for their sustained existence. Some firms deliberately advance organizational learning, developing capabilities that are consistent with their objectives; others make no focused effort and, therefore, acquire habits that are counterproductive. Nonetheless, all organizations learn. But what does it...

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between organizational learning and readiness for change in the staff of Physical Education departments of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces. Number of 161 employees from all employees of Physical Education Offices of Golestan, Mazandaran and Guilan province were considered as the sample (all numbers). Research tools were two questi...

stress, as an inevitable and indispensible reality of modern time, has a multitude of positive and negative effects on the physical and psychological health of man and survival and development of organizations. therefore, the precise and timely identification of stressors and a readiness to prevent and cope with them is a great task of men and organizations at the twenty- first century. with th...

In today’s highly dynamic and uncertain environment, peripheral vision is critical for organizational survival and prosperity. In accessing complex and ambiguous information, managers often resort to personal sources. While IT is found to improve the quality and quantity of information from well-structured databases and knowledge systems, its role in facilitating access of personal information ...

Genetically driven alterations in the complement of retinal photopigments are fundamental steps in the evolution of vision. We sought to determine how a newly added photopigment might impact vision by studying a transgenic mouse that expresses a human cone photopigment. Electroretinogram (ERG) measurements indicate that the added pigment works well, significantly changing spectral sensitivity w...

In order to enhance the active life of senior professionals, one fundamental challenge is to identify ways to assist promoting the role of elder people within the continuously ageing European society. This paper proposes a vision for establishing required support environment for communities of active senior professionals, and provision of fundamental ICT tools for senior professionals to contin...

H E a l t H c a r E l E a d E r s H i p r E v i s i t E d Strong leadership is critically important to organizations, regardless of the setting. researchers have defined leadership in many different ways, but it is often associated with risk taking, dynamic, creative, change, and vision (hughes, Ginnett, and curphy 1999). applying many of these same concepts, the healthcare Leadership alliance ...

A visioning exercise can bring a community together as people recognize their shared values and purposes, and articulate a shared vision of their community. The vision serves to lay out what the community should look like physically, socially and environmentally in 5, 10 or 20 years. A visioning exercise creates a sense of ownership in community residents to the extent that they want to see the...