The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of knowledge based economy, in this time characterized by fast changes and sometimes radical changes, it is impossible to resist without adapting, both people and the organizations too. The matter of the paper develops knowledge based economy concept: elements, definitions of the knowledge based economy, stages and the main knowledge codifica...

Knowledge-based organizations base their competitiveness on knowledge and specific knowledge-related capabilities. The nature of knowledge is an important determinant enhancing understanding of firm behaviour and related organizing. In knowledge-based view of the firm trust is implicit. In this paper the role and nature of trust in knowledge-based organization is explored. Knowledge-based view ...

We suggest that simulation-based training (SBT) offers many advantages as an approach for management education, and in an effort to guide and encourage its appropriate use, we provide several practical guidelines regarding how best to implement simulationbased training in the classroom. Our hope is that these guidelines will increase the use of high-quality SBT interventions in management educa...

The development team chosen for this pilot is responsible for a widely-used mainframe software product called CA SYSVIEW® Performance Management, an intuitive tool for proactive management and real-time monitoring of z/OS environments. By analyzing a vast array of performance metrics, CA SYSVIEW can help organizations identify and resolve problems quickly. Companies are highly dependent on the ...

Business process management systems (BPMS) are used in many organizations to reduce their routine business and administrative work. This paper focuses on the agent-based solutions for the business process management. The purpose of the paper is to describe the key concepts of the agentbased system design and to point out the main differences between agent-based and centralized BP management app...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are considered today as a factor, which will transform and shape society profoundly in the future, by bringing solutions to a number of societal problems such as the stagnation of economic activities, threats to the environment and the lack of good healthcare and education for large parts of the world’s population. This rapid change and developme...

This report presents a model of social structures in multi-agent systems based on organizational concepts such as groups and roles. We argue that, given the basic description model of agent systems, a structural model guiding design of agents organizations can be elaborated. We show that such a model can be defined without expliciting agents architectures or communication formalisms. We also sh...

Two separate qualitative research studies are designed to gain an insight into the practice of knowledge management and marketing in the engineering and biotechnology industries. The findings show that the engineering industry is practicing knowledge management to varying degrees. The biotechnology industry clearly differentiates between data, information and knowledge. With the new knowledge g...

In this paper we explore the relationship between selforganization of multiagent systems and adjustable autonomy in intelligent agents. To discuss multiagent organizations, we introduce the Framework for selfOrganization and Robustness in Multiagent systems (FORM). This framework uses delegation as the central concept to define organizational relationships in taskassignment multiagent systems. ...

Different organizations have different backgrounds of culture and knowledge which might lead to potential conflicts in the modern interorganizational workflow. Another fact in this research area is that each organization wants to keep some parts of its local workflow secret to other organizations. Considering the above features, this thesis proposes an approach of modeling the selfcentered inte...