An important subset of multi-agent systems (MAS) are based on organizational models. These models try to define pre-defined intended agent interaction patterns. Given an application domain, however, the choice of a particular organizational model that better solves the problem is still an open problem. In order to guide this choice, a MAS developer must have the opportunity to test distinct org...

Excellence Synergic Index (ESI) is a new method for the excellence measurement. This technique is a causal method. ESI method was developed for studying the relations and interaction of excellence criteria and organizational pathology. By “ESI”, it is possible to measure the performance excellence of any service enterprises, to diagnosis organizational pathos and to propose problem-solvin...

The results reported in this chapter were obtained through the study of 43 work-units belonging to five business firms in a large group of Tunisian companies. Using the declarative, procedural and judgmental dimensions of organizational memory, interaction effects were detected between IT and organizational memory. Analyses of the data support the view that storage technologies interact with de...

A B S T R AC T Although many organizational researchers make reference to Mead’s theory of social identity, none have explored how Mead’s ideas about the relationship between the ‘I’ and the ‘me’ might be extended to identity processes at the organizational level of analysis. In this article we define organizational analogs for Mead’s ‘I’ and ‘me’ and explain how these two phases of organizatio...

Organizational demography contends that demographic characteristics of individuals, examined at individual, dyadic, group, and organizational levels of analysis, exert significant effects on organizational processes. The purpose of this article was to test the contextual effects created by the interaction of work-group age composition and supervisor age on supervisor evaluations of subordinate ...

The results reported in this paper were obtained through the study of 43 work-units belonging to five business firms in a large group of Tunisian companies. Using the declarative, procedural and judgmental dimensions of organizational memory, interaction effects were detected between IT and organizational memory. Analyses of the data support the view that storage technologies interact with decl...

With economic pressures to deliver software applications at a faster rate and at lower cost, software reuse is becoming a significant technology for software development. This paper focuses on deriving a descriptive and explanatory theory concerning the individual and organizational barriers associated with the adoption of reuse. A case-study research method was used. A series of five cases wer...

the present study aimed at presenting a model of knowledge management success in order to increase organizational creativity and learning in the ministry of sport and youth of iran. the study was a survey which used a correlation method. the statistical population consisted of expert staff of the ministry and 160 subjects were randomly selected by stratified random sampling method. a research-m...

Organizations are composed of individuals. However, organizational behavior is not simply a sum of the behaviors of the individuals comprising them. Organizations alter individual behavior by constraining who interacts with whom, as well as constraining the subjects motivating their interactions [March & Simon, 1958], what resources are available [Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978], providing new motiva...

Organizational diagnosis is a systematic and scientific method to identify, categorize and single out the obstacles and their impact on organizational performance through interaction between internal and external views and preparation and setting up operational plans to solve them in the organization. Providing standard products and emphasizing on the financial measures do not guarantee the sur...