In the fast growing competition of constantly developing markets and changing consumer preferences, some manufacturing companies are more successful than others to achieve its goals profitably. As competition is becoming more severe and alternatives are being introduced rapidly, firms struggle for the right of market share and to gain competitive advantage over their rivals to brighten their fu...

background : quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving health system performance in developed and developing countries. this research was a comparative study on quality management models in health system of several countries. the main goal of this study was to identify the most significant dimensions of quality management and propose appropriate model for health s...

This paper presents a universal meta-model for Strategic Information Requirements Elicitation and a methodology to generate and use strategic information models. The framework fits the methodological gap that exists in the Strategic Information Requirements and supports the analyst in (a) define structured high level information requirements and (b) assess informational support from a variety o...

An Experimental Study on the Incentives of the Probabilistic Serial Mechanism by David Hugh-Jones, Morimitsu Kurino and Christoph Vanberg* We report an experiment on the Probabilistic Serial (PS) mechanism for allocating indivisible goods. The PS mechanism, a recently discovered alternative to the widely used Random Serial Dictatorship mechanism, has attractive fairness and efficiency propertie...

EŒective investigations of user requirements for products and services are most often discussed in terms of which method to use. Nevertheless, when user investigations are planned and carried out in a system design context, several related aspects must be considered. For example: Which users should be included? Where should the study be carried out? How should data be collected? and What kind o...

One of the most important issues in strategic management is enhancing employees’ motivation to contribute in the implementation of strategies; because they usually do not pay necessary attention to strategies. Accordingly, it is required to consider and calculate their roles in implementing strategies. In terms of employees’ role in the organization, they have managerial (goal setter) and/or no...