Software product management covers both technical and business activities to management of products like roadmaps, strategic, tactical, and release planning. In practice, one product manager is seldom responsible for all these activities but several persons share the responsibilities. Therefore, it is important to understand the boundaries of product managers’ work in managing software products...

the aim of this descriptive- correlational study was to assess trout farm fisheries owners' managerial skills and its relation with their farm yield. the statistical population consisted of all trout farm fisheries with official production license in mahneshan county (147 units) which 110 units as sample selected by multi-stage randomized sampling method based on cochran's sampling fo...

purpose: the purpose of this paper is to identify the main elements of collection and collection management policy of information center & central library of ferdowsi university of mashhad. methodology: this study was an applied research study done through a survey analysis. the population of this study comprised of a representative group of managers, experts, and librarians. the data collectio...

The potential of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) contributions to business performances is underestimated. Companies have a narrow understanding do not perceive it as strategic partner. In order call for attention within the HFE community in world, authors conducted series interviews with eleven leading experts on their visions aid business. Results indicate challenges issues along opportuni...

INTRODUCTION The useful capabilities of information and communication technologies for improving health services are becoming widely known. However many of the managers and policymakers of health systems are not yet familiar with these technologies, their dimensions and applications and the advantages of these new technologies for creating added value in health systems. Therefore the goal of th...

BACKGROUND Combining a professional and managerial role can be challenging for doctors and nurses. We aimed to explore influence strategies used by doctors and nurses who are managers in hospitals with a model of unitary and profession neutral management at all levels. METHODS We did a study based on data from interviews and observations of 30 managers with a clinical background in Norwegian ...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to design an on job-training model for the managers of the Iranian Social Security Organization (ISSO) hospitals and any other similar setting. METHODS A five dimensional model (i.e. knowledge, ability, managerial skills, personality attributes and attitudes) with 187 components was designed. The model was validated through seeking the view of experts and a...

In many cases quality development has not redeemed its promises indisputably. There are serious problems in the prevalent quality management approaches. These including: • Business management is not involved / committed. – Quality is a specialist issue. • Communication between business managers and quality experts is not effective. • Quality initiatives – e.g. building distinct quality systems ...