This paper seeks to present a methodology to assess performance and to provide management decision support. A “management by value streams” model was developed to assess company performance. It was implemented to support decision-making at an industrial company. The idea behind the model is that products or services should continually flow in the organization, as values streams. The model inclu...

introduction: nowadays human capital is the main asset in organizations. thus, the employees’ intellectual involvement is a key factor in the success of organizations. hence organizations should seek for factors that affect and boost the employees’ intellectual involvement. therefore, the present research aimed at discovering the relationship between organizational commitment and social capital...

Healthcare organizations worldwide have recently increased efforts to improve performance, quality, and knowledge transfer using information and communication technologies. Evaluation of the effectiveness and quality of such efforts is challenging. A macro and micro-level system evaluation conducted with a 14000 member US hospital administrative services organization examined the appropriatenes...

The vital role of software process improvement is ability to measure the current state of system process and establishing improvement priorities. In addition, the focus on process improvement has increased the demand for software measures, or metrics with which to manage the software process. The need for such metrics is particularly acute when an organization is adopting new technologies and e...

Perhaps before establishing the Psychology and Counseling Organization of Iran by the Parliament in 2003, the biggest threat to this discipline was the practice of unprofessional people. On this basis, the biggest opportunity for this discipline was establishing this organization by the parliament as the supreme legislative body in the country. On 14/11/2012 counseling centers regulation was in...

Microbial cellulases find applications in various industries and constitute a major group of the industrial enzymes. Recently, there is resurgence in utilization of biomass for fuel production employing cellulases and hence forth in obtaining better yields and novel activities. Improving the economics of such processes will involve cost reduction in cellulase production which may be achieved by...

The aim of this project was to optimise selection indices for efficient lean meat growth. Traditionally, genetic improvement of lean meat growth and feed efficiency has been based on ad libitum feeding. However, selection for lean meat growth and feed conversion ratio under ad libitum feeding has led to a reduction in feed intake in modern genotypes to the extent that feed intake is often not s...

strategic performance evaluation of an organization within the industry environment is one of the basic and most important prerequisites of organizational improvement plans. in today’s knowledge-based economy and dynamic environment, it is essential for universities as the centers of education, knowledge creation and knowledge worker evolvement. till now, variant models with different approache...

in this article, the social capital concept has been thoroughly surveyed. consequently, this concept and its related dimensions and factors has been extracted from imam ali's point of view (nahjolbalaghah letters). by implementing the extracting adaptive concepts and exerting suitable qualitative research methods, an islamic framework for social capital improvement in islamic communities h...