This position paper describes ongoing work in applying the new OMG standard called Semantics in Business Vocabulary and Rules (SBVR) to a model-based approach to business design and implementation. The work explores methods of specifying semantics and rules in SBVR’s “Structured English” as extensions of business models that are automatically translated to executable solutions. Introduction The...

Capturing business rules in a formal logic representation supports the enterprise in two important ways: it enables the evaluation of logs and audit records for conformance to, or violation of, the rules; and it enables the conforming automation of some enterprise activities. The problem is that formal logic representations of the rules are very difficult for an industry expert to read and even...

The purpose of this study is to provide a guideline to assist globally-minded companies in developing task-based Englishlanguage programs for their employees. After conducting an online self-assessment questionnaire comprised of 45 job-related tasks, we analyzed responses received from 3,000 Japanese company employees and developed a checklist that considered three areas; i) the percentage of t...

In Indonesia, English is now a compulsory subject in undergraduate programs, regardless of whether students are enrolled Non-English or Departments. departments, including those tourism, law, economics, pharmacy, and other fields, require as well. The way taught the civic department, for example, varies from how it economics department. language items sub-skills necessary department differ requ...