Many academic institutions in Malaysia commit themselves to eLearning because they believe in its effectiveness as an alternative approach to the traditional classroom method of disseminating information. Preparing and managing eLearning is a complex process it requires a shift from change management to strategic planning. This paper will present the findings of a project undertaken to study st...

this study, which is a strategic study with a mixed research approach aimed to identify obstacles facing the academies of iranian basketball federation. the population comprises board of directors and committees responsible for education and talent spotting association, academy administrators, physical education instructors, qualified experts, professors, coaches, referees and heads of delegati...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Strategic marketing planning Industrial marketing Fuzzy cognitive map The relevance problem Design science Industrial marketing planning is a typical example of an unstructured decision making problem due to the large number of variables to consider and the uncertainty imposed on those variables. Although abundant studies identified barriers and facilitators of e...

Dynamic financial analysis (DFA) is a technique which uses Monte Carlo simulation to investigate the evolution over time of financial models of funds, complex liabilities and entire firms. Although of increasing popularity, the drawback of DFA is the dearth of systematic methods for optimising model parameters for strategic financial planning. This paper introduces strategic DFA which employs t...

Based on the theory of complex network, this paper focuses on the planning of logistics nodes for strategic supply chain. I propose a practical mathematical modeling framework that simultaneously captures many practical aspects but still understated in the existing literatures of network planning problems. Moreover, capacity expansion and reduction scenarios are also analyzed as well as modular...

a r t i c l e i n f o Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a tool that can facilitate sustainable development and improve decision-making by introducing environmental concern early in planning processes. However, various international studies conclude that current planning practice is not taking full advantage of the tool, and we therefore define the paradox of SEA as the methodological ...