The main objective of this paper is to propose a model for helping logistics managers to choose the appropriate location points in order to situate the collection points for used portable batteries. The proposed model has two parts: a static part and a dynamic part. We can conclude that this model helps managers in the decision of locating/modifying collection points in two ways: to add new col...

The changing culture of public administration involves accountability for results and outcomes. This article suggests that performance measurement can address such attribution questions. Contribution analysis has a major role to play in helping managers, researchers, and policymakers to arrive at conclusions about the contribution their program has made to particular outcomes. The article descr...

Software Engineering has, as one of its main goals, the duty of helping software managers perform their jobs as better as possible. As such, technical management, which embodies software engineering expertise, is the central aspect in software management. Managing human resources is difficult for any production scheme, but is particular challenging for software, a knowledge intensive production...

Obtaining sufficient competitive intelligence is a critical factor in helping business managers gain and maintain competitive advantages. Patent data is an important source of competitive intelligence that enterprises can use to gain a strategic advantage. Under existing approaches, to detect changes in patent trends, business managers must rely on patent analysts to compare two patent analysis...

BACKGROUND The case management process is now well defined, and teams of case managers have been implemented in integrated services delivery. However, little is known about the role played by the team of case managers and the value in having multidisciplinary case management teams. The objectives were to develop a fuller understanding of the role played by the case manager team and identify the...

managers and clinicians in purchasing and providing healthcare services."' In this paper we question the extent to which the information in such bulletins will aid clinicians and managers in making decisions about the efficient allocation of scarce healthcare resources, and we suggest improvements to the bulletins such that they can become a better tool for helping healthcare purchasers set pri...

This paper examines the relationship between OCBs and turnover intention. The sample consisted of 557 non manager employees across 63 hotels in Malaysia. Managers’ ratings of employees’ OCBs were collected and matched with 557 employees’ self ratings of turnover intention and demographic. Factor analysis of OCB items revealed a new dimension of OCB, labeled as patience, together with four commo...