during the implementation, construction projects usually encounter situation that considerably affects the project scheduling and cost. this study aims at using an improved version of the harmony search algorithm (hsa) to schedule resource constrained construction projects. this model is formulated as a global optimization problem. it will determine the duration of each activity to minimize the...

The article deals with the quantitative indexes of measuring of human resource effectiveness and their influence on human resource processes. For example: labor productivity, HR ROI, fluctuation rate, manager to employee ratio, rate of recruits leaving in a first year etc. It is insufficient just mark the measures, for raising of human resource effectiveness is needed compare the obtained value...

in spite of pivotal position of effectiveness construct in organizational theory this concept has been appropriately developed yet and there is less consensus on the criteria for its definition in organization. the varieties of effectivenss models and approaches to its utilization are many. discussion on preferring one model of effectiveness to another is a continuous process. for instance advo...

The resource space model (RSM) is a model for organizing versatile resources in normal forms and providing uniform resource management operations. In applications, we find three important factors that influence the effectiveness of organizing and operating resources: natural semantics of resources, resource providers’ beliefs, and resource users’ beliefs. The relationship between the three fact...