Organisational Development (OD) is a term that has somewhat fallen out of favour with current thinking in management. There are several reasons for this. The first is that as often practised, OD came to be seen as synonymous with a certain orientation towards people and feelings that left little room for discussion of "hard " business concerns. In other words, some OD practitioners focused on t...

many of the so-called organizational strategies on which companies are dependent, are not endurable. these strategies may not be well structured and cannot stand the test of time. thus, making the right decision is extremely important for strategic planning. the proposed strategy formulation framework in this paper (fuzzy bsq) is a powerful management tool in strategic planning that integrates ...

This study aims at supplementing the empirical basis of using software evolution evaluation methods in industrial settings. An industrial case study applying Value-Based Decision Model (VDM) for software evolution strategy evaluations is presented. VDM considers the value of a legacy software system and proposes convenient evolution strategies. Use of VDM is characterized, and the case study de...

The Maximum Diversity Problem (MDP) consists in finding a subset of elements which have maximum diversity between each other. It is a very important problem due to its general aspect, that implies many practical applications such as facility location, genetics, and product design. We propose a method based on Evolution Strategies (ES) with Local Search and SelfAdaptation of the parameters. For ...

This study aimed to analyze the strategy of developing social entrepreneurship with Social Impact Canvas method on Sahawood. used a qualitative case approach. Data collection was done by using observation and interviews four informants who were directly involved in Sahawood business process. The provides an overview development strategies contained components anchor purpose; value prepositions;...