In biological systems, the processing and use of information has evolved out of the need for survival in the face of an uncertain environment. As a consequence, the information-function relationship in these systems is shaped by their adaptability characteristics. In contrast, the information-function relationship in man-designed, goal-oriented organizational systems depends on the ability of t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Organizational culture is a topic that has recently emerged in management knowledge and in the domain of organizational behavior. Following new theories and research in management, organizational culture has become increasingly important and has become one of the central focus of management. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dimensions ...

There are three parts of this paper. The first part (1) discusses the kinds of theories needed to understand the consequences of information technology for organizational structure and (2) reviews a number of previous models of organizational design. In the second part of the paper, a new model is presented that helps integrate and formalize some of the previous work. This model distinguishes s...

Adapting dynamic changes in the user needs or in the environment is considered as one of the important quality attributes of a system in the pervasive or ubiquitous environment. An aspect-oriented framework to modularize the dynamic changes using aspects is considered as a solution for creating dynamic adaptable systems. This framework allows the system to reflect the dynamic changes on the ass...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management in hamedan's jihad- agriculture applied-scientific higher education center (hjaas). denison's organizational culture model and the building blocks of knowledge management model were used for finding this relationship. a descriptive correlative methodology was used. the stat...

Background and Objectives: Balanced Scorecard is an increasingly popular tool for performance evaluation. Healthcare organizations have broadly adopted this method for implementing their strategic plans. There is, however, increasing concerns on barriers to balanced scorecard implementation. Built on the fundamental impacts of organizational culture on hospital performance, this study explored ...