Appropriate managerial efforts prior to and after adoption of New Manufacturing Technology (NMT) are the key requirements for successful NMT deployment. In this study, we identify factors related to the success of NMT deployment. After reviewing the literature, we developed interview protocol and used it to interview twenty managers of ten automotive manufactures. The managers are working in qu...

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digital preservation refers to an important aspect that most iranian digital library initiatives lack. this component is security. while a digital library may be misconceived as an information supply space without a physical form, the same security concerns in force for operation of physical library are valid. unlike the analog materials, all digital copies of digital materials are original. a ...

This paper describes an ongoing doctoral research project, supported by the British Library and titled “Conceptualising the library collection for the digital world: a case study of social enterprise.” Relatively little has been written about the conceptual ideas associated with collection in a library context. Based on interview and survey data collected from library and information practition...

Christian Schmidmer studied electronic engineering at the University Erlangen Nürnberg. After receiving his degree he worked in the audio group of the Fraunborer HS in Erlangen for five years. His main research topics were audio coding and perceptual measurement. He is now the technical director of the Opticom GmbH, designing and selling the worlds first PEAQ measurement system. He is CTO of Op...

based on the research findings, managers use of informal learning practices in order to develop competencies and improve their performance. however, these concerns have not been studied so far in the iranian business environment. the aim of this study is to identify informal learning methods of human resource managers. after a three-stage coding have been identified seven categories and twenty-...