Senior managers at over 300 manufacturing firms participated in in-depth interviews. At each firm, information was obtained about the firm’s operating characteristics and the benefits obtained from several, ERP-related software applications. Benefits obtained are very different for ERP applications that process transactions as compared to applications that support decisions. The benefits derive...

Fuzzy Logic is one of the concepts that has created different scientific attitudes by entering into various professional fields nowadays and in some cases has made remarkable effects on the results of the practical researches. However, the existence of stochastic and uncertain situations in risk and accident field, affects the possibility of the forecasting and preventing the occurrence of the ...

  Background: Several studies suggest the existence of an effective relationship between individuals’characteristics and important factors such as occupational and organizational performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and etc. This study was designed based on the dimensions of personality (introversion /extroversion) of managers of Iran University of Medical Sciences at three...

OBJECTIVES Interest in costing health care delivery on an individual case basis has increased in recent years as concern with overall health care costs has heightened. Costing exercises have been largely oriented around medical classification systems. Measures to incorporate the contributions of allied health activities such as occupational therapy are relatively recent. The objective of this s...