background: excellence and quality models are comprehensive methods for improving the quality of healthcare. the aim of this study was to design excellence and quality model for training centers of primary health care using delphi method. methods: in this study, delphi method was used. first, comprehensive information were collected using literature review. in extracted references, 39 models we...

Theoretical and empirical research suggests that job experience, organizational tenure, and age have non-linear relationships with performance. Considered simultaneously, there should exist an inverted U-shaped relationship between time and performance. This paper includes three studies — a meta-analysis, a crosssectional sample, and a longitudinal sample—to test these hypotheses. Together, the...

There is evidence that the application of Quint Studer's Hardwiring Excellence approach to organizational change is associated with significant accomplishments in hospitals. The authors' review finds the Studer approach to be closely aligned with management-related concepts of motivation and feedback, social networks, human capital, social capital, management by objectives, evidence based manag...

The public research sector is changing all over Europe. New semi-public research centers have emerged and now coexist with the traditional public research centers in the same organizational field. It is argued that these changes are mostly policy-driven and that the main mechanism is the emergence of new legitimation models of what research and research centers should be for, with a strong emph...

Quality in its contemporary incarnation is commonly referred to as organizational excellence, enterprise excellence, business excellence, or performance excellence. While technology may serve as a key enabler of enterprise excellence, enterprise excellence itself is in large enabled by the human dimension both in terms of ideation and effort. The human dimension manifests in many ways, with peo...

defining maturity level is one of the important elements of the excellence models. this approach helps companies to assess competitive positions and help them to benchmark from best practices. one of the significant features of excellence models is defining maturity level using subjective and conventional approach. present research is a cross-sectional study among iranian petrochemical companie...

Despite a large number of studies, the effect of organizational structure on the performance and the knowledge sharing capabilities of a group is still not well understood. In this project, we will develop tools and formalisms to model organizations and evaluate their performance under different circumstances. Organizational effectiveness depends on many factors, including excellence, effective...