today, the human resources are the assets of any organization and their unique role in the development of the organization, whether indoor or outdoor environment and competition is evident. on the other hand, if an organization fails to satisfy its human resources, in this case it would be doomed to stay away from progress and development. in this context, organizations using hrm tools can keep...

Although there is increasing emphasis on and investment in healthcare information technology (HIT) it is important to determine why actual adoption and usage rates are below expectations. This research builds on Fichman and Kemerer’s (1997) work by examining the relationship between organizational learning capacity and assimilation of a complex organizational information technology. It also exp...

Firms are experimenting with numerous different best practices in order to improve the timeliness and effectiveness of their new product development (NPD) process. This paper examines how widely adopted certain best practices are, if the adoptions show any pattern in terms of being simultaneously adopted within organizations, and what impact these best practices have on NPD performance. The mai...

Human resources and knowledge management are considered to be one of the most important factors within organizations that help them to achieve a competitive advantage. However, organizations should take care of the human factor and increase their commitment within organizations to take advantage of the knowledge within them. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship betwee...

Purpose of the study: Performance management is a process of delivering sustained success to organizations by improving capabilities of individuals and teams. Organizational culture as a significant contextual factor in performance management is scarcely studied. The aim of this study is to expand the base of knowledge and empirically test the relationship between components of organizational c...

This article main objective is to identify the organizations processes which facilitate knowledge sharing, application and impacts on organizational practices. The research question for this study was: what are the impacts of the knowledge sharing processes on organizational practices? The research was qualitative and also quantitative. The qualitative approach involved semi structured group in...

Supply chain is the process of continuous flow of products or services from source to the destination. Supply chain management has become an effective tool now a day to survive in this competitive world. Organizations do their best to harvest profits by adopting better supply chain management practices for competitive advantage and organizational performance. In this paper an attempt has been m...

BACKGROUND Maternal outcomes in most countries of the developed world are good. However, in many developing/resource-poor countries, maternal outcomes are bleaker: Every year, more than 500,000 women die in childbirth, mostly in resource-poor countries. Those who survive often suffer from severe and long-term morbidities. One of the most devastating injuries is obstetric fistula, occurring most...

A wide variety of organizational practices have been proposed to support the creation, storage and transfer of knowledge, yet it is often unclear how these practices relate to one another in their contribution to organizational performance. This study develops a categorization system for knowledge management practices based on two dimensions: the practices' role in the problem-solving process, ...