OF THE DISSERTATION Strategic Air Traffic Planning Using Eulerian Route Based Modeling and Optimization By Alessandro Bombelli Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, Irvine, 2017 Professor Kenneth D. Mease, Chair Due to a soaring air travel growth in the last decades, air traffic management has become increasingly challenging. As a consequence, pl...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of strategic integration of knowledge management (KM ) and customer relationship management (CRM). The integration is a strategic issue that has strong ramifications in the long-term competitiveness of organizations. It is not limited to CRM; the concept can also be applied to supply chain management (SCM), product development mana...

This paper examines connections between data-driven models for analyzing a firm's strategic plans, which use activity-based costing and mathematical programming, and the resource-based view of the firm. After brief reviews of the three disciplines, extensions of activity-based costing methods to mathematical programming models for strategic resource planning are discussed. Applications of these...

The complexity framework was employed to analyse Information Systems and the strategic planning process associated with them. We provided an overview of the theories of complexity and their significance. The salient features of strategic planning for information systems were discussed and the need for a new paradigm, viz. complexity was pointed out. The concept of Class of a Complex System was ...

Many academic institutions in Malaysia commit themselves to eLearning because they believe in its effectiveness as an alternative approach to the traditional classroom method of disseminating information. Preparing and managing eLearning is a complex process it requires a shift from change management to strategic planning. This paper will present the findings of a project undertaken to study st...

In this paper, I describe an alternative model of a strategic planning process that attempts to link planning processes both with new views of the sources of competitive advantage and with the multiple theoretical lenses used to understand strategic change. I hypothesize that this is possible in a redesigned planning process that engages a broad group of organizational members in a strategic di...

PROLOGUE With many of the uncertainties facing the distribution and provision of pharmacy and other health care services, future managers must understand the importance of conducting the strategic planning process. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of strategic planning and the steps of the strategic planning process for organizations in the pharmaceutical distribution syste...

Attempts to provide a practical framework in which practitioners may develop human resources (HR) strategies in line with their organizations' corporate planning processes. Proposes a four-step approach involving: development of a strategic framework; generating of HR mission statement; application of analysis; and making strategic planning decision between HR options. Outlines a four-dimension...