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Knowledge sharing has emerged as a core process of knowledge management. By doing knowledge sharing, organization can solve problems and improve individual work performance of its member. Individual members involved in knowledge sharing have different characteristics. These characteristics related to the role in knowledge sharing, which are knowledge provider and knowledge receiver. Besides the characteristics...
Tacit knowledge is an asset that kept within individual while explicit knowledge that can be documented directly an organization. Tacit and explicit knowledge is an important factor in the development of knowledge sharing within an organization. The object of observation in this study is Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), in which knowledge sharing is important to help cooperate with other SMEs...
Nowadays, many organization used a Knowledge Sharing (KS) systems that is supported with ICT's. Many previous research used a combination of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) into social capital theory to describe user's KS behavior. This research used a different approach in measuring technology aspect in KS. Technological aspect was measured by usability concept that has five indicator, that are...
Quality assurance (QA) in education of university management is one of the main concerns for every university in Thailand. The royal Thai government (RTG) has assigned the Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC) to regulate the OHEC QA standard and has used it for controlling the educational quality of each school in universities working under its control. Therefore, every university in Thailand...
Effective organizations require operations strategies based on competitive priority analyses such as cost, quality, flexibility and delivery speed. These factors indicate how an organization is effectively doing the right thing whilst operations strategy involves the overall activities that drive the organization to achieve its organizational operational goals.
This paper addresses the problem of designing efficient logistical arrangements for preparation and delivery of edible food (by a voluntary organization). The short shelf-life of edible, ready-to-eat food items complicates the provisioning and distribution networks. The design of the underlying logistical system constitutes an interesting combinatorial optimization problem. Our paper explains the...
Graduate engineers in South Africa are expected to operate as professional engineers within a time-frame of approximately 3 years after graduation; however they do not achieve this. It is vital that engineers are able to operate at the expected levels of a professional engineer in the required time to promote the growth of the engineering sector. An industry survey was used to investigate the trends...
Obviously, one of the objectives in governmental organizations is increasing the productivity to an acceptable level in a dynamic environment; based on this as per upstream strategy of Iranian vision in 2020; the total productivity share in GDP in Iran must be reached to 31.3% (at least). So the first step is measuring the current situation of our organization and defining the attributes and the KPIs...
The purpose of this paper is to design a tool for quantifying ergonomic level in organization and test its practical compatibility. The study has been undertaken to fill the research gap that no research has been attempted to develop an index for the evaluation of workspace in an ergonomic perspective of a manufacturing firm. An ergonomic quantification tool was designed by referring to a 15 criteria...
Purpose of this study is to benchmark the lean thinking practices and performance measures adopted in a case hospital by comparing it with a with-in benchmarking partner and best-in class benchmarking partner hospital which has been known for pioneering in lean implementation. Multiple case study approach and Xerox benchmarking model is being deployed to achieve the purpose of the study. A case hospital...
Job idiosyncrasy refers to deviations between formal and actual job design, attributable to changes by the job incumbents. Research on idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) focusses on special arrangements negotiated by individual employees with employer representatives (e.g., supervisors, management). This structure-oriented analysis examined the role of hierarchical status in negotiating personalized work...
In the knowledge age, as knowledge becomes the main determinant of organizational success, organizational safety becomes increasingly dependent on knowledge management systems. As a management process, Knowledge Management includes capturing, developing, sharing and effectively using organizational knowledge. For organizational effectiveness; approaches of knowledge management, systems of organizational...
Production of engineering drawings have evolved from manual to Computer Aided Design (CAD), primarily for the speed and accuracy presented by CAD. Unlike modelling and simulation packages that are equipped with building blocks, CAD packages are generally supplied with no pre-drawn symbols. From best practices in industrial engineering and working for companies that make use of CAD systems, evidently...
Professionals in the healthcare industry are constantly pressured to ensure that their provided services are patient-focused. Considering that the healthcare industry seeks continuous performance improvement, well-designed web services can benefit healthcare institutions by improving their reputation and recognition. This paper provides a new perspective for web service performance of healthcare institutions...
Effective management of diesel and petrol supply chain (DPSC) is essential to achieve security of fuel supply. This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess the effectiveness of DPSC in Namibia, recommending appropriate strategies to improve the supply chain. The study reveals that organizations' internal arrangements in support of the DPSC are generally in a good state, though...
A review of the existing literature has revealed enormous benefits of supply chain collaboration. However, some studies also report failures in the implementation phase. There is a lack of clear theoretical framework which guides organizations in implementing or improving the collaboration maturity level for the supply chain. This research aims at developing a maturity model for supply chain collaboration...
Lean Six Sigma is a popular approach that promotes the improvement of systems, processes, or any other type of entity. On the other hand, quality management systems based on the ISO 9001 standard encourage organizations to adopt various forms of improvement to consistently enhance its overall performance, to better be able to meet customer and other stakeholder requirements, as well as to address...
The choice of the right collaboration form is of great importance for the viability of a collaboration. In this paper, based on multi-theories, three clusters of potential determinants are listed out for consideration. Those are characteristics related to the ‘resource pooled within the collaboration’, ‘initial relationship of partners’ and ‘collaborative tasks’. Further hypotheses are formulated,...
Project success factors are critical elements considered as major determinants of the project's outcome. The iron triangle of cost, quality and time has long been the measuring instrument used in the execution of capital development. This concept has being challenged in recent times. In reality, the role of the capital asset in the execution of the core functions of the organization should influence...
It is a setback that many projects face and senior management fear, that a well-run project heading for success can take a turn for the worst when the project manager is replaced as a result of resignation or transfer. The replacement of the leader and foundation of the project can result in poor management of the triple constraint (scope, time and budget), loss of historical project information,...
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