Across the Manager's Desk

Information Needs Assessment of Managers to the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Systems across Iranian Industries

Nowadays, companies confront many ups and downs due to optimal or destructive decisions made by corporate executives based on industry trends information. Complexities and environmental uncertainties have made companies more dependent on information. But increasing and accumulation of information may reduce the quality of managerial decisions as well as waste the time. This involves assessment ...

From the Director’s Desk

The Self-Organizing Desk

The self-organizing desk is a system that enhances a physical desk-top with electronic information. It can remember, organize, update, and manipulate the information contained in the documents on a desk. The system consists of a simple robot eye that can survey the desk, a module for smart extraction of information from the images taken by the robot, a module for representing this information i...

From the Guest Editor's Desk.

Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes Selection of the treatment plan for a patient with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) depends upon the prognosis for the disease course. Currently, the best approach for assessing prognosis is to utilize the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS). The IPSS incorporates the results from three types of analyses—the levels of blood counts, the percent of...

Evaluating the Double-Deck Desk

The Double Deck Desk (Dddesk) was a two-storied work station with accompanying software that we installed in the foyer of a large office building over a two-week period. Evolved from several iterations of speculative design proposals, it addressed the need for contemplation within the workplace by literally lifting people from everyday commotion and by providing software that encouraged people ...