the objective of this review to be submitted in two independent parts, for steel frames and for rc frames, is to compare their structural performance with respect to the proposed n2-method, and so also of the consequent convenience of using pushover methodology for the seismic analysis of these structures. a preliminary investigation is presented on a pushover analysis used for the seismic perf...

production planning is performed through diverse methods according to the type of the system it is structured upon. one of the most important steps before production planning is to determine which system best fits the firm, and how the facilities should be designed. both job-shop and group-technology systems have their own cons and pros, each of which is suitable to a specific kind of factory. ...

the objective of this review to be submitted in two independent parts, for steel frames and for rc frames, is to compare their structural performance with respect to the proposed n2-method, and so also of the consequent convenience of using pushover methodology for the seismic analysis of these structures. a preliminary investigation is presented on a pushover analysis used for the seismic perf...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: High performance work system Host country nationals Relational psychological contract Job performance This study argues that multinational corporations (MNCs) which implement high performance work system in their host country nationals may help their workers form relational psychological contracts with the MNC. Such practices can increase host country national wo...

many researches have depicted there is no significant and positive correlation between it and firm level performance, called productivity paradox, so as successful investment on it depends on taking into account the role of complementary assets such as business processes and organizational infrastructures. on the other hand, since there are not enough resources to invest on all these assets, th...

An important determinant of health system performance is contracting. Providers often respond to financial incentives, despite the ethical underpinnings of medicine, and payers can craft contracts to influence performance. Yet contracting is highly imperfect in both single-payer and multi-payer health systems. Arguably, in a competitive, multi-payer environment, contractual innovation may occur...

introductionandobjective:the overall objective of the current study investigated teachers' attitudes towards performance appraisal system; the staff is trained in education branch. methods: all schools in the study sample middle school teacher education in the academic year 1390-1391 a total of 370 branch secretary is formed. of which 191 were randomly classified according to morgan being ...