introduction: identifying training needs and implementing appropriate courses is one of the important steps to empower managers and experts specialists. this has the most important role in improving organizational performance. in this study, considering the importance of training programs effectiveness, the training needs of managers and experts and their relation to individual and institutiona...

Rules promise to be widely useful in Internet electronic commerce. Declarative prioritized default rule knowledge representations offer the advantage of handling conflicts that arise in updating rule sets, but have as yet had little practical deployment. DIPLOMAT is a Java library that embodies a new approach to the implementation of such prioritized default rules: to compile them into ordinary...

introduction: a strategic plan provides the context for improving organizational performance by accurate, extensive, and in-depth identification and analysis of interior and exterior environments. this study was performed to develop and execute a strategic plan at the medical sciences universities of iran. methods: this analytical and cross-sectional study was performed in 2012-2013. the study ...

advancement in e-commerce technologies and emerge of web 2.0 applications developed e-commerce. nowadays, customers are entering new platform, where they are more active than before through participating in business process with the web 2.0 applications. by the impact of the new stream in e-commerce, social commerce, we propose and test an adoption model at the customer level. impact of social ...

Acknowledgements 14 Executive Summary Industry experts have debated the end state of convergence between traditional (regulated) investment managers and hedge fund managers for years. Perspectives vary about whether competition, regulation, portfolio allocation trends, and market events will eventually push traditional investment managers and hedge funds towards common ground. Those who do beli...

based on the research findings, managers use of informal learning practices in order to develop competencies and improve their performance. however, these concerns have not been studied so far in the iranian business environment. the aim of this study is to identify informal learning methods of human resource managers. after a three-stage coding have been identified seven categories and twenty-...

Web sites have become a primary means of commerce and information exchange. Majority of web sites are designed by non-experts. Although there are guidelines and tips for designing a good web site, usability and accessability remain critical issues to be addressed by non-experts. Automated tools have emerged to help solve the problem. This paper reviews web site evaluation researches and perform...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of managers in private companies towards sport sponsorship as an advertising tool. the method of this study was descriptive and survey and it was practical. the statistical population of research included all chief managers (executive officers, financial officers or sales officers) of private large productive companies in esfahan that w...

The present state of world economy urges managers to look for new methods which can help to start the economic growth. To achieve this goal, managers use standard as well as new procedures and tools. Development of information society and so-called new economy has created a whole new business environment that is more extensive and rapidly changing. Become a standard the use of modern informatio...