The notion of continuity from above (upper continuity) for lattice-valued possibilistic measures as investigated in [7] has been proved to be a rather strong condition when imposed as demand on such a measure. Hence, our aim will be to introduce some versions of this upper continuity weakened in the sense that the conditions imposed in [7] to the whole definition domain of the possibilistic mea...

How can an organization establish an efficient IS resource? Over the years, the resource-based view (RBV) has provided important insights into the value creation by IT. Unfortunately, large parts of the literature suffer from broad and ambiguous constructs that are problematic to validate and difficult to concretely apply. Furthermore, the transmission from IT resources on one side to competiti...

The first two implications are trivial. In [2], the second author showed that every almost α-continuous function is η-continuous. In [1], Dickman, Porter and Rubin proved that every η-continuous is θ-continuous and hence weakly continuous. Although θ-continuous functions behave, in general, nicely, they may cause some unexpected problems. For example, if f :X → Y is θ-continuous, then f :X → f(...

We present our experiences in defining and documenting business process requirements for a large-scale public sector Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation in the United States. The implementing organization, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), is investing in packaged software to integrate all aspects of its business processes. Prior to selecting implementation consultants, NAVA...

This paper presents data from the beginning process of restructuring a usabilityengineering course to incorporate aspects of collaborative-process theory with required course content. Students' collaborative processes were evaluated at the end of the semester in order to identify key areas that instructors would need to support better in future iterations of the course. Overall students were sk...

This paper reports the findings from an interconnected set of experiments designed to assess children’s knowledge of the semantic interactions between negation and quantified NPs. Our main finding is that young children, unlike adults, systematically interpret these elements on the basis of their position in overt syntax. We argue that this observation can be derived from an interplay between f...

An appropriate resource utilization is crucial for organizations in order to avoid, among other things, unnecessary costs (e.g. when resources are under-utilized) and too long execution times (e.g. due to excessive workloads, i.e. resource over-utilization). However, traditional process control and risk measurement approaches do not address resource utilization in processes. We studied an often...

This paper presents a case study and discusses the issues of implementing Lean manufacturing within a global organisation and the adoption of it in an Erp-system. It discusses and presents how the modelling and design of the manufacturing planning and control task can be done, and how it is implemented within the Erp system, to support the daily operation in the case company. The Erp system use...

Causal continuity is usually defined by imposing the conditions (i) distinction and (ii) reflectivity. It is proved here that a new causality property which stays between weak distinction and causality, called feeble distinction, can actually replace distinction in the definition of causal continuity. An intermediate proof shows that feeble distinction and future (past) reflectivity implies pas...

This research examines the relationship between the organizational factors (such as justice and organizational climate) and behaviors regarding the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is emphasized due to its essentiality to ERP success and the symbiotic relationship. There has been much research that has focused on the relationship ...