The velocity of global business change is challenging the management of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The growing speed of business changes mandates that software be managed with flexibility and agility. At the same time, system implementation success depends on an effective project management (PM) process. Notable problems associated with the implementation of an enterprise syste...

This feedback report outlines the implementation of JSTEPS and usage of the software. This is part of the learning team process where each study site receives feedback at pivotal points (design->early implementation>implementation) of the process to allow the study site to review their plans based on both clinical and researchbased findings. Under the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model, the feedbac...

While Customer Relationship Management (CRM) refers to building strategies and tools for managing relationships with customers, Customer Knowledge Management (CKM) refers to strategies that help companies derive valuable insights about customers that get stored in the form of customer data / information to be shared across the value chain, which when preserved would become a knowledge repositor...

Contingency management is a highly effective treatment for substance use and related disorders. However, few psychiatrists are familiar with this intervention or its application to a range of patient behaviours. This paper describes contingency management and evidence of its efficacy for reducing drug use. It then details areas in which contingency management interventions can be applied in the...

Recently, Knowledge Management (KM) has gained incredible attention in business world because of the rising importance of knowledge as a competitive power and strategic resource. However, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) have faced some challenges about the employment of Knowledge Management (KM) practices. The principal objective of this study is to explore the regarded challenges of T...

This part outlines a framework for knowledge management in semantic webs: Semantic Personal Knowledge Management (SPKM). We survey current strategies for knowledge management that utilize semantic web technologies. From the discussion of these strategies ten basic requirements are derived. These requirements combine technological, psychological and philosophical research ideas. By crossing trad...

In a management buyout (MBO) offer, managers have an incentive to offer stockholders a price low enough to compensate them for the risks of increasing their equity ownership in a highly leveraged buyout firm. As these risks increase, managers are more likely to combine their offer with an anti-takeover measure. These measures do not protect a low offer, but do result in a higher takeover price ...

Although the need for the development and provision of culturally appropriate rehabilitation programs for offenders is widely acknowledged, there is a lack of empirical data that can be used as a basis for the development of new programs. This article reports the findings of a comparison of indigenous and nonindigenous male prisoners on a range of measures relevant to the experience of anger by...

This research provides guidance for companies that are investing in management software for physical assets and equipment, and it updates the 2010 "Magic Quadrant for Delivery Utility Enterprise Asset Management." We evaluated enterprise asset management (EAM) products for power generation in the "Magic Quadrant for Power Generation Enterprise Asset Management Software," with a greater focus on...