In the UK Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT) is widely seen as a way of enabling older and disabled people to continue to live independently for longer. EAT systems are therefore critical to the health and well being of these people, and hence must be dependable. Two methods are described which provide assurances about the dependability of EAT systems. These methods adapt the concept of risk...

The constant changes in social, economic and political scenario have required tightly response time from organizations and ability to reconfigure its resources to remain competitive. In this context, this article aims at presenting a recommendation mechanism for a competence model to improve the competence gaps analysis and identify the better Development Plan for Employees (DPE), which consist...

Languages spoken by immigrants change due to contact with the local languages. Capturing these changes is problematic for current language technologies, which are typically developed for speakers of the standard dialect only. Even when dialectal variants are available for such technologies, we still need to predict which dialect is being used. In this study, we distinguish between the immigrant...

The focus of presentation is technology management, especially activities for technology adoption and technology transfer. The framework for discussion is process management, which is closely related with quality management. Especially the recent concept of business process re-engineering (BPR) has introduced methods and tools, which are migrating from design and production environment towards ...

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information accompanied with the technology supporting it is valuable asset in many organizations. as organizations are highly depended on it, implementing it effective governance is necessary for them. it governance areas affecting business are strategic alignment, risk management, performance management, resource management and providing value.  successful performances need a mix of structure...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper, drawing as it does on earlier research, is to provide the context for a discussion on the use of rewards and recognition programmes in knowledge aware organisations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows that knowledge sharing is the fundamental requirement of a knowledge-based organisation. Some of the greatest challenges for organisations moving do...

S ometimes, adopting technology seems an attractive option for those of us who are faced with an improvement challenge. For example, we purchase more state-of-the-art devices if we deem them to be the solution to our ineffective processes and systems. However, technology is not a panacea for the skills we lack or for every improvement issue we encounter. Instead, it is a tool that complements o...