most researches in the felid of human resource development by means of personal development plan has focused on education and health industries. the aim of this research is to explain human resource development process in order to gain a better understanding and identifying factors affecting this process in project- based organizations. to this end, by adopting grounded theory methodology, data...

This longitudinal study examined how an information systems development team transitioned to an agile way of working. We describe the main events of a large, inter-organizational project, where agile methods and practices were applied for the first time. The organizations involved had a long tradition in heavy, waterfall style projects, and many of those past projects had severe challenges. We ...

For networked I.T. industries, standards adoption is a key prerequisite for attracting complementary assets. Producer firms that hope to profit from their standards success must trade off control of the standard against the imperative for adoption. Moschella outlines three eras of modern computing: systems, personal computers and network, each with its own form of standards competition. During ...

Currently, due to increased competition in the services and manufacturing, many companies are trying to lower price and good quality products offer to the market. In this paper, the multi-criteria decision-making techniques to evaluate and select the best supplier from among the existing suppliers. The first, hierarchical structure for selecting suppliers of raw materials used and the analytic ...

This paper discusses an experiment that measured the effectiveness of a hazard identification process used to support safety in Defence Standard 00-56 project. The experimental case study utilised a Ministry of Defence project that assessed simultaneously two potential suppliers who were competing for a MOD equipment contract. The UK MOD Corporate Research Programme funded the comparison work a...

Changes in cost sharing and remuneration system in the Netherlands in 2006 led to clear changes in financial incentives faced by both consumers and general practitioner (GPs). For privately insured consumers, cost sharing was abolished, whereas those socially insured never faced cost sharing. The separate remuneration systems for socially insured consumers (capitation) and privately insured con...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Supplier management Supplier development Preferred customer PLS Reliance on few competent suppliers has driven companies to be more involved in their suppliers' activities. Supplier development (SD) is a supplier management practice implemented with strategic suppliers. Whereas research adopting the customer's standpoint indicates that SD activities have a positi...