In this paper, supply policy and procurement of shared resources in some kinds of concurrent construction projects are investigated. This could be oriented to the problems of holding construction companies who involve in different projects concurrently and they have to supply limited resources to several projects as well as prevent delays to any project. Limits on transportation vehicles and st...

Most UK hospitals now have manual handling policies, but few studies have assessed their impact. To facilitate such research, a system for ranking the investment in manual handling risk controls was devised and applied to 109 acute hospitals in the UK. High scoring hospitals performed well on all aspects of manual handling risk management. Low scoring hospitals had a manual handling policy and ...

water resources are of vital human resources and of the three main elements of ecosystem. almost half of the agricultural products of the world are being produced in irrigation schemes. in today's world, the population is considerably increasing and consequently severe shortage of food threatens about two-third of the world's population. moreover, water resources are facing more serious crisis ...

Knowledge is more and more a key factor within companies. Nearly 40 percent of all employees are so called “knowledge workers“. Distribution and inquest of knowledge within companies are supported by skill management systems. Although not all aspects and potentials of this instrument are yet utilized skill management systems have spread widely within business organizations. This paper summarize...

 Purpose: Strategic decision-making plays an important role in organizational functions and its effectiveness. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying and analyzing the dimensions and components of strategic decision-making for the managers of education regions. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative an...

Today the information technology is indeed a base of development for countries and a benchmark practice for leading and successful organizations. Success in this area depends on the success of micro and macro projects of information technology, and this success is not achievable unless all aspects, especially the most valuable element, e.g. the human resources, are considered. Because the polic...

Due to increasing solid waste generation and their significant impacts on human health, environmental assessment of the management and disposal methods become more and more important. There are various disposal methods which are the combinations that originate from a wide range of solid waste management systems. In this study, municipal waste of Tehran (which totals to 7507.5 tons/day) is asses...