This article is an introduction to our research towards a formal framework for tackling reliability in reactive autonomic systems with self-monitoring functionality. The Autonomic System Specification Language (ASSL) is a framework for formally specifying and generating autonomic systems. With ASSL, we can specify high-level behavior policies, which shows that it is very appropriate language fo...

BACKGROUND A 2005 survey reported 87% of surgery program directors believed practice management training should occur during residency. However, only 8% of program directors believed residents received adequate training in practice management [1]. In addition to the gap in practice financial management knowledge, we recognized the need for training in personal finance among residents. A literat...

The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between the self-supervision and the self-efficacy of Iranian EFL teachers and also the relationship between the self-supervision and the self-efficacy of intermediate adult learners individually. To this end, 40 EFL teachers and 55 intermediate adult learners were selected from two branches of Kish Language Institute. In this study, “...

The origins The use of quality management tools and systems, for a long time confined to the private sector, has since the early 1990s started to pervade the public sector in Europe as part of its strive for modernisation, better public management, increased performance and a stronger “customer” focus. In the course of the last decade, various quality management tools and systems started to be ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the implementation of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model as a quality framework for improving a psychiatric hospital ward. METHODOGY: Two self-assessments were conducted using the EFQM model. The self-assessment methods combined two approaches proposed by the EFQM: the award simulation approach and the questionnaire approach. Work groups were set u...

today, enterprise architecture(ea) is one of the most important it solutions for business and it strategic alignment and also it is so supportive and effective tool for organizing and managing complicated information system in dynamic organization environment. due to efficient enterprise architecture management the organization can obtain the ea valuable benefits. ea maturity assessment is a he...

The shift towards a climate-neutral economy will affect businesses in the upcoming decades. Companies need to increase their transformation environmentally sustainable following years, which digitalization might be practical enabler accelerate this transformation. However, as starting point, companies require knowledge of current sustainability performance manage transition and method that prov...