Two decades ago, the US military performed some large classified studies of the state of the manufacturing enterprise. The impetus was a by now well known problem: doing complex work in large enterprises is so heavily burdened by the machinery of running the enterprise that things cost too much (typically twice), they evolve too slowly in terms of technology and some things just cannot be done ...

The International Centre for Oral–Systemic Health is based at the University of Manitoba’s faculty of dentistry. Its core mission was developed around interprofessional education, research and practice models where oral health is a critical component of comprehensive patient care. As part of the educational component of its mission, the centre will provide a valuable service to stakeholders in ...

Emerging concerns about quality of e-learning products and services animated a project in Canada to create quality standards that derived primarily from the needs of consumer, that could be used to guide the development and choice of e-learning at all levels of education and training, and that could be implemented in a simple manner. A set of quality standards were created to reflect best pract...