As the ratio of knowledge intensiveness increases, the significance of a formal organisation structure decreases. When knowledge is a commodity and the main input is information, an organisation should be flexible. However, the free flow of information and knowledge is often impeded in a formal organisation structure. When an organisation is based on either temporary functional needs or on serv...

Article history: Received 25 August 2015 Received in revised form 17 May 2016 Accepted 19 May 2016 Available online 26 May 2016 Industry convergence as a phenomenon forcing organizations to foster more open forms of innovation, such as collaborating with partners from different industries holds high potential for really new innovation. At the same time knowledge originating from a different ind...

In the current paper we firstly give a short introduction on e-learning platforms and review the case of the e-class open e-learning platform being used by the Greek tertiary education sector. Our analysis includes strategic selection issues and outcomes in general and operational and adoption issues in the case of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Larissa, Greece. The methodolog...

this interview, a co-operative eort of bernhard banaschewski and christopher gilmour, took place over a few days in december, 2016. it was nalised over coee and a shared slice of excellent cheesecake at the botanical tea garden, a small, home situated, tea garden in little mowbray, cape town.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of family members' responses to open-ended interview questions about an intervention to improve incontinence and mobility care for their relative in a nursing home. DESIGN AND METHODS The study was a randomized, controlled intervention trial with incontinent nursing home residents (N = 145), wherein research staff provided toil...

The authors tested whether engaging in expansive (vs. contractive) "power poses" before a stressful job interview--preparatory power posing--would enhance performance during the interview. Participants adopted high-power (i.e., expansive, open) poses or low-power (i.e., contractive, closed) poses, and then prepared and delivered a speech to 2 evaluators as part of a mock job interview. All inte...