This paper reports on an innovative combination of hard and soft methods – soft systems methodology and data envelopment analysis – in a project evaluating the performance of the basic research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Science. Problems in defining and agreeing appropriate inputs and outputs for DEA led to the use of SSM as a way or producing a comprehensive and systemic database of...

As a comprehensive software solution, ERP seeks to integrate all departments and functions of a company into a single computer system that can satisfy all departments’ information needs. Nowadays, many companies have invested in the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. But, a large number of them have wasted millions of dollars as a consequence of failed ERP implementat...

The aim of the presented approach is to combine two views on robustness within a comprehensive design approach. These two main views are on the one hand the resistance to extraordinary (unforeseen) events, and on the other hand the consideration of uncertainty in structural parameters in order to monitor and reduce the variation of structural responses. To capture this, an enhanced robustness m...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been widely studied in the literature since its inception with Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes work in 1978. The methodology behind the classical DEA method is to determine how much improvements in the outputs (inputs) dimensions is necessary in order to render them efficient. One of the underlying assumptions of this methodology is that the units consume and prod...

Data mining (DM) has emerged as one of the key features of many applications on information system. While Data Analysis (DA) represents a significant advance in the type of analytical tools currently available, there are limitations to its capability. In order to address one of the limitations on the DA capabilities of identifying a causal relationship, we propose an integrated approach, called...

this research aimed at identifying the role of emotional intelligence (ei) -based management in improving faculty effectiveness. research methodology was descriptive-survey of exploratory type. statistical population were the faculty members in the islamic azad university branches across tehran (n = 3500). the subjects of the study (sample) consisted of 351 faculty members selected through stra...