recently, women’s participation has increased in the workplaces. therefore it is a challenge for contemporary managers to help employees to balance their work and family responsibilities. this paper aims to identify factors affecting the work-family balance. sample included 261 women employed at a number of universities in tehran. data is collected from the questionnaire. correlation and multip...

nowadays, the problem of the flexibility in any organization has essential importance and the associated investigation with the organizational efficiency and performance is considered. in real-world situation, the process of decision making is often based on linguistic and mental data, so applying fuzzy logic in modeling at this point of view is convenient. in this paper, a fuzzy approach is ap...

Nowadays, the problem of the flexibility in any organization has essential importance and the associated investigation with the organizational efficiency and performance is considered. In real-world situation, the process of decision making is often based on linguistic and mental data, so applying fuzzy logic in modeling at this point of view is convenient. In this paper, a fuzzy approach is ap...

Extensive research has shown that organizational attributes affect product innovation. Extending this literature, this article delimits two general categories of organizational attributes and relates them to product innovation. Organizational attributes can be either control oriented or flexibility oriented. Control-oriented organizational attributes strive to realize organizational activities ...

Since the second half of the past century, increasingly flexible organizational forms are appearing among firms. However, while hierarchies are easily described, too few mathematical tools are available for flexible organizations. In this article, two measures are proposed in order to assess the state and trend of flexible organizations. The first of these measures is based on information waste...

This article introduces the concept of organizational ambidexterity and explains its value to military planning and problem-solving from the tactical to strategic levels. I 2005, as the US military waged numerous armed conflicts around the world, Army Chief of Staff General Peter J. Schoomaker was confronted with a serious troop shortage. In an interview with Time, he explained not only how he ...

Whether organizational size has effects on flexibility has long been an issue of discussion and debate in the field of organization studies. In addition, whether organizations with a greater degree of flexibility will perform better in a rapidly changing environment has also been widely discussed in the literature of organizational change. This study intends to illuminate the interwoven nature ...

The globalization of competition has entailed that organizations of developed countries have to face new kinds of competitors with low labor cost and often advantageous exchange rates (resulting in favorable export selling prices). In such a scenario, innovation and organizational flexibility are becoming fundamental levers to enable enterprises to increase their competitiveness. For this reaso...