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Kundenprozessorientierung Durch Service-Portale: Das Beispiel W@M Von Endress+Hauser, Marc A. Caesar, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle, Jean-Gyl Capt Dec 2005

Kundenprozessorientierung Durch Service-Portale: Das Beispiel W@M Von Endress+Hauser, Marc A. Caesar, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle, Jean-Gyl Capt

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Kundenprozessportale, Marc A. Caesar, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle Dec 2005

Kundenprozessportale, Marc A. Caesar, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Applying System Dynamics To Confront Complex Decision Making In R&D Systems, Arash Golnam, Nader Ale Ebrahim Nov 2005

Applying System Dynamics To Confront Complex Decision Making In R&D Systems, Arash Golnam, Nader Ale Ebrahim

Nader Ale Ebrahim

Research and development has always played a strategically important role in the survival and the growth of technology-based firms. R&D is positively linked to company performance measures such as sales, productivity and shareholder returns and in addition to this, facing increased competition, as a result of globalization the viability of many established firms is based on the efficiency of their R&D activities. Similar to other business models, R&D systems are characterized by complex structure and dynamic behavior. It's often difficult to predict or trace the consequences of certain decisions due to the existence of delays, non-linearities and causal feedback inherent …


Research, Development, Production And Performance Of Heavy Duty Cng Fleets In Iran, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Maziar Rostamnezhad, Ali Momeni Aug 2005

Research, Development, Production And Performance Of Heavy Duty Cng Fleets In Iran, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Maziar Rostamnezhad, Ali Momeni

Nader Ale Ebrahim

n recent years, along with the trend toward clean air and less dependency to imported oil products, there has been increasing willing to use substitute fuels in transport industry. Automobile industry is an exhaustive industry bringing development for any country. The industrial capabilities needed for development rest in this branch of industry. The Iranian automobile making companies move in line with this aim. But in recent decades, in addition to development of automobile industry, the pollution too has occupied the minds of the authorities of these companies. Some measures, investments, researches, and exhaustive studies related to the pollution problem have …


Collateral Learning Through Service-Learning: Developing Competent Business Professionals, Janice Gygi, Susan R. Madsen Aug 2005

Collateral Learning Through Service-Learning: Developing Competent Business Professionals, Janice Gygi, Susan R. Madsen

Susan R. Madsen

Stakeholders of business schools expect graduates to have certain collateral skills in addition to the specific skills required by the discipline. These skills have been identified as quantitative analysis, information technology, diversity, teamwork and interpersonal, critical and analytical thinking, verbal and written communication, and ethical. This literature review suggests that service-learning should be an excellent way to help students develop collateral as well as discipline-specific skills. This may be due to the high motivation to learn that students gain from working in the real world with individuals whose lives are impacted by the quality of service provided by the students.


Strategic Faculty Development (Professional Development Workshop), Susan R. Madsen, Scott C. Hammond Aug 2005

Strategic Faculty Development (Professional Development Workshop), Susan R. Madsen, Scott C. Hammond

Susan R. Madsen

This workshop addresses the following: 1) How to create a strategic planning process that honors the principles of faculty governance; 2) How strategic planning for academic organizations is fundamentally different from strategic planning in business; 3) The essential process and content elements in academic strategic palling; 4) Real case examples from private and state run institutions; and 5) How to use faculty development to successfully implement college and departmental strategy.


Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis Jul 2005

Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

The last quartile of the 20th Century vastly changed the religio-cultural landscape of the West. Previously the stronghold of Christianity, the West has entered into a period of deep diversity as a result of the unprecedented level of migration of non-Western, non-Christian peoples to western destinations. These new immigrants, with their foreign cultures and unfamiliar religions, came westward with the full expectation that they--like the diverse array of Christian emigrants who migrated westward decades before--would fully enjoy religious liberty in nations long heralded for their commitment to democratic principles and respect for civil rights. How are these immigrants faring on …


Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis Jul 2005

Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

The last quartile of the 20th Century vastly changed the religio-cultural landscape of the West. Previously the stronghold of Christianity, the West has entered into a period of deep diversity as a result of the unprecedented level of migration of non-Western, non-Christian peoples to western destinations. These new immigrants, with their foreign cultures and unfamiliar religions, came westward with the full expectation that they--like the diverse array of Christian emigrants who migrated westward decades before--would fully enjoy religious liberty in nations long heralded for their commitment to democratic principles and respect for civil rights. How are these immigrants faring on …


Book Review 5 Confidence: How Winning Streaks And Losing Streaks Begin And End By Rosabeth Moss Kanter, William C. Mcpeck Jul 2005

Book Review 5 Confidence: How Winning Streaks And Losing Streaks Begin And End By Rosabeth Moss Kanter, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End by Rosabeth Moss Kanter and published by Crown Business in 2004.


Mobile Und Ubiquitous Computing In Der Instandhaltung – Bewertung Der Anwendungsszenarien Bei Der Fraport Ag, Daniel Hanhart, Ralf Jinschek, Ulrich Kipper, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle Jun 2005

Mobile Und Ubiquitous Computing In Der Instandhaltung – Bewertung Der Anwendungsszenarien Bei Der Fraport Ag, Daniel Hanhart, Ralf Jinschek, Ulrich Kipper, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Implementing Collaborative Process Management – The Case Of Net-Tech, Florian Leser, Rainer Alt, Hubert Oesterle Jun 2005

Implementing Collaborative Process Management – The Case Of Net-Tech, Florian Leser, Rainer Alt, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Corporate Governance, Strategy, And Supply Management Performance: An Empirical Analysis Of Companies Listed In The São Paulo Stock Exchange, Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva May 2005

Corporate Governance, Strategy, And Supply Management Performance: An Empirical Analysis Of Companies Listed In The São Paulo Stock Exchange, Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva

Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva

This paper examines whether the corporate governance structures of firms with diversified suppliers differ from those of firms with more specialized or concentrated suppliers. This study consists of multiple cross sections that cover the period between 1997 and 2001 and incorporates data collected from 176 industrial companies from fourteen industrial segments that listed stocks in Bovespa, the São Paulo Stock Exchange. This study based its exploration on the premise that minimized inventory and minimized days’ sales in inventory ratios define the best-performing supply management.


Book Review 4 Leadership And Self Deception: Getting Out Of The Box, William C. Mcpeck May 2005

Book Review 4 Leadership And Self Deception: Getting Out Of The Box, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by the Arbinger Institute and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in 2002.


Thinking Beyond The Classroom In Management Education: Implementing Academic Service-Learning For A Comprehensive Learning Experience, Ovilla Turnbull, Susan R. Madsen Apr 2005

Thinking Beyond The Classroom In Management Education: Implementing Academic Service-Learning For A Comprehensive Learning Experience, Ovilla Turnbull, Susan R. Madsen

Susan R. Madsen

The business environment has gradually become more dynamic and complex throughout the past decades. Today, businesses struggle with complicated issues that were not discussed and/or did not exist 25 to 30 years ago. Yet, according to Dallimore (2002), “higher education has not adequately responded to the need to prepare students from this complex environment” (p. 86). Educators have found that experiential teaching methods, including academic service-learning, address these current challenges in higher education. The purpose of this paper is to assist management educators and practitioners in understanding the service-learning pedagogy and its worth and applicability to management education. We will …


The Effect Of Auburn University’S Business-Engineering-Technology Program On The Predisposition Towards Entrepreneurship In Business And Engineering Graduates, Paul Swamidass, Daniel Butler Mar 2005

The Effect Of Auburn University’S Business-Engineering-Technology Program On The Predisposition Towards Entrepreneurship In Business And Engineering Graduates, Paul Swamidass, Daniel Butler

Paul Swamidass

The unique Business-Engineering-Technology (BET) minor at Auburn University trains business and engineering students in teamwork and entrepreneurship. All eleven graduates of the first BET class (2003) and nineteen graduates from the second BET class (2004) were surveyed to assess their entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and abilities. Their responses were compared against the Auburn University norm for graduating seniors. The norm was developed using 254 responses from business and engineering students who were cohorts of the BET students. In this lock-step program, students design and develop three different products and matching businesses to exploit their products. Over the two years, they prepare …


Virtuelle Organisation - Konzept, Realität Und Umsetzung, Rainer Alt, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle Feb 2005

Virtuelle Organisation - Konzept, Realität Und Umsetzung, Rainer Alt, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Architektur Zur Unterstützung Der Verteilten Auftragsabwicklung Von Abb, Dimitrios Gizanis, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle, Tormod Solberg Feb 2005

Architektur Zur Unterstützung Der Verteilten Auftragsabwicklung Von Abb, Dimitrios Gizanis, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle, Tormod Solberg

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Ansätze Des Business Engineering, Hubert Oesterle, Dieter Blessing Feb 2005

Ansätze Des Business Engineering, Hubert Oesterle, Dieter Blessing

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Operational, Economic And Mission Elements In Not-For-Profit Organizations: The Case Of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James A. Belohlav Jan 2005

Operational, Economic And Mission Elements In Not-For-Profit Organizations: The Case Of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.


Book Review 3 What Is Lean Six Sigma By Michael L. George, William C. Mcpeck Jan 2005

Book Review 3 What Is Lean Six Sigma By Michael L. George, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of What is Lean Six Sigma by Michael L. George and published by McGraw-Hill in 2003.


Analogie I Metafory Źródłem Nowych Idei W Praktyce Biznesowej, Anna Ujwary-Gil Jan 2005

Analogie I Metafory Źródłem Nowych Idei W Praktyce Biznesowej, Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

Analogie i metafory stanowią ważne, jakkolwiek mało doceniane, źródło poszukiwania idei. Zwykle wykorzystanie metafor i analogii następuje spontanicznie, w trakcie komunikacji międzyludzkiej, podczas której przy użyciu metafor bądź analogii opisujemy zdarzenia, które miały miejsce, odwołując się do podobieństwa lub przenośni. Przedmiotem niniejszego artykułu jest myślenie przez analogie oraz metaforyzowanie (myślenie metaforyczne), rozumiane jako zdolności twórczego myślenia, które można wykorzystać w praktyce biznesowej i rozwijać na drodze mniej lub bardziej systematycznego ćwiczenia.


Destiny - The Reflections Of A Surfing Professor, Dave Robinson Dr. Jan 2005

Destiny - The Reflections Of A Surfing Professor, Dave Robinson Dr.

Dave Robinson Dr.

No abstract provided.


Succeeding In A Cross-Disciplinary, International, Student Design-Team Project: Auburn University/University Of Plymouth Experience, Paul Swamidass, Bob Bulfin, David Grieve, Chetan Sankar, Venu Vulasa Jan 2005

Succeeding In A Cross-Disciplinary, International, Student Design-Team Project: Auburn University/University Of Plymouth Experience, Paul Swamidass, Bob Bulfin, David Grieve, Chetan Sankar, Venu Vulasa

Paul Swamidass

Globalization has turned product design upside down. Members of a single design team in multinational firms may be located in several countries such as the USA, UK, Italy, India and so on. It is a challenge to give engineering and business students a taste of this experience. Auburn University’s Business-Engineering-Technology (B-E-T) program, and the College of Engineering, University of Plymouth, participated in a joint effort to replicate real-life product design process with a mixture of engineering and business students. This paper describes the experience, its lessons and compares it with other attempts at multinational student design-team projects.


Architektur Für Die Kooperative Auftragsabwicklung, Dimitrios Gizanis, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle Jan 2005

Architektur Für Die Kooperative Auftragsabwicklung, Dimitrios Gizanis, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Anwendungsszenarien Des Mobile Und Ubiquitous Computing In Der Instandhaltung, Daniel Hanhart, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle Jan 2005

Anwendungsszenarien Des Mobile Und Ubiquitous Computing In Der Instandhaltung, Daniel Hanhart, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.


Involvement Of Porin N,N-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-Reactive Domain In Hexokinase Binding To The Outer Mitochondrial Membrane, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Involvement Of Porin N,N-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-Reactive Domain In Hexokinase Binding To The Outer Mitochondrial Membrane, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Modeling And Analysis Of An On Line Fms, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Modeling And Analysis Of An On Line Fms, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Novel Technique To Control The Premature Infant Incubator System Using Ann, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Novel Technique To Control The Premature Infant Incubator System Using Ann, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Rules Of Ownership Of Artificial Persons Of Intellectual Property Rights -Comparative Study Between Jordanian, & French Laws-, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Rules Of Ownership Of Artificial Persons Of Intellectual Property Rights -Comparative Study Between Jordanian, & French Laws-, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Knowledge Management In Enhancing The Competitiveness Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (Smes), Philadelphia University Jan 2005

The Role Of Knowledge Management In Enhancing The Competitiveness Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (Smes), Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.