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Organisation Kultur Geschlecht : Eine empirische Untersuchung zur (Geschlechts-)Sensibilität in und von Organisationen
Franke, Marion; Simöl, Ingeborg - 2003
Die vorliegende Arbeit trägt den Titel Organisation Kultur Geschlecht und basiert auf einer empirischen Untersuchung zur (Geschlechts-)Sensibilität in und von neun Organisationen aus dem wirtschaftlichen, öffentlichen und sozialen Bereich. Von Interesse sind Organisationen und ihre...
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Crowdsourcing information systems : a systems theory perspective
Geiger, David; Rosemann, Michael; Fielt, Erwin - 2011
Crowdsourcing harnesses the potential of large and open networks of people. It is a relatively new phenomenon and attracted substantial interest in practice. Related research, however, lacks a theoretical foundation. We propose a system-theoretical perspective on crowdsourcing systems to address...
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Why is Economics not a Complex Systems Science?
Foster, John - 2004
Economics is viewed as a discipline that is mainly concerned with 'simplistic' theorizing, centered upon constrained … should be acknowledged at the core of economic analysis. It is explained how economics changes in fundamental ways when such … of economics in the 20th Century, despite the massive popularity of an economist like Keynes, are discussed and this is …
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Organizational Power and Politics: More Than Meets the Eye in Program Planning
Shaver, Susan - 2003
Organizational power and politics influence corporate training in ways not often discussed. This study explores the effects of organizational power and politics on program planning and how planning, with its inherent power and politics (see Cervero & Wilson, 1994a), influences the daily...
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Process and Outcome Factors of Enterprise Transformation: A Study of the Retail Sector
Garcia, Dominie - 2006
A comprehensive model of enterprise transformation is developed, along with a more specific model that includes multiple process factors inherent in transformation. The process factors are drawn from literature as well as primary research conducted for the dissertation. Specific considerations...
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A Pareto Model for OLAP View Size Estimation
Nadeau, Thomas P. - 2003
On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) aims at gaining useful information quickly from large amounts of data residing in a data warehouse. To improve the quickness of response to queries, pre-aggregation is a useful strategy. However, it is usually impossible to pre-aggregate along all...
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Stochastic scheduling of parallel queues with set-up costs
Duenyas, Izak; Oyen, Mark P. - 1995
We consider the problem of allocating a single server to a system of queues with Poisson arrivals. Each queue represents a class of jobs and possesses a holding cost rate, general service distribution, and a set-up cost. The objective is to minimize the expected cost due to the waiting of jobs...
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On the Introduction of an Agile, Temporary Workforce into a Tandem Queueing System
Kaufman, David L.; Ahn, Hyun-Soo; Lewis, Mark E. - 2005
We consider a two-station tandem queueing system where customers arrive according to a Poisson process and must receive service at both stations before leaving the system. Neither queue is equipped with dedicated servers. Instead, we consider three scenarios for the fluctuations of workforce...
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The evolution of residential property price premia in a metropolis: Reconstitution or contamination?
Huston, Simon - 2010
Residential property price premia (‘premia’) have long fascinated investors, particularly in times of euphoria, but their social, climatic and urban ramifications are much wider. A proper understanding of premia is hindered by the variety of exogenous influences determining them. They occur...
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