With this research the importance of various quality practices is highlighted, while emphasising the fact that all have their fair share of advantages and disadvantages that must be weighed by any organisation seeking a structured strategy towards furthering their continuous improvement...

In this work we have approached aspects on the strategic process of continuous improvement of quality processes. Throughout the paper we have shown that in the present context the key to future growth and development requires a fundamental change in attitude, in thinking, in quality culture and...

Статья посвящена совершенствованию производственных систем промышленных предприятий. Рассмотрены существующие стратегии совершенствования бизнес-процессов...

In the early twentieth century, the Taylor model improved, in a spectacular maner the efficiency of the production processes. This allowed obtaining high productivity by low-skilled workers, but used in large number in the execution of production. Currently this model is questioned by experts...

The "hierarchical and linear model of innovation" (HLMI) is often used to describe how innovations are produced. HLMI presents several shortcomings and one possible way of overcoming them is to consider innovations from a system perspective. In order to achieve this, this article uses Kline and...

Объектом исследования является процесс усвоения знаний студентами вуза как составляющая интеллектуального капитала. Инструментарий исследования – системный...

For the last several decades, organizations have dealt with economic shifts using change management. Based on the new science, there are two major flaws with this approach. First, the word change implies an event with an ending. Second, it implies that change can be managed. In a world of...

In 1990’s, business and management world was shaken with a new concept which was found by Senge: Learning Organizations. Since that time, lots of theoritical studies were done and published in some magazines about learning organizations. In ad- dition, for the assesment of these studies,...

The evaluation of the performance of rural enterprises is usually based on financial and productive factors. Indicators related to personal and family aims are rarely considered under such perspectives. In this context, this research proposes a systemic model for managing family farming. The...