The 2-day Critical Chain workshop delivers the knowledge necessary to meet the needs of executives, project and resource managers. Learn how to implement both the single project and multi-project Critical Chain solutions. Let an HMC expert show you how to integrate the great thought leadership of traditional project management and the Theory of Constraints. Witness the breakthroughs in a hard-hitting interactive workshop packed with participant activities and simulations.

Theory of Constraints

Trailblazing precision medicine in Europe: A joint view by Genomic Medicine Sweden and the Centers for Personalized Medicine, ZPM, in Germany.

Job Performance in the Learning Organization: The Mediating Impacts of Self‐Efficacy and Work Engagement

Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia : Vision 2030

Research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of business administration (strategic management), school of business, Kenyatta University May, 2018

Learning organization dimensions and organizational performance of commercial banks in Kenya: survey of commercial banks in Ongata Oongai township.

The education sector is crucial to any nation committed to building future human capital. The Higher Education sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is at the centre of transforming the nation's future in a radical move to end oil-dependency. But this is only possible if universities make a decisive change and start working as learning organisations in all employee's levels. The present study investigates the direction of higher education in becoming learning organisations. We collected data from 840 staff members in 20 public Saudi universities. We designed a questionnaire exploring the seven dimensions of learning organisation found in the literature.  Regression analyses were used to assess the impact of those dimensions on the organisational performance. Results showed that universities that adhered most to the learning organisation principles demonstrated a better organisational performance, particularly concerning research and knowledge performance. We recommend that universities should (1) use change agents to help transform effectively and meet rising demands and (2), promote continuous learning for all employees to increase productivity.

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The Impact of Learning Organizations Dimensions on the Organisational Performance: An Exploring Study of Saudi Universities

This article presents the case of a regional government and academia working together to realize High-Performance Computing Wales, a shared supercomputing infrastructure. The initiative aimed to su...

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A Review of a Distributed High performance Computing Implementation

In light of the very high popularity of electronic word of mouth in the form of products and services reviews on the internet and its critical importance for businesses, the aim of this research is to investigate why customers who buy skincare products do not engage in eWOM by not leaving reviews about these products online. This research adopts a qualitative nature, using semi-structured in-depth interviews. Respondents’ group consists of the same amount of males and females who were asked questions regarding their electronic and traditional word of mouth experiences. Received responses demonstrate that laziness, lack of general interest in skin care and lack of feeling altruistic towards consumers online are the key factors preventing consumers from leaving reviews about skin care online.

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Why Consumers Do not Provide Online Reviews

Electronic word of mouth (eWOM) plays an important part in our everyday life. When seeking information online through eWOM, our attitude towards specific information is inevitably affected by a wide range of factors and motives. Identifying and studying how motivations to seek eWOM affect our attitude towards said information may play a role to help us devise strategies to deal with new products, services and technologies as they are released in to the wild and get exposure to consumers. The aim of this research is to develop a model to study how certain specific motivations may affect the attitude individuals hold towards eWOM information. This paper develops a set of hypotheses to help evaluate how motivations affects the information seeker’s attitude towards the information. Future empirical research will test the proposed hypotheses to advance our understanding of the role of motivations when seeking eWOM information.

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Motivations Affecting Attitude Towards Information: Development of a Conceptual Model

Electronic word of mouth (eWOM) plays an important part in our everyday life. eWOM communications have been shown to affect the adoption of information, thus affecting the information seeker’s decision-making. Identifying and studying how motivations to seek eWOM affect information adoption can prove beneficial in aiding new product, services and, in general, technology strategy development and adoption. This research aims at developing a model to investigate how certain specific motivations may affect the adoption of information sought through eWOM. This paper develops a set of hypotheses to help evaluate how motivations affect the information seeker’s adoption of the information sought, based on the moderating effect of gender. The paper improves on the knowledge of factors affecting information adoption and the impact of gender, and thus help advance our understanding of consumer behaviour online and information processing. Future empirical research will test the proposed hypotheses to advance our understanding of the role of motivations when seeking eWOM information.

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Daniele Doneddu

Papers

The Impact of Learning Organizations Dimensions on the Organisational Performance: An Exploring Study of Saudi Universities

A Review of a Distributed High performance Computing Implementation

Why Consumers Do not Provide Online Reviews

Motivations Affecting Attitude Towards Information: Development of a Conceptual Model

Motivations to Seek Electronic Word of Mouth Communications and Information Adoption: Development of a Conceptual Model