Software Qual J (2006) 14: 159–178 DOI 10.1007/s11219-006-7600-8 Usability measurement and metrics: A consolidated model Ahmed Seffah · Mohammad Donyaee · Rex B. Kline · Harkirat K. Padda C Springer Science+Business Media‚ Inc. 2006 Abstract Usability is increasingly recognized as an important quality factor for interactive software systems‚ including traditional GUIs-style applications‚ Web sites‚ and the large variety of mobile and PDA interactive services. Unusable user interfaces
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Knowledge Management Models Knowledge management literature is plentiful with different understandings of knowledge‚ information and data‚ as ideas and thoughts. As a result many organizations experience lots of expenses on knowledge management technologies‚ which hardly deliver with the expected outcome (Davenport‚ and Prusak‚ 1998). For further explanation‚ Argote et al.‚ (2003) tried to organize Knowledge Management literature by separating it into two parts: Knowledge Management context and
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Module Title: CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT ISSUES (BAM3011) Assessment Title: Management models Student Number: 1011331 Module Leader: Barry Simmons Date of Submission: 27th April 2012 The two management models that will be critically evaluated on their usefulness to managers in the service sector are the Just-in-Time (JIT) and the Lean manufacturing models. These two manufacturing models were invented in the early 1960s which have been in used and practised in the manufacturing industries
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2nd page DIFFERENT PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MODEL This model is based on the pioneering works of Sigmund Freud. The major principles are based on the clinical study of patients undergoing psychoanalysis‚ a method which the patient is asked to provide an unrestricted account of whatever comes to mind leaving nothing out. 1. Id‚ ego‚ and superego. Fundamental to this model is the concept that behavior results from the interaction of three key subsystems
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9-207-056 JANUARY 28‚ 2007 MALCOLM BAKER Multifactor Models There are two parts to this exercise. The first is to evaluate the performance of four mutual funds. And‚ the second is to estimate the cost of capital for two firms. Benchmarking Both parts of the exercise are about choosing an appropriate benchmark‚ either for evaluating past investment returns or assessing a new project. Ideally‚ a benchmark should reflect the opportunity cost‚ or the best alternative investment. If an investment manager’s
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HR Centre of Excellence HR Models – lessons from best practice Initial desk research October 2009 Nick Holley © Henley Business School 2009 www.henley.reading.ac.uk Contents Introduction The classic HR model Over the last decade a classic model‚ based on the work of Dave Ulrich et al‚ has emerged that has three elements (recently he has added to the model but these three remain the core). We don’t need to go into detail but we will simply highlight these three key elements: business
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Advertising can be regarded as having two separate functions‚ one of persuading and one of informing consumers. Against some who claim that persuasive advertising using irrational means is moral as long as the product or service it represents is good or useful‚ this paper argues that by denigrating human reason such advertising is always immoral. On the other hand‚ advertisements which present information in a straight-forward and truthful way are always moral no matter what they advertise; indeed
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THEORY OF ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE “If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it‚ [we had] better buy it of them with some part of our own industry‚ employed in a way in which we have some advantage.” -Adam Smith (WN‚ IV.ii.12) This means that a nation produces and exports those commodities which it can produce more cheaply than other nations‚ and imports those which it cannot. A nation will not produce a good that is produced more expensively at
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The competitive advantages of IKEA Low price and good quality more than competitors Good service High quality of design Wide varieties IKEA of Sweden AB (IoS) based in Älmhult‚ develops and makes the IKEA range available to stores and customers all over the world. The competitive advantages of IKEA is to offer wide range of well-designed‚ functional home furnishing products at price so low that as many people as possible can afford them. Their concept of high quality of design
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Introduction and needs of future trends The logistics industry faces a number of particular challenges when it comes to sustainability. For many years now‚ providers of logistics services have been closely integrated into their customers’ production processes. Businesses and governments also carefully weigh logistics in their investment decisions. The logistics industry itself is not just responsible for ensuring that the right product reaches the right place at the right time. It is also
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