From the executive summary: ‘Many extremely complex and costly search-and-retrieval systems are in use in many large organizations. Search and retrieval is a much more complex problem than most information professionals, systems engineers, and even MBA-equipped presidents of search engine companies grasp. Search brushes up against some problems computer scientists...
This paper will discuss an approach to understanding decision making processes through considering the combination of specific psychological issues with general ideas of complexity. The context is team decision making in commercial and industrial contexts. The complexity of such a situation is twofold. On the one hand, there is the...
Byline: Isabelle Clary SACRAMENTO, Calif. - CalPERS' Dan Bienvenue found a simple way to solve the complex problem of how to cut down tracking error in the pension giant's $30 billion internally managed international equity portfolio. Mr. Bienv Byline: Isabelle...
The State and National Principal of the Year Awards program annually recognizes outstanding secondary school leaders who demonstrate excellence in educational leadership, complex problem solving, professional growth, and community involvement. The State and National Principal of the Year Awards program annually recognizes outstanding secondary school leaders who demonstrate excellence in...
Whether as team members brainstorming, or cultures experimenting with new technologies, problem solvers communicate and share ideas. This paper examines how the structure of communication networks among actors can affect system-level performance. We present an agent-based model of information sharing, where the less successful emulate the more successful. Results suggest...
When faced with a difficult or complex problem, it's easy to get caught up in a "fix it" frame of mind. This deficit-focused approach places problems at the center of attention, and such negative spotlighting can actually have a limiting effect on the potential for creative resolution. There is another...
This article explains about the six steps which outline a process for environmental priority setting that is based on an existing field of experience and procedures. If an organization can adapt these existing techniques to the complex questions of environmental priority setting, they can start simplifying a complex problem. One...
Often managers are responsible for grappling with complex problems in their enterprises -- new problems with many diverse elements interacting in a dynamic way (for an interesting model of these sorts of complex problems, check out this diagram). Recently many startup companies have sprouted up promising to help solve such...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 15, 1996--Fujitsu Personal Systems is helping Searle pharmaceuticals, a $1.5 billion subsidiary of Monsanto Company, solve a complex problem: How does one of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies improve its sales force's ability to maintain accurate and timely sales and inventory reports, while at the same...
Lack of insurance coverage is a complex problem, and the obstacles to its solution are formidable. Skeptics might conclude that this is not a promising time to expand health insurance coverage. However, there are reasons for optimism. The fact that Congress is split evenly between the two parties could force...
NOVATO, Calif. -- Radiant Logic, Inc., the leading provider of virtual directory solutions, today announced RadiantOne VDS Virtual Directory Server 4.5 to meet the demand of portals and web services for a better solution to the complex problem of authentication for multiple security domains. RadiantOne VDS 4.5 acts as a...
Reg Revans (1907–2003) pioneered Action Learning as a management and organizational development tool. It’s based on the premise that people learn best when they focus on a problem together. By sharing their prior knowledge and experience and by asking good questions based upon what they don’t know, people can both...
The world of copyrights and content licensing is a mess on the web. Plagiarism runs amok. People tend to be very cavalier about stealing content. In this installment of the Deal Radar, we will look at a company that attempts to put some structure around the evidently unmanageable content...
The Idea in Brief If you're like most managers, you frown on mistakes--yours and others. Why? Your organization demands optimum performance. And it rewards you based on the height of your successes, not the depth of your...
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