93 research outputs found
Total Quality Management Practices and Supply Chain Management: Understanding Linkages from the Logistics Sector of Pakistan
No full textThe study has the outcome of a conceptual framework that establishes the relationship between the total quality management (TQM) practices and supply chain management (SCM) practices. The six TQM practices have taken from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), these practices are leadership, strategic planning, customer focus, human resource management, process management, and information analysis. The result is based on the logistics sector in Pakistan. Data is collected from 270 operation manager and top management. Multiple regression analysis is used to drive the results to form data. The results show the strong relationship between the variables. The results revealed that leadership, strategic planning, customer focus, and human resource management were found a significant relationship with SCM. However, process management and information analysis were insignificant relationships with SCM. This study can be used for the implementation of both the system in the organization to drive better results
Reflections from Dr. Nick Bontis Scholarly Contributions in the Field of Learning Organization
No full textThe work of Nick Bontis divided into following categories 1. Intellectual capital management which refers to knowledge of a company's employees collectively. Dr. Nick develops a matrix of intellectual capital. 2. Organizational size and Knowledge flow, it describes the flow of information and technical knowledge with respect to learning. Dr. Nick explains the knowledge flow in up and down stream according to the size of organization 3. The organizational learning process in different setting e.g. Group learning and individual learning and their outcomes in diverse cultures. The group learning is more result oriented and cost effective instead of investing on individuals. 4. Managing organizational learning system Aligning Knowledge flow and stock of knowledge. 5. The theory of resource base view of the firms, describe the utilization of resources as competitive advantage. Resources are divided into tangible and non-tangible. This writes up is an effort to explore the areas he has contributed
Analysis of privacy protections in fitness tracking applications
No full textMobile fitness tracking apps allow users to track their workouts and share them with friends through online social networks. Although the sharing of personal data is an inherent risk in all social networks, the dangers presented by sharing personal workouts comprised of geospatial and health data may prove especially grave. While fitness apps offer a variety of privacy features, at present it is unclear if these countermeasures are sufficient to thwart a determined attacker, nor is it clear how many of their users are at risk.
In this work, we perform a systematic analysis of privacy behaviors and threats in fitness tracking social networks. Collecting a month-long snapshot of public posts to the popular Strava fitness tracking service (21 million posts, 3 million users), we observe that 16.5% of users make use of Endpoint Privacy Zones (EPZs), which conceal fitness activity nearby user-designated sensitive locations (e.g., home, office). We go on to develop an attack against EPZs that infers users’ protected locations from the remaining available information in public posts, discovering that 95.1% of moderately active users are at risk of having their protected locations extracted by an attacker. Finally, we consider the efficacy of state-of-the-art privacy mechanisms through adapting geo-indistinguishability techniques as well as developing a novel EPZ fuzzing technique. Strava has been notified of the discovered vulnerabilities and (at time of submission) is preparing to incorporate our countermeasures into their production system.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-05-01The student, Muhammad Hussain, accepted the attached license on 2018-04-25 at 21:03.The student, Muhammad Hussain, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2018-04-25 at 21:10.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2018-04-26 at 14:30.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12510 on 2018-08-31 at 17:21:36Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-04T20:41:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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The Islamic Movement Interactions within the Arab Uprisings: The impact of the Islamic movements interactions on thedemocratization process and the level of radicalization
No full textCHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Political Science Dissertation Abstract The Islamist Movement Interactions within the Arab Uprisings The Impact of the Islamist Movements' Interactions on the Democratization Process and the Level of Radicalization Author: Mohamed Saad Supervisor: Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. Year of the defense: 2023 Abstract The Islamist movements played a socio-political role in many Arab and Middle Eastern countries. They provided social services and a resistance ideology, either for the West or local political regimes. They mobilized their supporters in a large social movement that crystallized the Islamic Ummah's relative deprivation and common grievances. In some cases, Islamism was used as a justification ideology to legitimize the ruling regime. Also, it has been used as an ideology to justify the use of radical and jihadist violence. The Islamism involvement in the Arab Spring raised the classic dilemma in a new shape, either to integrate the Islamists in an open political process; however, this integration may undermine democracy and individual rights in the long term, or to exclude the Islamists from the political life in a way that may encourage more Islamists to resort to violence to achieve their goals. The dissertation tests..
Vzájemné působení islámského hnutí v rámci arabských povstání: Vliv vzájemného působení islámských hnutí na proces demokratizace a úroveň radikalizace
No full textCHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Political Science Dissertation Abstract The Islamist Movement Interactions within the Arab Uprisings The Impact of the Islamist Movements' Interactions on the Democratization Process and the Level of Radicalization Author: Mohamed Saad Supervisor: Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. Year of the defense: 2023 Abstract The Islamist movements played a socio-political role in many Arab and Middle Eastern countries. They provided social services and a resistance ideology, either for the West or local political regimes. They mobilized their supporters in a large social movement that crystallized the Islamic Ummah's relative deprivation and common grievances. In some cases, Islamism was used as a justification ideology to legitimize the ruling regime. Also, it has been used as an ideology to justify the use of radical and jihadist violence. The Islamism involvement in the Arab Spring raised the classic dilemma in a new shape, either to integrate the Islamists in an open political process; however, this integration may undermine democracy and individual rights in the long term, or to exclude the Islamists from the political life in a way that may encourage more Islamists to resort to violence to achieve their goals. The dissertation tests...Department of Political ScienceKatedra politologieFaculty of Social SciencesFakulta sociálních vě
‐type preinvex functions with applications
No full textIn this present paper, we introduce the idea and concept of n-polynomial s-type preinvex functions. We elaborate and investigate the algebraic properties of the newly introduced definition and discuss their connections and relations with convex functions. We find the new sort of Hermite-Hadamard inequality via a newly introduced definition. Furthermore, some refinements of Hermite-Hadamard inequality are given. Finally, we investigated some applications via this newly introduced definition. The results obtained in this paper can be viewed as significant improvement of previously known results.H.E.C. Pakistan under NRPU project [7906]The research of the author Saad Ihsan Butt has been fully supported by H.E.C. Pakistan under NRPU project 7906
Determinants of Dividend Policy in Services Industry of China
No full textThe dividend policy analysis based upon the service industry in china. The data is based on the most recent years from 2014 to 2016. It includes forty-two organizations of communication, information, and transportation sector. dividend pay-out determines the total revenue by the organization(positively). It is presumed that the total sale plays a positive part in deciding dividend pay-out ratio of the organization as it increases earning per share, and strength of equity. The debt equity ratio is significant but due to the dividend pay-out of the organization will decrease
Potential of coconut shell activated carbon (CSAC) in removing contaminants for water quality improvement: A critical review
No full textModerating Effect of Attitude toward Zakat Payment on the Relationship between Moral Reasoning and Intention to Pay Zakat
No full textAbstractZakat is a vital instrument for poverty reduction, and employment opportunity in the society. Studies about the intention to pay zakat in other places such as Kano remain scared. The objective of this paper is to discuss the moderating effect of attitude toward zakat payment on the relationship between moral reasoning and intention to pay among Muslim businessmen in Kano Nigeria. Empirically the study concludes that attitude and moral reasoning positively and significantly influence intention to pay Zakat among businessmen in Kano Nigeria. Theoretically new variable was tested in zakat environment
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