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Construction of decision criteria for family – run businesses
No full textThis paper focuses on a decision system for family – run businesses.
The aim is to capture the leadership instinct and experience in order to guarantee
a human resource management instrument for the next entrepreneurial generations.
The design of a decision system considers the need of assembling work
teams for business orders via the following steps. First, a KSA (Knowledge,
Skills and Attitudes) model is analysed for the description of workers and their
abilities for each work order. Then, an Apriori algorithm studies the logic by
which the leadership makes the work teams. Finally, the information fusion, due
to both KSA and Apriori algorithm, allows the reconstruction of leadership decisions
with a high accuracy degree. A real case of family – run business is useful
to test the approach, showing that the entrepreneurial success is not always due
to the best work teams
Innovating e-Recruitment Services: An Italian Case Study
No full textIn a currently global, social and digital world, new challenges are coming to companies. The evolution of Information Technology and the rapid extension of the Internet have revolutionized the way of managing human re-sources. Nowadays, the real challenge for organizations is to achieve, hire and retain talents in order to enhance their competitive advantage. The paper aims to analyze the emerging trends in the e-recruitment services by investigating the case study of Face4Job, an innovative Italian start-up in this sector. The purpose is to explore why and how the problems related to traditional recruitment and e-recruitment models have led to an innovative solution of “talent hunting”. Our findings show several innovative solutions in order to more efficiently match the requests of employers and job seekers and to make the search of talent much more qualified.In a currently global, social and digital world, new challenges are coming to companies. The evolution of Information Technology and the rapid extension of the Internet have revolutionized the way of managing human re-sources. Nowadays, the real challenge for organizations is to achieve, hire and retain talents in order to enhance their competitive advantage. The paper aims to analyze the emerging trends in the e-recruitment services by investigating the case study of Face4Job, an innovative Italian start-up in this sector. The purpose is to explore why and how the problems related to traditional recruitment and e-recruitment models have led to an innovative solution of “talent hunting”. Our findings show several innovative solutions in order to more efficiently match the requests of employers and job seekers and to make the search of talent much more qualified
ICT in collaborative network to improve the quality of life: a case of fruit and vegetables redirection.
No full textNegative externalities of economic development impact on the numerous areas and deteriorate quality of their resident’s life. Systems address these dramatic challenges through collaborative innovation of organizations, which, enabled by new technologies, create or capture attractive opportunities. The aim of this paper is to highlight how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a pivotal role in enabling the growth of new organizational forms, which create value at the territorial level, trigger positive changes in social and economic environment and improve the quality of life of people involved. Literature review considers the multiple perspectives of Institutional Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Socio-Ecological Systems and Socio-Technical Systems that until now were separate. This study highlights instead that their integration provides a satisfying explanation of the phenomena observed, and well explain different motivations of the examined organizations. ICT-based organizations, point out interesting opportunities for all organizations, public institutions, companies and social enterprises. In particular, the paper analyses a case of reutilization of fruit and vegetables surplus in the third Italian Agricultural centre. This action reduces production of waste and pollution, fights poverty and improves health, ultimately creating social inclusion
A Model to Assess the Technological Level of Small Businesses
No full textIn this paper we present a three-dimensional framework (named Cube of Corporate Technological Level – CCTL) to evaluate the technological position of small enterprises from different points of view. This framework has been developed from existing tools with similar goals, already proposed by other authors. Compared to existing ones, this framework differs primarily for the inclusion of a collaborative perspective. It reflects the distinctive features of the latest interactive and web 2.0 tools (chat, blogs, forums, ...), that allow companies to manage their relationships with the external stakeholders of the supply chain. The proposed framework has been applied to a sample of small businesses to test its validity. Some business cases with different positions in the Cube are describe
Auditing of Information Technology Controls in Outsourcing
No full textThe paper analyzes the level of Information Technology (IT) and the quality of IT Controls (ITC) in outsourcing. We collected data through a questionnaire sent to a sample of Italian listed companies and performed robustness tests. Our results show that in Italy: 1) IT in outsourcing is widespread; 2) ITC in outsourcing complies with USA frameworks. ITC mainly follow the Statement of Auditing Standard No. 70 (SAS 70) Report Types 1 and 2. Concerns about quality are related to the absence of a direct evaluation in outsourcer location and the absence of audit provisions
Organizational Innovation and Change. Managing Information and Technology
No full textThis book explores a range of critical issues and emerging topics relevant to the linkages between information technology and organizational systems. It encourages debate and opens up new avenues of inquiry in the field of Information Systems, organization and management studies, by investigating themes of growing researchinterest from multiple disciplinary perspectives such as organizational innovation and impact, information technology, innovation transfer, and knowledge management
The Impact of the Implementation of the Electronic Medical Record in an Italian University Hospital
No full textIn the last years the use of the information communication technology (ICT) has become a leading driver of managerial reform in the public sector and in particular in the healthcare system. In particular, the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is one of the most studied ICT systems in the healthcare management literature. Using the Zaharia et al. model, in this study we investigate the implementation of a core element of the EMR, in an university hospital, the deployment of which is expected to spur internal efficiency and pave the way for the development of the principles in other departments and/or hospitals. It then analyses the organizational impacts of EMRs on the healthcare provider’s structure
Repliche anatomiche stampate in 3D: un nuovo strumento per la pianificazione chirurgica e il consenso informato
No full textLe nuove tecnologie in sanità hanno incrementato sempre più la qualità del servizio offerto al paziente. Alla loro continua evoluzione va ricollegata l’introduzione della stampa 3D in ambito medico. Le applicazioni cliniche della stampa 3D spaziano dalla fabbricazione di repliche anatomiche per il planning prechirurgico alla costruzione di dispositivi medici su misura e alla creazione di tessuto biologico. Tale potenziamento dell’esperienza tattile e visiva ha permesso l’uso dei modelli in 3D anche in supporto alla comunicazione medico-paziente e alla formazione dei chirurghi
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