152 research outputs found
Anchoring knowledge in business process models to support the interoperability of virtual organizations
No full textAnchoring knowledge in business process models to support the interoperability of virtual organizations
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Sensing Home: A Thematic Analysis of Psychoanalytic Texts
No full textHow we sense our homes has an impact on how we interact with the environments we live in and how we view ourselves. Yet, the author found little research in the psychoanalytic tradition, object relations, that explores the intrapsychic faculty that we sense home through. Thus, this research project employs a research methodology that is similar to Crotty’s (1998) description of social constructionism, and the research method that Braun, Clarke, and Hayfield (2015) calls descriptive thematic analysis, to interpret how 11 psychoanalytic articles portray the development of this sense faculty. In doing so, this project begins to outlay a landscape of this phenomenon, constructing five themes in the literature that could aid future research and clinical explorations; themes that portray how the phenomena we call home, symbolic processes, psychic integration and individuation, as well as the wake of trauma impacts the way we sense the places and relationships that we inhabit. As a result, these themes have several implications for psychotherapeutic practice, clinical training, the research of psychotherapy, and other research areas
Formal semantics of enterprise models:Report of the Working Group 2 on Formal Semantics of Enterprise Model, ICEIMT Workshop 4, Brussels, June 16-18, 1997.
No full textTemporal shift in commercial Chattooga River tours as a result of a federally imposed use cap
No full textProxy possible flow semantics for enterprise formulae and artefact possible lives models
No full textAn operational semantics is defined for enterprise formulae (EF) -a language for specifying enterprise models- and artefact possible lives models (APLM) -a language for specifying product (life cycle) models-. The semantics is explained by means of the MiViPoRo framework. The conceptual background for the paper is drawn from early definitions of syntax and semantics, and from work
on the operational semantics of programming languages. The operational semantics of EF and APLM involves the possible flows of proxies in a network of cells
Managing processes and information technology in mergers - the integration of finance processes and systems
No full textMany companies use mergers to achieve their growth goals or target technology position. To realise synergies that justify the merger transaction, an integration of the merged companies is often necessary. Such integartion takes place across company business areas (such as finance or sales) and across the layers of management consideration, which are strategy, human resources, organisation, processes, and information technology.
In merger integration techniques, there is a significant gap regarding the management of operational level issues. Yet, especially for the finance business area, an integration of processes and information technology is of high importance and often required swiftly after the merger. The author therefore presents an approach designed for managing the operational level merger in the finance business area.
To close the gap in considering operational level issues, the author has developed a model for integraring finance processes and information technology of merging companies. For such model development, literature resources have been used along with merger experiences of the author, and interviews with merger experts. Validation of the developed model has been conducted by using in-depth case studies for showing the effects of applying the model. Further validation interviews have been conducted to support the generality of the approach.
Accommodating the significant increase of task complexity during mergers compared to normal business operation, the presented approach focuses on managing interdependencies instead of project detail. Features of this approach comprise:
An organisational proposal to settinmg up merger programme management;
An interdependency model, vertically interconnecting the finance business area with strategic and organisational merger decisions, and horizontally interconnecting the finance business area with other business areas.
It could be shown that the presented model improves merger integration quality by reducing complexity of merger management. The model is most applicable for larger companies, and can be used in any merger phase
Enterprise reference architectures : a research portfolio
No full textThe paper addresses several unresolved classical questions about enterprise reference architectures. These questions are discussed in light of current developments in ITC, such as interoperability, component-based software, and configurable software.
The discussion leads to four new areas of research, viz.: 1) how can extemal services be modelled? 2) how can man-machine systems be modelled? 3) what is the appropriate level of being generic? and 4) how can distribution of data applications and hardware be mode lied
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