IGI Global Announces the Successful Completion of IJSSMET’s Inaugural Year

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 16 December 2010, 11:10 am

Hershey, PA – October 29, 2010 – IGI Global, an international publishing company specializing in high-quality research publications in the fields of computer science and information technology management, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the inaugural year of the International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (Editor-in-Chief Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of …

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200 countries, 200 years in 4 minutes

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 15 December 2010, 11:37 am

Video link As global economies converge in the upper quadrant of rich & healthy, there are infinite possibilities to prosper and coexist peacefully.

New Program

Posted by Site Administrator on 17 November 2010, 2:40 pm

A new program is launched at Universita Milano Bicocca called Master of ICT Management. It looks like a pretty well-rounded program to me – technology subjects, business and PEOPLE!!

New INFORMS Section – lunch November 8 at the annual meeting

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 29 October 2010, 11:49 am

Are you interested in how operations research and management science can be applied to systems with public impact? For example, an animal shelter with arrivals and adoptions is a service system, government agencies design processes that deliver services to taxpayers (e.g., building permits or justice and protection), and after disasters Non-Governmental Organizations provide health, food, …

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Iran restricts social sciences in education

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 25 October 2010, 10:58 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101024/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_university_restrictions quote from the article: “The list includes law, philosophy, management, psychology, political science and the two subjects that appear to cause the most concern among Iran’s conservative leadership — women’s studies and human rights.” IMHO: By preventing people from learning about other perspectives I think small groups of people promote misunderstandings and raise barriers, …

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The Chilean way for innovation

Posted by rseguel on 18 October 2010, 5:43 am

In an article recently published at The Daily Best, the Chilean way for innovation is explained with the mega-rescue of the 33 miners last week. Here are 5 success factors for every innovation process: Fast decision process “First, a rapid decision to take action at a high level of intensity came from the top. In …

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Accenture to Spend $100 Million on skills training

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 6 October 2010, 9:57 am

See article: http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/blogs/entry-detail/?blog_id=1261&entry_id=11915

Wordle.net

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 5 October 2010, 1:32 pm

We all know the challenge of trying to provide a nice overview of a complex area in a compelling manner. With http://www.worldle.net one can easily take a paper or a URL and turn it into a visually appealing overview of an area. For example, an IBM colleague recently sent me some material about work going …

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Filling the Need for Skilled Workers Requires Smarter Education

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 16 September 2010, 12:51 pm

Article link Diane Melley Diane Melley is a director in IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs. Posted: September 9, 2010 01:10 PM

Call for Papers, Frontiers in Service

Posted by Site Administrator on 15 September 2010, 10:41 am

June 30 — July 3, 2011 • Columbus, Ohio, USA Call for Papers SPONSORED BY: The Center for Excellence in Service, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, USA Initiative for Managing Services, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, USA The American Marketing Association ► Conference Committee ► Current Topics ► About …

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