International Symposium on Academic Informing Science and Engineering: AISE 2011; in the context of The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2011 March 27th – 30th, 2011 ~ Orlando, Florida USA. AISE 2011’s Organizing Committee preferred to also include the engineering perspective to the content of the symposium because of the very …
ANZMAC Workshop Extending Service-Dominant Logic in Marketing University of Auckland Business School March 11-12, 2011 Chairs: Rod Brodie, University of Auckland Business School Janet R. McColl Kennedy, University of Queensland Advisory Committee: Robert F. Lusch, University of Arizona, USA Stephen Vargo, University of Hawaii, USA Kaj Storbacka, Hanken School of Economics, Finland During early March …
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IBM and Atılım University initiate Information Technologies Service Management (ITSM)Master Science Program aimed at training IT service management specialists. Signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement was held on September 2, 2010 with the participation of Jale Akyel, IBM Turkey University Relations Leader, Prof. Dr. Abdurrahim Özgenoğlu, Rector of Atılım University and Prof. Dr. Ali Yazıcı, …
http://www.fek.su.se/en/NFF-2011—start/ 32 tracks including: 01. Perspectives on Service research The concept service has increasingly come to denote a perspective on value creation rather that a specific category of market offerings. Service research focuses not only on service companies but also on complex service systems. In this track we invite scholars in management, marketing, organization studies, …
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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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ESD Faculty Position MIT Engineering Systems Division The MIT Engineering Systems Division (ESD) invites applications for a tenure track faculty position. ESD includes over 60 faculty, has the 4th largest graduate population of any department or division at MIT, and focuses on important global challenges: http://esd.mit.edu/about/strategic-report.html. This position will focus on applying engineering systems methodologies …
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High schools face many challenges. First, the fluctuating high school drop out rate in the US (around 8-10% over all), especially in the largest urban areas (as high as 50% or more), is setting off alarm bells with many stakeholders. Part of the solution is universities getting more involved in high schools. Second, funding shortages …
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