Decisions and business rules are essential Components of an organization. Combined, these components form a basis for securing the implementation of new laws, regulations and internal policies into processes, work instructions and information systems. To ensure proper implementation, business rule types must be taken into account, as the functions per type may be different. The current body of knowledge on decision and business rule management offers some insights into different types of business rules, however, these types are often presented as a secondary focus of a contribution or set in stone without proper evidence supporting these claims. This study therefore aims to explore the different business rule types utilized in the body of knowledge as well as practice. This will form a basis to determine possible overlap and inconsistencies and aid in establishing the functional differences between the defined business rule types. By applying a literature review, semi-structured interviews and secondary data analysis, we observed that the current body of knowledge shows serious diffusion with regards to business rule types, the same holds for practice. Therefore, future research should focus to research these differences in detail with the aim to harmonize the proliferation of business rule types.
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Proceedings van de USE Conference 2015 A Healthy Working Life in a Healthy Business
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This position paper addresses the way knowledge is conceptualized in knowledge management literature and practice. Using the work of Lakoff and Johnson on metaphors it will show how people use metaphors to think and talk about knowledge. In KM literature at least 22 different metaphors for knowledge are used. Further research shows that these metaphors are primarily Western metaphors while in Eastern philosophy many other metaphors for knowledge are used. The choice of metaphors for knowledge has great influence about the way we think about knowledge management. They determine what we diagnose as KM problems in organizations and what we develop as KM solutions. To illustrate this, the paper presents the results of an exercise set up to determine the effect of metaphors on knowledge management approaches in which two challenging metaphors for knowledge were used: knowledge as water and knowledge as love.
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Integreren betekent zaken samenbrengen tot een beter geheel. En dat is precies de doelstelling van ketenintegratie in de bouw. Aangezien de sector gekenmerkt wordt door een verregaande specialisatie, is het juist hier van groot belang om de verschillende disciplines, rollen en belangen op een efficiënte manier aan elkaar te knopen. En bij woningrenovatie is deze noodzaak nog eens extra groot. Omdat we te maken hebben met de randvoorwaarden van iets bestaands, stelt renovatie ons voor bijzondere bouwtechnische en logistieke uitdagingen. Bovendien is er bij renovatie vaak sprake van een lange aanloopfase waarin nog geen duidelijk beeld bestaat van het niveau van renovatie dat wordt nagestreefd. Hoe kan het gebouw weer toekomstbestendig gemaakt worden? Welke ingrepen zijn financieel haalbaar? Wat voor randvoorwaarden stellen stakeholders, de overheid en de bewoners? Er is dus sprake van een ingewikkeld samenspel van disciplines en belangen. De complexiteit maakt ketenintegratie juist bij woningrenovatie zo relevant. Om die reden is dit onderwerp dan ook gekozen als centrale thema van het lectoraat Vernieuwend Vastgoedbeheer. Deze publicatie begint met een schets van de achtergronden van ketenintegratie bij woningrenovatie. Zo wordt in hoofdstuk 2 nader ingegaan op de ontwikkelingen in de woningmarkt die ons nopen om op veel grotere schaal met ketenintegratie aan de slag te gaan. In hoofdstuk 3 volgt een beschrijving van de verschillende vormen van ketenintegratie, waarna in hoofdstuk 4 en 5 de eisen aan bod komen die ketenintegratie stelt aan de organisatie van zowel opdrachtgevers als opdrachtnemers. Hoofdstuk 6 geeft een beeld van de bijzondere kansen die ketenintegratie biedt bij woningrenovatie. In het laatste hoofdstuk zet ik uiteen met welke zaken het lectoraat Vernieuwend Vastgoedbeheer zich de komende jaren zal gaan bezighouden.
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Integreren betekent zaken samenbrengen tot een beter geheel. En dat is precies de doelstelling van ketenintegratie in de bouw. Aangezien de sector gekenmerkt wordt door een verregaande specialisatie, is het juist hier van groot belang om de verschillende disciplines, rollen en belangen op een efficiënte manier aan elkaar te knopen. En bij woningrenovatie is deze noodzaak nog eens extra groot. Omdat we te maken hebben met de randvoorwaarden van iets bestaands, stelt renovatie ons voor bijzondere bouwtechnische en logistieke uitdagingen. Bovendien is er bij renovatie vaak sprake van een lange aanloopfase waarin nog geen duidelijk beeld bestaat van het niveau van renovatie dat wordt nagestreefd. Hoe kan het gebouw weer toekomstbestendig gemaakt worden? Welke ingrepen zijn financieel haalbaar? Wat voor randvoorwaarden stellen stakeholders, de overheid en de bewoners? Er is dus sprake van een ingewikkeld samenspel van disciplines en belangen. De complexiteit maakt ketenintegratie juist bij woningrenovatie zo relevant. Om die reden is dit onderwerp dan ook gekozen als centrale thema van het lectoraat Vernieuwend Vastgoedbeheer. Deze publicatie begint met een schets van de achtergronden van ketenintegratie bij woningrenovatie. Zo wordt in hoofdstuk 2 nader ingegaan op de ontwikkelingen in de woningmarkt die ons nopen om op veel grotere schaal met ketenintegratie aan de slag te gaan. In hoofdstuk 3 volgt een beschrijving van de verschillende vormen van ketenintegratie, waarna in hoofdstuk 4 en 5 de eisen aan bod komen die ketenintegratie stelt aan de organisatie van zowel opdrachtgevers als opdrachtnemers. Hoofdstuk 6 geeft een beeld van de bijzondere kansen die ketenintegratie biedt bij woningrenovatie. In het laatste hoofdstuk zet ik uiteen met welke zaken het lectoraat Vernieuwend Vastgoedbeheer zich de komende jaren zal gaan bezighouden.
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Crowdfunding is gaining popularity as a viable means to raise financial capital for good causes, cultural goods, new products, and ventures. Little empirical research has been done to understand crowdfunding and basic academic knowledge of its dynamics is still lacking. By data mining the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.com and Facebook we collected a large dataset of crowdfunding projects and the ego networks of the entrepreneurs. We study the relation of the success of the Kickstarter project to his social network and to media activities and find a scaling law that predicts the number of clicks on the project website required for a successful project. Examining the results of the social network analysis we concluded that successful initiators on Kickstarter have more friends but a sparser network. Unsuccessful entrepreneurs on the other hand have a higher average degree suggesting a denser network. Our analyses suggest that sparse, and thus diverse networks are beneficial for the success of a project.
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In order to empower more people to become more selfreliant in society, interactive products and services should better match the skills and values of diverse user groups. In inclusive design, relevant end-user groups are involved early on and throughout the design and development process, leading to a better user experience. However, for IT businesses not operating in the academic domain, getting access to appropriate user research methods is difficult. This paper describes the design and prototype development of the Include Toolbox, in close cooperation with practitioners of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in IT. It consists of an interactive app paired with a book. The app helps to find suitable research methods for diverse user groups such as older people, people with low literacy, and children. The book offers background information on the advantages of inclusive design, information on different user groups, and best practices shared by other companies.
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With employer branding (EB), businesses aim to align their organizational norms with the norms of their current and prospective employees, and they explicitly communicate about the firm’s norms. Communication, however, carries different meanings depending on the context in which one operates. Also, the organizational norms may vary depending on the context, i.e., industry, different countries, and geographical context in which a firm operates. As such, the process of EB may be context-dependent, too. This study explores if and how EB is applied differently in different country and industry contexts. The analysis draws on a quantitative content analysis of 226 job vacancies targeted at highly educated graduates and professionals in IT, energy, and healthcare from the North of the Netherlands and comparable regions from Germany and Bulgaria. Our findings show that EB, as manifested in core values and distinctive characteristics, is not widely adopted in the vacancies we included in our analysis. When adopted, different values are emphasized depending on the context. General information and job-specific information are most frequent among all industries and countries. EB is a multidimensional concept with different dimensions used according to the context. The study’s main implication is that companies need to be mindful of the context in which an EB strategy is used. A one-size-fits-all approach in EB is likely not the most effective. This is particularly relevant for multinationals that adopt a worldwide organizational brand.
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With artificial intelligence (AI) systems entering our working and leisure environments with increasing adaptation and learning capabilities, new opportunities arise for developing hybrid (human-AI) intelligence (HI) systems, comprising new ways of collaboration. However, there is not yet a structured way of specifying design solutions of collaboration for hybrid intelligence (HI) systems and there is a lack of best practices shared across application domains. We address this gap by investigating the generalization of specific design solutions into design patterns that can be shared and applied in different contexts. We present a human-centered bottom-up approach for the specification of design solutions and their abstraction into team design patterns. We apply the proposed approach for 4 concrete HI use cases and show the successful extraction of team design patterns that are generalizable, providing re-usable design components across various domains. This work advances previous research on team design patterns and designing applications of HI systems.
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Urban Agriculture (UA) is rapidly evolving and changing and often entails more than the production of food. EFUA’s Working Package 3 therefore aims to identify the types and benefits of UA in the European context. This report is an update of the typology as described in the COST Action UAE. As existing typologies are often based on subjective observation rather than on empirical data and are also one-dimensional, this study is based on a systematic literature review about characteristics and existing typologies of UA, interviews with sixteen experts in the field representing eleven European countries and a questionnaire about specific UA initiatives amongst 112 respondents.
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