From the publishers' website: The goal of this research is to define a method for configuring a collaborative business rules management solution from a value proposition perspective. In an earlier published study (Business rules management solutions: added value by means of business interoperability. In: van Sinderen M, Oude Luttighuis P, Folmer E, Bosms S (eds), International IFIP working conference on enterprise interoperability, vol 144. Springer, Twente, pp 145---157, 2013) we took a business rules perspective on interorganisational collaboration optimization, when we addressed the question what the relation was between types of business interoperability and an organisation's business rules management solution. Different types of collaboration were defined and subsequently combined with eleven identified types of service systems; these service systems together make up the business rules management solution. In this paper we re-address and -present our earlier work, yet based on the findings, we extend it with the construction of a method for determining the configuration of collaborative business rules management solutions. This method is tested by applying it to a case study at an alliance of airlines. Presented results provide a grounded basis from which empirical and practical research on business rules management solutions can be further explored.
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The aim of this study was to understand the motives for using the Internet, and its associations with users' attitudes, social values, and relational involvement. Also, this study attempted to crossculturally compare the difference in the pattern of motives and the associations among three countries ' the US, the Netherlands, and S. Korea. The design of methods was based on examination and revision of uses and gratification approach toward Internet users. Findings from factor analysis revealed that information seeking and Self-Improvement were the dominant and common reasons for using the Internet across three countries. The differences in the composition of motives in each country were also reported. Strong correlations across countries were found between all the motives and satisfaction of the Internet. Expectation and positive evaluation of the Internet were also important attitudes associated with Internet use motives. Postmaterialist value showed strong association with motives of information seeking and Self-Improvement. Community involvement was significantly associated with Internet use motives in Korean users.
In these uncertain times, politicians and society have been voicinghigh expectations from teacher education asking for evidence ofadded value and impact on the student. In this study a longitudinalmixed-methods approach was used to determine theimpact of in-service Master of Education programmes on teachers(N = 1,917) and their work environment in the Netherlands. Theresults of online surveys were explained by means of realist evaluationusing focus-group and in-depth interviews. The studyshows that Master of Education programmes had an impact onprofessional and pedagogical skills of teachers, and in some casesalso on their work environment. A two-tier mechanism is proposed:the Master’s programmes provide teachers with more indepthknowledge about teaching and learning and a more criticalstance through inquiry and research. Consequently, some teacherscontribute to a culture of inquiry in their schools, provided thatthe schools facilitate them in new roles.
