Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue 'Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management' that was published in the journal Buildings

ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks: a literature review

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is a complex and vibrant process, one that involves a combination of technological and organizational interactions. Often an ERP implementation project is the single largest IT project that an organization has ever launched and requires a mutual fit of system and organization. Also the concept of an ERP implementation supporting business processes across many different departments is not a generic, rigid and uniform concept and depends on variety of factors. As a result, the issues addressing the ERP implementation process have been one of the major concerns in industry. Therefore ERP implementation receives attention from practitioners and scholars and both, business as well as academic literature is abundant and not always very conclusive or coherent. However, research on ERP systems so far has been mainly focused on diffusion, use and impact issues. Less attention has been given to the methods used during the configuration and the implementation of ERP systems, even though they are commonly used in practice, they still remain largely unexplored and undocumented in Information Systems research. So, the academic relevance of this research is the contribution to the existing body of scientific knowledge. An annotated brief literature review is done in order to evaluate the current state of the existing academic literature. The purpose is to present a systematic overview of relevant ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks as a desire for achieving a better taxonomy of ERP implementation methodologies. This paper is useful to researchers who are interested in ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks. Results will serve as an input for a classification of the existing ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks. Also, this paper aims also at the professional ERP community involved in the process of ERP implementation by promoting a better understanding of ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks, its variety and history

Professional competency of modern specialist: means of formation, development and improvement

The modern scientific and methodical approaches to the study and analysis of professional competence that are in line with the state requirements for reforming education and the tendencies of introducing a competent approach as one of the key factors of today's vocational education are analyzed. The emphasis is placed on the fact that implementation of the competence approach should include the use of professional training of real professional tasks with the orientation of future professionals to analyze the results of their own professional activities and decisions. The basic principles of professional training of future managers of economic security are determined. It has been established that the professional training of future managers of economic security should be carried out on a modular basis

Products and Services

Today’s global economy offers more opportunities, but is also more complex and competitive than ever before. This fact leads to a wide range of research activity in different fields of interest, especially in the so-called high-tech sectors. This book is a result of widespread research and development activity from many researchers worldwide, covering the aspects of development activities in general, as well as various aspects of the practical application of knowledge

Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research

ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [There is ever more research on smart cities and new interdisciplinary approaches proposed on the study of smart cities. At the same time, problems pertinent to communities inhabiting rural areas are being addressed, as part of discussions in contigious fields of research, be it environmental studies, sociology, or agriculture. Even if rural areas and countryside communities have previously been a subject of concern for robust policy frameworks, such as the European Union’s Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy Arguably, the concept of ‘the village’ has been largely absent in the debate. As a result, when advances in sophisticated information and communication technology (ICT) led to the emergence of a rich body of research on smart cities, the application and usability of ICT in the context of a village has remained underdiscussed in the literature. Against this backdrop, this volume delivers on four objectives. It delineates the conceptual boundaries of the concept of ‘smart village’. It highlights in which ways ‘smart village’ is distinct from ‘smart city’. It examines in which ways smart cities research can enrich smart villages research. It sheds light on the smart village research agenda as it unfolds in European and global contexts.

INNOVATION IN CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A VISION OF THE FUTURE

Organized by engineering organizations, this international event will be the place to discuss the current state and best practices and foresee the future of continuing professional development (CPD) and of Continuing Engineering Education (CEE). Major stakeholders are invited and interaction is sought to write the history of the future of CPD and of CEE. The format of the conference will provide plenty of occasions to hear everyoneŽs opinion and to exchange ideas and plans. Take part in shaping the future of CPD and of CEE on a global stage with one of the worlds only international organizations devoted to CPD and CEE global stage. Take advantage and visit Porto a city that has been chosen as #1 best destination in Europe in 2014.Organized by engineering organizations, this international event will be the place to discuss the current state and best practices and foresee the future of continuing professional development (CPD) and of Continuing Engineering Education (CEE). Major stakeholders are invited and interaction is sought to write the history of the future of CPD and of CEE. The format of the conference will provide plenty of occasions to hear everyoneŽs opinion and to exchange ideas and plans. Take part in shaping the future of CPD and of CEE on a global stage with one of the worlds only international organizations devoted to CPD and CEE global stage. Take advantage and visit Porto a city that has been chosen as #1 best destination in Europe in 2014

Reform of the public healthcare system in Ukraine: problems and perspectives

1. The development of a public health system in Ukraine is possible only through the implementation and adoption of the relevant Law, as well as the introduction of the basic approach Health in All Policies. 2. It is necessary to prepare a comparable to Health in All Policies National Plan for the Development of Staffing System of the Public Health Care Sector for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral purposes and for determining the real and possible needs of specialists of different qualifications and educational levels. 3. It is compulsory to learn from valuable European and international experience; then develop and approve educational programs and standards in the sector of public health in order to provide three education levels bachelor's (first cycle), master's (second cycle) and doctoral (third cycle) and continuous professional development. 4. It is essential to introduce Amendments to the National Classifier of Ukraine DK 003: 2010 Occupational Classification in the Public Health sector

A Study Regarding the Re-treatment of the Balance Sheet and of the Profit and Loss Account under Circumstances of Inflation and Hyper-inflation Approached According to the Conception of International Financial Reporting Standards

Inflation constantly has been seen as a controversial economic phenomenon that has generated numberless chronic lacks of balance in economy. In a hyper-inflationist economy the report without inflation re-treatment of the balance sheet and the profit and loss account is no more relevant for those who use accounting data, and the 90s’ Romania certainly faced such a hyper-inflationist economy. As the evaluation basis in accountancy is historic cost, and, due to the fact that under circumstances of high inflation, historic cost suffers a series of changes that distort reality, several accounting methods are employed. Theses accounting methods under circumstances of inflation may rely on conversion, evaluation or other mixed methods that consist in re-treating the financial reports of the companies at opening and closing these financial reports. As under the present circumstances a too rapid economic growth is envisaged for Romania that might determine the increase of inflation, the re-treatment of the balance sheet and of the results account could be a necessity in the future.inflation, balance sheet, profit, loss, re-treatment, evaluation, index, adjustment, price, hyper-inflation