Conducción civil de la defensa en Honduras : retos y desafíos

El objetivo central del presente proyecto está orientado a contribuir en la difusión del conocimiento especializado sobre los asuntos relacionados con el sector defensa, promoviendo los valores, costumbres y hábitos inherentes a una cultura política democrática que asegure el normal funcionamiento de las instituciones castrenses, su subordinación debida ante las autoridades civiles y su ealtad segura a los principios de la Constitución de la República y demás leyes del Estado hondureño

Business excellence models : limitations, reflections and further development

The use of business excellence models (BEM) has become popular in the last two decades, and several companies have learned how to use them and gained from such models. More companies, we assume, have experienced problems when using such models because of various weaknesses such as too-sophisticated assessment criteria, excessive paperwork, cumbersome procedures and a lack of focus, which have limited its use in practice. To respond to some of those problems, a new overall business excellence framework (BEF) has been developed which recommends adaption instead of adoption of existing BEM. The suggested overall BEF helps to integrate BEM with management tools/techniques and the organisational culture/characteristics for guiding an organisation towards business excellence. A document-based empirical case of a world-class company, Boeing Aerospace Support, was investigated to illustrate how the overall BEF may work in practice as a complement to an existing BEM when companies adapt such models to their specific contexts