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In this study; technology transfer to the Farab and Butan fromabsorptive capacity perspective is under inquiry. First we have complete literature review until we can provide good understanding toward absorptive capacity concept in organizational level. George and Zahra model has been chosen as a base model. Farab and Butan have chosen because of their recent successes in knowledge transfer. Based on George and Zahra model we develop a semi-structured questionnair and run it in Farab and Butan. We have findings in how organization can transfer knowledge to their networks to increase their AC, also we have findings in different ways organizations transfer different kinds of knowledge  

In this thesis, we present a new identification protocol which is based on lattice problems. Lattice-based cryptographic algorithms are, in general, faster than those based on number theory. Moreover, instead of algorithms based on number theory problems, such as Factoring and Discrete Logarithm, lattice-based ones are resistant against quantum computers. In addition, lattice problems have worst-case/average-case hardness relation; so become suitable choices for cryptographic purposes. However, there are few lattice-based identification protocols which are efficient. The protocol introduced in this thesis, is statistical zero-knowledge which means no verifier, even computationally unbounded... 

This thesis was an attempt to find the effect of having multi-domain conceptual network on metaphorical creativity. The purpose of this research was to answer the following question: By extending and expanding the mental conceptual network, could one increase their potential creativity; In other words, is expansion of the mental conceptual network one of the parameters of creativity or not.To answer this question, a questionnaire and a test were developped. Through the questionnaire, we divided the sample group into the test and control groups. And the test indicated how creative each individual is.There were three different ways the sample group was divided. The criteria for dividing the... 

Online Social Networks have become indispensable platforms to model social interactions and for the retrieval of knowledge based on economical, political, social and ... criteria. The importance of social networks for such uses stems from the vast amount of social data that it gathers for use by researchers. Aside from it’s impact on the field of social network analysis, the ever-growing use of social media by users has added even more importance to social network data as it contains a history of the users virtual life. Unfortunately research on proposals to support the management of this vast amount of data, whether for the conceptual modeling of social data or to provide a uniform modeling... 

Development of science and technology has been a main focus of Iranian policy makers in recent years. Knowledge based companies have been considered as a key player in this respect. However, Iranian policy making system is suffering from a lack of sophisticated understanding rooted in empirical evidences of critical factors influencing the performance of domestic knowledge based companies. This dissertation aims to provide an initial ground by studying the organizational capabilities which have influenced the success of such firms and comparing them with organizational capabilities which are mentioned in the related literature. For this purpose, four companies which are supposed to be... 

Nowadays, due to the high volume of raw data stored in databases and high speed accumulation of stored data, it is necessary to obtain the knowledge lied behind these data. Datamining is used to solve this problem. Since data are distributed in information systems and it is not possible to integrate them in a single place, Distributed data mining is required. Grid is a useful infrastructure that can be used for distributed data mining and knowledge discovery. Grid-based datamining services enable users to create and manage applications for knowledge discovery.
Generally, the proposed architecture is a hierarchical architecture, in which web services are used for distributed datamining.... 

In this thesis, the relationships between various leadership styles and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) were examined. For this, with a qualitative perspective and using the Grounded Method as the research methodology, dominant OCBs, effective leadership styles, the relationships between leadership behaviors and OCBs, and other influencing parameters were identified. In this regard, with a preliminary feasibility study, the possibility of implementing this research was verified and then, by using twelve in-depth interviews, required information was gathered. Main categories were recognized by coding the data and analyzing the relationship between the coded information. The... 

The topic of knowledge creation and knowledge management is one of the most leading issues in management studies in today’s world’s organizations.Knowledge creation is known as the first and the most basic step in knowledge management and it can provide the prefaces of developing a management work frame in an organization.In this thesis after reviewing the goals and purpose of the project under consideration, the literature of knowledge management is reviewed and the most important models of knowledge management are selected and analyzed.Also, the organization selected as a case study is fully studied and the necessary information is gathered on the basis of proposed indexes at two public... 

Risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project’s objectives. Identification and assessment of risk in a measurable way are so important for project managers to decide better. This thesis studies how to identify and assess the project’s risks in Fishery industry based on the Project management body of knowledge (PMBOK 2008) as a global standard. Constructing an aquaculture site in Abadan city has some risks which are identified in the first steps of the study and in the following steps these risks will be prioritized by the use of qualitative analysis and figured out which risks have major effects on projects objectives. In last step... 

Embedded system Project management , because of lots of unstable parameters in design and also diversity of the technical knowledge ,requires a complex and agile project management methodology. Whereas in these projects , different knowledge fields are applied (such as electronics ,telecommunication ,control and robotics) and software is an evitable part of these systems ,project managers can not be familiar with all aspects of the technical and professional in deep manner. Considering that usually ,the project managers of such projects are elected from professionals of hardware or mechanical sections and not in deep inception of software project management , this thesis focus on a new model... 

PMBOK is a standard that is the subset of Project Management Knowledge and includes all areas. ITIL is a framework that allows IT organizations using best practices in IT Service Management. Both of them includes some process that during implementation and execution should act based on them. The goal of developing a methodology for implementing ITIL V3 based on PMBOK is executing a comparison mapping for connecting these two difference fields. IT managers know about ITIL implementation, but most of project managers are not familiar about it. If we guess that implementing ITIL V3 is a project, a project manager can do it based on PMBOK. With mapping these two fields, project managers are able... 

Today, organizations are surrounded by basic and continuous changes such as declining organizational resources, reduction of the production cycles, and the need for rapid adaption. Those organizations remain competitive while maintaining their productivity, that have following characteristics: accurately plan and assess their knowledge resources, create and absorb beneficial knowledge, store and organize their knowledge, disseminate knowledge to needed areas, and use knowledge in practice and decision making, to improve their products/services as well as their performance. Therefore, the human capital has been considered as knowledge owners and the most important organizational resource, on... 

Rail equipment suppliers in the manufacturing realms of activity are obliged to comply by global standards in order to provide the requirement needs of the rail industries and the needs of customers. In this way, the standards would enhance the quality, safety and reliability of the railway industry. International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS), as an exclusively railway standard that is based on or a more refined of the ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard Policies, which adds in fact further layers to the ISO 9001 structure. The IRIS is the result of long term process in development of an international quality management standard for railway fleet. The objective of this thesis is to make... 

The Study of antecedents and considering the status of Project-Based Organizations (PBOs) in our country such as MSA, Azarab, Sadad Machine, etc indicates that they are facing lots of problems in different aspects. This bad situation is in a way that amendment of part of sections guarantees the continuity of bad performance of these companies and we have to apply Business Process Reengineering and establishing a radical change in these firms. So the present research according to managers and experts opinions, several year observations of the writer and review of the literature of BPR, Project Management (PMBOK) and PBOs; and based on a library research, introduces the processes of PBOs in 3... 

Organizational learning is essential for organizations to grow and survive. Organizations can gain competitive advantage through proper organizational learning. Number of studies in this field in recent years shows the importance of this issue among practioners and academics. The first step in managing organzaitonal learning is its measurement. Organizations can be provided with solutions if an appropriate measurement tool is designed. The main question of this research is whether this tool can be designed or not so that organizational learning in organizational processes can be measured. Despite the significance of organizational learning measurement, the current studies in this field lack... 

Planning is an important branch of Artificial Intelligence. It is the area of study concerned with the automatic generation of plans to solve problems within a particular domain. At its simplest case, a plan is a total ordered sequence of actions. Given an initial state, planner tries to find the actions required to achieve some desired goal conditions. Planning technology has been successfully used in a variety of applications, including NASA's Remote-Agent Planner/Scheduler, which was practically employed in the Deep Space 1 spacecraft, satellite planning and scheduling for the European Meteostat, planning in a forest fire simulation system, etc. AI planning encompasses some difficulties... 

Opportunities for creating value are shifting from managing tangible assets to managing knowledge based strategies that deploy on organizations' tangible assets: customer relationship, innovative products and services, high quality, and responsive operation processes, information technology and databases and employee capability skills and innovation" (Strategy Focused Organization, Norton, Kaplan; 1996). As organizations' value creating process shifts, learning has become one of the most important factors in value creation, and as a consequence dynamic capabilities creation. This research is concentrated on Electric Distribution Companies in Tehran region and studies knowledge management as... 

The rapid technological changes have faced organizations with a new challenge: old and obsolete knowledge when it hampers organizational change or creates some kind of possible negative impact. Hence, in many cases, companies need to actively deal with such old and obsolete knowledge and their possible negative impacts in order to survive in highly competitive market. Defining unlearning as the intentional process of managing the old and obsolete knowledge in order to reduce its possible negative impacts, this study focuses on how organizations manage their old and obsolete knowledge and how the pattern of unlearning actions varies based on different types of knowledge.
Analyzing the... 

The successful development and implementation of a knowledge management system requires principles and instructions compatible with the organization. In the absence of essential and domestic components of a given organization, the process of knowledge management implementation will fail to be successfully completed. There are now various models for the implementation of knowledge management; however, these models only recommend general strategic guidelines, hardly offering any specific strategic plans as to how organizations can successfully and effectively implement knowledge management. Since the promotion of productivity is the ultimate goal of knowledge management, the present research... 

Human beings have always been tried to make new, innovative things to benefit from. The new things have been improved from a wheel to a smart car and the benefits have been improved from survival to survival plus fitness, happiness, sense of belonging, security and etc. Companies which have been following the human nature, and thinking of new, innovative products and consumers’ benefits cohesively, could gain competitive advantages. But the process of new product development has always been costly and due to the high failure rate it is risky. One of the main challenges in NPD projects is understanding consumer's behavior. Most companies try to identify consumer's needs by knowledge...