Search Results - subject:"Problem Solving"

McFadzean, Elspeth - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 20 (1999) 7, pp. 374-383

think more creatively. One method of achieving this is to encourage teams to utilise creative problem‐solving (CPS … creative problem solving and to present a model that can help facilitators and team members choose an appropriate technique for … their situation. The model has divided creative problem solving into three categories, namely paradigm preserving techniques …

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Innovate or liquidate ‐ are all organisations convinced? A two‐phased study into the innovation process

Zhuang, Lee; Williamson, David; Carter, Mike - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 1, pp. 57-71

Striving to survive in the ever changing world, the ability to innovate has become increasingly crucial. But are all organisations convinced? Based on data collected from a recent survey and a telephone interview, this article examines the general understanding of issues concerning innovation...

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Individual differences in assessing problem similarity

Walters-York, L. Melissa - In: Accounting Education 8 (1999) 2, pp. 77-98

This paper reports on a study which investigates the potential influence of perceptual differentiation (PD) ability on introductory accounting students' ability to identify and use analogies to solve problems. Accounting students with differing levels of PD ability first studied two sample...

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Finite element simulations using symbolic computing

Amberg, Gustav; Tönhardt, Robert; Winkler, Christian - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 49 (1999) 4, pp. 257-274

In our work on modelling of phase change, fluid flow and heat transfer in materials processes, it is crucial to have complete control of the mathematical models, and the numerical simulation of the models. We have developed a toolbox in Maple which can be used to generate complete finite element...

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Problemlösen in High-contact-Dienstleistungen

Otto, Holger - 1999

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Models in information behaviour research

Wilson, T.D. - In: Journal of Documentation 55 (1999) 3, pp. 249-270

complementary rather than conflicting. Finally, an alternative, problem‐solving model is presented, which, it is suggested, provides …

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Information retrieval for evidence‐based decision making

Ford, Nigel; Miller, Dave; O’rourke, Alan; Ralph, Jane; … - In: Journal of Documentation 55 (1999) 4, pp. 385-401

‐based approaches to decision making and problem solving makes demands on retrieval systems which they are not well suited at present to …

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Toward a holistic theory of strategic problem solving

O’Loughlin, Andrew; McFadzean, Elspeth - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 5 (1999) 3, pp. 103-120

To date, many of the models and theories that seek to explain problem solving and decision making, have tended to adopt … in providing managers with a practical explanation of the dynamics that underpin problem solving. A substantial part of a … manager’s time is taken up with problem solving and decision making issues. The question of whether managers possess the …

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Performance improvement: a manager for the twenty‐first century ‐ part II

Harrington, H. James - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 1, pp. 5-7

Managers are people who accomplish tasks through others. For the twenty‐first century, managers should be defined as people who accomplish tasks through their effective use of processes and enablers. This paper defines what the new manager will look like in the twenty‐first century. It is...

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Some empirical evidence on the superiority of the problem-based learning (PBL) method

Breton, Gaetan - In: Accounting Education 8 (1999) 1, pp. 1-12

This study compares the effects of two different teaching methods used concurrently on two comparable classes of accounting theory. The first method is the traditional lecture along with assignments and examinations. The second method is an application of the problem-based learning approach, the...

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