The pressures at every level of training and education in the 21st century are paradoxical. We must reduce costs, increase student numbers and improve quality. The main question still remains: how can we personalize and customize learning and yet make it efficient and effective? Along the way,...

This paper aims to show how universities interact with internet users by webcasting selected courses. Paper has exploratory case-study character, presenting example of Berkeley Webcast initiative of University of California, Berkeley, webcasting undergraduate courses and on-campus events. On the...

Life insurance represents a special field of business that affects a country's social and economical structure up to a great extent. Due to its nature, life insurance differs from all other kinds of insurance. What is essential for all the businesses that are present in the insurance market is...

One of the approaches to quality in education is self-evaluation as a mechanism for evaluating the functioning of schools and pre-school institutions. In the process of selfevaluation, organisations can identify the areas that are important to them, and specify how they will improve, monitor and...

This work shows an architectural model of agent based system that can support us to assess the suitability of a multiagent system as a better solution to many technological problems. Agent internal architecture, the multiagent system organization, the communication infrastructure and other...

The present article presents a classification of the types of knowledge and their importance for a company's competitiveness. The quick access to, transfer and generation of knowledge are extremely important for an organization to become a leader. Some Bulgarian organizations (banks, lawyers,...

This paper is an attempt to bring forth, analyse and compare different aspects in terms of informal communication in the workplace. It focuses in the knowledge shared within the informal communication network which is considered a significant factor for an organization's internal and external...

In the presented paper various views and reflections on lifelong learning concepts are provided. The main focus is on networking of providers and their collaboration. Major theoretical views are illustrated by examples and additionally, an empirical study of networking of lifelong learning in...

The aim of the author of this paper is to show the relationship between the level of financial literacy of individuals and company's managers and the stability of financial markets, asset markets and the stability of the financial system as a whole. In post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...

Both business and academic communities believes that by leveraging knowledge and managing it strategically can sustain an organisation in its long-term competitive advantages (Nonaka, 1991). Scholars and observers from various disciplines agree that knowledge is at center stage of organizational...