The fourth international conference on EcoBalance Methodologies for decision making in a sustainable 21st Century October 31–November 2, 2000

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
21St Century ◽  
International Conference

Ubiquitous Eco Cities

2011 ◽  
pp. 88-107
Author(s):  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Jung Hoon Han
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
Decision Making System ◽  
Technology Convergence

Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well orchestrated, transparent and open decision-making system and necessary infrastructure and technologies. In Ubiquitous Eco Cities telecommunication technologies play an important role in monitoring and managing activities via wired and wireless networks. Particularly, technology convergence creates new ways in which information and telecommunication technologies are used and formed the backbone of urban management. The 21st Century is an era where information has converged, in which people are able to access a variety of services, including internet and location based services, through multi-functional devices and provides new opportunities in the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities. This chapter discusses developments in telecommunication infrastructure and trends in convergence technologies and their implications on the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities.

A Critical Review of Learning Organizations in the 21st Century

2012 ◽  
pp. 188-198
Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Learning Organizations ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Management Philosophy ◽  
High Participation

This article critically reviews what constitutes a learning organization. The author argues that a learning organization is born out of a static organization. In determining whether organizations are learning organizations, components such as structure, atmosphere, management philosophy and attitudes, decision-making and policy-making, and communication must be considered. In addition, these components are discussed in comparison to the characteristics of static organizations. The theme of this article is such that in order for organizations to remain competitive in this global economy, organizational leaders must be flexible and people-centered. Successful organizational leaders should engage in the use of supportive power, involve high participation at all levels, and conduct multidirectional communication in order to turn static organizations into learning organizations.

Ubiquitous Eco Cities

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Jung Hoon Han
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
Decision Making System ◽  
Technology Convergence

Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well-orchestrated, transparent and open decision-making system and necessary infrastructure and technologies. In Ubiquitous Eco Cities, telecommunication technologies play an important role in monitoring and managing activities via wired and wireless networks. Particularly, technology convergence creates new ways in which information and telecommunication technologies are used and formed the backbone of urban management. The 21st century is an era where information has converged, in which people are able to access a variety of services, including internet- and location- based services, through multi-functional devices and provides new opportunities in the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities. This paper discusses developments in telecommunication infrastructure and trends in convergence technologies and their implications on the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities.

scholarly journals ‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place’: The Implications of Lost Autonomy and Trust for Professionals at Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 648-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Sampson ◽  
Nelson Turgo ◽  
Iris Acejo ◽  
Neil Ellis ◽  
Lijun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Hard Place

This article describes changes associated with increased bureaucratisation and surveillance in the regulation and management of the 21st century shipping industry. Drawing upon 303 ‘real-life’ vignette-based interviews, it describes how these transformations are experienced by contemporary navigating officers, and engineers, working on commercial cargo vessels. The article draws attention to the dysfunctional effects of distrust in organisations, describing how lost trust and associated fears impact on the decision-making process of officers thereby inducing a degree of organisational paralysis. This finding may be of particular significance to employers who have introduced punishment-centred bureaucratisation in order to improve organisational efficiency and who are concurrently undermining it.

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