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Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education

Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA

  • Reports on methods for optimal human resource management in business organizations
  • Focuses on reducing complexity in resource management and leadership
  • Describes practical approaches for improving learning in organizational settings
  • Reports on competency-based education and personalized learning
  • Covers recent research on education research and applications
  • Reports on best practices for training applications in military
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 498)

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Table of contents (116 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Competency-Based Education and Personalized Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Virtual Environments for Competency-Oriented Education and Training

      • Thomas Alexander, Martin Westhoven, Jessica Conradi
      Pages 23-29
  3. Commitment and Motivation in Management and Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
    2. Delphic Maxims Based Applied Philosophy for Business and Governance Management

      • Evangelos Markopoulos, Hannu Vanharanta
      Pages 33-45
    3. Commitment and Motivation in Professional Organization

      • Johanna Koskialho, Jarno Einolander, Hannu Vanharanta
      Pages 47-58
    4. Master’s Students’ Commitment and Engagement in Their Course Behavior

      • Jarno Einolander, Hannu Vanharanta, Ari Visa
      Pages 59-68
  4. Human Resource Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. Skills and Human Engineering Issues at Task Design

      • Olivier Chator, Jean-Marc Salotti
      Pages 81-86
    3. The Role of Crowdfunding as a Business Model in New Media Industry

      • Anna Szopa, Tadeusz Marek, Magdalena Fafrowicz
      Pages 87-92
    4. Leader Integrity and Employee Outcomes: Where Do They Collide?

      • Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Reginald Arthur
      Pages 93-105
    5. A Study of the Current Status of Diversity Faultlines in Japanese Work Organizations

      • Takumi Iwaasa, Naoto Shoji, Motoki Mizuno
      Pages 121-126
    6. Intuitive Number Evaluation Is not Affected by Information Processing Load

      • Zohar Rusou, Dan Zakay, Marius Usher
      Pages 135-148
  5. Education Research and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Engagement in Social Learning: Detecting Engagement in Online Communities of Practice

      • Enrica Pesare, Teresa Roselli, Veronica Rossano
      Pages 151-158

About this book

This book reports on practical approaches for facilitating the process of achieving excellence in the management and leadership of organizational resources. It shows how the principles of creating shared value can be applied to ensure faster learning, training, business development, and social renewal. In particular, the book presents novel methods and tools for tackling the complexity of management and learning in both business organizations and society. It covers ontologies, intelligent management systems, methods for creating knowledge and value added. It gives novel insights into time management and operations optimization, as well as advanced methods for evaluating customers’ satisfaction and conscious experience. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, held on July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, the book provides both researchers and professionals with new tools and inspiring ideas for achieving excellence in various business activities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Vaasa , Vaasa, Finland

    Jussi Ilari Kantola

  • Hungarian-Netherlands School of Edu man, University of Szeged Hungarian-Netherlands School of Edu man, Szeged, Hungary

    Tibor Barath

  • Faculty of Technology and Maritime Scien, University College of Southeast Norway Faculty of Technology and Maritime Scien, Kongsberg, Norway

    Salman Nazir

  • TiER1 Performance Solutions , Colorado Springs,, USA

    Terence Andre

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA

  • Editors: Jussi Ilari Kantola, Tibor Barath, Salman Nazir, Terence Andre

  • Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42069-1Published: 05 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42070-7Published: 26 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2194-5357

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 1284

  • Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations, 197 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Human Resource Management, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Business Strategy/Leadership

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 259.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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