/library/oar/handle/123456789/3204 2025-10-25T11:39:10Z 2025-10-25T11:39:10Z Cuschieri, Ronald /library/oar/handle/123456789/38434 2019-01-16T02:39:02Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Breaking barriers through managing change: an empirical holistic change management model to promote competitive capabilities, chrough a criple bottom-line sustainable perspective across the supply chain Authors: Cuschieri, Ronald Abstract: The research derives a change management model for SMEs and large businesses within the Maltese context to build and refine on the current change management literature, with its models and best practices, based on a qualitative multiple case study approach. The research has the following list of objectives, so as to establish: the strategic management of change within the overall business strategic management approach; the need and the drivers for change management; the context required to enable an effective and efficient change management approach; the barriers/ resistance to change; the readiness to change to avoid failures and/or conflicts at all management levels; the role of technology as an enabler to change; a comprehensive change management model based on a process management approach to cater for the change and its lifecycle; and the key competitive capabilities. The research also includes a comprehensive but concise review of the literature related to change management key seminal and current innovative techniques and furthermore situates the emerged theory with its framework with the current key models within the literature, so as to derive the research significance and its contribution.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Caruana, Simon /library/oar/handle/123456789/38430 2019-01-16T02:39:03Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Breaking barriers in assessment: peer-based assessment in (Higher) education Authors: Caruana, Simon Abstract: Assessment is arguably one of the key issues in any educational setting. Within the context of assessment, an area that has been the subject of various debates is that of peer-based forms of assessment. ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ and Communication Technologies (ICT) together with social networks have provided teachers and learners with a myriad of opportunities to facilitate peer-based assessment initiatives. This study looks at an ongoing research exercise being carried out at undergraduate level and explores the challenges that both academic educators and learners face when endeavouring in such an exercise. Various factors come into play. If engaging in an ICT-based setup, the ICT skills of both teachers and learners need to be looked into. However, the attitudes of both academic educators and learners need to be examined carefully. As the research participants pointed out, assessment is hard work and requires focus. The question both academics and learners ask is: ‘How trustworthy is peer-based assessment?’

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Attard Cassar, Emmanuel /library/oar/handle/123456789/30001 2018-05-17T01:31:32Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: In search of the fastest sorting algorithm Authors: Attard Cassar, Emmanuel Abstract: This paper explores in a chronological way the concepts, structures, and algorithms that programmers and computer scientists have tried out in their attempt to produce and improve the process of sorting. The measure of ‘fastness’ in this paper is mainly given in terms of the Big O notation.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Cuschieri, Ronald /library/oar/handle/123456789/29994 2018-05-17T01:27:20Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A grounded theory approach focused on a holistic supply chain integration management approach Authors: Cuschieri, Ronald Abstract: This research sustains the current dialogue and latest literature on supply chain management (SCM), triple bottom line sustainability, and technology deployment, by highlighting the importance for SMEs to undertake supply chain integration (SCI) initiatives to achieve competitive advantage. Nowadays, it is pivotal for all actors within the manufacturing sector, to deploy a SC strategic approach, together with its business and manufacturing strategies, to compete effectively across the globe instead of working alone. The inductively generated theory, based on a grounded theory methodology, highlights that an integrated management and leadership approach, based on a set of strategic measures and a set of best practices, as referred by the conceptual framework, is the way forward, since such a stance is needed to serve as a driver and as a binding force of all SC actors to form up a SCI holistic approach to achieve outstanding competitive performance.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z