...Reference journal for getting an Idea on how to write the term paper. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is a semestral, open access scientific journal that publishes theoretical and empirical peer-reviewed articles, which contribute to advance the understanding of phenomena related with all aspects of industrial engineering and industrial management. JIEM includes contributions, but not limited to, in the following fields: (1) Production, Logistics, Quality, and Operational Research; (2) Information Systems, Technology and Communication; (3) Industrial Economics and Regional Development; (4) Management, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources; (5) Finance, Accounting and Marketing; and (6) Education, Training and Professional Skills. Term Paper can focus on Mapping new frontiers in emerging and developing technology areas in research, industry and governance.. Some Abstracts which emphasis on the Technology and Marketing. These are abstracts of articles which are already published. These are for your reference and you can start working in the same way concentrating on Technology and Marketing. * Trial-and-Error Marketing: The Role of the Customer in Tech Start-ups by Fabian Eggers, Deborah Brown McCabe Abstract: This paper explores the role of a customer- or product-centric focus in young technology firms decision-making and whether the behaviors of these firms differ from textbook marketing. rnData from depth interviews with founders of growth-stage...
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...Trends in manufacturing to 2020 A foresighting discussion paper Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council i Date: 30 September 2011 For more information, or to comment on the paper, please contact: Manager Future Manufacturing Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6213 6000 Facsimile: (02) 6213 7000 Email: Futuremanufacturing@innovation.gov.au ii Future Manufacturing Council discussion paper: Trends in manufacturing to 2020 Table of Contents Executive summary ....................................................................................................................................1 Background.................................................................................................................................................2 Future Manufacturing Council................................................................................................................2 Defining manufacturing...........................................................................................................................2 Profile of Australian manufacturing........................................................................................................4 Trends to 2020 ... and beyond: Issues and opportunities for Australian manufacturing...................12 Terms of trade driving value and volatility of the Australian dollar and structural changes in the economy – an upside...
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...improving themselves in terms of operations and performance. This is not only vital for meeting their organisational objectives, but also for sustenance (Zheir et al, 2012). Previous researches and studies claim that leadership is the key factor for an organisation or business to survive, operate and perform in today’s competitive market (Ximane,2015);(Bass,1990);( Jung, 2002). Furthermore proper leadership is the strategic element in increasing and achieving organisational goals (Bass &Avolio, 1995) ;( Yousef, 1998). On the other hand, some researches and studies contend that organisational leadership is an embellished concept in that it is not necessary in attaining organisational performance since there are other internal and external factors that come into play ( Ismail et al,1998; (Bass& Avolio,2002;(Munjis,2011). A number of researches and studies have been carried out to demonstrate that leadership and organisational performance, commitment and innovation go hand in hand (Judge, Bono, Ilies and Gerhardt, 2002; Judge and Piccolo, 2004; Keller, 2006; McGrath and MacMillan, 2000; Meyer and Hepard, 2000; Purcell, Kinnie, Hutchinson and Dickson, 2004; Yukl, 2002). Conversely, some studies for instance, House and Aditya (1997) suggest that is not a key factor in achieving organisational performance, commitment and innovation. Due to the conflicting findings concerning the role of leadership and organisational performance, commitment and innovation, point out there is a need...
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...The Role of Product Lifecycle Management Systems in Organizational Innovation Hamzeh K. Bani Milhim, Xiaoguang Deng, Andrea Schiffauerova, and Yong Zeng* Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 Maisonneuve West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8 yong.zeng@concordia.ca Abstract. Innovation is a critical ingredient of today’s organizations. Innovativeness helps organizations to maintain their success and position in the market. Numerous research studies examine the factors that impact successful organizational innovation, for example organizational learning capability, organizational structure, etc. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems have been widely implemented to support organizational innovation as well. In this paper, we will discuss the role of PLM systems in fostering the organizational innovation success. Moreover, future trends based on the current PLM systems that would provide further support to the organizational innovativeness will be explained. Keywords: organizational innovation, PLM systems, fostering innovation. 1 Introduction Innovation is considered as the major engine of organizational success. Organizations need to adopt and develop new products and services, and to improve their processes in order to maintain their goals such as profit, growth and continuous development. In addition, they are constantly required to increase their effectiveness...
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... |Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |OI/361 Version 2 | | |Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a | | |Competitive Advantage | Copyright © 2012, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will provide students with a solid foundation in innovation, design, and creativity. Additionally, students will be prepared to apply relevant principles, tools, and techniques to promote and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies...
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...NETW583 Strategic Management of Technology Term Project Instructions A key part of this class is the Term Project – developing a comprehensive written strategic plan for a technology driven organization. The project is intended to provide students with the opportunity to integrate skills and knowledge developed in this course. The project has a value of 200 points or 20% of the overall course grade. This document will provide you with additional information about the requirements as a supplement to the brief description on the course site. General Comments The project is organized consistent with the Terminal Course Objectives. This format allows students to apply what they have learned and serves to reinforce the concepts. The Term Project has 6 sections each of which should cover a specific Terminal Course Objectives 1. Strategy (TCO F) 2. Core Competencies (TCO C) 3. Industry Dynamics (TCO A) 4. Technology Sourcing and Internal Innovation (TCO D) 5. Product Development Strategy (TCO E) 6. Strategy to protect innovations (TCO B) Each section of the project should be approximately 2-3 double spaced pages in length. Only the final paper, which is due on the Sunday ending week 7, will be graded. Each plan grade is made up of 3 components and weighted as follows: • Content (70%): how well the plan meets the objective of each section, which is organized by Terminal Course Objective. Care should be taken to ensure that your ideas are carefully considered and supported by...
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...ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR CAHRS Working Paper Series Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) 1-1-2003 Strategic Compensation: Does Business Strategy Influence Compensation in High-Technology Firms? Yoshio Yanadori Cornell University Janet H. Marler University at Albany - S.U.N.Y, marler@albany.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp Part of the Human Resources Management Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) at DigitalCommons@ILR. It has been accepted for inclusion in CAHRS Working Paper Series by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@ILR. For more information, please contact hlmdigital@cornell.edu. Strategic Compensation: Does Business Strategy Influence Compensation in High-Technology Firms? Abstract This study examined whether a firm's business strategy influences the firm's compensation systems in hightechnology firms. For the firm strategy variable, we used innovation strategy, which is one of the most critical business strategies in the high-technology industry. Our analysis showed that a firm's emphasis on innovation is positively related to the firm's employee pay level, both short-term pay and long-term pay. Moreover, a firm's emphasis on innovation has significant influence on several other aspects of employee compensation management. Innovation is positively associated with the difference in...
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...Innovation, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship Morgan P. Miles Linda S. Munilla Jeffrey G. Covin ABSTRACT. This paper is a response to Ray’s (2004) recent proposal that the intellectual property rights (IPR) attached to potentially life saving/life sustaining innovations should become public goods in cases where markets are either unable or unwilling to pay for the creation of the intellectual property. Using a free market approach to innovation based on Western moral philosophy, we suggest that treating intellectually protected life saving/life sustaining innovations as public goods will likely reduce social welfare over the long term. KEY WORDS: entrepreneurship, ethics, innovation, intellectual property rights, policy ‘‘For the Scripture says, ‘Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain,’ and ‘The worker deserves his wages’ ’’ 1 Timothy 5:18. Ray (2004), in a recent critique of Miles et al. (2002), proposes that the intellectual property rights (IPR) generated from any life saving/life sustaining entrepreneurial initiatives should be transferred to the public domain whenever potential users of these innovations are unable or unwilling to enter into mutually beneficial exchange relationships with the creators of the IPR. This reply offers a perspective on why Ray’s (2004) imperative does not maximize social welfare and, in fact, will tend to diminish social welfare over the long-term as a result of lower economic incentives for innovation. Introduction ‘‘Few...
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...TL 038 INNOVATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A RESEARCH AGENDA SERGEY FILIPPOV; HERMAN MOOI DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCHER AT DELFT CENTRE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT (THE NETHERLANDS) Abstract th Originally developed in the mid-20 century, project management has become a distinctive way to manage business activities nowadays. Another important development is virtually universal recognition of the role of innovation and technology in the corporate change, growth and profitability. It is unsurprising that development of innovation is often run as a project. Yet, theoretically both project management and innovation studies have evolved over time as distinctively separate disciplines. In this paper we make an attempt to conceptualise the innovation project management and to specify the idiosyncratic nature of innovation projects as opposed to conventional projects. By doing so, we contribute to the nascent academic debate on the interplay between innovation and project management. Key words: project management, innovation, technology 1. Introduction This paper is concerned with three topics and the interplay between them, namely “Innovation”, “Research and Development (R&D)” and “Project Management”. The interest in these topics has exploded recently as they emerged both on the policy agenda and in the corporate strategies. The contribution of technological innovation to national economic growth has been well established in...
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...ADEMOLA OLUTOSIN ONASHILE Innovation of Employee’s Leave Process Using the SAP System (A Case Study of Oceanic Bank Int’l Plc., Nigeria) Term paper Fall 2014 Business School, Seinäjoki Masters of Business Administration Advanced Marketing Management SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES * Term Paper abstract Faculty: Seinäjoki Business School Degree programme: Master of Business Administration Specialisation: Advanced Marketing Management Author: Ademola Olutosin Onashile Title of Thesis: Innovation of Employee’s Leave Process Using the SAP System Supervisor: Mäkeläinen, Ville-Pekka Year: 2014 Number of pages: 25 Number of appendices: 0 _________________________________________________________________ This paper is written furtherance to series of class and group works done under the course: Advanced Marketing Management which is an MBA course and the view point is innovation of a certain process or service or product of an organization and show casing its marketing management perspective. Therefore, the author is dwelling on the innovation of the leave process of a particular Nigerian bank namely Oceanic Bank Int’l plc. Hence, the paper tends to sequentially take the case from introduction, focusing on the Everett M.Rogers’ diffusion of innovation as its theoretical framework. It gives numerous definitions of Human Resource Management (HRM) and the needs for HR in organzations. It also explains in a nutshell the...
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...become risk averse and, as a result, opt for incremental product and service improvements instead of major initiatives, according to a study by a Wharton marketing professor. George S. Day, who also serves as co-director of Wharton’s Mack Center for Technological Innovation, says companies can avoid lackluster growth by better understanding the risks inherent in different levels of innovation and achieving a balance between — using two terms he has coined — BIG I innovation and small i innovation. In his study, Day discusses how executives can properly assess risks and then seek creative ways to reduce risk exposure. Day, a consultant to many Fortune 500 companies, says his research is the outgrowth of years of thinking about the problems that companies face in trying to set and achieve growth targets. Growth — particularly “organic” growth that comes from improving a company’s performance from within rather than relying on acquisitions — is so important that it is at the top of the agendas of some 80% of U.S. chief executive officers, according to Day. “These executives know that the expectation of superior organic growth is the most important driver of enterprise value in capital markets,” Day writes in the paper, titled “Closing the Growth Gap: Balancing BIG I and small iInnovation.” It is also a less expensive way to grow because a firm typically pays a premium to acquire another business. Yet studies have shown that only 29% of managers of major corporations are highly...
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...An Innovation in the aura of INDIAN banking sector A PAPER FOR THE 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “ROLE OF INNOVATION IN BUSINESS” BY AUTHORS Mrs. Samiya Mubeen MBA Al-Ameen Institute of Management Studies (Affiliated to Bangalore University) Opp: Lalbagh Main Gate Hosur Road Bangalore-560027 Email Id:write2samiya@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9972336355 & Mr.Abdul Rizwan Shariff MBA,M.com,DBM (ICWAI) Al-Ameen Institute of Management Studies (Affiliated to Bangalore University) Opp: Lalbagh Main Gate Hosur Road Bangalore-560027 Email Id: rizoo.shariff@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9900519754 An Innovation in the aura of INDIAN banking sector ABSTRACT Innovation happens out of dire necessity Innovation is a continuous change management process which is often messy and chaotic, striving to succeed amidst the complex silos in financial institutions • Successful innovation is determined by a combination of factors The most successful financial institutions initiate a myriad of strategic and operational changes, involving processes and technology, workflows, changes in network distribution and service delivery to implement successful innovations. Financial institutions go through distinctive stages in innovation Depending on the maturity of the market; banks go first through product innovation, then progress to sales innovation and market share innovation and eventually focus on customer service innovation. Banking in india has become more innovative in the last two years 90% of...
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...Strategic Management Process Paper Strategic Management Process Paper PRIMARY COMPONENTS According to Wheelen and Hunger (2010), “Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long run performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control”. Over time and many mistakes and hard times, organizations have refined strategic management to four phases: Phase 1 – Basic financial planning: An example of this phase is budgeting for the following year. In my opinion is the beginning and ending part of planning for the following year. Decide on the budget at the beginning and by the end of the year; check to see how well the company stuck to the budget. Phase 2 – Forecast-based planning: This phase I call the long term planning. As an example, the company I work for put in place a three-year roadmap. Phase 3 – External oriented (strategic) planning: This phase is where companies scan external factors such as competition, changing markets and how they plan on dealing with these factors Phase 4 – Strategic management: In this phase is where top management get the rest of the managers within the company have input on the strategic plans. This can be done thru workshops, workgroups and consultants. “Planning is typically interactive across levels and is no longer top down. People at all levels...
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...AFT3073 – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |GROUP ASSIGNMENT (25%) – RESEARCH TERM PAPER TOPICS | |Current Strategic Management Issues | |This course assignment is a term paper on current strategic management issues. Possible themes/issues for your research term paper | |include (but are not limited to) the following: | |Ethics and Corporate Citizenship Themes | |Understandings of corporate citizenship | |Links between ethics and corporate citizenship | |Performance measurement | |Accountability and governance | |Stakeholder engagement, consultation, reporting and governance | |Corporations, territory and governance ...
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...occurring rapidly whether in an organised or disorganised manner. Thus, organisations are forced to deal with very challenging structures and concepts. This is where organisational theories become relevant as they involve the examination of concerns related to organisations. This is particularly important as it brings about the analysis and discovery of new life meanings and challenges both in and out of the organisations. It is for this reason that this essay aims to address the importance of organisational theory in a real company. Organisational theories are meant to explain an organisation and its structure. In this case the Apple Inc. organisation will be explored in details and the two theories; knowledge-based theory and diffusion of innovation theory will also be examined comprehensively and how they relate to the apple Inc. Apple Inc., an American Multinational Corporation, has its main focus on manufacturing and designing end user electronic and interconnected products. The most popular products include the iPod (Portable media player), Mac line of personal computers, iPad computers and the iPhone. The various software from Apple Inc. include the Mac and X operating systems, iLife suite, iTunes browser and creativity software as well as iWork and safari web browsers. The company was founded by Steve Paul Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak in April 1976. Its purpose was to make and sell computers. It was then incorporated in January 1977 as Apple Computer Inc. which was...
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