Information Technology & Operations Management Florida Atlantic University qhu@fau.edu ABSTRACT High levels of investments in IT and related products and services by firms over the last several decades produced only mixed results. Research shows that one of the most significant determinants of successful IT investments is the alignment between IT and the competitive strategies of a firm. Yet it is largely unclear to both researchers and practitioners how to achieve such alignment in the complex
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Introduction: Thinking and Behavior "The quest for leadership is first an inner quest to discover who you are” (p.391).[1] --Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--- Self-awareness is foundational to effective leadership and organization success[2]. Research in leadership and organizational behavior indicates that managers who are blind to who they are, and to the effects they have on other people in their organizations, place their effectiveness and their careers at risk. A frequently cited axiom is "the first
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Operations to Compete • • • Operations Management ! systematic design, direction & control of processes that transform inputs into outputs Process ! activity(s) that transforms inputs into outputs Operation ! group of resources performing one or more processes Functional Areas of business (acquires!fin.!Resources&capital! for!input)! Finance* Material!&! Service! Inputs! Operations* (material!&!service!into! outputs)! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Support!Functions! ! • Accounting! • Information!System
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Procurement is An Integral Part of Resource- Based View of An Organization Phuong Duong University College Dublin (12251697) 4112 words ABSTRACT Procurement has become an increasingly widespread practice among organizations and is today of strategic importance that attract
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between them . Ans The best practice approach This approach is based on the assumption that there is a set of best HRM practices that areuniversal in the sense that they are best in any situation, and that adopting them will lead tosuperior organizational performance.A number of lists of ‘best practices’ have been produced, the best known of which was pro-duced by Pfeffer (1998a), namely:1. employment security;2. selective hiring;3. self-managed teams;4. high compensation contingent on performance;5
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American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 2013, 3, 229-236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajibm.2013.32028 Published Online April 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajibm) 229 Organizational Structure: Influencing Factors and Impact on a Firm Quangyen Tran1,2, Yezhuang Tian1 School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China; 2National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Email: yentq@neu.edu.vn Received November 3rd, 2012; revised December 17th, 2012; accepted
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Issues in Supply Chain Management Douglas M. Lambert Martha C. Cooper Successful supply chain management requires cross-functional integration and marketing must play a critical role. The challenge is to determine how to successfully accomplish this integration. We present a framework for supply chain management as well as questions for how it might be implemented and questions for future research. Case studies conducted at several companies and involving multiple members of supply chains are
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Action Research Model The action research model focuses on planned change as a cyclical process in which initial research about the organization provides information to guide subsequent action. Then the results of the action are assessed to provide further information to guide further action, and so on. This iterative (iterate means to repeat) cycle of research and action involves considerable collaboration among organization members and OD practitioners. It places heavy emphasis on data gathering
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BUS*2090*03 Team Report Winter 2011 Thursday, March 31, 2011 Johnson & Johnson – Socialization and Culture, and Organizational Structure Mathew Baptista Cassandra Dingli Sophia Jefferson Jessica Mighton Hayley Summers Daniel Vijayakumar SUMMARY Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”), one of the largest, well-known organizations in the world, produces products for consumer health care and for use by medical professionals in care and diagnostics. Some of their most recognizable brands include
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fully committed to ServIT. During 1996 – 1998, ServIT maintained a positive business but it would become had for Andrew to function solely. Early in 2000, Andrew’s wife Sally joined the company as a Director. Four years later ServIT grew stably with the relocation, the extension of courses as well as more staff engagement. ServIT had been complying a centralized organizational structure. As time passes, a number of changes taken place such as new appointment, establishment of graphic design service
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