Building Organizational Trust Kirsimarja Blomqvist Telecom Business Research Center, Lappeenranta University of Technology and Sonera Research, P.O.BOX 20, 53851 LAPPEENRANTA, FINLAND e-mail: Kirsimarja.Blomqvist@lut.fi, mobile +358-40-755 1693 Pirjo Ståhle, Competence, Knowledge and Technology Management, Sonera Ltd, PL 116, 00051 SONERA, FINLAND e-mail: pirjo.stahle@sonera.com ABSTRACT In this paper we study the role of trust in enhancing asymmetric partnership formation. First we briefly
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is different from one organisation to another. What is Organisational Behaviour? It is the study of human behavior in organisational contexts, with a focus on individual and group processes and actions. Hence, it involves an exploration of organizational and managerial processes in the dynamic context of the organisation and is primarily concerned with the human implications of such activities (Brooks, 2009). So it is essential to understand the human behaviour and the organisational behaviour
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theories such as leadership in the relation to the environment. The component or assignment of the course that I enjoyed the most was the literature review were I offer us the opportunity to have a clear understanding of the course content in a way that is called the enquiry based learning through on summarizing the article and giving the correct model of change that suits best the organizations to achieve sustainability, the least important part of the components of the course was the Business Expo
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OTASC_2-2_Layout 9/8/05 11:30 am Page 83 Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change Volume 2 Number 2 © 2005 Intellect Ltd Article. English Language. doi: 10.1386/jots.2.2.83/1 Towards a generic international human resource management (IHRM) model Jie Shen University of South Australia Abstract Keywords Reflecting the prevailing Western literature and based on an empirical study in Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs), this study develops an IHRM model
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increasingly become an important factor and fundamental to support organizational processes and development. When one hears the terms Information Technology and Organizational Development, one may think of two different completely opposite entities and industries. However, there are many theories that recognize information technology (IT) as a critical infrastructure in many organizations and also developing as an effective contributor to organizational performance. In this paper, I will determine if there’s
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marketing Identifying opportunities for new applications Jari M. Talvinen Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland Introduction Over the past three decades, subtle changes in the theory and practice of marketing have been fundamentally reshaping companies. These changes have also been evident in marketing and management related information systems. More and more, companies are faced with the need to control an ever larger and rapidly changing marketing environment
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ERP has been successfully adopted by numerous companies all around the world. This paper focuses on the benefits that ERP systems provide in supply chain management of companies and how it affects their performance. Generally, based on the literature review different benefits and challenges are discussed. Nevertheless, a case study of an engineering company known as MAE will be examined to identify the benefits that the company has gained with the implementation of ERP systems and how the implementations
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Growth with Recovery: Coming Back from Company Restructuring Changes From Recovery When economic times are tough the company has to look at measures to conserve costs. Over the years, a firm’s standard response to finding itself in financial difficulty was to reduce its workforce (Gandolfi, 2008). The effects of the worst recession since the Great Depression, hurt both big and small corporations, new and old, and in many different types of industries. Major industry sector that has been hit
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Practicum Action Inquiry – Legal Issues Cindy L Percy Grand Canyon University: EDA 555 March 12, 2014 Practicum Action Inquiry The following is a template of the Practicum Inquiry Action Document. This resource identifies a problem statement dealings with the situation the author was assigned to investigate investigation. In this particular case, the issue was the impact of following up on the Arizona State mandated Educational Career Action Plans, (ECAP) and how this increased emphasis
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evaluate his contribution towards the achievements of the overall organizational goals. Performance appraisal is necessary to measure the performance of the employees and the organization to check the progress towards the desired goals and aims. Performance appraisal continues to be a subject of interest and importance to human resource specialists. For decades, performance appraisal has received considerable attention in the literature, from both researchers and practitioners alike. The latest mantra
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