Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea a r t i c l e in fo Keywords: Knowledge management solution design Organizational design Business process change abstract Improving how knowledge is leveraged in organizations for improved business performance is today considered as a major organizational change. Knowledge management (KM) projects are stigmatized as demanding, fuzzy and complex, with questionable outcomes—more than 70% of them do not deliver
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Impact of Outsourcing in improving productivity in modern Organizational Introduction In today’s world of ever increasing competition, organizations are forced to look for new ways to generate value. The world has embraced the phenomenon of outsourcing and companies have adopted its principles to help them expand into other markets (Bender 1999). Strategic management of outsourcing is perhaps the most powerful tool in management, and outsourcing of innovation is its frontier (Quinn 2000). Outsourcing
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doc 06.08.02 Chapter 3. Strategy1 By Marylynn Placet and Kristi M. Branch The word “strategy” has been in use since Sun Tzu wrote the Art of War in the fourth century B.C. (Sun Tzu 1971). Sun Tzu wrote, of course, about military strategy. The literature on corporate strategy, which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s (Chandler 1962; Ansoff 1965; Learned et al. 1965) is vast and continues to grow at an astonishing rate. Strategic management – the way in which a firm identifies its strategic direction
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organizations are facing a new world of work that will require a reshaping of strategies for leadership and talent management. Because culture is the driving force in most organizations, engagement and retention strategies need to be responsive to these changes. However, more than half of survey respondents said their organizations have poor programs or no programs at all in place to gauge or bolster engagement levels. Other issues uncovered by the report include a global lack of leadership succession programs
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consist of inexperienced and unknowledgeable management professionals. New board members are excited to make good decisions and evoke proper change within the organization. They soon find out change is not quick and results aren’t seen over night. Due to this reality board members with tenure can become complacent and thereby miss opportunities for organizational growth. This can create barriers to performance for young board members and old board members alike. This paper argues the necessity of continual
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The TQM Magazine Emerald Article: A new framework for managing change J.S. Oakland, S.J. Tanner Article information: To cite this document: J.S. Oakland, S.J. Tanner, (2007),"A new framework for managing change", The TQM Magazine, Vol. 19 Iss: 6 pp. 572 - 589 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09544780710828421 Downloaded on: 16-08-2012 References: This document contains references to 20 other documents Citations: This document has been cited by 10 other documents To
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key role in this economic development. Yet to date, little is known about entrepreneurship in emerging economies. This introductory article to the special issue on entrepreneurship in emerging economies examines the literature that exists to date in this important domain. It then reviews the research that was generated as part of this special issue on this topic. The article concludes with a discussion of the critical future research needs in this area. Introduction The quantity and quality of
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FACULTY MEMBER: Debra Gordon TERM: Fall Block I 2015 COURSE TITLE: Project and Change Management COURSE NUMBER: IST 7060 TEXT BOOK: Project Management, the Managerial Process. 6thEdition. Author Erik W. Larson & Clifford F. Gray OFFICE HOURS/METHOD OF CONTACT: I do not have an office on campus but can be reached in the evening using blackboard. I also respond to
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while cooperative archetypes facilitate value creation from internal partnerships. This paper identifies how each of these archetypes is managed by a corresponding HR configuration and how they together contribute to value creation by facilitating organizational learning via exploration and exploitation. Keywords HR,
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implementing changes and management skills required for dealing with such issues The process of implementing change brings numerous managerial challenges, however the end outcome of successfully transitioned change can bring vast benefits. In order to resolve these challenges associated with change several management skills can be used. This short essay will discuss the managerial challenges in fulfilling change and the management skills used to deal with such issues. Change can be seen to
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