RO T E U L D GE · r & Fr a nci s G ro Risk factors in enterprise-wide/ERP projects M ARY SUM NER School of Business, Southern Illinois University, Campus Box 1106, Edwardsville, IL 62026, USA The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors in implementing traditional management information systems projects, describe the risk factors associated with enterprise-wide/ERP (enterprise resource planning) projects and identify the risk factors in ERP projects which are unique to
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Managing Change Initiatives: Fantasy or Reality? The Case of Public Sector Organisations Ebrahim Soltani University of Kent Business School, Canterbury, UK Pei-chun Lai University of Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK Abstract It is becoming a commonplace statement that change initiative programmes are key tools to organisational long-term success. To this end, the last two decades have witnessed a surge of interest in the take-up of various change initiative programmes. Organisational
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Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases (2012) 2, 79–86 & 2012 JITTC Palgrave Macmillan All rights reserved 2043-8869/12 palgrave-journals.com/jittc/ Teaching case Understanding the process of backsourcing: two cases of process and product backsourcing in Europe Julia Kotlarsky1, Lars Bognar2 1 2 Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK; Google Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Correspondence: J Kotlarsky, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham,
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International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 4, Issue 1, January-2013 ISSN 2229-5518 1 A CASE STUDY OF AMUL CO-OPERATIVE IN INDIA IN RELATION TO ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY FIRST AUTHOR Dr. Ruchira Prasad Lecturer in Management Seth Padam Chand Jain Institute of Management Agra University, Khandari, Agra Utter Pradesh, India Email: ruchi_1508@rediffmail.com SECOND AUTHOUR Dr. Rupali Satsangi Assistant Professor Department of Economics DEI
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Fundamentals of Business Systems Development BSA/375 3/14/2012 The success of an organization is mostly dependent on the workforce employed and there is a need for an effective HR system. The use of information technology in HR provides automation of the services. Management can easily obtain data on their employees. The development of HR system requires the collaboration of all the stakeholders to ensure that it will be to the best interest to the management and the employees. This paper expounds
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Portada Management information systems managing the digital firm Part One. Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise ....1 Chapter 1. Managing the Digital Firm ....2 Opening Case: DaimlerChrysler's Agile Supply Chain ....3 1.1 Why Information Systems? ....4 Why Information Systems Matter 4 • How Much Does IT Matter? 6 • Why IT Now? Digital Convergence and the Changing Business Environment ....7 1.2 Perspectives on Information Systems ....13 What Is an Information System
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Case Study: Considerations on group development Case Study: Considerations on group development In the current business world, several organizations have adopted the idea of creating a team to address an emergency situation, to improve something that is idling or to create a new thing from scratch, all in order to work in a more effective and efficient way. Every group faces challenges and victories, even if small ones. According to Robbins and Judge, “Teams are more flexible and responsive to
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challenge. Career development is an employee’s responsibility so if they want to continue in the same company, they must think long-term when they first start. “If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development,” (Tracy, 2010). In this paper the subjects discussed are the role of training in an organization’s development, different employee development methods, relationship between employee development and organizational
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Innovation and project development: an impossible equation? Lessons from an innovative automobile project development Franck Aggeri and Blanche Segrestin Ecole des Mines de Paris, 60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France. Franck.Aggeri@cgs.ensmp.fr; Blanche.Segrestin@cgs.ensmp.fr Product development performance has become a key issue for car manufacturers. But innovation seeks to outperform dominant design, whereas project development targets welldefined areas (costs, lead
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semester examination carrying 80 marks will have two sections A and B. Section A worth 60 marks will have 6 theory questions out of which students will be required to attempt any four questions. Section B carrying 20 marks will contain one or more cases. Cases prescribed below are only for classroom discussion and internal evaluation and not for end semester examinations Course contents 1. Concept of Management Functions and Responsibilities of Managers, Fayol's Principles of Management, Management
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