Communications of the IIMA 25 2006 Volume 6 Issue 2 Disaster Planning and Management Holmes E. Miller Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104 Kurt J. Engemann Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Ronald R. Yager Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10801 ABSTRACT Recent events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, power outages, and the threat of pandemics have highlighted our vulnerability to natural disasters. This vulnerability is exacerbated by many organizations’ increasing dependence on computer
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Talk Before It’s Too Late: Reconsidering the Role of Conversation in Information Systems Project Management Stefano Mastrogiacomo, Stephanie Missonier, And Riccardo Bonazzi Stefano Mastrogiacomo is a freelance program manager and a management researcher at the HEC Lausanne-UNIL, Faculty of Business and Economics, Switzerland. He holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in organization and business information systems from the University of Lausanne. He has more than 15 years of experience as a coordinator
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29 Sep 2013 06:25:22 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in China’s Transition from Socialism1 Ethan Michelson Indiana University, Bloomington This article uses the case of Chinese lawyers, their professional troubles, and their coping strategies to build on and develop the concept of political embeddedness. Data from a first-of-its-kind 25-city survey suggest that political embeddedness, defined broadly as bureaucratic
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Baltic Journal of Economics ISSN: 1406-099X (Print) 2334-4385 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rbec20 Explaining and tackling the shadow economy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: a tax morale approach Colin C. Williams & Ioana A. Horodnic To cite this article: Colin C. Williams & Ioana A. Horodnic (2015) Explaining and tackling the shadow economy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: a tax morale approach, Baltic Journal of Economics, 15:2, 81-98, DOI: 10.1080/1406099X
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A STUDY TO DETERMINE FOUR MAJOR JOB ISSUES THAT CAN CREATE AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND LIFE by Melissa Cadet GEORGE FRUNZI, PhD, Committee Member A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Masters of Business Administration Strayer University Abstract In organizations and on the home front, the challenge of work/life balance is rising to the top of many employers ‘and employees’ consciousness. In today’s fast-paced society,
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International Business Cases) is the result of the collaboration of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade ICEX and AEEDE, the Spanish Association of Business Schools , which includes eleven leading Business Schools. The aim of this project is to promote the internationalisation of Spanish SMEs, drawing on the academic rigour of the business schools that have participated in this project. This centre presents case studies of Spanish companies that are successful internationally. These case studies can
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Business communication Introduction: 1- Memo: Inside Company 2 -Letter: outside company -Good letter – bad letter -Persuasive message: selling things, to help some body 1- Phax: get a crispy message –bad machine. 2- E-mail: haking- not confidential-but advanced –speed (time –zone-barriers) • 3 steps to make a message: planning-writing-completing. • Use “you attitude” as I am here to serve you. • In letter must be: (no racism-no he or she-no bias language-no age-no gender)
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Implications for Quality Control, Outsourcing, and Consumer Relations [ABSTRACT] In August 2007, America's largest toy manufacturer announced the first of what would become five recalls involving 21 million toys—most of which were manufactured in China. This case study and teaching note examine a corporate response to a global crisis and consider the unique communications challenges facing a corporation that operates in an international, crosscultural arena. The teaching note critiques the response’s suitability
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THE EFFECT OF SELF-LEADERSHIP AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ON WORK STRESS AMONGST MANAGERS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR By Agnes Akwa Nde Student number: 2009103587 A Dissertation submitted in Accordance with the Requirements for the Award of a MAGISTER COMMERCII Degree In Industrial Psychology Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences The University of the Free State Supervisor: Prof. Ebben Van Zyl Co-Supervisors: Dr Petrus Nel & Dr Estelle Boshoff Bloemfontein, 2015
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Master Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR Student: Daniela Yasenova Baeva Supervisor: Professor Doctor Arnaldo Fernandes Matos Coelho May, 2011 Master Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS – How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity: THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR 1 ABSTRACT In a world of global competition that we are living nowadays, brands are each time more used
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