11/11/2014 Ms. Mehreen E. Dolendo, MSCS Course Description • Databases are used to store, manipulate, and retrieve data in nearly every type of organization. • Database technology is routinely used by – individuals on personal computers – workgroups accessing databases on network servers – enterprise-wide distributed applications. Course Description • Introduces the basic and fundamental concepts on databases and the management of databases in terms of the different applications. • Exposes the
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Knowledge Management. Contemporary Trends and Issues ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Povilas Brilius Baifoteka Ltd, Lithuania, povilas@baifoteka.com Abstract: Organizational Learning (OL) is recognized to have established itself as a discipline. However, it remains unclear what it is primarily focused onto – practical problem solving or theoretical descriptive analysis. Due to largely fragmented literature, sometimes interweaving concepts and a variety of attitudes, practitioners find it difficult to
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out to them and visibility during the last decades. First of all, the important immigration of former colonies of Southern Europe and North Africa led to a considerable migration. Secondly, thirty years of economic change caused a fundamental transformation of the labor market and a general change of the employment in big companies to the independent work in young companies. This tendency struck certain groups of immigrant much harder than the other native populations, which is reflected by the higher
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Research series The role of the board in innovation PREPARED BY Dr Robert Kay and Dr Chris Goldspink GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP CENTRE companydirectors.com.au/glc Contents Introduction 3 Innovation and directorship: a role at the core of good governance? 4 Reading the context and steering the approach 5 CEOs and innovation 7 Differences between the public and private sectors 12 Conclusion13 References14 2 GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP CENTRE companydirectors.com.au/glc Introduction
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Accounting, Organizations and Society 28 (2003) 127–168 www.elsevier.com/locate/aos Management control systems design within its organizational context: findings from contingency-based research and directions for the future Robert H. Chenhall Department of Accounting and Finance, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Abstract Contingency-based research has a long tradition in the study of management control systems (MCS). Researchers have attempted to explain the effectiveness
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its market share. Due to those acquisition, FedEx achieved its commitment that was more than just an express transportation company. With the businesses of the company and the distribution of facilities, like warehouses, constantly widened, FedEx’s business covered more than 90% of the world’s GDP. Furthermore, with the launch of internet, FedEx
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revolutionized the way individuals in organizations access information. In addition to channels such as business-to-business and business-to-consumer, the Web has permitted human resources management to implement HR processes where business-to-employee (B2E) solutions are possible (Harris, Phifer, & Berg, 2002). Organizations with strategic human resources have implemented an increasing number of electronic HR (e-HR) solutions for redesigning HR processes and reducing
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Change NIGEL LEPPITT Haldane Associates, Middlesex ABSTRACT It has been argued that the two most common approaches to change management adopted by organizations, Theory E and Theory O, represent an inefficient dichotomy and integrating elements of both into any change initiative has been proposed. The dichotomy in a Theory E approach, incorporating practices driven by an economic imperative and a Theory O approach, incorporating practices for improving organizational capability are questioned by
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a reputable Telecommunications company in Nigeria. After four years mastering the art of sales I decided a career change or at the least career advancement was needed to succeed in this competitive world, hence my decision to pursue a Masters in Business Administration to hone my analytical skills. There are various principles that shape my vision, goals, path and my life’s journey. Amongst the factors that drive me is a passion for excellence, excellence in everything I set out to do however minute
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leadershipELAF 683 LEADERSHIP FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE CLASSROOM: EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Introduction Purpose and Direction for the Paper: This paper intends to discuss leadership from a business perspective leading to effective practices that are both documented in business and educational leadership. It will present a historical perspective on leadership from the kings of the 16th Century to a discussion on theory (administrative and leadership). The paper
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