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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"1503 Business and Management"”.
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Exploring the impacts of organisational change : a structured prediction approach
… case study that investigated the operational and relational dynamics of a multifaceted change process within a large Australian company. The Company had an extremely complex organisation and supply-chain structure and often its entities were severely impacted by change in a number of different …
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Participation in employee involvement programs
… program. The critical challenge confronting management of attracting and maintaining the effective participation of employees is central to the success of a participatory strategy. However, program impetus, design, formulation and execution is often of an ad-hoc nature and premised on …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of strategic planning within the Middle Eastern public sector
… is intended to help governments, communities and organisations deal with and adapt to their changing internal and external circumstances. It can help clarify and resolve the most important pressing issues they face. It enables them to build on strengths, take advantage of opportunities, and …
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Knowledge-based SOA framework for improved supply chain integration and delivery
Supply chains are everywhere that people do business, from a single market stall by the side of a road to a multinational corporation. Wherever there are goods and services that need to be used in a scheduled way to create a product that will be sold. The problem that this thesis addresses is to …
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The influence of an online collaboration tool on relationships in inter-organisational networks
… the research into the influence of information and communications technology on relationship management by specifically exploring the use and influence of an online collaboration tool (OCT). An OCT is the web-based information infrastructure used for coordinating project activities, and the …
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Employee voice in foreign owned multinational enterprises in Australia
This thesis sets out to examine the use and character of employee voice practices in foreign owned multinational enterprises operating in Australia. It specifically focuses on the impact of union presence and a strategic human resource management approach on the employee voice practices. To address …
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Executive Influence on Employee Training Effectiveness in Saudi SME Firms
Given the high youth population and unemployment rate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the government implemented policies to ensure that school leavers and graduates have the competencies necessary to replace the large expatriate workforce in the country. However, this policy has yet to …
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Factors affecting outsourcing decisions in Iranian industries
… level of outsourcing, reasons for outsourcing, and factors in outsourcing success) in firms from diverse industries, and of varying size, affect eventual outsourcing processes.
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Factors critical to the success of business intelligence systems
… success factors associated with the use of Business Intelligence as an extension of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Many companies have implemented ERP systems to enable them to better manage their core business processes and the associated transactions. To achieve a better …
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Characteristics of boards of directors and board effectiveness: a study of Malaysian public listed companies
… of directors are integral to modern corporations and, consequently, receive much attention from regulators, researchers and stakeholders. Although this domain is receiving increased scrutiny, most studies have been based on relating various dimensions of board structure and composition to firm …
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Total quality management: an investigation of the link between management control systems and organisational learning to support continuous improvement
… was undertaken amongst a number of quality and finance managers. Their perceptions as to the role of organisation learning and its effect, if any, on the success of the quality initiative in their organisation were examined. The majority of respondents noted that their organisations are …
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Environmental life cycle costs in the Australian food packaging supply chain
There is increasing evidence that external and internal pressures are being placed upon companies to acknowledge, characterise and analyse environmental issues, impacts and costs. It has been argued that companies will increasingly be faced with responsibilities extending outside the factory gate …
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Linking the balanced scorecard to human resource management
… the relationship between strategic human capital management practices (HCMPs) and employee capability is moderated by personnel control mechanisms, and whether the relationship between employee capability and corporate performance is affected by an intervening variable, customer loyalty, and …
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Characteristics to Complement Requisite Managerial and Leadership Attributes to Effectively Manage a Multinational Corporation: a Study based in the Thai Automotive Industry
… become the favourite target of large enterprises and multinational corporations (MNCs) desiring to invest in them. Thailand in particular, due to its location as a natural gateway for efficient distribution channels through various markets and customers, has attracted foreign direct investments …
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Workforce training for increased productivity in Saudi Arabia
… bring its national workforce to international standards (Nitaqat). International providers are generally employed for face-toface course delivery, using packaged course material. However, non-Saudi trainers generally lack understanding of the Saudi norms, and therefore misinterpret trainees’ …
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An empirical analysis of the strategic management of competitive advantage : a case study of higher technical and vocational education in Taiwan
Institutions of higher technical and vocational education (hereafter HTVE) in Taiwan face the pressures of a reduced number of students and competition for students from an increased number of domestic and international institutions. To cope with these challenges, HTVE institutions that are better …
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Successful exit processes of SMEs in Australia
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the Australian economy. The OECD (2000) reports that SMEs are the core to a nation’s future economic growth and account for 95 percent of enterprises and 60 to 70 percent of jobs. The existing literature on small business …
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The effect of mergers and acquisitions on shareholder returns
Mergers and acquisitions net only affect the value of merging firms but also generate a positive or negative wealth effect for shareholders of firms involved. The Hubris theory hypothesises that mergers and acquisitions affect the value of the firms as well as shareholder wealth. This theory …
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Financial crisis management: application to SMEs in Australia
The small and medium sized business sector plays a significant economic and social role in Australia. A large number of these businesses suffer from abrupt financial crises resulting from manmade or natural disasters such as fire, flood, storm, etc, which affect all business sectors in the …
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Key factors for implementation of e-commerce between non-government organisations and government
… commerce between non-government organisations and Government. This thesis firstly looks at the key drivers for the adoption of electronic commerce, or why these organisations are implementing electronic commerce. Secondly, the major barriers that inhibit the adoption of electronic commerce, or …
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