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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"School of Management and Information Systems"”.
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Sole parents and transition back to the workforce: catered for or not?
This study researched the impact of changes in welfare legislation in Australia that have occurred since July 2006 relative to people receiving government financial assistance or payments via Centrelink (Harding, Vu, Percival & Beer 2005). The reasons for legislative change are broadly discussed …
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An Internet adoption framework for marketing by small business enterprises in developing countries
… proposed framework could be incorporated as part of the business strategies for small business enterprises to assist owner/managers plan for exploiting the Internet more systematically. The main indicators in the framework are e-readiness, aims and strategies (which lead to the Internet marketing …
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Conflict in the compact city : preferences and the search for justice
… was studied as a domain for the development of an alternative model of dispute management to that contained in the relevant statutory regime. This formed the basis for a simulation that would empirically test two hundred and fifty-two participants on three levels. These were their …
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A framework for the successful outsourcing of Australian corporate real estate
Outsourcing of corporate real estate has been growing significantly in Australia since the late 1990s. The main users of corporate real estate outsourcing services are large Australian companies, Federal and State governments and councils. The typical corporate real estate contract has a life of …
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The mediating role of attitudes in using investor relations websites
… when their intended users are satisfied with the information and facilities provided on companies’ IR websites. Many studies indicate that user behaviours such as adoption, purchase decision and repeat use are reliable surrogates for website effectiveness. While some studies focus on online IR …
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Australian attitudes towards computer crime
This investigation compares the responses of university staff and students of a Faculty of Business with those of the staff and students at the New South Wales Police Academy, in Goulburn. The research tested the attitudes of the respondents to computer fraud, credit card fraud, copying software …
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Peak power reduction in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmitters
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a digital transmission method developed to meet the increasing demand for higher data rates in communications which can be used in both wired and wireless environments. This thesis describes the issue of the Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) in …
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Public enterprise reform problems and prospects : a comparative study of Iran and Malaysia
The thesis examines the process of privatisation of public enterprises (PEs) in Iran and Malaysia. The main proposition is that privatisation of public enterprises will not achieve successful outcomes unless sound and comprehensive provisions are established and followed. Public enterprises have …
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A framework for negotiating information technology outsourcing agreements
… develops a structured framework for negotiating information technology outsourcing agreements and then evaluates the effectiveness of the framework. The framework is based on principled negotiation techniques and industry best practices.
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Successful service delivery of mass sports programs in Malaysia
… research explores successful service delivery of Mass Sports programs by using an organisational effectiveness framework and Appreciative Inquiry approach. The main aim of this research was to determine the factors needed for successful service delivery of Mass Sports programs and to promote …
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Workplace dispute resolution in Malaysia : investigating conciliation claims for reinstatement
Workplace disputes are best resolved in-house and this principle underlies dispute resolution regulations and legislation in countries such as the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Only after a failure to resolve a matter at workplace level do disputants have the option of referring their conflict to …
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The determinants of the adoption and application of business intelligence : an ERP perspective
… decision support tool in many organisations, has offered the ability to gather, store, access and analyse huge amounts of data so that better decisions can be made regarding customers, suppliers, employees, logistics and infrastructure. Prior empirical studies of business intelligence and decision …
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People’s participation for good governance: a study of rural development programs in Bangladesh
International development agencies and developed countries are demanding participatory good governance in local government bodies in developing countries to maximise outcomes from development plan implementations. To comply with this demand, the Government of Bangladesh introduced decentralisation, …
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How fire risks should be managed in enclosed Australian shopping centres
The purpose of this research is to study fire risk management in enclosed shopping centres. Enclosed shopping centres are commercial buildings and as such are regulated as commercial buildings. Over the past decades, there have been a large number of enclosed shopping centres built across the …
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The applicability of new public management to developing countries: a case from Nepal
The main purpose of this study was to analyze the new public management reforms practiced by some of the developed countries and determine their applicability to Nepal. New Public Management (NPM) was defined as cost cutting and downsizing, introducing agencies, separation of purchaser and …
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Identification and evaluation of the key attributes of project management culture (an investigation into the work-related values and beliefs of project management professionals)
According to relevant theories of professions, a profession creates and maintains its relatively unique work culture that can be minimally defined as a set of work-related values and beliefs shared by members of the profession. Professional culture plays an important role in determining people's …
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Structural barriers to Emiratisation : analysis and policy recommendations
Decades of rapid development on the Arabian Peninsula attracted numerous migrant workers who now dominate the labour markets. In the United Arab Emirates, expatriate workers take some 98 per cent of jobs in the private sector and 91 per cent in the public sector; Emirati nationals have the few …
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The effect of culture on the leadership behavior of Australian expatriate managers in Thailand
One of the basic reasons for studying cross-cultural leadership is the question of the extent to which leadership behaviors or styles can be influenced by culture. In this regard, one researcher may suggest that certain leadership behaviors are likely to be unique to a given culture, while another …
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Consumer reactions to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Thailand : the moderating effect of competitive positioning
The aims of this study are twofold. First, it contributes to understanding the business case for CSR in developing countries by focusing on the consumer-organisational relationship. Second, this study replicates the conceptual framework of Du et al. (2007) to investigate the influences of the …
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Employer Branding for Successful Recruitment and Retention of Talented Academic Staff in Thai Universities
Employer branding may be communicated in a variety of ways, but today it is an organisation’s website that is commonly used to convey the desired image. A website is commonly recognised as the first port of call for any potential employee. It should, therefore, be the first channel of communication …
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