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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"internal and external stakeholders"”.
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University Image: Perceptions Held by Internal and External Stakeholders of East Tennessee State University.
… impacted how universities are perceived by their stakeholders. "Truth" emerges not as one objective view, but as a composite picture of how people perceive the university and each other. These constructed realities are critical to an institution's well being in that how an institution is viewed …
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Sustainability of the Enrich Project: A Multi-Case Study
… limited support was provided by ENRICH staff, and the three years following the end of the project funding. Study data includes secondary data collected during the ENRICH project and primary data collected during one or two day site visits at each RCH. Specifically I wanted to learn how each of …
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Critical assessment of environmental sustainability reporting using the GRI G4 guidelines: A case study of the South African gold sector
… ought to be key channels for communication with stakeholders, enhancing organisational accountability and transparency. However, the proliferation of sustainability metrics and the voluntary nature of reporting leads to inconsistencies in the quality of sustainability reporting, invariably …
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Designing highly automated safety-critical railway system and its organization
… in terms of its technical aspects such as speed and reliability, thanks to technical developments including the automation of the train operation. At the same time, safety has become an increasingly critical aspect as the severity of the accidents has become much more severe. Although the …
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In it together: A qualitative case study of advocacy communication in a community mental health clinic
… communication surrounding mental illness stigma and advocacy by stakeholders at a community mental health clinic. Through a cyclical, participatory methodology, this study sought to understand and identify advocacy communication strategies that are culturally appropriate for the community being …
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Developing Enterprise Architecture for Railway Machinery Engineers
… company's resilience in response to ecosystem and stakeholder changes, as well as the impact of technological advancements on company operations. Based on the publication review of cutting-edge maintenance-related technologies, theories, and contract types, this study uses the Architecting …
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The evolution of architecture faculty organizational culture at the University of Michigan
<p>Understanding and navigating the multiple academic disciplines and administrative subcultures, which operate within higher education institutions, is challenging for both internal and external stakeholders who may be unfamiliar with the disparate normative, regulative, and cultural cognitive …
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Demand management : a cross-industry analysis of supply-demand planning
Globalization increases product variety and shortens product life cycles. These lead to an increase in demand uncertainty and variability. Outsourcing to low-cost countries increases supply lead-time and supply uncertainty and variability. Coupled with the increase of mergers and acquisitions, …
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The North American Oil and Gas Sector: A Case Study of Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk and Opportunity Management
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities have become central to the strategies of oil and gas companies worldwide. In North America, increased activism from internal and external stakeholders is driving firms to better understand ESG risks and identify opportunities for …
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Using lean enterprise principles to drive quality and on time delivery to customers : a study of the Honeywell Aerospace Engine Assembly and Test Center of Excellence
… engines to customers for decades. With engine and auxiliary power unit (APU) growth of-9% in 2005, and projected growth similar or greater for 2006, however, some segments of the business are experiencing difficulty in delivering engines on time to customer request dates. In the spirit of Lean …
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Understanding the Impacts of Toxic Leadership on U.S. Army Junior Officers
… a detrimental effect on followers as well as external partners. Studies have shown that leadership is relational, which means leaders must connect with internal and external stakeholders. The purpose of this phenomenological research project is to understand how or if toxic leadership is …
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Academic capitalism and Jesuit higher education: a critical discourse analysis of mission statements
Slaughter and Rhoades (2009) developed the theory of academic capitalism to explain the market-like behaviors of colleges and universities, which has been made more prevalent by the rise in neoliberal ideology and the new knowledge-based economy. Bok (2003), Giroux (2003), and others have warned …
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Adopting Agile Leadership During the Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study of University Student Affairs Leaders
In March 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic created complex and time-sensitive challenges for colleges and universities that temporarily closed campuses and restricted access to students and personnel. Given the pandemic's magnitude, there was no roadmap to resolve these challenges. Leaders drew on …
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Perceptions of Skill Development in a Living-Learning First-Year Experience Program
… study was to explore the perceptions of students and faculty involved in a living-learning first-year experience program at a small, liberal arts institution about developing skills for life-long learning including critical thinking, written communication, and reflection and engagement across …
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Paradoxes of hybrid organizing in the Cambridge Energy Alliance by Jason Jesurum Jay.
… of the public-private Cambridge Energy Alliance and its network of exchange partners, I argue that sustaining effective, innovative hybrid organizations is more likely when internal and external stakeholders navigate two paradoxes characteristic of hybrid organizing. The first is the paradox of …
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Incorporating the innovation process in a product development organization
… innovation development is done by the Research and Development (R&D) teams driven by corporate strategies, marketing understanding of customer's needs, brand aspirations, regulatory requirements, and advance engineering requirements to surpass competitors and gain market share and profit. The …
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Information technology capability services that support organisational innovativeness in agriculture companies
… characterised by fast-changing markets and environmental conditions. Organisational innovation (OI) allows these agriculture organisations to evolve their way of work. Successful OI requires support from various internal and external stakeholders to a firm, and the IT capability has been …
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Exploring organizational pressures on data driven decision making in social service nonprofits : a Grounded Theory study
… use data-driven decision making to understand their outcomes and make decisions about the future of their organization's work (Brynjolfsson et al., 2011). This is rarely happening in the approximately 112,000 human service nonprofits in the United States (Bopp et al., 2017; National Center …
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Using Multiple Data Sources for Customer Satisfaction Analyzing: A Sentimental Approach
<p>The effectiveness of data and data providers in marketing has created a hype in the marketing world. Businesses often face a divided approach because of the increasing volume of data collected through a variety of data channels. This results in marketers often facing problems in acquiring …
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Appreciative Inquiry summits and organizational knowledge creation: A social systems perspective
… planning conference in which hundreds of internal and external stakeholders collectively design the future of the organization through structured activities. It applies the principles of AI, a consulting method used in organizational development that attends to the positive aspects of an …
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