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- The Conundrum Of IT Management
- This paper presents a robust argument as to why it can be difficult for Chief Information Officers CIOs to deliver business value from investments that their organizations make in IT with contemporary organizational structures, authority patterns, processes and mindsets. This argument is built on the subtle premise that organizations should...
- White papers 2006-11-02
- Development Of Framework For Affordability Engineering Measurement
- The concept of Affordability Engineering is relatively new and it has been developed for assist in the decision-making. This paper is focused in Affordability Engineering Measurement to be applied in automotive and aerospace sectors. The paper has developed a conceptual model of different factors affecting affordability. An Affordability Index has...
- White papers 2006-09-27
- Coordinating Supply Relationships: Rhetoric And Reality
- Two reciprocally interdependent, dyadic supply relationships - one inter-organizational, the other intra-organizational - were investigated across a broad front in this paper. The focus was on the logistics relationship between supply partners, and on how these relationships were coordinated in practice. We probed coordination between the partners using four constructs...
- White papers 2006-08-15
- Risk Case Studies: The Concept of Risk
- A heightened consciousness of risk, both amongst ordinary people, but also the elite of society, has been driven by a broader process of social fragmentation and isolation. In turn, the insecurities this has created have been addressed by various social leaders, keen to restore a sense of purpose and legitimacy...
- White papers 2005-12-02
- The Application Of A Six Sigma Methodology To Military Supply Chain Processes
- This paper explains the findings of an investigation into supply chain process variability in the UK Defence supply chain. The study's objectives were two-fold: to investigate the nature and causes of variability in the Defence supply chain; and to ascertain whether a six sigma methodology could be applied usefully in...
- White papers 2005-06-19
- Performance Measurement Systems: Benefits
- Organizational researchers and managers alike have long held the view that performance measurement and management systems have a positive impact on business performance. Nevertheless, there is relatively little research to support this hypothesis. This study tested the effect of performance measurement and management systems PMMS on a energy supplier using...
- White papers 2005-03-30
- Mitigating Supply Chain Risk Through Improved Confidence
- Nowadays marketplace is characterised by turbulence and uncertainty. Market turbulence has tended to increase for a number of reasons. Demand in almost every industrial sector seems to be more volatile than was the case in the past. Product and technology life-cycles have shortened significantly and competitive product introductions make life-cycle...
- White papers 2005-02-11
- Impact of PMS on Business Performance: A Methodological Approach
- The purpose of this paper is to discuss the methodology and approach on the study of the impact of performance measurement systems PMS in business performance. There is an extensive body of research around the domain of performance measurement and management; however it has basically concentrated on the design and...
- White papers 2004-11-29
- Developing Parallel Routines for Radical Product Innovation
- A paradox in innovation management is that firms deploying what are generally recognised 'Good practice' can find themselves under threat through disruption caused by some form of discontinuity in their operating environment. Routines suited to dealing with 'Steady state' innovation differ from and may even conflict with those needed to...
- White papers 2004-04-21
- The Impact Of Using Scorecard Measures For Determining Rewards
- Several authors have highlighted the importance of linking Business Performance Measurement systems to rewards. For instance, Kaplan and Norton (1992; 1996; 2001) argue that a linkage between the Balanced Scorecard and rewards is critical as it provides a powerful means for implementing the strategy of a firm, by enhancing internal...
- White papers 2004-01-16
- Evaluating Investments in CRM With Real Options
- CRM practices are being adopted in most industry sectors to build stronger relationships with customers in order to develop superior customer value and increase shareholder value. This article questions the basis upon which the business case for CRM investments is traditionally made, highlighting the shortcomings of focusing only upon discounted...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Differential Labor and Competitive Advantage: Embedding Resource-Based Theory Within Marx's Labor Theory of Value
- This paper argues that the resource-based view of the firm RBV assumes a labor theory of value creation. Using the Circuit of Capital as an organizing framework, the paper integrates RBV and Marx's value theory. Marx provides us with a macroeconomic explanation of value and surplus value creation, whereas RBV...
- White papers 2003-07-22
- Towards the Third Generation of Performance Measurement
- This article introduces the concept of third generation performance measurement systems. First generation measurement systems were based on the assumption that financially biased measurement systems should be supplemented with non-financial indicators, including intangibles. Whilst this was a valuable development, the problem with these first generation approaches was that they were...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- A Strategic Management Framework for Improved Aid Delivery
- The most profound influences on the process and outputs of change require a closer examination of organisational culture. This requires envisioning the organisation not as one homogenous body, but made up of very many 'tribes' that can traverse organisational, hierarchical and national boundaries. Seeing the organisation this way, and through...
- White papers 2003-02-17
- Business Leadership and General Management Development
- The findings and recommendations presented in this paper summarize the outcomes of a two-year, two stage research project, completed in July 2002. This project was designed to create clarity about the future challenges for business leadership, and to identify innovative good practice in developing such leaders for the future. The...
- White papers 2002-10-21
- Business Effective e-Relationship Marketing
- A company web site is the most popular e-business application across all business sectors. Establishing and maintaining these sites is expensive. In many cases the business benefits deriving from the site are not clear. Despite the considerable expenditure in time and money in the creation of company websites there has...
- White papers 2001-11-23
- How Is Consumer Behaviour Affected by Online Relationships?
- This paper sets out to investigate whether consumer buying behaviour has changed or is changing because of the influence of online relationships between companies and consumers. It tests the generic and widely accepted five stage consumer buying model by looking at online consumer behaviour and attitudes, as observed by Marketing...
- White papers 2001-11-01
- Process Improvement / Reengineering Integrated in an Organisation's Management Systems
- In the current business environment, organizations need to change their operational structures frequently in order to react to and build on changes in the business environment, product and process technology, legal requirements, etc. To achieve the speed and quality of process designs necessary to keep up with the speed and...
- White papers 2001-03-05
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- Palisade 's RISK software utilised by Cranfield University
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 June 2008-Palisade 's RISK software utilised by Cranfield UniversityC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com On 3 June it was reported that, during a research project, the School of Applied Sciences at Cranfield University used RISK software from Palisade Corporation, providers of risk and decision analysis software. The project...
- Articles 2008-06-04
- Brave new territory
- UNIVERSITIES University College London is to sign an agreement to open a branch in Australia. By Lucy Hodges Forget China. The next international education hotspot could be Adelaide, South Australia, population 1.1 million. Today, University College London, one of Britain's top 10 higher-education...
- Articles 2008-05-29
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