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- Toward A Unifying Framework For Exploring Fit And Flexibility In Strategic Human Resource Management
- This paper presents a framework for studying the concepts of fit and flexibility in the field of Strategic Human Resource Management Strategic HRM. It focusses on HRM practices, employee skills, and employee behaviours and reviews past conceptual and empirical work within that framework. A model of Strategic HRM is also...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- American Express Company Q 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Brian Foran - Goldman Sachs. Brian Foran - Goldman Sachs I think the expense flexibility was surprisingly good in the quarter I think for a lot of people. As we look out into the rest of...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-23
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. [Operator Instructions]. The first question will be from Ryan Todd of Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead. Ryan Todd - Deutsche Bank Good morning, gentlemen. I appreciate all the details you have given us on cash flows and liquidity, and just had a question. So it is...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-06
- Flexibility - A Manager's Secret Weapon
- When flexibility in its many forms is widely offered and widely used, when it is communicated and implemented well, and employees do not perceive penalties in using it, the results mentioned in this paper are achieved. These results are based on more than a decade of research in a variety...
- White papers 2008-04-10
- When Strategic Planning Goes Wrong
- Businesses are faced with a choice when selecting the software to help run their business: elect for low cost and short-term flexibility, at the expense of long-term strategic options, or choose a high-end product with a large price tag that the company may never outgrow, but at the expense of...
- White papers 2008-07-27
- Towards An "Optimal" Level Of Information System Flexibility - A Conceptual Model
- While insufficient flexibility of an information system to support a given business process precludes system use in certain cases, excessive flexibility can limit system usability (Silver 1991), in addition to presenting an unnecessary investment. Despite a wealth of research on flexibility and its impacts on organizations and business processes (esp....
- White papers 2005-04-27
- On The Interpretative Flexibility Of Hosted ERP Systems
- This paper explores the interpretative flexibility of ERP Enterprise Resource Planning systems through the study of a project to implement a hosted system for the Central Accounting Department of a large multinational. The paper presents intensive case study data around the decision to implement the system and analyses it in...
- White papers 2005-07-23
- Flexibility Through the Lens of Theory
- Although flexibility is recognized as a key dimension of manufacturing strategy, and although much progress has been made in defining, deconstructing, and developing theory concerning manufacturing flexibility, implementation of flexibility in manufacturing plants remains difficult and prone to failure. In this paper, one present a case study of a flexibility...
- White papers 2003-02-26
- The Blended Workforce: Maximizing Agility Through Nonstandard Work Arrangements
- The dominant idea driving many of the reforms now under way in the personnel world is that improved performance requires more flexibility in the management of human resources. In the federal sector, the new personnel system for the Department of Homeland Security features significant additional flexibility for managers in paying,...
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Implementing the Stability and Growth Pact: Enforcement and Procedural Flexibility
- The paper analyzes some key policy trade-offs involved in the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact. Greater "procedural" flexibility in the Pact's implementation may improve welfare. Procedural flexibility designates the enforcer's room to apply judgment on underlying policies and to set a consolidation path that does not discourage high-quality...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Modular Power, Maximum Flexibility
- NIBCO manufactures a variety of copper fittings at the Stuarts Draft facility, including elbows, T's and couplings ranging in size from one-half to six inches. Having reliable backup power is essential for NIBCO, Inc. at its copper products foundry in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. To provide redundancy and maximum operating flexibility,...
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- Designing For Flexibility: The Use Of Plug-Ins And Reengineering
- In a dynamically changing business environment, organizations need to be highly flexible regarding their systems and processes. Such flexibility enables the organization to easily re-structure and align itself to the change. This adaptation to the change is imperative for the organization to sustain itself in the ever-changing market. Plug-ins and...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Innophos Holdings, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Edward Yang with Oppenheimer. Edward Yang - Oppenheimer Randy, you mentioned building greater flexibility into your business model. Obviously, there is a gap between acid prices and your own rock costs. At this point, how much do...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-06
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- An Evaluation of Labor Flexibility Initiatives in a Medium Sized Public Sector Organization
- This paper uses the theoretical constructs of the "labor flexibility" debate to examine the development, implementation and evaluation of flexibility initiatives in the Library and Information Service of Western Australia LISWA. The paper focuses on the objectives, processes and outcomes of LISWA's flexibility initiatives. The labor demand and supply factors...
- White papers 2001-05-17
- Information System Flexibility And The Cost Efficiency Of Business Processes
- In order to be effective, an Information System IS needs to be flexible, that is, it must be able to accommodate a certain amount of variation regarding the requirements of the supported business process. The current paper contributes to IS theory-building with a focus on the impact of IS flexibility...
- White papers 2005-12-28
- Dealing With The "Flexibility-Security-Nexus": Institutions, Strategies, Opportunities And Barriers
- This paper discusses the "Flexibility-security nexus" which has become manifest in employment, the labour market and industrial relations. The starting point of the paper is the concept of "Flexicurity", viewed as a particular way of dealing with the aforementioned nexus. The analysis focuses on four EU-member states: Denmark, Belgium, Germany...
- White papers 2003-09-02
- Zomax and Intraware Restructure Relationship to Improve Flexibility in Meeting Customer Demands
- DVD News 05-03-2004 Zomax and Intraware Restructure Relationship to Improve Flexibility in Meeting Customer Demands DVD NEWS-3 May 2004-Zomax and Intraware Restructure Relationship to Improve Flexibility in Meeting Customer Demands C1999-2004 DVD News 05-03-2004 ...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- Server Virtualisation and Service Oriented Architecture Seen as Key Technologies for Achieving IT Flexibility; Organisations must focus on their SOA efforts if they are to benefit from greater flexibility.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 October 2006-DATAMONITOR: Server Virtualisation and Service Oriented Architecture Seen as Key Technologies for Achieving IT Flexibility; Organisations must focus on their SOA efforts if they are to benefit from greater flexibilityC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10102006 London - A new...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- AIDS Alliance Urges Senate to Support Flexibility in Abstinence Education; House Defeats Abstinence Flexibility Measure
- WASHINGTON, May 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Allowing states flexibility in drafting abstinence-education curricula is critical to comprehensively educating youth about the benefits of abstaining from sex and necessary precautions should they choose to have sex.WASHINGTON, May 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Allowing states flexibility in drafting abstinence-education curricula is critical to...
- Research articles 2002-05-16
- US flexibility needed in six-party North Korea nuclear talks: KEDO
- WASHINGTON AFP — US negotiators need flexibility if six-party talks are to remove nuclear weapons from North Korea, KEDO's executive director said. "The six-party mechanism will need to find some greater flexibility than it now has, and I assume that greater flexibility will include more vigorous US bilateral role...
- Research articles 2005-03-10
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