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10.1108/00907329910260471
<jats:p>The current library outsourcing debate began in 1993 when Wright State University completely outsourced its cataloging operation. It reached a new high in 1995 when the Hawaii State Public Library System decided to outsource its selection, cataloging, and processing functions to Baker &amp; Taylor, its online j...
Outsourcing in academic libraries: a selective bibliography
[ "Bénaud Claire‐Lise ", "Bordeianu Sever " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907329910260471
2,002
July
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10.1108/00907329910275123
<jats:p>The experience of a multi‐site higher education library consortium in purchasing electronic journals and databases is described. The criteria and guidelines developed to assist in the decision‐making process for the purchase of multidisciplinary electronic products and services can be of value to other librarie...
What does electronic full‐text really mean? A comparison of database vendors and what they deliver
[ "Brennan Patricia B.M. ", "Burkhardt Joanna ", "McMullen Susan ", "Wallace Marla " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907329910275123
2,002
July
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10.1108/00907329910275141
<jats:p>Librarians increasingly encounter decisions related to the use and/or purchase of an expanding body of bibliographic databases. This article examines the coverage of anthropology literatures in major academic indexes widely available in electronic format. Eight databases were selected for comparison, including ...
Coverage of anthropology by major electronic indexes: a comparison
[ "Sutton Ellen ", "Foulke Lori " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907329910275141
2,002
July
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10.1108/00907329910275213
<jats:p>Revelation of controversial fundraising practices by the Clinton‐Gore reelection campaign in 1996 and continuing controversy over proposed campaign finance reform legislation has brought this subject into public focus and discussion. This article provides an overview of key recent developments in campaign finan...
Campaign finance information: an overview of print and Internet resources
[ "Chapman Bert " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907329910275213
2,002
July
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10.1108/00907329910283485
<jats:p>Academic library instructional services and practices have continually evolved in response to trends within the library, on campus, and in higher education. The introduction of computers, and most notably the Internet, sparked changes in what, how, and where library skills were taught. In this article, Dupuis d...
The creative evolution of library instruction
[ "Dupuis Elizabeth A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907329910283485
2,002
July
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10.1108/00907329910303437
<jats:p>The Internet has had an unprecedented impact on the ready availability of information to the public. The conflict in Yugoslavia and Kosovo is an excellent example of how information sources can proliferate around a current, hot topic. However, as is true with any controversial topic, although much of the inform...
Internet resources for the Kosovo crisis
[ "Husic Geoffrey " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907329910303437
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425450210420910
<jats:p>The industrial relations tradition values empirical analysis and research usable for policy making. Considerations about epistemology and ontology and their consequences for the research are not integrated in the tradition. Just as daily research only very seldom relates to higher‐level theorising, a case in po...
Rethinking the industrial relations tradition from a gender perspective
[ "Lotte Hansen Lise " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450210420910
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459410073942
<jats:p>Explores the recruitment and organizing experience of trade unions. Draws on in‐depth interviews with union full‐time officials and on the Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys (WIRS). Describes the experience of union recruitment, and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of recruitment ...
Union Organizing in Britain: The Views of Local Full‐time Officials
[ "Snape Ed " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459410073942
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459510078351
<jats:p>Examines some of the radical changes in labour markets and employment relations in the former German Democratic Republic (DDR) immediately following German unification and identifies a large degree of continuity in management personnel but an almost total replacement of union officials. Concludes that, while un...
Labour markets and employment relations in transition: the case of German unification
[ "Lumley Roger " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459510078351
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459510086884
<jats:p>Examines the implications of total quality management for the management of people. The implementation of TQM requires the development of a high commitment employee relations strategy and involves an attempt to build a culture of continuous improvement among employees. Argues that employee relations strategies ...
Managing human resources for TQM: possibilities and pitfalls
[ "Snape Ed ", "Wilkinson Adrian ", "Marchington Mick ", "Redman Tom " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459510086884
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459710176972
<jats:p>This highly polemical and Dutch‐rooted article is intended as a contribution to the debates in both popular and academic literature about business process redesign and similar change programmes. Describes BPR and its logical successor, the “holonic” organization, as operational and technocratic instruments whic...
Business process redesign: the wheel of Ixion
[ "Ten Bos René " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459710176972
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459710186313
<jats:p>Discusses how an earlier article in this journal (Vol. 19 No. 3) examined the extent to which the spread of individual performance‐related pay (IPRP) and was associated with trade union derecognition. Builds on that analysis and uses the same set of data to examine whether this kind of payment system is associa...
Performance‐related pay and trade union membership
[ "Heery Edmund " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459710186313
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459710367916
<jats:p>Discusses critically the concept of numerical flexibility arguing that strategies for numerical flexibility may in part be viewed as “emergent” strategies. Argues further that “emergent” strategies evolve as responses to the national institutional context. This context comprises laws and regulations which const...
Flexibility in Norwegian and UK firms: competitive pressure and institutional embeddedness
[ "Gooderham Paul N. ", "Nordhaug Odd " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459710367916
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459810228342
<jats:p>This article reviews Honda’s strategy to localize operations, organization and employment relations at Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM). The management literature describes Honda as an unusually un‐bureaucratic company where individual initiative thrives. However, the production system and organization of wo...
Internationalization at Honda: transfer and adaptation of management systems
[ "Mair Andrew " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810228342
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459810247332
<jats:p>Presents a case study concerning the attempts of a particular group of managers to implement an “empowered” system of working within their organization. Rejecting managerialist accounts of empowerment as distorted representations of social processes and social action, the paper investigates the “4Cs” of empower...
Il a commencé à penser avant d’avoir rien appris
[ "Collins David " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810247332
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459910253000
<jats:p>Explores recent expressions of support by employers for the importance of training in creating business success. Argues that this change in posture cannot be explained in terms of a growing recognition of the weaknesses of the labour force in intermediate‐level skills, because the new focus is on personal devel...
Employers’ discovery of training: self‐development, employability and the rhetoric of partnership
[ "Hallier Jerry " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459910253000
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459910292098
<jats:p>There appears to be some doubt about the future direction of both the theory and the practice of employment relations. This article therefore speculates about the prospects of the “new” European social model becoming the orthodoxy in the field. This model, which has strong similarities with the UK’s “partnershi...
The “new” European social model: the end of the search for an orthodoxy or another false dawn?
[ "Sisson Keith " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459910292098
2,002
July
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10.1108/01425459910299884
<jats:p>This article explores the relationship between an Australian financial institution’s training programme and its commercial fortunes, in particular its mix of technical skills and social skills training. In this industry, price and product differentiation are limited, and customer service is the principal determ...
Different skills and knowledge for different times: training in an Australian retail bank
[ "Sappey Richard B. ", "Sappey Jennifer " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459910299884
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435120010324752
<jats:p>Highlights Africa’s historical glory and position in the information and communication sector against the perspective of her previous contribution to the development of the information age. Now as a net importer of information, and having lost the earlier standing, information technology is a key resource that ...
Managing and developing the strategy for Africa’s information in global computerisation
[ "Gundu Shibanda George ", "Musisi‐Edebe Isabel " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120010324752
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435120010347928
<jats:p>Public libraries, in common with other local government services, are obliged to obtain best value by striving for customer service of the highest quality and greatest efficiency. This article draws on data gathered from the Developing Research in Public Libraries (DRIPL) project, which shows how an understandi...
Best value in public libraries: the role of research
[ "Chivers Barbara ", "Thebridge Stella " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120010347928
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435120110358781
<jats:p>Discusses the questions of not only mixing print and electronic resources, but also local and non‐local resources in the hybrid library. Attention is drawn to the significance of local resources which are important in the day‐to‐day work of people in higher education. Examples are provided and the organisation ...
Integrating local resources
[ "Cornford James " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120110358781
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435129510093746
<jats:p>Information audits are a useful information management tool with respect to the identification, costing, development and rationalization of information resources and services. In addition, the results of the audit can be used to make clear the contribution made by information and information services to the wor...
The information audit: its contribution to decision making
[ "Dubois C.P.R. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129510093746
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435129710166455
<jats:p>Reports findings of research investigating the training needs and opportunities of flexible information workers. Concludes that unless positive action is taken to address the needs of flexible information workers, they have fewer training opportunities than other workers, which has negative implications for ove...
Current practice in training flexible information workers
[ "Kerslake Evelyn ", "Goulding Anne " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129710166455
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435129810198558
<jats:p>The Nigerian copyright Decree No. 47 of 1988 gives protection to copyright owners with stiff penalties in the event of violations and piracy. This paper considers these provisions of the law in relation to the persistent book famine in the country, and offers suggestions which might help enhance the execution o...
Book piracy and Nigerian copyright law
[ "Olujide Ajidahun Clement " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129810198558
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435129810239976
<jats:p>The provision of public access to the Internet in UK public libraries is a service that has been gradually introduced by many public library authorities throughout the UK. There remain, however, authorities where the service has either not been implemented or is available only in a few major branches. This pape...
Public access to the Internet in public libraries
[ "Murray Ian " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129810239976
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435129910248641
<jats:p>Information provision services to the general public have, since their inception in South Africa, been biased towards the white minority in the community. In reaction to the imbalanced position and in an effort to re‐dress inadequacies experienced through the existing public library system, alternative communit...
Information provision services in South Africa: a comparative study
[ "Jantine Mostert Bertha " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129910248641
2,002
July
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10.1108/01435129910248669
<jats:p>In recent years, staff members in many libraries have struggled to adjust to an accelerating rate of change. Researchers and observers have noted increasing levels of stress and conflict in the workplace, probably related to the rapid pace of change. In view of the transformation that is taking place in librari...
Conflict and stress in times of change
[ "Pelzer Hudson Mary " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129910248669
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729410053590
<jats:p>Identifies workers′ burnout as an important factor influencing productivity, commitment, and intentions to leave a job, which disrupt organizational operation and costs. Examines the relationship between the burnout of female school teachers and its effect on their intentions to leave their jobs. Based on a com...
Measuring Workers′ Burnout and Intention to Leave
[ "Weisberg Jacob " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729410053590
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729410061447
<jats:p>Describes the unique institutional mechanism in France whereby firms are required by law to devote a fraction of their wage bills to continuous training. Indicates that since the Act of 16 July 1971 was passed there has been a marked increase in expenditure on training and that the greatest benefits have gone t...
Training and Enterprise in France
[ "Verdier Eric " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729410061447
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729510102639
<jats:p>Considers the impact on the HR function of the strenuous restructuring and redeployment of resources brought about by the current need for organizational change. Argues that the transformation of the HR function, while interesting in itself as a research concern, is perhaps more usefully approached from the wid...
Transformations of the HR function in the context of restructuring
[ "Gutierrez L.H.S. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729510102639
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729510146965
<jats:p>Investigates changes in skilled and unskilled employment over the 1980s using UK data skills from the Labour Force Survey and the New Earnings Survey Panel Data set, matched with industrial data from the Census of Production. The major findings are: that there was a rise in non‐manual wage and employment shares...
Skilled and unskilled employment in UK manufacturing over the 1980s
[ "Haskel Jonathan ", "Jukes Robert " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729510146965
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729710192791
<jats:p>As US firms expand into Canada, it becomes necessary for them to be aware of Canadian law governing labour and employment. Unlike what many might think, the laws in the two countries are substantially different. Further, the effects of these differences have been demonstrated empirically. Considers the differen...
Relevance of Canadian labour law to US firms operating in Canada
[ "Abraham Steven E. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729710192791
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729810216676
<jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to investigate wage differentials and wage discrimination among 9,035 male and female Israeli managers. In our sample, female managers earn on average 64 per cent of their male counterparts. Using a statistical method originally developed by Ronald Oaxaca, we found that out of 36 pe...
Gender wage differentials and discrimination among Israeli managers
[ "Neuman Shoshana ", "Weisberg Jacob " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729810216676
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729810233190
<jats:p>This paper presents a general survey of the Swiss economy. It emphasises the various factors that have been put forward to explain the very low unemployment rate recorded in Switzerland up to the beginning of the 1990s. It also analyses the factors which may be held responsible for the dramatic reversal of the ...
The labour market in Switzerland: the end of a special case?
[ "Flückiger Yves " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729810233190
2,002
July
"cHEQbALkKhr4AKd/bRSVU0XtReN3M7Gr0FcjaVfvNN3OsBJUQ0FM3bKGKlu8kLTL8I3zG5uOUC3qIOyd430YjFEdH8C+zlCdjrlkeLo2NJylWI3iI5DeLuiJIFMeCTWZk4M1GtrVpUnCRZ9hFi4mEs3cGil3QNPxKrP2hYI6dnk="
10.1108/01437729810233244
<jats:p>This study attempts to analyze the various factors which may have led an individual living in 1995 and 1996 in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, from regular employment to reliance on social welfare via a stage where unemployment benefits are received and another one where the individual may have a temporary j...
From employment to exclusion
[ "Falter Jean‐Marc ", "Flückiger Yves ", "Silber Jacques " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729810233244
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437729810233299
<jats:p>In this paper, the nature of working‐hour constraints in the Swiss labour force using a sample of 14,523 observations is analysed. Three theoretical justifications of the existence of hours constraints are tested: the specific‐capital model, the agency model and the efficiency wage model. The first two models m...
Unemployment rate and working‐hour constraints
[ "Ramirez José V. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729810233299
2,002
July
"2ntYbAqgOpp4CadfbVeX2wX9VeZVM7Hpxxd3STfvdN3GsBJUasFIyrSEOmu8lLTv8A35WJuOGKzO4tyj8GR3KfMZCMW+zlGOnLtqaLq+Jp0tGg7Cc4KoLvyhsEIfBTeZnpM0PtiUpR/mxZ9hFgf2Eo3PHC13wJHwaifeheMaMgk="
10.1108/01437729910286065
<jats:p>For many years, the majority of workers in the industrialised West have shared a similar employment life‐course – one based on full‐time permanent work. However, over the last decade the number of such opportunities have started to decline and many more workers are participating in “non‐standard” forms of emplo...
Young and old at risk Comparative trends in “non‐standard” patterns of employment in Canada and the United Kingdom
[ "Felstead Alan ", "Krahn Harvey ", "Powell Marcus " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729910286065
2,002
July
"2tkQfgmsPx6wWof1b2C9Y0HFQ8N1k7GLQFdjTzX99NXMkBpdVkBMmzaGumv8gLzrQF3hHr8qAK2o88+I0HUYjMc0D8Scjlm+mLdgKLa2NlY1XAzAcrCYP7ig/FodhCe4m/M1H9iEptnCxZ9hF7d2kM3ETKl/ZJOxaKvWhdJKHio="
10.1108/01437730110380200
<jats:p>In recent years managerial work has changed considerably, largely because the organisational, economic and technological context in which it is conducted has changed beyond recognition. Organisations have been delayered; new work organisation concepts have been developed; organisations have been subjected to a ...
Management skills development: a perspective on current issues and setting the future agenda
[ "Worrall Les ", "Cooper Cary " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730110380200
2,002
July
"gl4IXgCiOl6g2Nd33Wm964bvQ8R1k/NjYl12d1f/td3E0BIZU8LIiLaCumO0U6XrmQ+4jbWMkB868kys1E3YhPWUD+WYz12sibfoqBg2P9SlTRyiMqKqN9id/graRA+ch/M1v7iUk81CQJPlBrfWk43MXilnXYDwCEPXhf2fIjE="
10.1108/01437730210419189
<jats:p>Organizations struggling to compete can do nothing while revenues and profits decline, putting their very survival at risk. Or they can recreate themselves by altering their situation, strategy, structure, or decision‐making style. The second choice, organizational renewal, is the focus of this study of five di...
Aligning factors for successful organizational renewal
[ "Lester Donald L. ", "Parnell John A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730210419189
2,002
July
"kPRYXAAkNt7AiPb3LWnVS0bXR8d2M9ejblE26jP/9d3EkBIdWgBJDDKHmuM0RaTDkI70DDCMkEfr+k0t0XxYBeUVAcG471GujN3w6FO2N8GleSTgg4CGb9ikvpoJRQm52ts9n9iegwxeUFljBWp2og/G2ql30ZOwTEP31PAaDhE="
10.1108/01437739010137752
<jats:p>This article reports the results of a survey which compared Saudi and expatriate managers on organisational commitment, job satisfaction and work values. Saudi and expatriate managers were found to be similar in their commitment to their organisations and in their work values; but some difference was observed i...
Organisational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, Work Values: Saudi and Expatriate Managers
[ "Yavas Ugur ", "Luqmani Mushtaq ", "Quraeshi Zahir " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739010137752
2,002
July
"CnBAfargN94QgMf3zUuVb/fHR+Zbs/fJ4lFyGTP//N3BWBtdIsLMmGSG4mM+AqSrgFrvDjmcgBes+twIUcVTiO8VCuH2zlGmC/Co6Jk2cvSzzZSoEqKKBtiZvMAPQSPZrdsUnZqFh2TCxA9hVk12Ao2HWgtvUZGwCDKUkvAdYnE="
10.1108/01437739410059854
<jats:p>Describes the author′s distinctive approach to facilitating empowerment in organizations and helping managers enhance their capacity to learn and respond to change more effectively. Expresses the author′s views on how the culture of organizations need to change (and the specific changes in attitude and behaviou...
Facilitating Empowerment in Organizations
[ "Nixon Bruce " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739410059854
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739510076412
<jats:p>Specific types of dysfunctional work behaviours form an identifiable pattern that can be uncovered through a needs analysis and addressed by a multi‐dimensional, five‐step developmental effort. Includes a framework for these behaviours, an outline development intervention, a case study and recommendations for f...
Leadership and developmental interventions for dysfunctional workers
[ "McClure Lynne ", "Werther William B. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739510076412
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739510092216
<jats:p>Goal setting and feedback techniques have previously been used to improve safety behaviour. Describes a pilot study of the application of a behaviour‐based quality improvement process in a continuous process production plant with a particular focus on certain aspects of the organizational structure and climate ...
Quality behaviour for quality organizations
[ "Sutherland Valerie ", "Makin Peter ", "Bright Kevin ", "Cox Charles " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739510092216
2,002
July
"UFkYToimlt7AuNf1FGGd40z3x+VUM/Pnbll21JX/tJnNkBkdKsBMWHSGumO3gqSmEF+djKO8yI8s0+yh4kF4veUUA8H7zVW2CrXgqJAmetWlK1TAUiOKK9i6/JotDp+Y39M1/oKmVS3O3d8hRHe0Eo3Pzi1v3Ya0Tm9WDFEbVjY="
10.1108/01437739510097978
<jats:p>Describes how problems associated with total quality management (TQM) can be overcome by adopting a total safety management (TSM) approach. Identifies TQM problems of definition, measurement systems, resourcing, implementation, and measurement of culture. Advocates TSM strategies to overcome them. These strateg...
Killing two birds with one stone: achieving quality via total safety management
[ "Dominic Cooper M. ", "Phillips Robin A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739510097978
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739610105986
<jats:p>While organizations are composed largely of people who follow orders, followers and followership skills are a neglected area of research. Presents the results of a survey of followership types at three UK companies: the Halifax, a regional electricity company and Thorntons. Suggests that an organization’s cultu...
Do organizations get the followers they deserve?
[ "Brown Andrew D. ", "Thornborrow W.T. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739610105986
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739610111204
<jats:p>Reports the results of a recent survey that investigated the contemporary practice of organizational development among the USA’s fastest growing firms (as identified by <jats:italic>Fortune</jats:italic> magazine). States that although the project received a 31 per cent response rate overall, only 18 organizati...
The practice of organization and human resource development in the USA’s fastest growing firms
[ "Church Allan H. ", "McMahan Gary C. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739610111204
2,002
July
"A97QXBgiMv4QCse3TWpdeUTnxMZVs/HpZjd+ZDd15N3kEBoXUsJJmGKEG2s0Qaarwg+1iDGEnJvs+0ztQEA4FM22AcG6y1m2jLxiKKJmNtyRaRSgMyaYNdiJvpoIZoCd5tk0n7ieh8zPxMv1T6fWgo/Gygt3QZGxCMNX3fAaYjA="
10.1108/01437739610116984
<jats:p>There is an explosion of interest in programmes to help women gain mentors in organizations. Despite the haste to jump on the “mentoring bandwagon”, there is little information on the barriers women face in obtaining a mentor. Discusses these barriers and the results of a study addressing this issue. Presents p...
Jumping the hurdles: barriers to mentoring for women in organizations
[ "Rose Ragins Belle " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739610116984
2,002
July
"k13ETAGiFj7ACff3J2r17873Q8NVs7XhZlEyczf/9dzkkBAdWkANmyKWawPXY6SvUE/9jjEs2KasY0Ql5HragDWeB+GY71mkgrDp6IKmO9WJGUSAUGI+fZhm+sssRquoxvs1vliUh0ROxN9giyP2so3AjgxvVJP3SO9HxLMWRhg="
10.1108/01437739610127450
<jats:p>Organizations are increasingly using cross‐ functional teams to address broad‐scale organizational problems, and the potential of such teams is undeniable. Bringing a cross‐functional perspective to organizational problems help build understanding, problem‐solving capabilities, co‐ordination, communication and,...
Enhancing the effectiveness of cross‐functional teams
[ "Proehl Rebecca A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739610127450
2,002
July
"ENRBbIjmND6BCOfXzWif/+T3x4NdF/MhfhF24Hf/odlEGBd9GsBfGSCUrmLxB6zrHI7pDji8mAdss0wl41GIgOSUi+D4wVWuArOorJC2P92hqV2hkoCGMMi3/poOhqKZ7NM0n9SGB2l3TAN1ZmsSgs/G3i1vyKMqTGdXlbgbcjA="
10.1108/01437739610148358
<jats:p>Presents Bruce Lloyd in discussion with Larry Spears, Executive Director of the Robert Greenleaf Center and editor of several publications which developed the work of Robert Greenleaf in<jats:italic> The Servant as Leader</jats:italic>. This suggested that we need radically to rethink how we relate to each othe...
A new approach to leadership
[ "Lloyd Bruce " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739610148358
2,002
July
"kYxc/ACmF7xQysfVl2uNS2znU4RdN9eldFNyFpD/s9nM0Bo9CkDNHiqCuyN0U6TjGV61njOMiOMO9lyt2DtYBP6UIaAZ7+Cs6rDLLJI2usW1GV3gWlCM9RiT/ooNxxiZ9tQ1n9jFl/RGRFglTa9WIq7E2opyxZCwSKIXx/EXJhk="
10.1108/01437739710156277
<jats:p>In discussion with Bruce Lloyd, Marc Feigen, one of the authors of the McKinsey Study, <jats:italic>Real Change Leaders</jats:italic>, argues that middle management decisions require broad based behavioural changes, which will require them to learn new skills, particularly around the concept of “manager as coac...
Real change leaders: the key challenge for management today
[ "Lloyd Bruce ", "Feigen Marc " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739710156277
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739710168445
<jats:p>The education of future business leaders is centred in the many MBA programmes in the world. Most of these are based on the idea of managers acting as agents of capital whose task is then to be the agents of economic efficiency. This idea, taken from liberal market theory, is limited to a particular ideological...
Approaching the millennium: transforming leadership education for stewardship of the planet’s resources
[ "Berry Anthony J. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739710168445
2,002
July
"p34YfhCmOt7AisX3zUmlSwHvR8xWM/Phchd6KRH/9s3JUFodCkZIHCaDKnJ0Q7Xj0AnVnLOMCOMqrk/lwB+cBu2VDaAYJ2rskLFqOB8yNtaFDBiiO4aqdgiJ7sqNBg6Z5/E1ltDTh+xCTZ/jx7PWow+E3g33TYB0CLaW97heDjE="
10.1108/01437739710182386
<jats:p>Discusses how, in Part 1 the research group was at a “pioneering crisis” stage with considerable role and task ambiguity. An organizational development process was initiated aiming for greater systemization: a matrix structure was introduced and a groupware tool, the plan‐document (PD1), was implemented, as par...
The evolution of a university research department facilitated by a groupware system ‐ Part 2
[ "Deakin Anthony ", "White Barbara ", "Rada Roy " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739710182386
2,002
July
"kN1cTkDiMF5BiNf/3Wg/C4b318NUN+PxZlVyFFd/r5DMEBGdWkBfGHKHOmeww6TnGk/djTGMkJPw40yp0HgY5GmWJ0H6zVGuhDUwqIh2NP2lOTWgEiKOKtid/56uxP6d5Js1n/CdB+1mQYtxBubSAo/aSwl7WaK2COdW/fUbYjE="
10.1108/01437739710182403
<jats:p>States that mergers and acquisitions are known to have failures that often are explained by clashing corporate cultures. Previous research has tried to predict better acquisition outcomes by prescribing different kinds of fits between the combining companies. Takes an alternative perspective to look at mergers ...
Ambiguity and communication in cross‐cultural acquisitions: towards a conceptual framework
[ "Risberg Anette " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739710182403
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739710190639
<jats:p>Notes that organizations throughout the industrialized world continue to downsize and restructure in response to global competitive pressures. Some firms downsize more than once, and indications are that downsizing and restructuring efforts will continue over the next decade at least. States that, unfortunately...
Downsizing and restructuring: lessons from the firing line for revitalizing organizations
[ "Burke Ronald J. ", "Nelson Debra L. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739710190639
2,002
July
"EvFYbICmM17QqZdXbyqdD0bnV8TXEfPvZhN0aXH+8J1M2BMdGgBJHCKGGkv0hbTrkA/97D2MkI3KMkxt83wYhOUUAWG671iuiLUwIMK2N9yj6QShUqLmZli6/po5A+mcltM9n5CEkwxeRLNnR25Wko3G3gt/VqG4CHPXn/EeRlk="
10.1108/01437739710190648
<jats:p>Aims to bring together some of the major perspectives and theories of leadership with some of the key practical components of eastern and western philosophy. Suggests that the current leadership theories are good foundations from which to move to a more practical and immediate experience of leadership. The majo...
Leadership moment by moment!
[ "Cacioppe Ron " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739710190648
2,002
July
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10.1108/01437739810240894
<jats:p>Russia has been undergoing a profound political and economic transformation since the mid 1980s. The article explores various aspects of economic transformation from the viewpoint of an industrial enterprise in the Russian province, focusing on four aspects of the transformation process: ownership and control, ...
Transformation in Russia: insights from the Russian province
[ "Polonsky Gennady ", "Edwards Vincent " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739810240894
2,002
July
"gF4YXADkJhrwgsd3zW3ZWzTV5uR8E7PLdkvibDfutNXs0Bp9UhDMGuKHeup0kfSq0U7xyTOkwMvKMi/NYXmoDMeQC8C8LlGMEPH+KP6mNu2BWQyig5KNfZiZrEoeBFyYh8I1n8iOh11y1R9rFj7WAoeH2gNmUCJ0KJL34akLR3M="
10.1108/01443570010301056
<jats:p>The ability of manufacturing companies to adapt to their changing environment is frequently a key to long‐term success. As a consequence the strategic flexibility of manufacturing operations has become an increasingly important issue for organisations. There have been much theoretical work and some case studies...
Manufacturing operations and strategic flexibility: survey and cases
[ "Beach Roger ", "Muhlemann Alan P. ", "Price David H.R. ", "Paterson Andrew ", "Sharp John A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570010301056
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443570010339109
<jats:p>The Australian government welcomed globalisation and led the way with tariff reductions, claiming that many local manufacturers were inefficient and inward looking as a result of over protection. This paper reports on a series of interviews conducted in companies belonging to the (small) electrical appliances a...
Strategies in an era of global competition
[ "Buxey Geoff " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570010339109
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443570010343726
<jats:p>Explores the implementation process of the customer‐supplier partnership in the machinery industry. Aims to assess the dynamic impacts on performance of various practices that are generally regarded as typical of a customer‐supplier partnership. Also, investigates internal consistency of various practices and p...
The implementation process of customer‐supplier partnership: lessons from a clinical perspective
[ "Spina Gianluca ", "Zotteri Giulio " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570010343726
2,002
July
"UFdYXIyioFrA/OTVXWId+y7xVOZ0M/P5QwFzXD+3ksxupFWZekLMmyKQqmp9g6Sr0Q7dobGdmU9rum3tcUDYJO2UA+V47Vmugn+66Nq2dd2h2xnqk4KCD+iSvMoeDv+Ytss1nui2NWZ+3Nthhyc2Aq3X2ixmULMUTnLWlXubVjg="
10.1108/01443570210417588
<jats:p>Computer‐integrated manufacturing (CIM) technology has been used in China for over ten years. Some striking achievements have been obtained, but there still exist a few difficulties or problems. This paper describes the benefits and problems experienced by a number of CIM enterprises in China based on the resul...
Computer‐integrated manufacturing in China
[ "Zhou Yuejin ", "Chuah K.B. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570210417588
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443570210425138
<jats:p>The paper argues that the widespread changes in manufacturing industry are best conceptualised as paradigmatic, in that they constitute a patterned reconfiguration of ideas, beliefs and values about manufacturing philosophy, strategy, structure, organisation and operations. The widespread adoption of teamworkin...
Organisation designs for teamworking
[ "Tranfield David ", "Smith Stuart " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570210425138
2,002
July
"gnRYfIjmMtpgjMX332nd0+XHUsd1M7PhYkFw7lf/s9j8MBYdW4Zcm3CUPmuwwaTi2A3VDDGMgA9o8mys9dkYhO0UL6B65VGuhLVqqAE2P92ByRDgkoKaI5iw/IoZBbqZt5k1n/izV41exdNzBqPGAo/CXi1uQKOwCNNX1XcaVhE="
10.1108/01443570210425156
<jats:p>This paper outlines a model for assessing the sustainability of shop floor based process improvement programmes. The model was developed as part of a larger research programme, investigating the inhibitors and enablers for process improvement. The model is based on the SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and T...
Process improvement programmes: a model for assessing sustainability
[ "Bateman Nicola ", "David Arthur " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570210425156
2,002
July
"UNtITICmM97AiOU/XSEd02zf0uV0M/PzTxVwmpH9tZjc1BMtUsBOWGaFugOxoqzmUA2chBCcGQ/L8G2t8Wp4FY2cAcUe7Vyukr8qoJEmfMSlaRigEyKzq9im/5qMDTiY/7s11qCyVy3GXNs1BqO2go3D3ixvVrI03HaUHdHaVjI="
10.1108/01443579410049298
<jats:p>An analysis of survey data collected from a sample of 98 <jats:italic>Fortune</jats:italic> 500 industrial companies reveals that expert systems (ESs) are utilized in manufacturing by 52 per cent of the companies, among which ESs are perceived to be more useful in process planning, product design, layout, facil...
Utilization and Benefits of Expert Systems in Manufacturing
[ "Wong Bo K. ", "Chong John K.S. ", "Park Jaesun " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579410049298
2,002
July
"QNFMfIHmstqg3NN33WsdIxb/Vc91I9H/T1UyZl/5t9hNAFIdasRMCHSEGyG3sKbqUNu9jLENiguqky3oZ0pQlO0WJ+CQT1yOCL5qrJEmVd2haQ7BEiKYoViw/JENRK6J1hsXl7qQVXa6xNfhA+Mmmo/VXSz/VggxHMfWjdebVj4="
10.1108/01443579410049315
<jats:p>It is essential in the design process to have a measure of a cell′s goodness which reflects current commercial and operational priorities. Develops a measuring framework with one component which makes the firm′s weighted manufacturing goals explicit, and a second which examines the impact of cell design decisio...
The Evaluation of Manufacturing Cell Designs
[ "Aurrecoechea A. ", "Busby J.S. ", "Nimmons T. ", "Williams G.M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579410049315
2,002
July
"QnZcfIiiktrQCMO9TWtdU6TbRmVVI7P7XAV3eNnt5Zx8gFodasBcGGaUu0X04abvUU5VjXOcGsfoun2p4Vr4L82UIERY51CEALi64ag2Zs2h6x/AE5CKKGiUvZ6MBJqZVJM1vuKyFbzGFN91FyeGI4fDWy5vUZMkTPJWkRs7dhw="
10.1108/01443579410056830
<jats:p>Service industries, contrary to popular opinion, can have a high level of investment in automation and technology, but most attention focuses on back office technology. Investigates the use of automation in the customer contact environment in order to examine the role of technology in front office design. Concl...
Automation in a Customer Contact Environment
[ "Walley Paul ", "Amin Viresh " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579410056830
2,002
July
"0NZEXgCmNBvhINc33WodaxTXE8FVM5PrXlV2VFfb9NXDkEofdsBNG3CEm2sxgaSrd0+VTbGMmkdr+6SoYUhqBf2WAeTRjVmOBL+S6JAnb9WhezXgsGKKCUidvQg/Jw6Jh7s0n/iS01XbxNP0D6NWiu/WnC5vVgEZTCNXxd+fBjw="
10.1108/01443579410066712
<jats:p>Managing a complex, boundary‐spanning function to maximize its contribution to the firm can be a challenging task. This research is concerned with providing management with increased understanding of the effects of different ways of managing a function, especially a significant boundary‐spanning operation. Cond...
Making Best Use of Performance Measures and Information
[ "Dumond Ellen J. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579410066712
2,002
July
"UFdJTIrCktrAuPf5XWDdqgdvVaZUM/P3ZhEy4Rf/951OsRgdesBOGDakOil1VKynHV7USTm8mg9srmyJ9Ul5oPcUmeX6z1GuCvvo6Nk2M8ilqz3IEoCKB/wt/JMOBv/Y7ssVX1iah2x3zNtke6sygo/P2i9+UZMwXmLW3LqZZjE="
10.1108/01443579510077205
<jats:p>Investigates the industrial location decision behaviour of firms. The behaviour was determined by an examination of the firms′ attitudes measured on “location variables”. Firms representing various countries that actually located in an international industrial park and those that considered but did not locate i...
Decision support models for the location of firms in industrial sites
[ "Badri Masood A. ", "Davis Donald L. ", "Davis Donna " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579510077205
2,002
July
"Y9M4fAPstH+osPf3zWofMwbVxetVN5Pn0hUzfFfd91VORBp9csRdGv4EO8q0gKbr4E7XBB3M0A0arm2t4WrYlOUWAEU4l1ieEP/uKJcm5s2Bfx7JE4KoLuqZ7NIJLC2Ix9MVH5CGwSiKRdPrB1dmMofFSyB/R7vhRh5WjPMaXjE="
10.1108/01443579510080436
<jats:p>Over the past decade, JIT approach for designing and operating lines has evolved to compete on time dimensions. Traditionally, the lines designed and operated using line balancing approach are considered optimal. Uses simulation methodology to compare each of these approaches under various levels of system vari...
Do JIT lines perform better than traditionally balanced lines?
[ "Chakravorty Satya S. ", "Brian Atwater J. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579510080436
2,002
July
"YFEYTLygidrAnIZ9XWbd+VfZ+PU1I6PnzFFQ+rvp5JYM1AobasBMH36yu6nxwabj9Q29gZmMmErLsmnoY0AQBcwWMWSSzViOvL504fG0O5mhf49KcwKdD9y4vJocB4qYijM1nbi2lhaSRNtphqe2As/GjCz/V5MwTmLWldMbVi4="
10.1108/01443579510090309
<jats:p>The just‐in‐time (JIT) production system represents a new technology that has been widely promoted by the Singapore government and which has been adopted by several organizations operating in this newly industrialized economy (NIE). Presents the first comprehensive study of JIT practices in Singapore. Describes...
A study on just‐in‐time practices in Singapore
[ "Hum Sin‐Hoon ", "Ng Yong‐Tjoon " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579510090309
2,002
July
"QtBYTAiiPBrgisTVXWOd6ybHQuf0I6H/QwF2fN/1tp3MhBMZWsJMA3KUr2NzwabD8A/5qDGMmE/q823sYUA4Nf2UKKS/zVGOCr0+INImO8yhTZPik4Ket9i6/NIKBOuYr5s13aiWBlZexNtjgif2C43Fmw1vUIGwTmfUtMMbVjo="
10.1108/01443579510094080
<jats:p>An effective production planning and control system requires combining the bill of material (BOM) and routeing data to reflect the material flow through the production process. Presents an integrated BOM and routeing data model which allows flexibility in handling relationships between materials and operations ...
Production data modelling: an integrated approach
[ "Yeh Chung‐Hsing " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579510094080
2,002
July
"wtkMTaiikhrhKPffRUIdoyf5VOh0E+PXwRUiRj3ppJxPwFhZScBMmHygOyhxwbTv8Q6dhRmMmg7r2u2pe2IxVO2WAcSQzUyMAL4mwZg3fcyjexvoIoOeDdi8/ZgYRRqY3uM3PZ2SxrcixdvhBufyAo3GDC3/UpH0XALWj9GbVks="
10.1108/01443579510104466
<jats:p>The continuing debate on production and operations management (POM) research has led to a new emphasis on empirical methods. Claims that, while surveys and case research are increasingly recommended to POM researchers, action research has been relatively neglected. The distinct characteristic of action research...
Action research: a new paradigm for research in production and operations management
[ "Westbrook Roy " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579510104466
2,002
July
"Qt+YTIiiktrA2vd3TWEdyy71xOVUs/FnflFy9Df/9N3MAFMfQ8BNGj6mKkN1w6av0A6dpbmMkB/v022HYVr4pO0UAeG49lisgLtioJMyPdShaQzgUqK+O5i4/ppYRM6Yp/s1vLGXx2xMRc9hBiP2Ao3Ajijv2YO8TGpUhZEbVhE="
10.1108/01443579610109947
<jats:p>Shows how the pursuit of excellence and the organizational change required by lean production leads to a management‐by‐process organization, and that management by process influences the performance measurement system (PMS). Uses Zanussi‐Electrolux ‐ the biggest European producer of domestic appliances ‐ as a c...
Lean organization, management by process and performance measurement
[ "De Toni A. ", "Tonchia S. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579610109947
2,002
July
"UNFYXCCil97gyNV3b2Fd62bXXNRVM5H7TlF09HP/tNxuUBMfG4BMGCiG+mPwhaTiVA7d7TGMkN/qsmyh4VpwLOUUMsHy79CeiLnyoIEmO92h2zziUxKTL7j+/J4aR+2Zk9s1FvCbFw1+xdthEvLWAo3FWiluUoIyHPPWlfEYVhE="
10.1108/01443579610114086
<jats:p>Explores the interrelationships between environmental issues and manufacturing strategy. Based on the theoretical underpinnings of previous work in the field of manufacturing strategy and insights from an open‐ended and exploratory survey of strategic decision makers in a wide variety of manufacturing settings,...
An empirical exploration of the relationship between manufacturing strategy and environmental management
[ "Rocky Newman W. ", "Hanna Mark D. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579610114086
2,002
July
"U3JYXICiItrgiPX3XysdWW7fcXT1M/H33hFyOHfvpdkEBBkNGgBdSnaEuiO1gqSj0ExZhDjMGw+kwm2N41I4JO2UI/U49lnukDN6oNO2/9yhWR7AU4KiJ8yw7JqdBquI9vs3nrCO1W5ORNNhg6O2qofH1ixvWocQTEPWjbMfFhA="
10.1108/01443579610125769
<jats:p>Reports recent findings of a two‐phase study investigating new dimensions of manufacturing competitiveness, factory‐based services. Examines relationships between broadly defined service role performance and manufacturing performance. Data were provided by 64 manufacturing firms from the USA, Canada and the UK....
An investigation of service‐based manufacturing performance relationships
[ "Youngdahl William E. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579610125769
2,002
July
"ElZ4XIjmktqgULT3HWIdK0T/V/VVM7Hr3kVydFf781xulAodUoBdmjCEu2uwgYTrU165bTmcGg+qq22p8UkYLeWWguC471mmgr9yoZI3lUyjaR+gU7OqD/i9/NoLTr2Jt8s1n/iSVQVexItjAyP2gIXD2ixvQAgyTBvWjdUYVjk="
10.1108/01443579610131465
<jats:p>In traditional sectors, due to the strong incidence of labour costs, the progressive delocalization of manufacturing activities in low‐wage countries has been typically considered unavoidable. However, this process appears to be very different at national, industrial, and also corporate level. Empirical studies...
International manufacturing strategies: experiences from the clothing industry
[ "Bolisani Ettore ", "Scarso Enrico " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579610131465
2,002
July
"0vHYTICuMnqwgaV3zWERe0bdR+M1c5D7QFUj+F/v951mlBs1coBcmHqEGi/8g7Tr0N33LD2MEQmqIG2t8Fj4jOUcC+Ua7liOgLtiaJJ0P42zTR6IV4IiL9ig7NIfBaGYl5MVHZiDl0TeRZdjB6b2Io3H3yt2V5ngRorUnPAKVlk="
10.1108/01443579710157970
<jats:p>In common with most service companies, banks today are faced with a myriad demands on their delivery processes made by an increasingly fragmented market. Management theorists and consultants prescribe up‐to‐date technology and service personnel generalists as progenitors of the flexibility required by companies...
Flexibility and technology in services: a conceptual model
[ "Harvey Jean ", "Lefebvre Louis A. ", "Lefebvre Elizabeth " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579710157970
2,002
July
"Uv9IXgCmMFqxuJf1XWAVawbXV8E1s6frWhFyFHf/5p3NhBpdekBdGvCCuekxgaTr0U6ZLTOcms/p+uyscEFYBO2WA+Tw51mshD+y6NI2Ns2lexHg07KKT1y9/BoPBr+Zr7s0n/iMh1VexJNgA6uWgo3Fmi1v2iOyDGtWlvUTVlk="
10.1108/01443579710175600
<jats:p>The Global Manufacturing Research Group (GMRG) is an informal group of researchers conducting operations management research throughout the world. Describes aspects of their survey research on manufacturing practices. Presents the background of the project, a bit about the group itself, and specifics on getting...
GMRG survey research in operations management
[ "Clay Whybark D. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579710175600
2,002
July
"W9O4XAnmst7QmMd3XWkde2bvdOd3M7F7XUFyYL/vpJyMBFMdU4JMimaEKWP1wKyr0E/9BHmMnDmtM22JYVvZpO2WgOQY5li+gLwqqLI0+c2hfQ/gVyOqFdiw/ZqOBauYtbs1tbiCVA7GRP91RyfWgo3Byip/VZGyTC5UjXEYVik="
10.1108/01443579710175619
<jats:p>Identifies and discusses a number of methodological issues which can arise in the design and administration of instruments for the purpose of large‐scale survey research in manufacturing strategy and practice. Describes two such surveys. Both were undertaken by researchers at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. The fir...
Survey methodology issues in manufacturing strategy and practice research
[ "Collins Robert S. ", "Cordon Carlos " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579710175619
2,002
July
"wtVYXIvgMpqgjJd3bWsdQybfROJVs7FLTgVyehf79NxsNBsdW0BMm3SEqmN1Ua6j8E/3ARGMmAnqtmmJ4UmYrM0WEOO67FmegLZiIKAmfsWh+R7gE5KaD/ig/IuOBaLI85M1vfCSx/+GxNt1Aye2Ao/BTqt/QJCRTErWjZeadiE="
10.1108/01443579710177879
<jats:p>Outlines a comprehensive taxonomy of modern manufacturing practices. Previous attempts have tended to be partial in coverage and to concentrate on performance issues, rather than explain the reasons why a particular practice may have been adopted. In order to overcome these problems, the new taxonomy categorize...
A new taxonomy of modern manufacturing practices
[ "Bolden Richard ", "Waterson Patrick ", "Warr Peter ", "Clegg Chris ", "Wall Toby " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579710177879
2,002
July
"QvZYXAimotrgiNV3X2kdI27dUub1M7HbRkNwejf1t5xUBFMdWoBMiDKEumG1waaj0Ez5jDmMmw+ikmytYUAYpe0UA+A4z12uBL66oNO2f8yh3RXIF6OqD9iw/JoZB8+Zv5s1vrKCBXdeVNtnQyf2oo/H3ix/UgEQTHPWnfEaVh0="
10.1108/01443579810193285
<jats:p>Explores the impact of early supplier involvement (ESI) on product development practices. Develops a conceptual framework and a case study for effective implementation of ESI. A conceptual framework for ESI in product development consists of the four building blocks of design, procurement, supplier, and manufac...
Implementing early supplier involvement: a conceptual framework
[ "Dowlatshahi S. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810193285
2,002
July
"QPdYTIGigpqQiPRdzGoVcyz3ROZVM/v/VwFwc3P/s5xEhFYNesJMG3SEO281kayjUk/ZqDGM2c/qsmWtcEZ4NW0Wi+S77VnOBr/qaNg2E82BCxniE6KKqciU/JqMRM6Itok9nriTDeRuzNtxkmM2AI/TSy1uUoAm3ObWlXEbRhs="
10.1108/01443579810193294
<jats:p>Manufacturing industry’s success in reducing time‐to‐market, costs, environmental impact; and improving quality, and flexibility, has exposed an underlying factor limiting further significant improvement in competitive performance ‐ the effective management of production data. This article identifies the busine...
Framework for the development of a product data management strategy
[ "Sackett Peter John ", "Bryan Michael G. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810193294
2,002
July
"1tNcXNmikNrgzFLXX2Kfo0b/Zef0E/N3RAVi8lf5r9jPpFINUIBcmHQqO2u04Jyi0k/ZpRGMWhfJmm3s4UzANGyUk0AwzlysgLqg4JE0Veyh2bvqIoKIDdi095KeTbuInuk3PdmaHzZywZ9hE2eWgo/HXyzvUrMwTEZUncsaVhs="
10.1108/01443579810196462
<jats:p>Presents results of a nine‐year research and development project. At the beginning a scheduling simulation software was built and assessed in real contexts. Then it has grown into a technology for shop‐floor planning and control in the jobbing industry, developing now into a philosophy for strategic jobbing pro...
Total punctuality approach for the jobbing industry
[ "Sarmento Costa Ricardo ", "Jardim Eduardo G.M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810196462
2,002
July
"wNJYTpigkFrgmNc1XWMf+wfdVO31I6HvTFVioN/rtt1M4FIZUsBMCDyke2G1habqsA6dhBOcmE9q++yoZkBwJe0UIUU739nGjL5uwJE0bY2h6B7oYaKOD9iy/JKcBLuYl9s3PLiW1D/aTdvhBqd2Ao/FHizuUhE4HmZWHdMbVi0="
10.1108/01443579810196471
<jats:p>This study introduces a framework for the management of product variety in strategy and operations. It combines the analysis of five case studies in the UK and Brazil with a research background based on the existing literature. The framework describes the elements and steps involved in the process of dealing wi...
A framework for the management of product variety
[ "Da Silveira Giovani " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810196471
2,002
July
"8PMITJiiuHrAiNdXTWvd8W7d4mN1E7PbVklyevfxt5wUdFrde0JMSH6Quiu9wabr0B/NDDmM219C0m2NcUD4ZO0Wo4S57liOhPe24NE2/s2xexDCU4KKI9yytJqbRI6Z95M3nPSSEV7eZNNhBieWIo/A2CzvUgMsTm/WmZUZVh4="
10.1108/01443579810199711
<jats:p>Environmental issues are rapidly emerging as one of the most important topics in strategic manufacturing decisions. Growing public awareness and increasing government interest in the environment have induced many companies to adopt programmes aimed at improving the environmental performance of their operations....
Identifying effective PMSs for the deployment of “green” manufacturing strategies
[ "Azzone Giovanni ", "Noci Giuliano " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810199711
2,002
July
"RdccXAjiMNrAjNL/X2sfAy7f9nBVIfPbzBUy+pf7uZxuZFotGsDdCDSGuiExkKTqUE/ZjDnMGk/Cwm2o6Uo5JO0WsMG6ztCvgDA4oJmmfUyh+RjAEoOmB9i1/JqKB66Y97M1POCK1WdORN9lw+c2Ko3H3ihvUpMFXGvWjbNbVgA="
10.1108/01443579810217387
<jats:p>This paper is aimed at overcoming the contrast between the paradigmatic views and the strategic approaches to manufacturing. It challenges the idea that the paradigmatic perspective actually narrows the strategic space for manufacturers to build their own competitive advantages, because it drives them to confor...
Manufacturing paradigms versus strategic approaches: a misleading contrast
[ "Spina Gianluca " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810217387
2,002
July
"QHZYXAiiENrgitV3X2Ede0bfUsX1s7H7Y0VwuFfztpltFF8te4BdmnKEOmswwaSv0EzZLTGMkE8okmWs4NhYJO0UL8A45Vmuhro+oNI2P92h2Qrg04K6L5i4/BiaBr+R/5s1nnCyFWfOxZtxFyfWgo/G3i1vUYs4bJrQldU7VhE="
10.1108/01443579810225478
<jats:p>This paper presents a structured approach for business process re‐engineering (BPR) in a large (global) corporation. The paper defines BPR, explores the principles and assumptions behind re‐engineering, and looks for common factors behind its successes or failures. In order to overcome the potential failures, w...
Global business process re‐engineering: a system dynamics‐based approach
[ "Ashayeri J. ", "Keij R. ", "Bröker A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810225478
2,002
July
"UPEIXIAmMNrAuOd9HWkJeQbnxt52I1PXVhV27pdvp51MEBM5WMpZHiaGG2XxwqTrkc79rTGsmA+p221t0FgohOSWJMV473muir0yqPU2N9nhfQzgQ6KGK1irvZiNB5yc3fM1nwielVw+xJvgRv72g4fH3K1n07C81FP3TPkbFjE="
10.1108/01443579810236656
<jats:p>Previous research, conducted before the Internet was widely accessible, has shown that information sources and channels can influence the initiation, adoption, and implementation of innovations. The field of operations management faces a wide variety of innovations, the eventual diffusion of which may depend on...
Perceived importance of the Internet as an information channel for OM professionals
[ "White Gregory P. ", "Jacobs F. Robert " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810236656
2,002
July
"0uYMTgimtj6AuPf/z2IdAx/9R1XVE7NfThVyRtf/99mHlBIdU8JNDyqGu+v2waarmE78LbGMmBu5n00tc0HwjOWWguC43VishLP64Jt3/9elaRXAU+MuKdyY/BoPTj6JJfs1n7CGk+Q+wd9llqdmio3CDC1v0gAwBO7W3dcQEjE="
10.1108/01443579910249732
<jats:p>The key issue in today’s dynamic and competitive global scenario is how to develop, utilize and sustain continuously the knowledge potentials in an enterprise. This issue is about knowledge management. In this paper, an attempt is made to discuss the various issues of a learning organization and present an orga...
Evaluating manufacturing strategy for a learning organization: a case
[ "Mohanty R.P. ", "Deshmukh S.G. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910249732
2,002
July
"0PcMXBBmst4gmNd11Wmd/0b9Ucb2N/PXVlRyLRHvtZ3FdBEdEoBdCm6EO6mwwaTj0F7ZhDmMioki8mwtcELYZKWWI1E4jVSsgD6+4NJnv92hKRTAkqKoKVit/JiJRJrJ/tsV3zKTFWTmRJthB7fWso/GTih/UiCQRNrXnP8adnk="
10.1108/01443579910254222
<jats:p>Many companies have adopted electronic data interchange (EDI), often with results inconsistent with the expectations of the company. In these instances, it is often the mismatch between expectations and the company’s activities undertaken to achieve the desired performance gain that fuels their dissatisfaction ...
Electronic data interchange for process change in an integrated supply chain
[ "Walton Steve V. ", "Gupta Jatinder N.D. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910254222
2,002
July
"UNZIXAiigBqA+uTfTWBd+gf1Q+R1s7fbVhUzUDe5p9xEpFI9esJMGHy2O219AY6rUc9dLbiMmA/pP+2pUVnwle2Wk8X4zEGuAD/66dEUd8WheQHIM6aGLVis/JYeRl+Ipqs1n+ieFWR6xItlGysiCo3GTi9uUIE0zkIW3f8aVjE="
10.1108/01443579910260838
<jats:p>The value of technology and the appropriate form of transfer arrangement are important questions to be resolved when transferring technology between Western manufacturing firms and partners in industrialising and developing countries. This article reports on surveys carried out in the machine tool industries in...
Valuing transferred machine tool technology
[ "Bennett David ", "Vaidya Kirit ", "Hongyu Zhao " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910260838
2,002
July
"wl34nNjmqhrgjMe3jWkVOqTdRyN18/PbShNyfJv2rtfEhB6dWkLMm2aAq6p9wKbjkEjxDbXFnQ/osiupcUiqjFUWAOUQ7FGslj2+YLokHWih7R3os4CYL1gW7MqfBIbIpesXz+qSVVamnNdhl6eWCofGyixvU5KwBOLWnT4aVjg="
10.1108/01443579910260856
<jats:p>In the face of an integrating world economy where significant changes are taking place as a result of rapidly developing science and technology, China’s government must attach more importance to technology transfer to improve its economy. This paper analyses the features of the new environment and discusses the...
A new strategy of technology transfer to China
[ "Xing Ming Wang ", "Xing Zhou " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910260856
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443579910271700
<jats:p>Just‐in‐time (JIT) systems were originally designed for deterministic production environments such as constant processing times and smooth and stable demand. However, once implemented, JIT is fraught with numerous types of uncertainties, including variations in processing time and demand, planned interruptions ...
Flexible kanban system
[ "Gupta Surendra M. ", "Al‐Turki Yousef A.Y. ", "Perry Ronald F. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910271700
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July
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10.1108/01443579910274374
<jats:p>Production responsiveness refers to the ability of a production system to achieve its operational goals in the presence of supplier, internal and customer disturbances, where disturbances are those sources of change which occur independently of the system’s intentions. A set of audit tools for assessing the res...
Assessing the responsiveness of existing production operations
[ "Matson Jeremy B. ", "McFarlane Duncan C. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910274374
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443579910294228
<jats:p>As the increase in manufacturing competitiveness forces organizations to use more sophisticated and complex software, system performance depends on clever systems design, efficient planning and scheduling of the related processes. For these advanced manufacturing systems the dependence on human competence is gr...
Empirically testing the impact of manufacturing system complexity on performance
[ "Guimaraes Tor ", "Martensson Nils ", "Stahre Johan ", "Igbaria Magid " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910294228
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443580010341754
<jats:p>Seeks to define the proper role for mathematics to play in economic theorizing by spelling out its limits. Specifically, has the mathematization of economics contributed to its narrowing of scope since the anti‐classical reaction of the 1870s? If so, is mathematics inherently narrow? Or does the modern, and oft...
The use and abuse of mathematical economics
[ "Hudson Michael " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443580010341754
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443580210433606
<jats:p>This paper examines the relationship between inflation and real income in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden and the UK which have adopted a “formal” policy of low or zero inflation target. Using cointegration analysis and a vector error correction model (VECM)), we find that the long‐run re...
Inflation, government expenditure and real income in the long‐run
[ "Mallik Girijasankar ", "Chowdhury Anis " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443580210433606
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443589410057577
<jats:p>Considers two main strands of literature. The first deals with the tension between the falsificationist view of how economic know‐ledge could or should be acquired, and the view that economics is a separate, deductive science. The second concerns the metaphors used in economic analysis, the main contrast being ...
Falsification, Deductivism, Physics and Time Reversibility and Irreversibility in Economic Systems
[ "Cross Rod " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443589410057577
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443589410070798
<jats:p>Addresses the theory of capital and interest of Eucken. Explains how Eucken works out the temporal aspects of the economic process in different monetary systems, market structures and economic systems. The theory is critically evaluated. Eucken made essential contributions to the theory of capital and interest ...
Eucken on Capital and Interest
[ "Yeager Leland B. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443589410070798
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443589510086952
<jats:p>Develops a general equilibrium model of the growth of government based on the attempts of various socio‐economic groups to redistribute income in their own favour. In the non‐cooperative equilibrium of our model under free political competition, every group in the economy pays taxes at rates which maximize the ...
A competitive model of the growth of government
[ "Quang Dao Minh ", "Esfahani Hadi S. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443589510086952
2,002
July
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10.1108/01443589510099048
<jats:p>Survey data on expected and actual prices received by individual vegetable growers in Florida, Michigan and Texas in 1990 are used to test the rational expectations hypothesis. The use of individual grower data overcomes many of the issues that have limited previous tests of this hypothesis in agriculture. Over...
Testing the rational expectations hypothesis using survey data from vegetable growers in the USA
[ "Beach E. Douglas ", "Fernandez‐Cornej Jorge ", "Uri Noel D. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443589510099048
2,002
July
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