... executive.“Well they [the executives] neither have the given authority nor management skills. They might acquire the management skills if they weredelegated the authority, but [health state government] ... clearly,however, despite the potential of an organizational community through ICTs,participatory management and empowerment is not an inevitable component oftechnology change. Results relating ... ruleand structure, and authority comes from the top down. And any attemptsto give individuals management authority are very rapidly squashed byreversal of their decisions when they are not...
... distributing in print or electronic forms without writtenpermission of Idea Group Inc. is prohibited. human and opportunity costs of such waste are tremendous, both globally andlocally. Yet, this big ... services that meet immediate or near-term needs, and the boundaries of their current projects often define theirspheres of concern. The larger organizational picture is often missing. ITprofessionals ... that when times gettough, OD is considered an expendable luxury rather than a strategic tool.Undefined RelationshipsWhile the most common, persistent issues in IT projects are the very sorts...
... project management approach as ameans to deliver value and increase the probability of success in ITprojects, roles and responsibilities in IT projects tend to be exceptionallywell defined. ... project management knowledge mostappropriate to a given situation and team. Rick Freedman (2000) warns aboutthe double-edged sword of methodologies and best practices: While having adefined ... dubiousproduct.Scenario 2. A government agency is engaged in a large project to enable Web-based records management among several thousand geographically dis-persed employees. The project supports the...
... human resources,knowledge management, and technology and e-learning. They also include intheir chapter an annotated compendium of key resources in each of theseareas, especially Internet resources. ... Brosche’s (2002) portal developmentmodel.Focusing on the development of human resources, Constant D. Beugré’s chap-ter, HumanResource Portals and the Protean Career: A Three-FactorModel, develops ... (individual attributes, characteristics ofthe humanresource portals, and organizational factors) to describe the fac-tors in the effective use of Web-based humanresource services. On the basisof this...
... the production system — it is a holistic approach incorporatingtechnical, information, and humanresource considerations. In essence, an agileproduction system implies a very fast and efficient ... ‘clicks-and-mortar’ hybrid organizations).Wright and Dyer also identify a fourth derivative, enterprise resource planning(ERP), however this focuses on developing an intranet for internal integrationwithin ... Circles,and TQM) have also been associated with this approach to HRM. Theseprograms emphasize process management, customer focus, organizationallearning, and self-managed teams (Wood, 1999). However,...
... analyzed, such as the goods or services offered, thekey business processes, the financial and human resources required, theorganizational structures, and the major systems and procedures. These ... distribution system of trucks and airplanes was less valuable than its Internet-worked information resources: its digital capital was gaining value over its physical capital. FedEx decided to focus ... immediate supervisoralso influences perceptions of justice and fairness, for example, in performance management systems. It is important to create systems that support bothprocedural and interactional...
... orirritation? An exploration of Web-based humanresourcemanagement inlarge companies. Paper presented at the 7th Conference on Interna-tional HumanResource Management, University of Limerick, Ireland,June.Schwartz, ... while improving moralewith B2E management. Sloan Management Review, 43(1), 96-100.Harris, H., Brewster, C., & Sparrow, P. (2003). International human resource management. London: CIPD.Hartman, ... evaluation ofits status. Journal of Management Studies, 36(2), 197-215.Boselie, P., & Dietz, G. (2003). Commonalities and contradictions in researchon humanresourcemanagement and performance....
... in organisations.1/4 Edinburgh Business School HumanResourceManagement Human Resource Management Tony Keenan is Professor of HumanResourceManagement at Edinburgh Business School,Heriot-Watt ... the optimal HRM strategy is unlikely to be Human ResourceManagement Edinburgh Business School 2/5Module 1 / The Origins and Nature of HumanResource Management ment functions carried out in organisations ... Edinburgh Business School 3/9ContentsModule 1 The Origins and Nature of HumanResourceManagement 1/11.1 What is HumanResource Management? 1/11.2 The Origins and Evolution of HRM 1/21.3 Philosophical...
... author.First published in Great Britain in 1992 as HumanResource Management: Strategy and ActionSecond edition published as Strategic HumanResource Management: A Guide to Action 2000Third edition ... of strategic humanresource management. Thisprovides an introduction to HRM, the general concept of strategy andthe process of strategic HRM.•Part 2: Strategic humanresourcemanagement in ... of theStrategy: concept and processl213Strategic human resource management: concept andprocessThe concept of strategic humanresourcemanagement (strategic HRM) andthe processes involved...
... Brosche’s (2002) portal developmentmodel.Focusing on the development of human resources, Constant D. Beugré’s chap-ter, HumanResource Portals and the Protean Career: A Three-FactorModel, develops ... (individual attributes, characteristics ofthe humanresource portals, and organizational factors) to describe the fac-tors in the effective use of Web-based humanresource services. On the basisof this ... withoutwritten permission from the publisher.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Datae -Human resources management : managing knowledge people / Teresa Torres-Coronas,Mario Arias-Oliva, editors....