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The Pre-Kindergarten Learning Enterprise (PKLE)
Authors: Lasfer Kahina , Pyster Art , Sauser Brian
Published: March 2016

To meet the challenges that todays pre-Kindergarten children will face as adults, they need effective development and learning organizations. Together, those organizations form the pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) learning enterprise, whose characteristics and behaviors greatly influence what pre-K children learn and how well they learn it. In this paper, the pre-K learning enterprise is explicitly defined and modeled for the first time and then analyzed through a systems thinking lens using systemigrams and related causal loop diagrams. Defining and modeling the pre-K learning enterprise is itself valuable as a means to understand the various relationships that exist among the identified constituent systems (e.g., home environment, preschool, financial, health care, state, and government) and the stakeholders identified within the enterprise (e.g., parents, educators, health care providers, and policy makers). That value is enhanced through an analysis which reveals the predominant reliance of several key pre-K learning enterprise component systems on the financial system while exposing weak interactions among the three main participating systems (preschools, home environment, and government). Heavy reliance on the financial system in todays economy reduces the effectiveness of the pre-K learning enterprise. To ease such reliance on the financial system while enhancing key interrelationships, three improvements to the existing enterprise are postulated: (1) enhance the role of parents through better education on child development, learning, health and nutrition and their increased voluntary involvement with preschools, (2) reduce the dependency on the financial system and promote partnerships among preschools, sports facilities, libraries and other learning systems to share resources, and (3) enhance government role through implementation of curriculum standardization, assessment and evaluation, and an effective policy towards mandatory education of low-income children.
Applying Theory Of Reasoned Action To Explain Inter-Firm Cooperation: Empirical Evidence From Vietnamese Enterprises
Authors: Nguyen Nguyen Phuc
Published: March 2016

Inter-firm cooperation has received attention in recent years due to its benefit. However, little has been studied about the role of behavior intention and process by which affects cooperation behavior. From studying influencing factors which come from environmental and organizational sets, the paper will draw clear picture about the determinants of inter-firm cooperation. Based on research survey from Vietnamese enterprises, the results have confirmed the mediator role of cooperation intention which is the heart of theory of reasoned action (TRA) in making inter-firm cooperation. The results also revealed the effect of partners trust and government direction on this type of relationship. The interesting finding has stemmed from the role of relationship benefit and social influences on inter-firm behavior. The former and the later have impacted on inter-firm behavior in different ways.
Social Media Management
Authors: Montalvo Roberto E
Published: March 2016

The article focuses on the influence that social media is having on the corporate landscape. It offers a view of recent activity in corporate social media management hiring and contrasts it to the webmaster hiring during the mid-1990s. The hiring activity reflects the growth in time people are spending online socially. It also describes how social media management influences brand awareness and brand reputation. It explains the core business competencies of strategy development; business analytics; creativity; and collaboration. The article cites the level of hiring as a call for academic course offerings in corporate social media management.
The Innovative Nature Of Scientific Research In The Knowledge Management Process At Medical College
Authors: Firsts Juris
Published: March 2016

This paper examines the process specifics that affects study environment at Medical College during a period of rapid changes. It describes the requirements of the environment and return on preparing professionals for regulated professions. These factors determine a dynamic activity optimization of a first level professional higher education institution by providing innovative solutions for the achievement of its mission, vision and goals. The results achieved allow planning viable development, new core programs that mark early clinical experience, the monitoring of individual skills (for all process participants), the elasticity of studies with high average level of graduates reaching the adequacy of the proposed goal, professions standard and societys good understanding of resource allocation topics.Special attention was paid to the development of gradual comprehension process where one moves from simple to more complex process understanding by developing critical thinking skills, scientific research and other skills. For every years study process assessment, there are indicators identified, the analysis of which show the results, the process correspondence with the industry politics, and expected development. The circulation of this process is discussed via student individual and practical work percentage increase at the study program. The cooperation degree among process participants and the tendencies, coefficient and obstructive factors in different aspects were also analyzed.This work has been supported by the European Social Fund within the project Support for Doctoral Studies at University of Latvia.
IT, CSR And Industry Relationships: A Descriptive Study
Authors: Andersen Margaret L. , Hong Yongtao (David) , Zhang Limin
Published: March 2016

From the resource-based perspective, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and investment in information technology (IT) are both associated with a firms profitable performance. Corporations, taking socially responsible actions, can create valuable intangible assets such as improved relations with stakeholders. In a similar fashion, effective investment in and use of information technology can positively impact a firms competitive advantage. Both CSR and IT investments consume organizational resources and each may lead to a competitive advantage separately. This paper explores if one complements or opposes the other.Investment in information technology and the socially responsible activities of companies vary across industries. The purpose of this paper is to offer an exploratory analysis into a possible association between IT investment and CSR at the industry level. The findings indicate that there is no discernible relationship.
Proposal And Validity Of Patent Evaluation Method - A-PPM - For Corporate Strategy
Authors: Anabuki Koichiro , Kaneta Haruhiko , Amasaka Kakuro
Published: March 2016

In this paper, a patent value evaluation method, which is part of corporate strategy; namely, A-PPM (Amasakalabs ? Patent Performance Method), is proposed. Improvement in the patent value indicates value creation for the engineers work. Based on the keyword strategically competitive patent, 14 component factors necessary for patent value evaluation were defined in an effort to structure a patent evaluation method for qualitatively evaluating patents. Engineers, the intellectual property department, or chartered patent agents involved in the development of patents generally have different viewpoints about patent evaluation. Therefore, by conducting the evaluation separately in order to obtain a more detailed evaluation and then integrating these evaluation results, the creation of patents of higher value can be ensured. This way, the Patent Evaluation Method - A-PPM was established to innovate intellectual property functions and thereby enhance the competitiveness of corporate strategy. Its effectiveness has also been verified at a leading corporation.
Knowledge Management Process Capability: Operations Strategy Perspective
Authors: Senaji Thomas , Nyaboga Andrew B.
Published: March 2016

According to the resource based view (RBV) of the firm (Wernerfeldt, 1984; Barney, 2004) and distributed knowledge system view of the firm, knowledge is a critical organizational resource that contributes to superior performance if relevant KM capabilities are built and applied to the knowledge resources. The perspective that sound operations strategy applied to knowledge is necessary for a firm to take full advantage of knowledge management programmes is explored in this paper. The objective of this paper is to document empirical evidence from existing literature on the effect of KM process capability on performance of firms and to identify opportunities for further research which can generate more knowledge to help in the understanding of this relationship leading to the improvement of the contribution of knowledge to performance. An empirical literature survey method was used to collect information regarding KM process capability and its effect on performance. The results suggest that knowledge management process operations positively impact performance. Arising from these findings, it is proposed that studies be launched to determine the relative disposition and contribution of each of the KM process capabilities operations to performance. Such studies will guide organizations in building KM process capabilities and carrying out operations which can be leveraged for sustainable superior performance using knowledge resources.
Instantaneous Marketing: An Analysis Of Processes To Make A Connection With Customers Through New Communications Technologies
Authors: Hongcharu Boonchai
Published: March 2016

Marketers try to find ways to respond to the needs of their target customers through most modern communications technologies. As the means to communicate with customers change, marketers find it most convenient and cost effective to make direct contact with customers. This study explores the advanced media for marketers to make a two-way communication to interact in real time with their customers. Instantaneous marketing has revolutionized marketing communication. The exploitation of customer databases and the necessity to acquire more customer information have led the marketers to explore the ways to connect with customers more rapidly to bring differentiation to their products or services. Moreover, customers provide flow of information about various aspects of companys operations back to the company. Some companies still find it hard to cope with this enormous amount information in the fastest way possible. This study explores various communication technologies which help instantaneous marketing to come up with a model to explain the phenomenon. Implications for marketers will be provided to make us understand how we can make use of this information in practice.
Concepts For Managing In Turbulent Times: Received Wisdom From Dr. Deming
Authors: Alabi Goski
Published: March 2016

This paper reflects on management in situations of variation, uncertainty and change in relation to using views and concepts from Demings Systems of Profound Knowledge and his book Out of the Crisis. The paper focuses on crisis-like events not generally associated with normal operations, otherwise called new realities. In doing this, the paper relates concepts from Demings Systems of Profound Knowledge and views from Drucker and Dewey. The paper induces concepts for managing effectively in turbulent times and relates this to the Tylenol case of 1986. Logically inductive inferences resulting in a conceptual model are developed for effective management in turbulent times using an analytical-conceptual methodology. The model proposes that in turbulent times, leaders should adopt a learning management approach, which includes understanding variation, communicating effectively and timely, cooperation, and adaptation, leading by given hope and direction and focusing on the customer, not the figures.
Who Needs The Teacher?
Authors: Vengerov Alexander
Published: March 2016

The purpose of the present paper is to establish, define, and develop a high-level architecture for Systems of Learning from the viewpoint of interdependencies between the processes of self-organization and collective intelligence. The role of the Teacher/Manager therefore changes to the collective learning and intelligence taking the central stage. The paper also develops and justifies several views within the stated viewpoint serving better understanding of the relationship between these processes and offering a common ground for the discussion and development of various implementation scenarios.
A Study Of Indonesian Host Country Nationals' Perspectives: What Expatriates Should Know
Authors: Russell Roger C. , Aquino-Russell Catherine E.
Published: March 2016

Expatriates live many paradoxical experiences while being immersed in another culture (Russell, 2006; Osland & Osland, 2006; Russell & Dickie, 2007; Russell & Aquino-Russell, 2010; 2011). This led us to wonder what it might be like for host country nationals (HCNs) to work with expatriates in their own country. There is literature describing the changing of business, communication, and cultural practices so that expatriates can be more successful and more culturally congruent (Selmer, 2000; Banuta-Gomez, 2002; Montagliani & Giacalone, 1998; Hawkins, 1983; Peppas, 2004), but is this really happening from the HCNs perspectives? This study focused on describing the lived experience of Indonesian employees using their own words. Written descriptions were analyzed/synthesized using Giorgis descriptive phenomenological method (Giorgi, 1975; 1985; 2009; Giorgi & Giorgi, 2003). The central finding points to a disconnect between two worlds and paradoxical ways of being for Indonesians while working for Western-based organizations at home. The new knowledge may enhance knowledge for managers which could in turn alter management practices in relation to valuing HCNs for their contributions to Western organizations.
Categorizing Top Fortune Company Mission And Vision Statements Via Text Mining
Authors: Alshameri Faleh , Greene G. Robert , Srivastava Mukesh
Published: March 2016

Purpose - The paper seeks to categorize mission and vision statements into clusters and demonstrate how these clusters can be profiled in the context of Globalization, Innovation and Strategy Centric features for assessment of strategic alignment, positioning and direction. Based on text mining methodology, mission and vision statements of the top 772 Fortune companies were analyzed to understand: 1) How mission and vision statements can be meaningfully categorized into clusters, 2) How attributes of each cluster can be meaningfully evaluated in the context of the degree to which Globalization, Innovation and Strategy Centric Mission and Vision statements are discovered. Clustering Toolkit (CLUTO) software was used for text mining the data collected from two websites. A recursive bisection approach has been followed to reach the desired number of six clusters, which were further analyzed through Wordle software for visual representation. The study clustered the companies in the dataset into groups in which globalization, innovation, and strategy issues were dominant. The epistemological contribution of this research includes how text mining can be used to meaningfully categorize a large dataset consisting of mission and vision statements of 772 Fortune corporations, how knowledge contained in a large dataset can be managed through the use of text mining in analyzing cluster attributes, and how these clusters can be profiled in the context of Globalization, Innovation and Strategy Centric features for assessment of strategic alignment, positioning, and direction.
Website Data And Uses For Strategic Marketing A Commercial Experience
Authors: Budd Bruce Q.
Published: March 2016

This is an investigation into website analytics and the traffic source effect on goal conversions.The primary objective is to measure its web page analytics and improve its commercial marketing strategy.Crucial benchmarks of website efficacy for improved business optimization were created.Interesting results emerged.Though Google was by far the best traffic source, it did not achieve the highest comparative goal conversion rate.While Facebook had a lower conversion rate, they attracted the highest traffic flow for returning visitors.Hotfrog.com.au results showed a 100% conversion rate with all of the users who visited the website via the online directory being successfully converted into goals.Results provided productive information for future website marketing strategy.
Manufacturing Hiring Trends: Employers Seeking More Diverse Skills
Authors: Sullivan Daniel W.
Published: March 2016

According to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), 32% of American manufactures reported that even during the height of the recession, they had unfilled job openings. The reason cited for this phenomenon was that American manufacturers were unable to find workers with the skills they required. The inability to close the gap between the managerial skills American manufacturers want and the skills available in the workforce continues to hinder the hiring process. In an effort to understand the disconnect, this study was conducted among manufacturers with facilities located in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan areas to determine the skills most sought after by manufacturers as they attempt to hire recent college graduates. The results revealed a shift away from the traditional skill focus of engineering curriculums toward a more rounded skill set - one relying heavily on a host of people skills and a sophisticated understanding of the cross functional relationships that exist between traditional disciplines. The study also revealed that manufactures are placing an increased emphasis on outside certifications as a way to reduce expensive in-house training costs. Finally, employers are looking to institutions of higher learning as leaders in their effort to provide the skills graduates need to succeed in manufacturing.
Cloud Computing
Authors: Frantsvog Dean , Seymour Tom , John Freneymon
Published: March 2016

The purpose of this article is to provide information about Cloud Computing. As a subject matter that is often mentioned, but not quite understood, the authors decided to cover areas that go over the history, evolution, adoption, threats, and opportunities that exist with Cloud Computing and businesses today. Cloud Computing is the latest hype in the technology world, and organizations are taking notice. It is changing the way industries and enterprises do their business, while allowing users with less capital to utilize the same services and create a competitive advantage. It is emerging as one of the major enablers for all organizations, big or small, and causing businesses to re-evaluate their business models and IT infrastructure strategies.
The Effect Of A Pseudotransformational Leader: Whitewater Rafting In A Hurricane
Authors: Spangenburg Janice M
Published: March 2016

Leadership is a long studied and interesting topic. As more thinking occurs with regard to different types and flavors, leadership sense-making is something that is done all the time. With this regard, such concepts come to light and often capture and incite our interest and appeal to the situation we are experiencing at the time. This is where we take the concept and reality of pseudo-transformational leadership. Pseudo-transformational leadership is less than authentic and can occur at any time and have a lasting negative outcome. When it is experienced, it can appear as a sudden change in an organizational event or a wind of change that doesnt rear its ugly intention at the time of occurrence. This article will take the reader on a journey of what can occur and how to lean with the gut feeling. It can be a true way of knowing what decisions to make and how to adapt and recover for such change. The metaphor is used as a whitewater raft to paint a visual picture of how this can affect and change an experience from a good or semi-good one to a horrible one, or at least one that is less than tasteful. This can also involve leadership style and behavior and can cause and exacerbate organizational conflict, as can we evidenced through the outcome of this case.
Fighting Internet Piracy: The French Experience With The Hadopi Law
Authors: Koster Alexis
Published: March 2016

With the ever-increasing speed of the Internet and the ever-increasing power of personal computers and mobile devices, illegal downloading affects not only recorded music, but also movies and other medias. To stem the loss of revenues caused to copyright holders, France passed the Hadopi Law in September 2009 to be enforced by a new agency - the Hadopi Authority. The Hadopi Authoritys mission includes three major objectives. 1) to enforce the copyright law on the Internet through legal actions against violators, 2) to educate Internet users about illegal versus legal activities with respect to the copyright law, and 3) to facilitate the development of Internet services providing legal access to copyrighted works. To deter piracy and, at the same time, to serve as a pedagogical tool, Hadopi uses the graduated response system. Users who participate in illegal downloading are first warned two times. After a third violation, their file is forwarded to a court for possible prosecution. Between October 2010 and March 2012, the Hadopi Authority performed several surveys of Internet use to measure the effectiveness of the Law. The resulting reports show some modest positive changes in the behavior of French Internet users.
Byte Is Mightier Than The Sword: Egypt Revolution Of 2011
Authors: Kamal Mustafa , Meenalochani Pamela
Published: March 2016

The concept of online activism is as old as human history. The current online technology has simply evolved from the more traditional media known to human experience. It has transcended into an instant, digitized and easily accessible form. Historical facts indicate that the very first planned community action took place in the mid-12th century BC by the Egyptian artisans who carved and painted in the royal tombs and demanded proper pay. On the third day, the royal architects from the court of Pharaoh Rameses, III caved in and gave the workers what they demanded. More than 3,000 years later, that strategy still works. Technology empowered the Arab people to communicate, organize, implement, broadcast, and propel the revolution in many ways never thought to be possible. This is an amazing story.
Transforming Business And Society: The Impact Of IT
Authors: Ulferts Gregory W. , Howard Terry L.
Published: March 2016

Business operations and processes are revolutionizing at a rapid speed and as we continue to dive into this digital age, it is of great importance to understand the impact Information Systems and Technology has on a society as a whole, the world of business, and Main Street. With this in mind, its clear to see that technology solutions must conform, attribute to, and honor the triple bottom line - people, planet, and profit.
Virtual Team Effectiveness And Sequence Of Conditions
Authors: Olson Joel , Olson Linda
Published: March 2016

This study examines the sequence of Group Task Pressure (GTP) and communication medium conditions on group effectiveness. It contributes to the task-technology fit research by considering the sequence of these conditions on task-technology fit related to group effectiveness. The study has value for professionals pursuing the construction and management of virtual teams. A pilot experiment was conducted using 22 subjects in eight groups with a mixed 2x2 design. Given the sample size, the study is more descriptive than inferential. The study manipulated GTP by combinations of time scarcity, reward and task complexity. The media conditions used in the study were face-to-face and synchronous computer-mediated chats. Group effectiveness was measured by the length of time groups took to complete assigned tasks. The four study conditions were: a simple task completed face-to-face, a simple task completed in a computer-mediated condition, a complex task completed in a face-to-face condition and a complex task in a computer-mediated condition. Each group was rotated through all the conditions. The sequence of communication medium conditions were significant, but not the sequence of GTP conditions. Groups starting in the face-to-face condition took less time to complete their rotation of tasks than groups starting in the computer-mediated condition. Groups starting in both the low and high GTP conditions took the same amount of time to complete the full rotation of task and conditions. Recommendations for subsequent research on group task pressure are presented.
Presence Of Informational Attributes In MIS Reports
Authors: Malik P.K. , Malik Ranjana
Published: March 2016

MIS is an organizational information system which supports not only operations but also the management processes by providing the 'right information to the right people at the right time and at the right cost. The information is said to be right when it possesses all the attributes like timeliness, accuracy and reliability, adequacy, consistency and uniformity, brevity, need based, economy, predictive ability, etc. Right people means 'one information not to all the decision makers and all the information not to one decision maker. Right time and right cost do not need any explanation. When these four rights are right, MIS is bound to be right and effective in discharging its role.
Indonesian Host Country Nationals: Feeling Respected Yet Not Respected
Authors: Russell Roger C. , Aquino-Russell Catherine E.
Published: March 2016

Having completed research on the expatriate experience in Indonesia (Russell, 2006; Russell & Dickie, 2007; Russell & Aquino-Russell, 2010, 2011) we wondered what it might be like for Indonesian host country nationals (HCNs) to work with western organizations in Indonesia since there is a significant lack of literature based on the perspective of HCNs (Templar, 2010). Although not from the HCN perspective, we found literature about HCNs in relation to knowledge management (Vance, Vaiman, & Andersen, 2009; Massingham, 2010), empowerment and team participation (Zhang & Begley, 2011), remuneration policies (Mahajan, 2011), career development and promotability (Vo, 2009; Herrmann & Werbel, 2007), and relationship building (Varma, Pichler, & Budhwar, 2011). These realities spurred on our current phenomenological research which focused on describing the lived experience of Indonesian HCNs using their own words and meanings. Data descriptions were collected and analyzed using Giorgis (2009; Giorgi & Giorgi, 2003) descriptive phenomenological method. One of the important findings pointed to HCNs living the paradox of feeling respected-not respected while working in western organizations located at home in Indonesia.
Linking The Creative Process To Innovation Through Software-Enabled Activities
Authors: Mattia Angela
Published: March 2016

This research addresses what creativity is by presenting numerous different perspectives. It also offers a managerial vision on how to encourage creativity by using software features that currently exist in commonly used business applications that could enable more people to be creative more often. It is argued that currently there are many software features that can enable the execution of the primary tasks necessary to support and stimulate creativity and innovation. This paper presents a model that links the process for creativity to innovation, summarizes the software-enabled primary tasks, and illustrates how its structure produces innovation as the outcome. The result is a more efficient and effective link between creativity and innovation by using software as the catalyst.
Organizational Development Interventions In Learning Organizations
Authors: Theodore John
Published: March 2016

The purpose of this article was to demonstrate that organizational development interventions in key areas of learning organizations assist to further develop such organizations because they are open systems and accustomed to planned changes. Therefore, their resistance to planned developmental changes is limited in comparison to non-learning organizations that are not accustomed to this process. The ultimate goal of organization development is to make the organization more open and more adaptive through increases in capability and potential in order for it to continue making such planned change efforts on an action orientation basis. Learning organizations are viable and vital means for developing an organizations culture of high performance learners who become transformed people much better adapted to get results that affect the bottom line and the quality of life in their organizations. The author of this article focused organizational development interventions on a number of key areas in learning organizations which are: human resources policies and procedures, evaluation of human resources, structure and design, training and development of human resources, communication, and leadership. In this article, the above cited areas are referred to as concentrations. The organizational development intervention process consists of the diagnosis in order to identify the elements to be evaluated in the areas of concentration; the presentation of the results of the diagnoses in proposals for the implementation of the results; and the implementation through planned change efforts.
The Social And Financial Benefits Of Developing Employee Satisfaction
Authors: Abel Murad
Published: March 2016

Organizations continually seek to create greater efficiencies, employee engagement and organizational development opportunities. Increasing employee satisfaction allows for reduced labor costs and increase efficiencies. Satisfied employees use multiple paths of information to determine their interests in engagement which range from employer-employee relationships to compensation. The more satisfied employees are the more likely organizations will be able to capitalize on intellectual capital to navigate environmental challenges while contributing to their bottom lines.
Predicting Consumer Reaction To Online Privacy Concerns: A Nested Logit Model
Authors: Bandyopadhyay Soumava
Published: March 2016

This paper proposes a theoretical choice model to explain how consumers may react to their concerns regarding online information privacy. A nested logit model is suggested as the appropriate model to predict the choice of online privacy risk management strategies by consumers. Conceptual justification is provided for the proposed model. The validity of the major assumptions behind the model in the context of Internet use is explained. Managerial implications and future research directions are also discussed.
Researching Customer Satisfaction And Loyalty To Boost Marketing Effectiveness: A Look At Japans Auto Dealerships
Authors: Okutomi Hirotaka , Amasaka Kakuro
Published: March 2016

Faced with a sluggish economy, car sales have been disappointing in recent years. Given this situation, it is critical that dealerships shift the focus of their sales and marketing activities from attracting new customers to keeping the customers they already have. This move can be expected not only to reduce sales costs, but also contribute to healthy profits.
Assessing Leadership And Entrepreneurial Capabilities In A Latin American Youth Program
Authors: Budden Michael C. , Baraya Aristides R. , Budden Connie B. , Valero Johana
Published: March 2016

PEGE has now ended its third year. PEGE, a program that encourages students to become contributing members of Society upon graduation from high school instills in participants the tools, techniques and mindset of an entrepreneur. The program initially implemented in an English speaking school located in Bogot, Colombia is beginning to spread to other schools. Students in the program have evaluated the program and its impact and are uniformly satisfied with the program and recognize its value.
Establishment of Nonlife Insurance Business Navigation System A-NIBNS
Authors: Nakamura Masahiro , Ishikawa Akinori , Amasaka Kakuro
Published: March 2016

In this study, the authors teamed up with nonlife insurance companies and agencies to create a business approach method that made it possible to reform insurance-related business activities from a policyholder perspective. A detailed operational method was then put together as A-NIPNS, or Amalabs Nonlife Insurance Business Navigation System. The system is comprised of four parts: (1) a networking system for sharing information within nonlife insurance companies and with agencies, (2) a customer handling evaluation system, (3) a business information sharing system used to link nonlife insurance companies and agencies, and (4) a complaint utilization system for policyholders. After putting together the system, the authors implemented a trial operation using Nonlife Insurance Company A and Nonlife Insurance Agency B in order to check its effectiveness.
Enterprise Content Management Should Be Academic
Authors: Easton Annette , Easton George
Published: March 2016

The digital divide that was formed by a curriculum that affords no direct exposure to any business-oriented enterprise content management system and the surprising ubiquity and dependency on enterprise content management systems in business provided the motivation to class-test SharePoint as a surrogate for a university-supported course management system. The classroom test became the basis of a proof-of-concept model for a college-wide document repository that was conceived to manage most of the colleges departmental and committee documents, including those related to AACSB maintenance of accreditation. The use of a business-tested, enterprise content management system for academic purposes could narrow an academic/industry digital divide and may remove an impediment to the adage practice what you teach.
Integrating Business Intelligence And Decision Focused Database Methods: A Prescriptive Principles Approach
Authors: Tolman Michael C. , Olsen David H. , Lewis Meghan N.
Published: March 2016

Inasmuch as the field of Management Information Systems has seen significant changes, business school curriculums have not kept pace with the growing demands in the market. This approach closes that gap between the needs of the market and the products, or students, universities are supplying. Using Prescriptive Principles, this module gives students a business question to be answered, has the instructor demonstrate SQL functions and querying techniques, sets the scene for the students to reflect on the application of this business intelligence project, encourages students to use their previous experience to develop a business strategy to utilize the insight gained from their developed SQL functions, and finally sets up a frame work whereby their findings can be presented to their peers, as business stakeholders, and demonstrate their new understanding. Such a method will create students capable of understanding code, but more so, it will create students who will understand how that code can help sustain a businesss growth strategy and its bottom-line.
A Lean Innovation Model To Help Organizations Leverage Innovation For Economic Value: A Proposal
Authors: Frederick Terry , Lam Than , Martin Vicki
Published: March 2016

This paper introduces a Lean Innovation Model for transforming an organization into one that leverages innovation for economic value. The model intends to address two main questions: 1) what are the best innovation transformation approaches for an organization to leverage innovation and 2) how can an organization effectively unleash its untapped innovation capability to increase economic value? How the model works, its constructs, and how it can affordably be implemented will be described. Relationships between the conceptual model and the requisite culture, process, and infrastructure needed for an organization to produce economic value from innovation will be explored.
The Importance Of Imbedding The Concept Of Continuous Development In The Formulation Of Global Strategies
Authors: Theodore John
Published: March 2016

This article deals with the importance of incorporating the concept of continuous development in the formulation of strategy in global organizations where the strategists have to focus their attention on both the external and internal environmental forces of the firms. In the external environment, the social and task elements are to be analyzed and examined; the latter include the industry analysis. In the internal environment, analysis and evaluation must take place in the organizational structure, principles of organization, culture, and the human element. Continuous development is within the concept of organizational development, which is a planned change effort that involves all the parts of the organization. It is initiated and managed from the top hierarchy of the system and is designed to increase organizational effectiveness. Continuous development must concentrate on the development of the organizational structure, policies and procedures, performance appraisals, the management, the employees, communications, and on the leadership of the organization because these elements are fundamental in the corporate strategy. The continuous developmental process is concentrated within the internal environment of the organization.
The Coming Age Of Electronic Medical Records: From Paper To Electronic
Authors: Malhotra Naveen , Lassiter Marlieta
Published: March 2016

Medical records, first developed in the fifth century, have remained virtually unchanged until the explosion of new technology in the mid-1960s. The National Space and Aeronautics Administrations development of computerized patient record (CPR) brought life to the electronic medical record (EMR) industry. Preventable deaths due to medical errors drew the attention of public and health care professionals to the need for increased patient safety and improved quality measures in medicine. With health care costs compromising 16-17% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, Congress passed legislation to financially support providers to adopt electronic medical record (EMR). As a result, future efforts will focus on the sharing of information among all health care stakeholders. Across the world, governments, technology companies, and care providers are collaborating efforts to make the EMR a reality.
How To Create An App
Authors: Seymour Tom , Hussain Jasmine Zakir , Reynolds Sharon
Published: March 2016

Mobile Computing is booming and everyone has ideas how to profit from it. But only few people know how to build an app that will make those ideas a reality. Businesses are looking for innovative ways to generate revenue from this rapidly growing technology while taking the advantage of the immediacy and convenience that mobile technology has to offer. Mobile apps play a vital role, and have changed the focus from what's on the Web, to the apps on mobile devices, and it is no longer an option but an imperative. The purpose of this article is to provide information on how to create an app and to explore the commonly used tools and technologies to create an app.
Using Social Choice Function Vs. Social Welfare Function To Aggregate Individual Preferences In Group Decision Support Systems
Authors: Nguyen Dat-Dao
Published: March 2016

In multi-criteria decision making, any Group Decision Support System (GDSS) requires a social judgment model for calculation of weights on decision alternatives, and tabulation of individual votes toward a consensus. One could assess a Social Welfare Function - such as Keeneys - to aggregate individual cardinal preferences or utilities into a group preference. Alternatively, one could use Social Choice Functions - such as Condorcet, Borda, Copeland, and Eigenvector - to aggregate individual ordinal preferences or rankings into a group ranking. This study empirically investigates the consensus between individual preferences and the group preference derived from various aggregation methods.
Business Intelligence, Analytics And Data Visualization: A Heat Map Project Tutorial
Authors: Dupin-Bryant Pamela A. , Olsen David H.
Published: March 2016

Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) initiatives are helping countless organizations harness and interpret the vast amount of information available in the world today. The explosion of BI&A in industry has fueled the high demand for knowledge workers with advanced analytical skills. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a data visualization project tutorial for Information Systems (IS) education. The applied BI&A tutorial was designed to help students learn how to create and analyze a heat map using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Students learn how to make decisions based on large amounts of data by presenting it in visual form. This tutorial exposes students to the decision-making power derived from data visualization. Utilizing the 5E Instructional Model, the tutorial assists in the development of BI&A professionals who can quickly make sense of mass amounts of data, identify trends buried within data sets, and are skilled in making sound decisions that add value to organizations.
Examining Management History Through The Lens Of Critical Biography
Authors: Gibson Jane Whitney
Published: March 2016

This paper builds a case for using the qualitative methodology of critical biography to illuminate the life, times, and contributions of pioneers in the field of management history. First the importance of management history is discussed and the critical biography methodology is described. Then, the methodology is applied to management history through examining several articles using the methodology including articles about Mary Parker Follett and Rhona Rapaport. Pros and cons of using the methodology are discussed including approachability and high interest level as pros and necessity to make inferences and the close interplay between researcher and research as cons. Implications for future research are presented.
3D Printing As A Consumer Technology Business Model
Authors: Brooks Gail , Kinsley Kim , Owens Tim
Published: March 2016

Although the technology for 3D printing has been around for more than three decades, its full potential is just beginning to be realized in the business world. Ideas for 3D printing run the gamut from the hobbyist printing jewelry and toys to the medical industry researching 3D printing of human organs. One way businesses are utilizing 3D printing is through support services within their own business processes, referred to in this paper as a consumer technology business model. As with any emerging use of a technology, legal and ethical issues will arise. This paper shows how 3D printing has evolved, why businesses are realizing the strategic potential for 3D printing to create a competitive advantage using a consumer technology business model and why this could raise legal and ethical issues associated with existing laws related to the use of 3D technology.
Leadership Systems Model: An Integration Of People, Process, And Behaviors In A Dynamic And Evolving Environment
Authors: Burian Philip E. , Maffei III Francis Skip , Burian Pamela S. , Pieffer Mark A.
Published: March 2016

Defining, observing, and measuring leadership skills, styles and approaches are far from being a new effort. Although research has provided much information regarding leadership, the classical leadership theories and models, processes, and behavioral views must be further integrated in order to provide a richer and wider view of leadership. Furthermore, organizations are not static; they are constantly changing and evolving over time. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual model integrating these views using a systems level theory to understand the aggregate nature of leadership.
Establishing Benchmarks For Success In Golf Facilities
Authors: Groch Joseph M.
Published: March 2016

With a 17% reduction in golfers over the last decade and a 19% turnover rate among golf facility managers, the golf industry is in decline. The purpose of this study was to establish a more universal method of measuring success in the golf industry in Southwest Florida (SWFL) beyond traditional financial measures in order to improve organizational outcomes. The research defined organizational effectiveness from a multidimensional approach which included five pillars: financial, environmental, philanthropic, customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction. The research indicated that the three main drivers of organizational effectiveness in SWFL were: customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and environmental responsibility. The implications of these finding could be significant to auditors searching for indicators of fraud, or managers looking for trends, or board of directors trying to assess the competency of the management team.
Accountants Need To Be Prepared For The Big Question: Should I Move To The Cloud?
Authors: Corkern Sheree M. , Kimmel Sara B. , Morehead Billy
Published: March 2016

Cloud computing is transforming the accounting profession and gaining worldwide attention. According to Jeff Drew, senior editor covering technology for the Journal of Accountancy, cloud computing was one of the most talked about topics during a recent AICPA Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference. Gartner Inc., a world leader in information technology and analysis, projects worldwide cloud service revenues to reach $148.8 billion in 2014. Notwithstanding its rave reviews, many continue to resist the cloud. Whether from ignorance of its workings and advantages or uncertainty due to its newness and challenges, questions and concerns weigh heavily among those contemplating its adoption. Accountants who stay abreast of new developments within the field of cloud computing, becoming not only educated but experienced, will be able to provide assistance and advice in an organizations assessment process of this new cloud-based delivery platform. This article defines cloud computing and highlights some of the associated advantages and challenges faced by organizations considering cloud services.
Trusted Supply Chains: Surveying Competitive Value Of The Cloud
Authors: Goel Rajni
Published: March 2016

Cloud computing has become a force multiplier for organizations as they realize the benefit from the shared computing platforms and services offered by cloud computing. Providers market shared computing platforms and services because of their convenience, dynamism, elasticity, and scalability to meet the growing demands of organizations, specifically in widespread supply chain networks. Yet, the issuance of trust has become a concern in the cloud web as cloud computing service technologies advance faster than measures to secure it. This research presents a framework to determine which specific supply chain functions can derive the most value from cloud capabilities and to understand how to leverage these technologies strategically to develop a competitive advantage. It proposes a strategic integration of cloud functionalities to create profitable supply chain network partnerships and to improve the processes, quality and innovation potential in the overall Supply Chain Management (SCM), while maintaining a trusted cloud environment.