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Rethinking the organization: leadership for game‐changing innovation
Authors: Denning Stephen 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe paper aims to identify the lessons CEOs of large established organizations need to learn to make continuous innovation a part of the firm's DNA. Instead of innovation and organizational learning being the responsibility of a few iconoclastic, courageous and rare individuals or departments, it needs to become institutionalized as an organization‐wide capability.Design/methodology/approachThe author has drafted a lesson plan for top managers based on the best practice suggestions for introducing and fostering an innovation culture – pull management, authentic and interactive communication and putting the customer value zone at the center of the organization.FindingsPull management poses the complex challenge of delivering steadily increasing value to customers and engaging employees and customers in conversations. This is a radically different business environment. It requires understanding and mastering a radically different kind of management.Practical implicationsThe management lesson plan: learn the skills required to practice pull management, authentic and interactive communication and putting the customer value zone at the center of the organization.Originality/valueThe paper postulates that organization‐wide continuous innovation, which will be vital to survival in the coming years, requires a radically new approach to management and the learning of a completely new set of skills.
Supply chain integration: an empirical study on manufacturing industry in Malaysia
Authors: Hussein Zolait Ali , Razak Ibrahim Abdul , Chandran V.G.R. , Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram Veera 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to attempt to identify the relationship between supply chain process integration and firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThe dimension classification and measurement instrument of the framework adapted from the previous research focus on firm performance impacts of digitally enabled supply chain integration (SCI) capabilities. The study employed the quantitative method where convenience sampling and self‐administered survey questionnaires were sent to 98 conference participants in Malaysia. The research framework was pre‐tested using multivariate analysis.FindingsThe findings reveal that all three dimensions of supply chain process integration were statistically significant to firm performance. Furthermore, information flow integration shows a greater influence than physical and financial flow integration.Research limitations/implicationsThis study focused on the manufacturing sector with respondents who were participants of a conference.Practical implicationsThe results offer insights to supply chain management practitioners and policy makers on the importance of SCI and information technology (IT) infrastructure to improve the competitiveness of manufacturing industry in terms of operational excellence, revenue growth and customer relationship.Originality/valueThis study adds to the body of knowledge by providing new data and empirical insight on the relationship between SCI and firm performance specifically for the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. In addition, the findings may invite opportunities for comparative studies mainly with other industries as well as other developing and developed economies.
Expats and citizens: managing diverse teams in the Middle East
Authors: Forstenlechner Ingo 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe introduction to this special issue aims to describe the papers published in this volume as well as the setting of labour markets in the Arabian Gulf as the basis for the understanding the relationship between expatriates and the indigenous workforce.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the context is explained, followed by a description of the peculiarities of the research setting. Then, the articles in this special issue are described, followed by an outlook on the future of the expatriate‐citizen relationship and suggestions for future research in this area.FindingsThanks to the efforts of authors, reviewers, and the editors of this journal, every single one of the articles in this volume provides valuable insights from new perspectives on the theme of this special issue.Originality/valueThis special issue expands the understanding of a truly underrepresented topic.
The role of family considerations in an expatriate majority environment
Authors: Schoepp Kevin , Forstenlechner Ingo 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to add to knowledge on the environment of self‐initiated expatriates and the importance of family in determining expatriate retention. It seeks to explore the role of family in an environment vastly different to that of previous research, one where expatriates are outnumbering citizens four to one. Further, the paper aims to explore familial adjustment differences that emerge amongst the different demographic segments within this expatriate majority environment.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is based on survey data obtained from 364 self‐initiated expatriates. Beyond a thorough demographic analysis providing additional background, data to test hypotheses were analyzed using SPSS and, where suitable, independent samples t‐test or one‐way ANOVA.FindingsEvidence was found of what can be described as an environment easing expatriate adjustment as well as questioning the impact of many of the problems previously identified in literature on expatriates. Findings show an environment where some of the stressors associated with living abroad have been mitigated and family has more or less become a motivation to stay rather than to leave. In addition, the demographic analysis of expatriate faculty adds to knowledge about the globalization of higher education.Practical implicationsDefinitions of what constitutes a hardship posting for expatriates may need to be revisited, taking into account national demographic characteristics. Current thinking on the expatriate family should also consider different settings where family may actually be a motivation to remain.Originality/valueThis paper provides a new perspective, as previous literature suggested family to be almost exclusively a reason for expatriate difficulties. Further, little focus has been made on countries where expatriates represent a large share or the majority of the population such as in several of the Arabian Gulf countries.
Evaluation of overall equipment effectiveness based on market
Authors: Anvari Farhad , Edwards Rodger , Starr Andrew 
Published: August 2010

PurposeContinuous manufacturing systems used within the steel industry involve different machines and processes that are arranged in a sequence of operations in order to manufacture the products. The steel industry is generally a capital‐intensive industry and, because of high capital investment, the utilisation of equipment as effectively as possible is of high priority. This paper seeks to illustrate a new method, overall equipment effectiveness market‐based (OEE‐MB) for the precise calculation of equipment effectiveness for full process cycle in order to respond to the steel market.Design/methodology/approachA refinement of the existing concept of OEE is developed based on a new scheme for loss analysis within market time. The paper illustrates the concept with a case study based on compact strip manufacturing processes within the steel industry.FindingsWhile the results for OEE by ignoring a considerable amount of possible hidden losses might be satisfying, the OEE‐MB report shows potential room for improvement. It reflects changes in both the internal and external market for the steel industry, and therefore provides a tool not only for monitoring but also for managing improvement.Practical implicationsOEE‐MB is an applicable method for the precise calculation of equipment effectiveness that provides a sound perspective on improvement of steel plants by taking into consideration all losses within market time for meeting both internal and external demands.Originality/valueOEE‐MB monitors production and measures the equipment effectiveness for full process cycle in order to meet the market. It makes communication more efficient and easier within the steel industry and may be used as a benchmark to achieve world‐class standard.
Flexible preventive maintenance planning for two parallel machines problem to minimize makespan
Authors: Su Ling‐Huey , Tsai Hsiao‐Ling 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to determine simultaneously the period of preventive maintenance and the sequence of each job for two parallel machines problem so that the makespan is minimized. With proper planning of preventive maintenance, a shop can avoid lack of flexibility between maintenance planning and production scheduling, and thus concentrate on production efficiency.Design/methodology/approachThis study addresses a scheduling problem, wherein each machine has to be shut down for maintenance during a maintenance interval [C, T] arranged in advance. The start time and end time of the preventive maintenance are the decision variables. A maintenance action is attended by a server who managers only one machine at a time. Three cases are studied in this paper: the unequal lengths of unavailable periods on both machines, the equal lengths of unavailable periods on both machines, and no waiting time is allowed between the two unavailable periods. Each case is solved optimally by an analytical algorithm developed in the study.FindingsAlthough having exponential time complexities, all the proposed algorithms are quite efficient in solving large‐sized problems. Computational results show that it is able to generate the optimal solution for large sizes (up to 10,000 jobs) in a few minutes of computation time.Practical implicationsMost of the papers that dealt with preventive maintenance assumed that the maintenance period is known and specified. However, the flexible preventive maintenance problem, in which the start time and end time of the preventive maintenance are the decision variables, often occurs in the computer center, NC‐machine and IC‐testing machine for job scheduling and repairs arrangement.Originality/valueThe paper presents an efficient approach for each of the three cases of flexible preventive maintenance, which is relatively unexplored in the literature.
Economics, the financial crisis and corporate responsibility
Authors: Marsden Chris 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThis paper aims to reconsider “the crisis” in terms of a failure in dominant economic thinking and to discuss the repercussions for corporate governance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides a rational narrative deconstruction of the crisis.FindingsThe paper suggests a new agenda for collaborative research and activism in the direction of more effective governance.Originality/valueThe paper concludes with a radical agenda for a new way of thinking.
Measuring the business and societal benefits of corporate responsibility
Authors: Drews Manuela 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe economic crisis has more than ever revealed the necessity for companies to extend their focus from the maximization of shareholder returns to the management of their complex stakeholder relationships including societal stakeholders. Although companies and scholars alike have been searching for adequate performance measurement systems that allow them to evaluate their relations with society, practical approaches to measure the benefits of CSR are still missing. This paper aims at filling this research gap. It proposes a measurement and a governance model to evaluate and manage the business as well as the societal benefits of CSR.Design/methodology/approachThe research follows a two‐step approach. First, a measurement model is developed based on a sound theoretical analysis. It is then applied in an in‐depth case study to test its applicability to business practice.FindingsThe research finds that current measurement approaches fail to provide a practicable measurement framework, especially relating to an evaluation of individual CSR activities. Thus, a framework is developed that applies methods of investment appraisal as well as qualitative evaluation approaches to individual CSR activities. The case study offers an easy‐to‐use evaluation tool that can be directly applied by business practice.Originality/valueCurrent research mostly focuses on quantitatively or qualitatively evaluating CSR. However, a comprehensive measurement of CSR needs to combine both. This is the focus of this paper. In addition, most measurement models focus on the business case for CSR. In this research, this perspective is complemented by proposing an evaluation from both perspectives – business and society.
Governing a more global world
Authors: Aart Scholte Jan 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThis paper aims to clarify the character of globalization, to identify the changes it brings to structures of governance, and to consider ways in which these arrangements could be made to serve a good (more global) society.Design/methodology/approachThis essay takes a reflective approach.FindingsThe paper considers the rules and regulatory processes that govern today's more global world. The first step in the analysis identifies globalization as a trend whereby people's lives become more interconnected on a planetary scale. The second section describes the institutional apparatuses through which global issues are governed. Global governance is seen to take shape not as a “world government”, but as a complex array of regulatory networks that span local to global scales and also combine public and private sectors. The third section assesses the normative values that this “networked” and “polycentric” governance of global affairs might serve. Both an earlier “neoliberal” design of global governance and a currently prevailing “social market” paradigm are critiqued. An alternative vision of global social and ecological democracy is offered as a more promising road to a good society in the contemporary more global world.Practical implicationsThe paper suggests alternative guiding principles for governance of today's more global society, including the role of corporations in it.Social implicationsThe paper suggests ways in which global governance can deliver social justice, ecological sustainability and democracy along with material prosperity.Originality/valueThe paper consolidates a conception of post‐statist governance that can aid researchers and practitioners alike in mapping the processes of contemporary policymaking. The normative framework presented can, moreover, help to clarify the objectives that citizens of a more global world would wish regulation to provide.
Business‐government relations: beyond lobbying
Authors: Schepers Stefan 
Published: August 2010

PurposeParallel with business and society relationships, the business and government relationship needs greater attention. Business and government relations beyond short‐term lobbying could be seen as a strategic activity aimed at creating sustainable value for the company. As such it would become much easier to achieve competitive advantage and align the company's commercial with the public interest. This paper seeks to examine this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe paper aims to scan the issue with a view to further research.FindingsThe economic crisis and the imminent new wave of regulation make a new approach to lobbying more pressing.Originality/valueThe paper is based on political and economic writings and on practical experience in the public and private sector.
Self‐ or rule‐based governance: analysis of choice‐making behaviour
Authors: Isaac Mostovicz E. , Kakabadse Nada K. , Kakabadse Andrew P. 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThis study seeks to propose self‐governance in organisations based on choice‐making behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines selected literature on the behaviour of choice, moving from the individual as the unit of analysis to the organisation, in order to draw lessons for proper governance. To do so, it refers to a series of three independent studies, namely, of luxury, leadership and the role of luxury in helping to cope with organisational pressure.FindingsThe paper reviews the need for choice (or human logic), exemplified by the Theta and Lambda worldviews, and the difficulties in its proper implementation. A study into luxury reveals the role of luxury in choice‐making behaviour and the language used for making these choices. These findings are applied to a study into leadership and followed by a third and ongoing study that provides empirical evidence that tension in organisations results, in numerous cases, from an imposed lack of choice because of improper governance. The paper concludes with recommendations for organisational governance.Research limitations/implicationsThe claim that conflicts in organisations are based on differences between Theta and Lambda worldviews is based on some empirical evidence only. Criticising governance by rules, the paper does not look in detail into the reasons behind the drive for such a way of governance or how to help change an organisation's governance approach.Originality/valueThe paper introduces the concept of Theta and Lambda worldviews, provides a psychological definition of what luxury is and its importance to organisational life and questions the usefulness of enhanced governance.
Information contextualizer: making sense of the information overload
Authors: Bridle Paul 
Published: August 2010

PurposeReviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsIn 2011, hundreds of thousands of books will be written worldwide. Blogs and data on the internet are increasing at an exponential rate and each week sees the launch of new media outlets. Information is everywhere, available to all of us at the click of a button but what is relevant to whom when it come to learning; what will help and what will hinder? Google certainly provides results but it is unable to qualify and filter them. One solution – as is so often the case in business – is a person, an information contextualizer (IC).Practical implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Social implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that can have a broader social impact.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.
Integer programming for optimizing habitat network permeability
Authors: Billionnet Alain 
Published: August 2010

PurposeNegative effects of habitat isolation that arise from landscape fragmentation can be mitigated, by connecting natural areas through a network of habitat corridors. To increase the permeability of a given network, i.e. to decrease the resistance to animal movements through this network, often many developments can be made. The available financial resources being limited, the most effective developments must be chosen. This optimization problem, suggested in Finke and Sonnenschein, can be treated by heuristics and simulation approaches, but the method is heavy and the obtained solutions are sub‐optimal. The aim of the paper is to show that the problem can be efficiently solved to optimality by mathematical programming.Design/methodology/approachThe moves of the individual in the network are modeled by an absorbing Markov chain and the development problem is formulated as a mixed‐integer quadratic program, then this program is linearized, and the best developments to make are determined by mixed‐integer linear programming.FindingsFirst, the approach allows the development problem to be solved to optimality contrary to other methods. Second, the definition of the mathematical program is relatively simple, and its implementation is immediate by using standard, commercially available, software. Third, as it is well known with mixed‐integer linear programming formulation it is possible to add new constraints easily if they are linear (or can be linearized).Research limitations/implicationsWith a view to propose a simple and efficient tool to solve a difficult combinatorial optimization problem arising in the improvement of permeability across habitat networks, the approach has been tested on simulated habitat networks. The research does not include the study of some precise species movements in a real network.Practical implicationsThe results provide a simple and efficient decision‐aid tool to try to improve the permeability of habitat networks.Originality/valueThe joint use of mathematical programming techniques and Markov chain theory is used to try to lessen the negative effects of landscape fragmentation.
Economic paper blending optimization model with competing materials
Authors: Pati Rupesh Kumar , Vrat Prem 
Published: August 2010

PurposeDemanding customers, legislation and raw materials shortages in the modern world have forced companies to minimize the system's environmental impact. The paper seeks to analyze the economic impact of blending in sustainable paper industries in countries such as India.Design/methodology/approachA linear programming model for a paper supply chain is proposed to minimize paper manufacturing cost by optimally blending wood pulp and after‐use paper under various conventional supply chain constraints. The issues of quality, environmental concern and reusability in the paper industry have also been taken into account.FindingsImproving quality of after‐use paper by proper recovery network reduces the manufacturing cost. Increasing proportion of wood fiber in the finished paper decreases the cost, even at the cost of degradation in the environment. Thus, it is up to the manufacturer to reflect its degree of environmental concern to the government and society by assigning appropriate environmental and quality opportunity costs in the model.Research limitations/implicationsDifficulty in obtaining the estimates of the environmental and quality cost is a major limitation of the study.Practical implicationsThis research provides manufacturers with a simple mathematical model to compare the economic feasibility of blending wood pulp and after‐use paper depending on the market situation.Originality/valueThe major contribution of the model is its capability to study the economic impact of blending by considering some of the important sustainable development issues like environment, quality, shortage, and reusability under one objective function.