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New tools for learning: a case of organizational problem analysis derived from debriefing records in a medical center
Authors: Holzmann Vered , Mischari Shoshana , Goldberg Shoshana , Ziv Amitai 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis article aims to present a unique systematic and validated method for creating a linkage between past experiences and management of future occurrences in an organization.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on actual data accumulated in a series of projects performed in a major medical center. Qualitative and quantitative content analyses were performed on 158 debriefing documents that were generated during two years. The analyses yielded a dataset which was utilized for cluster analysis to construct an organizational hierarchical risk tree.FindingsThree major project phases were found to be the most influential: planning, executing, and controlling. The major risk areas identified were found to be those related to the initial work plan, professional responsibility definition, quality control, and communication management.Research limitations/implicationsThe study focuses on the aspects of organizational learning and suggests a new interpretation method for debriefing documents and a utilization method to mitigate potential risks. The most important outcome of the synergy was a new ability enabling staff members to improve their qualifications on a continuous basis. However, further research is required to examine the medical center debriefing and risk management from a long‐term perspective.Originality/valueThe current study was conceived during a discussion on the subject of safety improvement, where the impact of human behavior on risk events occurrence was debated. Hence, the paper was dedicated to analyzing the effects of the expanding limits of the prognosis “to err is human”. The method enables organizations to develop a tailored risk mitigation plan based on its accumulated processes and projects lessons‐learned. Although the paper describes a process conducted in a medical center, the method and findings are applicable to many other organizations.
Universities: can they be considered as learning organizations?
Authors: Bak Ozlem 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore a department in a UK higher education (HE) institute based on Senge's five characteristics of learning organizations.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, a case study method was utilized. The case study entailed two lines of enquiry: a questionnaire, which was distributed to a UK HE‐institution department followed by semi‐structured interviews.FindingsThe findings show that learning‐organization characteristics were present to a limited extent. Within the department, the results showed a variation in the impact level of the five characteristics between administrative and academic groups, as well as between the new and old members of staff.Originality/valueRecently, the learning‐organization concept has been of interest to companies operating in both the private and public sectors; however, its implementation in a higher education setting remained limited to holistic studies assessing higher education institutes in general, rather than in studies analyzing its impact at the micro‐level. Hence, this research agenda contributes at two levels of enquiry: the departmental level of learning‐organization adaptation, and the level of the individuals' experiences in the workplace.
Health and safety gateways for construction project planning
Authors: Hare Billy , Cameron Iain 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to report on the findings from a research project, commissioned by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), investigating the integration of health and safety (H&S) with construction planning.Design/methodology/approachA combination of group and individual interviews were undertaken with qualitative methods of analysis to develop an integrated process model.FindingsThe model developed uses “Gateway” decision points, which allows flexibility and the early integration of H&S at a strategic level, although detailed planning is still required through the use of integrated management tools.Practical implicationsThis study will help practitioners who wish to integrate CDM principles using a process model. It has also informed the HSE with policy decisions for their review of the Construction Design and Management Regulations 1994.Originality/valuePrevious research on construction H&S has tended to concentrate on site management. This study extends knowledge and understanding of how H&S can be integrated at the planning stage of projects.
Using systems thinking to evaluate a major project
Authors: White Diana , Fortune Joyce 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to set out the results of a study of a major landmark construction project and to use systems thinking to shed light on the organisation, management and performance of the project.Design/methodology/approachThe three main methods of gathering the data were a series of formal and informal interviews with representatives of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and their main project partner Harbour and General, regular visits to the main construction site and the secondary site where the bridge was pre‐fabricated and an extensive study of newspaper and magazine articles, Council minutes and memoranda and other relevant literature. The paper also employs a systems‐based approach whereby the project is represented as a system and compared with an ideal model of a system that is capable of purposeful action without failure.FindingsThis paper has shown that shown that, although many aspects of the management of this construction project such as its decision‐making processes were very effective, the project was over budget and significantly late. Analysis using systems thinking has been able to reveal that the problems encountered during the construction were caused by unforeseen environmental influences and failure to appreciate the viewpoints of those directly and indirectly affected by the project. It is suggested that the lessons learned from investigating this project in real time can provide a valuable insight into understanding the challenges faced by similar projects.Originality/valueUnlike many reports of similar‐sized projects, this case study uses data gathered throughout the life of a lengthy construction project. It uses these data to conduct an assessment of project performance and evaluate the way the project was managed. The method used to do this is transferable to a wide variety of design and engineering projects and is of value to academics and practitioners alike.
Prospect theory and disposition patterns: evidence from Taiwan investors
Authors: Kuo Min‐Hua , Chen Shaw K. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that various disposition patterns in terms of the price changes are plausible under the Prospect Theory (PT), which argues that investors have a greater tendency to sell assets that have risen in value since the purchase than those that have fallen. Numerous empirical evidences have shown that investors demonstrate the disposition effect (DE). This study highlights that, when the disposition measure is defined by the stock price changes, the PT predicts the DE indeed. It also indicates other seemingly contradicting disposition patterns: the reversed disposition effect and the pattern of the symmetry over gains and losses.Design/methodology/approachTo show that the disposition effect is only one of the disposition patterns under the preference of PT, as part of this study the authors apply the mental account theory and propose two decision criteria for the gain and loss accounts, respectively, (i.e. maximum loss tolerated and minimum gain required). An empirical analysis was performed from a large‐scale market survey in Taiwan to examine individual investors' disposition patterns.FindingsThe findings show that more than 50 percent of individual investors demonstrate their disposition patterns other than the disposition effect. Many investors show the reversed disposition effect or the pattern of symmetry (holding about the same magnitude of gains or losses before realization).Originality/valueThis study answers the questions which, to the authors' knowledge, have not been incorporated in the studies of the PT or the DE: first, when do investors sell losers which they are inclined to hold on to? Second, for how long do they hold winners which they are eager to sell? The authors' arguments allow various disposition patterns to exist simultaneously, without changing the value function in the PT of convexity over losses and concavity over gains and without requiring strict assumptions on the expected stock returns.
Joan Magretta: what executives can learn from revisiting Michael Porter
Authors: Allio Robert J. , Fahey Liam 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a discussion with Joan Magretta about her new book, Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy with two veteran S&L contributing editors.Design/methodology/approachBased on her long editorial relationship with Porter while she was strategy editor of the Harvard Business Review, she suggests some key lessons about applying his concepts that practitioners should take to heart.FindingsThe paper reveals that Magretta believes that too many managers get their Porter second hand and what they usually end up getting is both inadequate and inaccurate. She seeks to rectify the most common misconceptions about strategy and Porter's work.Practical implicationsSome key practical lessons are: keep a direct line of sight between your strategy and your financial performance – if strategy is to have any meaning at all, it must link directly to a company's results; a distinctive value proposition is essential for strategy, but don't confuse strategy with marketing (the demand side); the supply side must be linked; meaningful strategy makes it clear what the organization will not do – making trade‐offs is the linchpin that makes competitive advantage possible and sustainable; do not feel you have to “delight” every possible customer. The sign of a good strategy is that it deliberately makes some customers unhappy.Originality/valueMagretta, who gained front‐line experience as a consultant at Bain, reviews Porter's groundbreaking strategy work and makes it relevant to today's managers
Digital transformation: opportunities to create new business models
Authors: Berman Saul J. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeAccording to IBM research, companies seeking opportunities in an era of constant customer connectivity focus on two complementary activities: reshaping customer value propositions and transforming their operations using digital technologies for greater customer interaction and collaboration. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explains that businesses aiming to generate new customer value propositions or transform their operating models need to develop a new portfolio of capabilities for flexibility and responsiveness to fast‐changing customer requirements.FindingsThe paper finds that engaging with customers at every point where value is created is what differentiates a customer‐centered business from one that simply targets customers well. Customer interaction in these areas often leads to open collaboration that accelerates innovation using online communities.Practical implicationsCompanies focused on fully reshaping the operating model optimize all elements of the value chain around points of customer engagement.Originality/valueThe article explains how companies with a cohesive plan for integrating the digital and physical components of operations can successfully transform their business models.
The role of other orientation in team selection and anticipated performance
Authors: Rutti Raina M. , Ramsey Jase R. , Li Chenwei 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand how the individual difference of other orientation affects the rational calculation between team input and anticipated performance.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 222 junior and senior level undergraduate business students. Of those students, 176 chose to take a scheduled exam as a team endeavour. Individuals were the unit of analysis in order to determine the individuals' motivation for working in teams. Other orientation was measured using the Comparative Emphasis Scale (CES). Students were asked to report their anticipated exam grade and anticipated total team hours studied. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to determine the main effects and moderation.FindingsOther orientation moderated the relationship between the decision to take an exam with a teammate and anticipated performance. Other orientation also moderated the relationship between the anticipated amount of effort studying and anticipated performance. In both situations, business students with higher levels of other orientation calculated the rational cost‐benefit relationship less than business students with lower levels of other orientation.Practical implicationsThe findings will help educators and managers understand the process by which individuals prefer to work in teams and the perceptions of increased performance when working in a team.Originality/valueThe study extends the theoretical application of other orientation into the team performance context. The moderating effect of other orientation on the relationship between team input and performance has been studied for the first time and is documented in this paper.
The role of personnel commitment to strategy implementation and organisational learning within the relationship between strategic planning and company performance
Authors: Kohtamäki Marko , Kraus Sascha , Mäkelä Markus , Rönkkö Mikko 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe study seeks to add to the existing body of knowledge on the link between strategic planning and company performance by exploring the mediating role of personnel commitment to strategy implementation and organisational learning. To study the indirect link between strategic planning and company performance, the paper aims to introduce a participative strategic planning construct that may enable firms to: commit personnel to strategy implementation; increase organisational learning; and improve company performance.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from 160 small and medium‐sized Finnish IT companies, the authors conduct an Mplus‐analysis.FindingsThe findings indicate that participative strategic planning positively affects personnel commitment to strategy implementation, which thereby increases company performance. However, according to the analysis, participative strategic planning does not impact organisational learning, although organisational learning does have a positive impact on company performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this study are generalisable to a dynamic industry context of small and medium‐sized IT‐firms operating in a small open economy, such as that of Finland.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that managers need to involve personnel in strategic planning to increase personnel commitment to strategy implementation. However, because participative strategic planning does not facilitate organisational learning, managers need to determine other ways to facilitate learning at an organisational level.Originality/valueThe paper highlights the role of participative strategic planning, which facilitates personnel commitment to strategy implementation and thus improves company performance.
Analysing the influence of the presentation of fashion garments on young consumers’ online behaviour
Authors: McCormick Helen , Livett Charlotte 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the web experience elements that aid the interaction between the consumer and fashion garments online. Two elements have been identified, product viewing and fashion information online, and analysis of the effects of these elements and the influence they have on consumers’ behaviour and decision‐making process are explored.Design/methodology/approachQualitative data collection was employed utilising both photo‐elicitation and projective techniques during in‐depth interviews. Analysis of the elements is necessary to confirm how the cues are likely to affect the consumers’ interaction and influence the consumers’ shopping experience. Focus is placed on hedonic and utilitarian effects and purchase intentions towards fashion apparel investigating young consumers in reference to online retailing.FindingsIt is evident from the interviews that the two elements create very different experiences for the consumer with regards to viewing fashion online, the first area identified functional product viewing, allows the consumer to personalise how they view and interact with the garment stimulating more utilitarian effects, whilst the second area, aesthetic fashion information is driven by the retailer providing advice and information about the garments stimulating hedonic effects. Online fashion retailers must sufficiently intertwine hedonic entertainment with practical utilitarianism to provide a satisfying online shopping experience.Originality/valueThis research provides an examination into the complex area of interaction with garments online and its link to fashion‐related consumer behaviour. This study makes an important contribution to the literature to date, and raises additional questions for future research.
Materialistic, brand engaged and status consuming consumers and clothing behaviors
Authors: Goldsmith Ronald E. , Flynn Leisa R. , Clark Ronald A. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show how materialism, brand engagement in self‐concept (BESC), and status consumption influence clothing involvement and brand loyalty.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use data from a survey of 258 US college students to test a model using structural equation modelling.FindingsThe results show that materialism, BESC, and status consumption positively influence clothing involvement and brand loyalty.Research limitations/implicationsThe study findings are bounded by the country and sample providing the data. The results strongly support hypotheses derived from the literature and provide important insights into the motives for clothing involvement and brand loyalty.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that appealing to these three important motivators can influence some consumers to choose specific brands of clothing.Originality/valueThis study is the first to demonstrate the influence of materialism, especially operationalized by Kasser's scale, and brand engagement in self‐concept on these clothing behaviors.
The link between traditional police sub‐culture and police intimate partner violence
Authors: Blumenstein Lindsey , Fridell Lorie , Jones Shayne 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify whether officers who adhere to the aspects of the traditional police sub‐culture – authoritarianism, cynicism, and burnout – are more likely to use violence against their intimate partner. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is measured in terms of both physical assault and psychological violence.Design/methodology/approachA survey was created using existing scales and was given to a sample of police officers from four departments in the southern United States. Both Tobit and logistic regression were utilized to examine the effects of the traditional police sub‐culture on the two types of intimate partner violence.FindingsThe results of the analyses partially supported the link between traditional police culture and police intimate partner violence. The results showed that two aspects of the traditional police sub‐culture, burnout and authoritarianism, were significantly related to psychological IPV. There was no significant relationship between traditional police culture and physical IPVResearch limitations/implicationsThere are a relatively small number of police officers in the convenience sample and it is not very diverse in its composition.Originality/valueThe results of this study indicate that those who adhere to the traditional police culture are at more risk for engaging in psychological domestic violence than those officers who do not. The research shows that traditional police sub‐culture has an effect on police intimate partner violence. This information is important in that it may provide police agencies with some direction in implementing domestic violence prevention efforts.
Patrol officers' perceived role in responding to cybercrime
Authors: Bossler Adam M. , Holt Thomas J. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeLittle empirical research exists regarding how local law enforcement has responded to cybercrime. This paper aims to understand: the law enforcement agencies that line officers believe should be primarily responsible for investigating cybercrime cases; their perceptions about their agency's current ability to respond to these offenses; and their beliefs regarding the best ways to improve the social response to cybercrime.Design/methodology/approachThe authors surveyed patrol officers in the Charlotte‐Mecklenburg and Savannah‐Chatham Metropolitan police departments.FindingsThe authors found that officers do not believe that local law enforcement should be primarily responsible for handling cybercrime cases and they have little information on how upper management is addressing cybercrime. Officers indicated that the best strategies to deal with cybercrime were greater care taken by citizens online and improvements to the legal system.Research limitations/implicationsLocal law enforcement agencies feel they are unable to fully address cybercrime. Although the findings were generally consistent across demographic and experiential characteristics and cities, two cities in the southeastern United States were surveyed.Practical implicationsAccording to these officers, they want citizens to be more careful online and for clarification of cybercrime laws and increased prosecutions. They do not favor local cybercrime units and additional computer training for line officers as much as scholars and police administrators advocate.Originality/valueThis paper studied the perceptions of patrol officers, who are the first responders to most crime scenes, on local law enforcement responses to cybercrime and the strategies they view to be most effective in combating cybercrime.
Foresight impacts from around the world: a special issue
Authors: Calof Jonathan , Smith Jack E. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe aim of this article and special issue is to propose a framework for foresight impacts on policy and decision making. The need to identify direct impacts, measure them and identify the factors that lead to impact is the primary objective of the special issue and, as outlined in the article, represents a critical addition to the foresight field. On the basis of case studies, experience, and theoretical‐evaluative frameworks this issue seels to offer suggestions regarding the factors that may help policy makers, academics, consultants, and others involved in foresight produce impactful results.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology deployed for this article is both empirical and meta analysis. This introductory article is based on the special issue articles as well as the authors' extensive practical experiences in foresight.FindingsForesight does impact policy. Case studies and experiences in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia identified in the special issue provide support for this. Also, as difficult as it is to measure impact, the authors explore several frameworks that will help the foresight community demonstrate impact and prove the value of foresight.Originality/valueThe article highlights several frameworks that will help the foresight community demonstrate impact and prove the value of foresight.