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Legitimating organisational decisions
Authors: Rice Stephen K.J. , Bartlett Jennifer L. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how organisations seek to legitimate their decisions by tracking the relationship between press releases issued by the Australian Government to support their involvement in the Iraq war, media framing of news stories about this issue, and public opinion.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a qualitative content analysis of government press releases and media coverage, and the results of Newspoll opinion polls.FindingsThe study showed that despite shifts in the framing of the stories, public opinion remained almost constant.Research limitations/implicationsGiven these results, the authors suggest that media content does not necessarily change public opinion on a particular issue.Practical implicationsUsing media coverage as a reflection of either the organisation's legitimating attempts, or of public opinion may provide an inaccurate account of the legitimacy of an organisation's decisions.Originality/valueThis study provides evidence that media content does not reflect the legitimacy of an organisational decision nor has a direct influence on public opinion.
Tidying the territory: questioning terms and purposes in work‐learning research
Authors: Fenwick Tara 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to argue that foundational terms in work‐learning research, specifically “learning”, “work”, and “workplace”, are inherently complex and contested as the same as their scope has expanded in different fields to elide various conceptual categories and theoretical positions. Yet researchers often use these terms without explanation, or as generic abstractions. The article suggests rigorous questioning and more precise delineation to reveal conceptual tangles in work‐learning research and build links across disciplinary languages and research traditions.Design/methodology/approachThe argument is theory‐driven, and draws upon a meta‐review of work‐learning studies published in ten journals in the period 1999‐2004.FindingsOften without clarification, the term “learning” in work is used to refer to learning as “product” (knowledge acquisition, transfer, control), as “process” (as cultural change, individual development, network dynamics, practice, collective sense‐making, identity negotiations, or problem‐solving), and as all conscious human experience. Work is used to refer to almost any activity, paid and unpaid. Issues of power relations in work become side‐stepped with these conflations, and the conceptual categories dissolve when they cannot distinguish what is not learning. These issues blur the contribution of work‐learning research (e.g. what is gained through learning studies focused on one context defined by labor relations).Practical implicationsMore precise definitions of terms, conceptualizations and purposes in work‐learning research may help reveal conflicting positions, absences, similarities and links, towards more dialogue and rigorous theory‐building across fields.Originality/valueThe article intends to help researchers pause and reflect on the fundamental concepts and processes they seek to explore.
The corporate university's role in managing an epoch in learning organisation innovation
Authors: Dealtry Richard 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to set the scene for some radical epochal thinking about the approach and future strategic directions in the management of organisational learning, following the author's earlier editorial theme concerning the need for exploration and innovation in organisational learning management.Design/methodology/approachThe ideas for a more comprehensive and integrated thinking paradigm that have surfaced are driven from experience in reviewing current learning and knowledge management practice and related concept development within organisations. The solution perspectives are derived by taking a more holistic perspective on the total dynamics of organisational capability, enterprise management and the way in which different pathological conditions are resolved in many organisations.FindingsThe forces at work indicate that piecemeal and IT dominated practices around learning processes can produce a lack of coherence between learning investments and vision, strategic intent and need‐to‐learn needs of individuals in an organisation. Solutions to these conditions are invariably subject, technique or single discipline driven without full consideration of the overall effect. It reveals that those professionals who manage learning have to be open to new ideas and to be equally receptive to new process learning in their professional practice.Research limitations/implicationsThis article is an outline summary of extensive strategic learning project work. There are limitations due to the shortage of published information about the nature of the current epoch in integrated performance management practice.Originality/valueSome people who have a purist view of learning management may find these ideas and propositions iconoclastic whilst others will find that it provides a new gateway to out of the box thinking about the future challenges of organisational learning management at the strategic level.
Civil recovery proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Authors: Kennedy Anthony 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine what use has been made of civil recovery legislation in the first three years of its existence and to explain the legal issues which have been raised before the courts so far. It also examines the legislative and non‐legislative changes to the civil recovery scheme since it is commencement in 2003.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses examples from amongst those cases initiated by the Assets Recovery Agency and draws on both reported and unreported court rulings.FindingsThe civil recovery cases brought against property by the Assets Recovery Agency may be classified into six categories: where a potential criminal defendant has died and is therefore beyond prosecution; where a criminal defendant has been acquitted; where a criminal defendant was convicted but the confiscation hearing failed; where the respondent is not within the jurisdiction; where the owner of the property is uncertain; and where a respondent is unprosecutable due to insufficient evidence.Originality/valueThe paper provides a useful framework for law enforcement agencies which are considering what type of cases they may useful refer for possible civil proceedings by the Agency. The paper also sets out for practitioners a useful summary of the civil recovery jurisprudence which has so far developed.
Setting global CFT standards: a critique and suggestions
Authors: Passas Nikos 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to raise the question of whether the combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) arsenal following the attacks of 11 September 2001 was developed and applied too fast, to the point of being unnecessarily costly, ineffective, unfair and even counterproductive.Design/methodology/approachAn outline of two private sector contributions follows two illustrations of areas in which CFT policies may be resting on shaky assumptions, missing their targets and rendering the international community more vulnerable to extremist actions: the regulation of cross‐border fund transfers and commodities trade.FindingsMany of the control functions have been de facto outsourced to the private sector without proper guidance and accountability.Originality/valueThe paper goes beyond a mere critique of current regulatory and control arrangements to suggest concrete ways in which the private sector can support the objectives of CFT policies more efficiently and productively.
Old and new threats for business in Poland
Authors: Bojarski Janusz 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a short history of economic crime in Poland since 1989, the most significant criminal law regulations aimed at controlling this phenomenon and their efficiency and finally to explain the most dangerous threats for the Polish financial system.Design/methodology/approachThe paper analyses Polish legislation, statistics, criminal law, criminological and sociological literature and specialized press relations.FindingsIn the course of the work it was found that in 15 years a completely criminal law and institutional framework of economic crime control has been created. This is a system generally completed and can be described as adequate to present situation. However, the attitude of potential victims – financial institutions and companies – is surprising. This is also a factor increasing risk.Originality/valueThe paper can be useful for next comparative research in the spheres of economic crime control – both between new members and between Poland and “old” members of the European Union. It presents problems of adaptation two parties to new economic reality: state agencies and society. It shows that law regulations and organization structures are more flexible than personal attitude of public officers and businessmen.
Overview of a securities market strategy to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing
Authors: Vella‐Baldacchino Robert 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe paper seeks to share the money laundering threats that ensue from current patterns in international criminal activity and the anti‐money laundering compliance work that is put up at the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE).Design/methodology/approachThe paper sets out by sketching the general demographic and economic background of Malta as a small jurisdiction and member state of the European Union since 1 May 2004. It provides a view of the problem posed by the recently pronounced phenomenon of irregular migration and illegal immigration into Malta as well as a general overview of the AML regime that applies under Maltese law. The paper then dwells on the AML compliance function that the MSE pursues while discussing the procedures that are put in place to detect, monitor and eventually report any suspicious dealing on the securities market.FindingsThe paper highlights practical and concrete procedures of prevention of money laundering in the securities market and the synergy that results from effective cooperation between the securities markets and investigative and law enforcement agencies or judicial organs.Practical implicationsAny effective domestic and international AML strategy will, however, always rely on mutual cooperation governance arrangements and the good reputation of market players as a prerequisite for the extensive intelligence necessary to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.Originality/valueThe paper reports on the way small securities markets could efficiently and effectively involve trading procedures and clearance and settlement facilities in the ongoing fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
The impact of TQM practices on performance
Authors: Feng Jiang , Prajogo Daniel I. , Chuan Tan Kay , Sohal Amrik S. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper compares the experience of organizations in Australia and Singapore with respect to the multidimensionality of TQM and its relationship with quality performance and innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachA survey was initially conducted in Australia and replicated in Singapore using the same questionnaire. We obtained a total of 252 responses, 194 from Australia and 58 from Singapore. The respondents were all middle and senior management who had experience and understandings of their organizations' quality management and innovation activities.FindingsResults of the survey cross‐validate that TQM practices take place along several dimensions. Relatively more organic dimensions such as leadership and people management are related more to innovation performance, whilst more mechanistic dimensions such as customer focus and process management are significantly related to quality performance.Research limitations/implicationsRelatively small sample size, especially that from Singapore limits the generalisation of the findings.Practical implicationsThe paper supports the compatibility of the best practices modelled in both Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) and Singapore Quality Award (SQA).Originality/valueThe paper presents a comparative analysis on TQM and innovation between the two countries in terms of both descriptive and structural relationships. Specifically, it confirms the construct validity and criterion validity of TQM practices presented in the earlier studies using scientific method.
Health promoting attitudes and behaviors of emergency physicians
Authors: Rondeau Kent V. , Francescutti Louis H. , Cummings Garnet E. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on gender differences in emergency physicians with respect to their attitudes, knowledge, and practices concerning health promotion and disease prevention.Design/methodology/approachA mail survey of 325 male and 97 female Canadian emergency physicians.FindingsResults suggest female emergency physicians report having greater knowledge of health promotion topics, spend more time with each of their patients in the emergency setting, and engage in more health promotion counseling in the emergency setting than do their male counterparts.Originality/valueThe paper argues that in the future, educating and socializing emergency physicians, both male and female, in the practice of health promotion will enhance the potential of the emergency department to be a more effective resource for their community.
A somewhat unorthodox explanation for the rise and fall of physician practice management companies
Authors: Fahey Daniel F. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to present an alternative theory to why publicly‐traded physician practice management companies in the US were popular and successful for a limited number of years and then essentially self‐destructed.Design/methodology/approachThe short history of publicly‐traded practice management companies suggests that they had limited value and utility in the US healthcare industry. It is the premise of the paper that the sudden appearance these for‐profit companies upset the natural order within the healthcare industry and created a disequilibria which ultimately resulted in their demise. While Gaia theory is most commonly applied to the natural sciences, it has been applied to a number of interdisciplinary issues.FindingsPhysicians gravitated to these for‐profit companies either out of fear of encroaching managed care or out a desire to sell their practice to the highest bidder. Physician practice management companies, on the other hand, saw a way to entice stockholders to invest in a growth industry. The paper suggests that the physician practice management companies added little new value to the health care industry and applies Gaia theory as a possible explanation for this phenomena. Gaia theory was first postulated in 1979 to address the evolution of the material environment and corresponding organisms as a tightly coupled system which attempt to manipulate the environment for the purpose of creating biologically favorable conditions.Originality/valueThe paper is one of the first to suggest that the laws of nature, as understood from the perspective of Gaia theory, may have applicability to the US health care industry.
Waiting lists in Dutch health care
Authors: Kenis Patrick 
Published: July 2006

PurposeTo develop propositions on why public policies towards decreasing waiting list in health care can be expected to be unsuccessful.Design/methodology/approachOn the basis of a case study of public policies directed towards the reduction of the waiting lists in health care a number of propositions are formulated explaining why this policy has turned out to be ineffective. The propositions are based on theoretical insights form the field of organizations studies about the behavior of organizations and professionals.FindingsIt is demonstrated that public policies on reducing waiting lists in the Dutch health care system are likely to be ineffective because the policy‐making strategies used are based on unrealistic assumptions about the behavior of organizations and professionals who are expected to reduce the waiting lists.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the propositions are based on established organization literature, empirically they are only based on one case study.Practical implicationsIn order to develop effective policy interventions it is important to be realistic about the behavior and strategies of the actors towards which the policy is directed. Moreover, rather than directing exclusive attention to those waiting, it is important for policy makers to address the interdependencies of the organizational field in which waiting lists occur.Originality/valueThis paper gives directions to policy makers who need to deal with complex and interdependent problems.
Developing an explicit strategy towards social responsibility in the NHS
Authors: Merali Faruk 
Published: July 2006

PurposeTo explore the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the UK National Health Service (NHS) and to examine how it may be developed to positively influence the psyche, behaviour and performance of NHS managers.Design/methodology/approachPrimary research based upon semi‐structured individual face to face interviews with 20 NHS managers. Theoretical frameworks and concepts relating to organisational culture and CSR are drawn upon to discuss the findings.FindingsThe NHS managers see themselves as being driven by altruistic core values. However, they feel that the public does not believe that they share the altruistic NHS value system.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on a relatively small sample of NHS managers working exclusively in London and may not necessarily represent the views of managers either London‐wide or nation‐wide.Practical implicationsIt is suggested that an explicit recognition by the NHS of the socially responsible commitment of its managers within its CSR strategy would help challenge the existing negative public image of NHS managers and in turn improve the managers' self esteem and morale.Originality/valueThis paper addresses the relative lacunae in research relating to public sector organisations (such as the NHS) explicitly including the role and commitment of its staff within the way it publicises its CSR strategy. This paper would be of interest to a wide readership including public sector and NHS policy formulators, NHS practitioners, academics and students.
Notes on new Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) guidance
Authors: Douglas Terry 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to summarize new guidance from the UK Joint Money Laundering Steering Group on best practices for anti‐money‐laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).Design/methodology/approachSummarizes key changes including greater emphasis on senior management responsibility and internal controls; a risk‐based approach; and guidelines on persons firms should not accept as customers, the use of electronic verification, the use of pro‐forma confirmations, monitoring, and staff awareness, training, and alertness.FindingsOne of the aims of the risk‐based approach is to require firms to think more about the risk of AMl/CFT rather than simply having a tick‐the‐box approach. Directors and senior managers will face personal liability if they do not demonstrate their involvement in AML/CFT programs and their firms do not meet their obligations.Originality/valueA useful overview and management summary of new AML/CFT guidelines in the UK.
Systems and application development for portable maintenance aid (PMA) – a performance perspective
Authors: Leung Tim S. , Wing Lee Ka , Chung Walter W.C. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the theory of technology adoption using a system‐application approach to facilitate PMA innovation span across multiple organisations to enhance overall production network effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachThe survey on technology available and forecast future trends, design a workable prototype for test in real‐world airline operation under a three‐layer analysis model. Data is taken to validate the concept and correlate performance factors in PMA adoption.FindingsThe findings highlight greater operational efficiency and higher process value maintenance to be achieved through communication paths. The value process‐to‐shop concept is validated, next to value network.Practical implicationsThis research supports maintenance business, especially with high contents of information and knowledge driven tasks for outsource service providers, can make use of the wireless system adoption rules for assets and maintenance performance management.Originality/valueThe paper presents organisations with a tool such that portable maintenance device can be identified as contribution in different levels, focus and functional effects. Within a critical process, airlines can better manage their dynamic operation process for higher revenue generation.
E‐business capabilities model
Authors: Hafeez Khalid , Hooi Keoy Kay , Hanneman Robert 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework to evaluate e‐business strategic capabilities using structural equation modelling (SEM) approach.Design/methodology/approachThe paper identifies three e‐business capabilities, namely business strategy, supply chain strategy and e‐business readiness. These capabilities are further decomposed under technology, organization and people dimensions to assess their contribution for business effectiveness. A questionnaire is designed and implemented using SEM technique. Survey data from 143 firms from the UK are collected to test our theoretical model. In particular, we have tested a positive, mediating/reciprocal relationships among multidimensional measures of business strategy, supply chain strategy and e‐business adoption. Further hypotheses are developed to evaluate a direct positive impact of e‐business on company's performance.FindingsThis empirical analyses demonstrate several key findings: success of e‐business in UK firms is attributed to the strong positive co‐relationship of supply chain strategy to business strategy and to e‐business adoption; within the technology‐organization‐people dimensions, e‐business adoption and business strategy emerges as the strongest factors for the company's performances for the adopter of e‐business group, whereas supply chain capabilities and business strategies is relatively a stronger contributory factor towards business success for non‐adopter of e‐business.Originality/valueIt is expected that the results from this study will provide useful guidelines for companies to assess their strengths and weaknesses towards adopting an effective e‐business implementation strategy.