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Wenham, Charlotte; Alie, Raymond E. - In: American Journal of Business 7 (1992) 1, pp. 3-10

This study attempts to verify if occupational groups demonstrate distinct learning styles and learning context preferences, and to assess the implication of any systematic differences for corporate training. Subjects were 140 members of seven occupational groups from a support component of a...

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Building Supply Chains: A Key To Enhancing Manufacturing Performance

Tracey, Michael; Vonderembse, Mark A. - In: American Journal of Business 15 (2000) 2, pp. 11-20

Supply chain management is becoming critical as firms recognize that competition is shifting from company versus …

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Design for success? Critical Sucess Factors in Executive Information Systems Development.

Nandhakumar, J. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

Much of the literature on Executive Information Systems (EIS) development provides lists of factors critical to the successful EIS development. This paper argues that a better understanding of the relationship between key sucess factors and the EIS development is required if sucess factors are...

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Meeting the Clients Needs: A Risk Management Perspective.

Palmer, S. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

the management of external influences, integration of the parties into coherent project teams and establishing clear …

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Talking Accounting: A Comparative Ethnography of British and German Practice.

Ahrens, T. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

drawing on observations in British and German Brewers, this paper seeks to explore the potential of analitical fecus on the ways in which accounting is combined with other forms of organisational knowledge in talk.

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Organizational Culture and Budgetary Control: A Case Study from U.K. Local Government.

Goddard, A. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1995

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Instruments of Control, Measures of Output: Contending Approaches to the Practice pf "Scientific" Management on Britain's Railways in the Early Twentieth Century.

Edwards, R. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

This paper examines the role of information in the management of railway entreprises from 1900 to c1921. Historically … the railway sector has been as backward in adopting new management techniques. Only the North Eastern Railway and its use … of statistical analysis for management control has been regarded as exemplifying best practice. …

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The Role of Financial and Non-Financial Information in the Stabilization of Collaborative Supply Relationships.

Mahama, H.; Chua, W.F.; Briers, M. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

Collaborative supply relationships (CSRs) are growing in significance in contemporary inter-organizational management …

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Modeling Tool Impact on Defect Identification in IS Design

Eierman, Michael A.; Hungerford, Bruce C. - In: American Journal of Business 21 (2006) 2, pp. 33-41

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has received significant attention as the tool of the future for modeling information systems. However, prior to the development of the UML, IS modeling was done with tools such as Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). These tools...

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The Development and Application of Priority Profiles

Reid, R. Dan; Wood, Craig H. - In: American Journal of Business 11 (1996) 1, pp. 37-47

Strategic management research and practice suggest that consistent decision making across functional lines of a …

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