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Purpose – This paper forms the second of two articles examining how the unusual organizational culture contributes to business success at business‐transformation and people‐development company Impact. Design/methodology/approach – The paper focuses on the company's internal...
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Purpose – Reveals how Spanish engineering company IDOM promotes people‐focused knowledge management, socialization and collective learning. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on interviews carried out by the authors. Findings – Highlights the importance of articulating a...
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/methodology/approach – This paper focuses on company culture, teamwork, management style, communication, recruitment and training procedures … communication and motivation among employees have been explained. This paper shows that strong training and communication processes …
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The wedding speeches that precede the toast to the bride and groom fill many of the people who have to deliver them with fear. And many end up saying something quite trite such as “Don’t they make a great couple? Thanks to everyone for coming” and other ill‐thought‐out or unrehearsed...
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meant that the hotel often did not have entirely accurate information on the number of hours each employee worked, and the …
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there is one record of each employee that integrates information on his or her history, past training and future needs in an …, compliance and training needs based on relevant and up-to-date information. Social implications – Highlights how the training … requests of employees themselves can also be more easily handled by having a central information repository. Originality …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how opening up decision making to those who can add value helps to transform organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Reveals how this was achieved at a top‐four UK bank. Draws on some of the ideas presented in the author's...
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Purpose – Follows the planning and development of MapaWiki, an knowledge‐management system for Mapa, a research company specializing in benchmarking. Design/methodology/approach – Reveals that MapaWiki has allowed both the storage of key knowledge and the interactions between employees to...
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Purpose – Describes the benefits that UK public‐relations and marketing‐communications company Chazbrooks Communications has gained from its commitment to work‐life balance. Design – Details the comments of managing director Mandy Brooks, a vocal proponent of flexible working for many...
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