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Critical review – Outsourcing: a paradigm shift

Kakabadse, Nada; Kakabadse, Andrew - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 8, pp. 670-728

Outsourcing of services has been receiving increasing attention in management literature and praxis. It is considered … that greatest attention has been given to the enhanced efficiency of transaction costs through outsourcing. In contrast …, this paper explores what is being outsourced, the drivers for outsourcing and the IT commodification influence on …

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Outsourcing of public services and implications for managerial knowledge and careers

Lee Cooke, Fang - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 3, pp. 269-284

under the public/private outsourcing relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Two case studies were carried out on the … outsourcing of public services: PFI of a hospital and the outsourcing of housing benefits administration. Findings – The most …/implications – In view of the significantly increased level of interdependence between the organisations in the outsourcing …

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Lakdinu Electronics Company: a teaching case on relevant costs in an outsourcing decision

Kanthi Herath, Siriyama - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 3, pp. 285-294

Purpose – To increase students' knowledge of differential analysis and its application in an outsourcing decision … different purposes is essential for business decision making. Any outsourcing decision should encompass both quantitative and … outsourcing decision. Originality/value – The article creates a practical approach for instructors to explain the use of …

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Managing meta‐learning in offshore software development environments

Mathrani, Anuradha; Parsons, David - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2012) 6, pp. 565-583

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current glocal (global and local) environment to answer the following research questions: How does the glocal environment influence software exporting industries in India? How is the evolving “sticky” knowledge from individuals and...

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Organizational change: the Australian experience

Savery, Lawson K.; Luks, J. Alan - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 4, pp. 309-317

Organizational change is a complex phenomenon with potentially devastating consequences if not done correctly. Organizations in the global marketplace continue to experience tremendous change. This paper examines data from a survey, which examined approximately 2,000 workplaces on whether they...

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Introduction: the origins of organizational development

Grieves, Jim - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 5, pp. 345-447

The history of Organizational Development (OD) reveals a much older tradition of organizational science than the conventional wisdom would suggest. By the 1960s and 1970s OD became self‐confident and dynamic. This period was not only highly experimental but established the principles of OD for...

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Managing development in an era of radical change: evolving a relational perspective

Doyle, Mike - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 7, pp. 579-601

Despite an apparent increase in investment and commitment over the last ten years, more recent studies now give grounds for reservations about overall ability of management development to meet the challenges of radical change and fulfil its strategic potential. Argues that the constraints...

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Exploring the relationship between the use of evaluation in business process re‐engineering and organisational learning and innovation

Vakola, Maria - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 10, pp. 812-835

Explores the role of evaluation in a business process re‐engineering initiative and its relationship with organisational learning and innovation. The paper presents the evaluation of the implementation of a business process re‐engineering project in three case studies. The implementation of...

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Improving management performance in rapidly changing organizations

Longenecker, Clinton O.; Fink, Laurence S. - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 1, pp. 7-18

This article reports the results of a study on management development practices in US service and manufacturing organizations. Data and statistical analyses from a sample of 433 middle and front‐line managers from 59 different US service and manufacturing organizations are reported which...

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Evaluating managers’ performance in companies in transition

Cornuel, Eric; Kletz, Pierre - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 1, pp. 28-37

Perlmutter’s typology distinguishing between ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric management is considered classic. It recommends that multinational firms practise a form of globally conceived administration, regardless of the country of origin of its managers. However, an analysis of the...

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