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Organizational consumerism: the appropriation of packaged managerial knowledge

Carter, Chris; Crowther, David - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 9, pp. 626-637

Many academics have highlighted the emergence of programmed change initiatives such as TQM and BPR and have chronicled …

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Business Process Re‐engineering

Lance Revenaugh, D. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 7, pp. 16-27

. Strategic planning, total quality management, new information systems technologies, and now business process re‐engineering(BPR …) are some of the concepts that are being advocated to effect a radical improvement in organization performance. BPR is a …. Despite the excitement over BPR, however, the rate of failure for re‐engineered projects is over 50 per cent. Why does a …

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Beyond BPR ‐ confronting the organizational legacy

Bryant, Antony - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 1, pp. 25-30

BPR has become a popular topic for discussion among managers. After its initial enthusiastic reception in the early … approach, and outlines a more inclusive framework within which BPR might be more critically and pragmatically assessed and …

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Queuing analysis for outpatient and inpatient services: a case study

Mital, K.M. - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 3, pp. 419-439

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to carry out queuing analysis to analyse patient load in outpatient and inpatient services to facilitate more realistic resource planning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts an analytical approach based on real life data (e.g. not a priori...

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Human Resources Strategy: Focusing on Joseph’s Analytic Work

Akande, Adebowale - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 7

Researchers have begun to study the relationships between human resources management practices and Biblical personalities′ organisational characteristics such as competitive strategy, analysis and technology. Joseph′s strategic planning skills and good analytic work in stating the result of...

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Introducing a Work‐measured Incentive Scheme

McNab, Don; Crawley, Tim - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 4

Some aspects of change strategy theory as they relate to the introduction of a group work‐measured incentive and maintenance planning scheme for a works engineering department in the heavy manufacturing process industry are set out. Types of change strategy are reviewed briefly, followed by a...

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Organisational sicknesses and their treatment

Randell, Gerry - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 1, pp. 14-18

Organisations can become sick, just as people do. A great deal about the nature, diagnosis and treatment of organisational maladies can be learned from a study of how individuals can become mentally ill. The diagnosis and treatment of mental illness is much more advanced than the study of...

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Business process re‐engineering and process management

Zairi, Mohamed; Sinclair, David - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 3, pp. 3-16

Business process re‐engineering (BPR) was first introduced in 1990 by Hammer and Davenport and Short. In these articles … BPR. …

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Design and implementation of self‐directed process teams

Attaran, Mohsen; Nguyen, Tai T. - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 7, pp. 553-561

Human resources are the most important asset of any organization. Yet most organizations continue to arrange their people in work patterns that inhibit and limit their employees’ participation. Many companies have tried to move away from a traditional rigid organizational structure to a more...

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How to succeed at reengineering

Attaran, Mohsen; Wood, Glenn G. - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 10, pp. 752-757

Business process reengineering is the hottest trend in management. Done well, it delivers extraordinary gains in speed, productivity, and profitability. But process redesign is not always successful and almost always accompanied by pain or at least unpleasant side effects. Many companies have...

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