Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

was that productivity increased in a situation where management control over daily operations was diminishing. Managers …

manager. Furthermore, we hypothesize that optimistic managers embody positive leadership—employing a strengths-based approach … productivity of their employees. In a cross-sectional study of 86 employees and 17 managers in an Information Technology (IT … subset of this data prospectively, with 39 employees and 14 managers, manager optimism predicted project performance. Our …

As expatriate managers continue to be a viable means for exercising control over foreign operations, they can have a … expatriate managers. Each stage is discussed in terms of the successes as well as problems/failures associated with the … necessity to create new and/or enhance current practices relating to the development of expatriate managers' maximum global …