This study focus on the developing of an adventure-based experiential learningprogram (AEP) to address the personal functioning (positive functioning, selfperception, trauma dynamics, relationships and decision making) of youths in thesociety. The methodology based on experiential learning,...

The paper explores the effects of organisational change on UK managers' perceptions of their organisation and on their well-being. Cost reduction is the prime driver for change and has been implemented using delayering, redundancy, downsizing and off-shoring often supported by culture change...

Over the last 20 years, the success of Japanese manufacturing firms has broughtrenewed attention to the importance of cost reduction on existing products as a source ofproductivity growth. This paper uses survey data and field interviews from the auto supplyindustry to explore the determinants...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:In an effort to streamline operations and focus on what they regard as core activities, a growingnumber of organizations from both developed and developing countries are increasingly lookingto outsource their software development and maintenance activities to lower cost...

Growing competition and choice in the offshore outsourcing field has gradually altered the way organisations select and approach outsourcing contracts. In declining economic conditions organisations are even more concerned than before about the value proposition and risk involved in signing over...

Offshore software outsourcing, a major contributor to globally distributed work (GDW), has been identified as one of the most striking manifestations of contemporary globalisation. In particular, offshoring resonates with influential views that suggest that ICTs have rendered location...

The practice of international trade has evolved from the purchase of final goods of foreign origin to production sharing, now commonly referred to as offshore outsourcing. Due to the nature of direct replacement of domestic tasks with foreign ones, the discussions about offshore outsourcing tend...

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

This paper looks at the reduction in the focus on countertrade in academic literature and the media and finds that the causes of countertrade continue to exist. It considers alternative activities that appear to have replaced countertrade such as international outsourcing and conclude that these...