In this qualitative study, we provide insight to the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the digital transformation process and strategic management in SMEs in the Czech Republic. Digital transformation is perceived as a driver of growth and competitiveness, defined by new technologies and...

This paper examines how various types of organizational change influence a firm’s growth in the short/medium term and long term within emerging economies. We classify organizational change on two dimensions: the scale of change and the duration of change. The proposed hypotheses were tested on...

Design professionals have increasingly sought to provide clients not only with design solutions to fit existing plans but also with strategic advice for future opportunities. What specific strategic roles can designers play? This study was based on field research with London-based designers and...

The M-form, in which a corporate parent manages relatively freestanding business units, was the most successful organizational design of the twentieth century. However, contemporary economic conditions call for designs that allow firms to exploit synergies across their business units and on this...

Digital technologies have created new markets and disrupted many others. As a consequence, many firms are operating in a highly turbulent and transformative business environment where senior executives are often drawn into the hype that new digital technologies create (North and Oliver, 2014)....

The aim of this study was to explore the impact of strategic human resource management practices (strategic value of human resource practices, human resource analytics and high-performance work practices) on organizational resilience (cognitive, behavioral and contextual dimensions) in private...

Managing a change process is as vital as the change itself. In recent years, management scholars have explored the possibilities of employing the techniques of Organization Development (OD) to effect desired organizational changes. Properly diagnosing the change environment allows for the...

Proponents of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) emphasize that the BSC translates strategy into action, but that Strategy Maps are a crucial mean to sustainable change. This literature review investigates how Strategy Maps are linked to strategic and organizational change. We aim at a better...

The purpose of the study informed by Lewin’s theoretical model of organizational change will be to ascertain leadership assumptions and the barriers to effective supply chain management decisions. The supply chain management field is fundamentally focused on interrelated functional linkages...