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Clarke, Martin - In: Journal of Management Development 17 (1998) 3, pp. 191-206

The plight of the middle manager has received considerable attention recently as this endangered species has been delayered, rationalised and subjected to many organisational change programmes. These changes have pushed the middle manager into an increasing number of apparently contradictory and...

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Change before you have to: for CEOs who recognize the need, the tools exist now for organizational change

Guinn, Stephen L. - In: Career Development International 2 (1997) 5, pp. 225-228

Examines the steps necessary to change an organization to make it more efficient and competitive including changing the corporate culture by identifying company values and overcoming barriers to change. Competence modelling clarifies the leadership expectations of the organization for its...

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Change leaders and change managers: different or complementary?

Caldwell, Raymond - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 24 (2003) 5, pp. 285-293

The role of “change leaders” in initiating or sponsoring strategic change in organisations is often positively presented as the counter‐image of traditional managerial roles. Managers, and especially middle managers, are viewed as individuals lacking in the, apparently, proactive...

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Information technology influences on world class logistics capability

Closs, David J.; Goldsby, Thomas J.; Clinton, Steven R. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 27 (1997) 1, pp. 4-17

Information technology has been among the foremost topics within the logistics literature of recent years. However, there has been little empirical evidence relating logistics information system (LIS) capabilities to logistics competence. Seeks to close this gap in the research, identify...

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A project manager's optimism and stress management and IT project success

Smith, D.C.; Bruyns, M.; Evans, S. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 1, pp. 10-27

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine how the soft competencies of an information technology (IT) project manager, specifically optimism and stress, can affect project success. Design/methodology/approach – The research was exploratory. Experienced IT project managers were...

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Information technology‐enabled quality performance: an exploratory study

Perez‐Arostegui, María N.; Benitez‐Amado, Jose; … - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 112 (2012) 3, pp. 502-518

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of information technology (IT) competence – composed of IT infrastructure, IT technical and managerial knowledge and the integration of IT strategy with firm strategy – on quality performance. Since, according to the...

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The evolution of agile manufacturing

Jin‐Hai, Li; Anderson, Alistair R.; Harrison, Richard T. - In: Business Process Management Journal 9 (2003) 2, pp. 170-189

This paper provides an exploration of the concept and content of agile manufacturing (AM). It describes the nature of the content of AM and synthesises the literature to propose a comprehensive definition of purpose and process. Real agile manufacturing (RAM) is viewed as a strategic process; it...

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An organizational competence model for innovation intermediaries

Janssen, Wil; Bouwman, Harry; van Buuren, René; … - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 17 (2014) 1, pp. 2-24

to share the risks and rewards. The aim of this paper is to analyse the competences that intermediaries in open … the right set of competences. It can be concluded that the role of innovation intermediary is most relevant in the … implications – The paper identified which competences of organizations in innovation are required, and how to balance the …

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The effects of employee competencies and IT applications on operations strategy: an empirical study of retail firms in China

Yu, Wantao; Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan - In: Measuring Business Excellence 16 (2012) 1, pp. 3-20

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between employee competencies, information technology (IT) applications, operations strategy, and business performance. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing upon the resource‐based theory, this study employs a path...

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Competences as the foundation of employability: a qualitative study of German freelancers

Süß, Stefan; Becker, Johannes - In: Personnel Review 42 (2013) 2, pp. 223-240

success. However, there is a lack of empirical research on the employability of freelancers and the competences associated … shaped by technical, social and networking competences. Additionally, it is pointed out that the dynamics in the analyzed …

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