The underground pastime of drifting, (which takes its name from the intentional skidding and spinning of cars down freeways and in car parks), has achieved cult-status amongst Saudi youth. So much so, that a whole sub-culture has germinated from a petri dish nourished by: creativity, collective...

It could be argued that in the wake of a tsunami of global events, which have catapulted Muslims into the spotlight, it is inevitable that more and more aspects of their existence will generate interest. In the field of Branding and Marketing, a new school of thought has emerged which suggests...

The phenomenon of Islamic Marketing and Branding has attracted the attention of both academics and practitioners alike. Its status as a new and separate discipline is not solely due to an identified need and demand generated by consumers; but more importantly because existing schools of brand...

Public service organisations face multiple pressures. The approach outlined integrates learning and working. It uses a framework for managing information, knowledge and best practice, and related learning tools to support the development, updating and practice of healthcare and other...

Agility is the ability of a project to respond to a changing environment effectively. This may include the capability of a project to be adapted to the dynamism that exists in the stakeholders' needs, technological changes, etc. To assure such a capability, it is necessary to assess the extent...

Purpose – This paper aims to assess the actual contribution to organisational change of management and leadership development (MLD) activity for middle managers (MMs) in public service organisations (PSOs). Design/methodology/approach – Using the case study approach, the paper compares the...

PSI has commissioned this paper in order to help unions develop coordinated strategies to protect their members’ rights and interests. In the energy sector, there are many developments that unions must consider as they plan for the next few years. The most important trend is the complex and...

The research paper discusses the concept of 'network capitalism' (Boisot and Child 1996; 1999) in line with the 'network enterprise' concept developed by Castells (1996) o provide a background of the socio-cultural/institutional environment that characterises the Chinese context. Network capitalism...

It is well known that forecasting mechanisms can greatly increase "bullwhip" – demand variance amplification of orders as processed by both human and algorithmic decision makers. This paper is concerned with the application of the well-established APIOBPCS Decision Support System (a variant of...

Deliberating on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software sourcing and provision, this paper contrasts the corporate environment with the small business environment. The paper is about Enterprise Resource Planning client (ERPc) expectations and Enterprise Resource Planning vendor (ERPv) value...