In last January’s Manager column, “Fear of Trying: The Plight of the Rookie Project Manager,” Roger Pressman asked a question critical to the future of our profession: “So, how do we grow a good project manager? What do we teach the rookie who has just been appointed to lead her first software project?” Instead of answering this question directly, Pressman focused his article on four key skills...

agility is considered the ability to respond quickly to changes and a major factor for success and survival in today's business. the purpose of this research is to offer a conceptual model using interpretive structural modeling(ism). to this end after reviewing literature and theoretical background, the indices related to achieving agility via information technology (it) have been identifi...

Abstract Relational contracts are typically modeled as being between a principal and an agent, such firm owner supplier. Yet, in variety of organizations, relationships overseen by intermediary manager. Such arrangements open the door for collusion manager agent. This paper develops theory managed relational contracts. We show that differ from principal–agent ones important ways. First, kickbac...

Mayers, Lo and Chau proved unconditionally secure quantum bit commitment is impossible. It is shown that their proof is valid only for a particular model of quantum bit commitment encoding, in general it does not hold good. A different model of unconditionally secure quantum bit commitment both entanglement and disentanglement-based is presented. Even cheating can be legally proved with some le...

this paper aims to use a priority framework based on decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (dematel) to help organizations build awareness of the critical influential factors affecting successful implementation of km. to identify critical influential factors, the authors studied and reviewed relevant literature from numerous fields of study associated with the essential issues of km. ...

It is expected that more accounting conservation (environmental uncertainty) reduces manager optimism. Prior research, however, has struggled to establish this relation empirically. Moreover, some evidence points to the possibility that the manager optimism is lower for firms with more accounting conservation. In this paper, the author examine the link between accounting conservation, environme...

This study aims to analyze the effect of management commitment on Good Corporate Governance, internal audit competence Governance and service quality Governance. The population in this were all hotels Badung Regency. data collection method used research is by distributing questionnaires. sampling technique was carried out purposive based predetermined criteria, number that met criteria 71 four-...

Retention management, i.e., keeping qualified employees, is a top priority for contemporary organizations. Commitment, and especially team commitment, can be the key to mastering this challenge. There is a lack of longitudinal research concerning the development and the direction of the effects of team commitment over time. In a longitudinal field-study design with three points of measurement, ...

STYLES OF LEADERSHIP TYPES OF MANAGER LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT 1. Planning involves selection of goals and deciding the best method to achieve them. Planning process looks into the future and decides the future course of action. 2. Organizing is the process of arranging and allocating work, authority and resources. 3. Staffing is concerned with proper recruitment and training of the employees. Empl...

The design of incentive compatible executive-compensation policies is a crucial element for firms that seek a competitive advantage in an effort to maximize owner wealth. In this paper, we examine the relationship between executive compensation and measures of firm performance that capture the economic profit earned by the firm, namely, EVA and MVA. We test the hypothesis that after controlling...