Abstract Organizations are constantly looking for a new formula for success in business. Factors such as using technological plan and hire the most skilled workers have been announced as success factors in research and industry reports. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of "knowledge management" on the "organizational entrepreneurship". The selected sample of this study has...

Placed in the historical context of government funding ofacademic research, this critical analysis identifies the complexities and implications of schools of social work pursuing federal grants for research. Schools of social work with particular organizational characteristics are better able to compete for federal grants, incurring lower opportunity costs than others. The low probability of gr...

In today’s advanced manufacturing environment increases the need for more accurate costing information. However, traditional volume-based costing system leads to cost information distortion. Activity-Based Costing (ABC) was introduced to address the shortcomings of traditional volume-based costing system. Due to its abilities to provide more accurate costing information for strategic decision, ...

The impact of organizational culture on the successful implementation of information systems (IS) has been studied by some researchers. However, a close examination of the literature shows that researchers examined different attributes of organizational culture, and for the same culture attributes, researchers donot agree with the actual impact of these attributes on IS implementation. This pap...

Although much has been written about better aligning Information Systems (IS) with the business, too often organizations perceive software development as though it exists in its own little cocoon. Selection of a formal software development methodology (FSDM) is usually left to the IS area which focuses on the detail component levels and features of an FSDM. The authors instead approach an FSDM ...

This paper explores whether defense contractors’ manufacturing technology advantages over purely commercial firms might be associated with differences in their workforce and organizational practices. I use unique original data collected specifically to test workforce and organizational complementarities in implementation of advanced manufacturing technology in small manufacturers. I find that d...

This paper represents combination of technology management with human resources management component. Authors reviewed the literature regarding organizational readiness and organizational competences as one of its pillar. The paper proceeds and analyze an approach to strong competencies that when built successfully leads to competitiveness and future success of an organization. In this paper, a...

Human Factors, the so-called Soft Issues, play a vital role in highlighting the difference between success and failure for any project where people are involved, resistance to change, both at a personal and organizational level, being one such factor. In this paper, we report the findings of two empirical studies, using Action Research (AR), that were conducted over a period of two years at a m...