In this chapter the concept ‘locus of control’, and, in particular, its relationship to behaviour in the organisational set-up, will be discussed. Aspects of the concept locus of control, that will be addressed are, inter alia, a clear definition of the concept, the nature of locus of control among certain geographical groups, the relationship between locus of control and other organisational v...

Supply chain management (SCM) is the integrated management of business links, information flows and people. It is with this frame of reference that information systems integration from both intraand inter-organisational levels becomes significant. Enterprise application integration (EAI) has emerged as software technologies to address the issue of integrating the portfolio of SCM components bot...

Open Innovation, of which open source software (OSS) is a well-cited example, can be analysed at a number of levels, including the interand intra-organisational networking level. However, most research to date on open innovation has focussed on inter-firm level and inter-organisational networking, hence neglecting the implications that open innovation has ‘within’ the organisation. Inner source...

Enabling the shared care paradigm, centralised or even decentralised electronic health record (EHR) systems increasingly become core applications in hospital information systems and health networks. For realising multipurpose use and reuse as well as inter-operability at knowledge level, EHR have to meet special architectural requirements. The component-oriented and model-based architecture sho...

The management of the organisational capabilities needed to ensure resilience transport infrastructure assets is a challenge for governments worldwide. However, an absence critical research in this area has exacerbated challenge. upshot, instance, been inability engender and enact effective strategy. This paper aims fill void address following questions: (1) How do government interact with one ...

Simultaneous exploration and exploitation (i.e., exploration–exploitation) can help a firm address short-term environmental requirements ensure long-term viability. Exploration–exploitation, however, challenges organisational practices because they compete for resources time. While business analytics (BA) offers the potential to overcome these challenges, research date very limited insights int...