An introductory undergraduate database management course is quite common in the undergraduate IS/IT (Information Systems/Information Technology) curriculum. This paper describes the restructuring of such a course from a dominantly technical focus to having a much broader and more integrated approach within the Bachelor of Business (IT Major-Information Technology Major) degree programme at the ...

This chapter presents a framework for dynamic restructuring of longrunning business processes. The framework is composed of the ActivityFlow specification language, a set of workflow restructuring operators, and a dynamic workflow management engine. The ActivityFlow specification language enables the flexible specification, composition, and coordination of workflow activities. There are three u...

Internationalization of business may perhaps force not merely the restructuring of cultural values but to consider the overture of different cultural practices which perhaps leads to a superior organizational performance. Literatures pertaining to organizational culture constantly reinforce that culture is imperatives for organizational change efforts, deployment of human resources and to a lar...

The economic overhaul of health care in America is restructuring the business of medicine, and with it the relationship between physician and patient. Previously accustomed to thinking primarily about the best interests of each patient, the physician now finds this traditional loyalty in conflict with competing concerns, including those of government, business, and insurers who watch with alarm...

THE US small parcel delivery industry typically transports packages small enough to be handled by one individual without the need for special equipment The landscape for this industry has changed significantly over the past decade. With parcel delivery companies branching out from their niche business models into adjacent services, such as UPS into the express air shipment and FedEx into ground...

Double Reduction Policy has strongly affected the education industry in China, especially to those mainly rely on revenue coming from K-12 education. Since policy prohibits organizations gaining academic tutoring including Thus, many giant companies bankrupted while New Oriental re-emerged through this crisis. The reason behind phenomenon is worth exploring. Therefore, study will investigate ca...

Herbert Heinzel is Chairman of the European Chapter, Supply Chain Council, and is a senior partner of SBS Consulting, a business unit of Siemens Business Services, the information technology and communications arm of Siemens Corporation. He is responsible for the worldwide cross-company co-ordination of integrated supply chain processes and technology within a business portfolio that covers int...

McKinsey & Company has observed that while companies are rushing headlong to become more digital, executives have very diverse perspectives as what “going digital” really means.5 These perspectives range from a focus on technology, to digital customer engagement, to new digital business models and more. The lack of clarity often results in piecemeal initiatives, missed opportunities and false s...

Let’s rethink. What is strategy? To many, strategy once meant selecting the most attractive product/ market segments and determining the appropriate level of investment in each. Many useful tools and concepts, developed largely during the 1970s, gave managers important insights into the comparative attractiveness of the business options they faced (Exhibit 1). These constructs, which characteri...