In the past, IT was only marginally affected by regulatory matters. Today, however, IT is in the middle of a whirlwind of corporate governance reforms. New standards for internal controls are affecting almost every aspect of IT work. These, in turn, have significant implications on how IT is managed and on IT costs and productivity. For example, many IT organizations have been so involved in de...

decision support systems (dsss) are prevalent information systems for decision making in many competitive business environments. in a dss, decision making process is intimately related to some factors which determine the quality of information systems and their related products. traditional approaches to data analysis usually cannot be implemented in sophisticated companies, where managers need...

decision support systems (dsss) are prevalent information systems for decision making in many competitive business environments. in a dss, decision making process is intimately related to some factors which determine the quality of information systems and their related products. traditional approaches to data analysis usually cannot be implemented in sophisticated companies, where managers nee...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of firms in Peru in relation to open innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Data were acquired through a survey of Peruvian middle and senior managers. Findings – Peruvian firms engaged in open innovation did report higher sales growth. The study indicated that involvement in open innovation included activities to reduce opera...

this research has been conducted due to changing of organizations' operating environment and the need of radical change in short time to facilitate the match between market opportunities and corporate capabilities. as hammer and champy found that 50-70% of attempts have been failed to deliver intended dramatic results, a preevaluation by less time and less costly from the current process d...

introduction: old methods of administrating cannot cover the rapid changes today. these changes redounded new organizations like learning organizations to be formed. the purpose of this research is to study of relationship between the learning organization and organizational commitment among hospital managers. methods: this is a descriptive analytic survey. the population of study was 210 nursi...

Organizations have difficulty learning from rare and unusual events because of their inability to interpret these events. Because organizations develop habitual ways of interpreting events—often top down—they can easily miss the novelty of rare and unusual events, which prevents them from experiencing events “richly.” We propose a multilevel, multistaged model of organizational interpretation t...

OBJECTIVE To examine the involvement of stakeholders in the implementation of a local policy of integrative practices. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES Qualitative study conducted in the city of Recife, Northeastern Brazil. Data was collected from local health board records between 2004 and 2009, interviews with managers and key informants and focus groups with providers and users. The analysis was ...

In today’s fast-paced and rapidly changing business environment, companies has deeply modified their strategies to integrate technology into the business planning process. Technologies are now everywhere in the firm’s value chain. Thus, it is necessary for firms to adapt their strategic process as technology is pervasively important as part of business function. This implies the need to study a...