Firms face a choice in the organization of production. By concentrating production at one site, they can enjoy economies of scale. Or, by dispersing production across multiple facilities, firms can benefit from product-specific efficiencies and enhanced organizational learning. When choosing to organize in multiple units, firms must also decide where to locate these units. Concentrating product...

We argue that organizations often fail to organize effectively because individuals have lay theories about organizing that lead to coordination neglect. We unpack the notion of coordination neglect and describe specific cognitive phenomena that underlie it. To solve the coordination problem, organizations must divide a task and then integrate the components. Individuals display shortcomings tha...

Background Indonesia is a large archipelago consisting of 34 provinces spread over 17 key islands. Because of its geography, addressing discrepancies in HR for SCM capacity over the entire country is a challenge. To professionalize and strengthen the capacity of its HR for SCM, the MOH, in collaboration with the People that Deliver (PtD) initiative, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the ...

Acknowledgements Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gratefully acknowledges the support of all organizations and individuals who gave financial and other assistance for this report, including the Department for International Development (UK). Assistance, the US State Department and many other organizations. He has served as a consultant on issues of constitutional design for 16 countries...

Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 58, nos. 4–5, July–August/September–October 2011, pp. 35–45. © 2011 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 1075–8216 / 2011 $9.50 + 0.00. DOI 10.2753/PPC1075-8216580403 Mark r. Beissinger is professor of politics and acting director of the Princeton institute for international and regional studies at Princeton University. He is the author of Nationalist Mob...

ISSN: 0954-0253 (Print) 1360-0516 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cgee20 Women academics and research productivity: an international comparison Sarah Jane Aiston & Jisun Jung To cite this article: Sarah Jane Aiston & Jisun Jung (2015) Women academics and research productivity: an international comparison, Gender and Education, 27:3, 205-220, DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2015....

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The literature on workplace training highlights that the mentoring program is an important employee development method practiced in successful organizations. The ability of mentors either informally or formally to implement the mentoring program activities may lead to higher individuals’ psychosocial support and career development. The nature of this relationship is interesting, but the role of...

Honkaranta, Anne From Genres to Content Analysis. Experiences from Four Case Organizations Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2003, 90 p. (+ included articles) (Jyväskylä Studies in Computing ISSN 1456-5390; 31) ISBN 951-39-1594-8 Finnish summary

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