...Alpana Agarwal; Komal Kapoor; Sandeep Walia Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore and analyse the challenges in effective implementation of blockchain by human resource management (HRM) functions. This paper also aims to assess the interplay between the barriers in causing the challenges...

...Hassan Saleh Al-Dhaafri; Mohammed Saleh Alosani Purpose The main purpose of this paper aims to evaluate the mediating effect of organisational excellence between human resource management (HRM) and organisational performance through the perspective of the resource-based view theory of the firm...

... at: alireza.shokri@northumbria.ac.uk 19 06 2017 18 10 2017 03 01 2018 08 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Human resource management Operations management Quality management Early year professionals MBNQA model...

...Mahour Mellat‐Parast Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of top management support for quality and human resource management practices on quality results in the petroleum industry. Design/methodology/approach A survey was used to collect data from managers...

...Vathsala Wickramasinghe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore changes occurring in the human resource (HR) function and human resource management (HRM) practices due to the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach Quality managers...

... Requirement volatility pattern Quality assurance Resource management System dynamics Human resource management Despite advances in software engineering over the past 30 years, most software projects still experience numerous requirements changes during their life cycle, which are brought about...

... of business performance in the petroleum industry. In addition, focus on practices associated with human resource management (employee training and employee involvement) is critical in improving operational performance. Research limitations/implications Managers in the oil and gas industry need...

... Quality standards Quality management Human resource management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Organizations today are facing numerous environmental challenges. These include the information age environment with the rise of e‐business and the internet revolution, rapid technological advancement...

... must be at the upper limit of TQM. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Total quality management Human resource management Performance criteria Literature This study provides evidence of human resource (HR) performance evaluation practices – as the most surveyed function...

... is: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Quality management Operations and production management Organizational behaviour Human resource management For several decades US corporations lost competitive capabilities to Japan and other countries. Much of blame was placed on declining...

... leadership and effective human resources management. Examines the leadership and human resources management of TQM in Taiwan. Data were collected from field interviews and questionnaire surveys conducted in US and Japanese subsidiaries, and local firms. Criteria stipulated in the Malcolm Baldrige National...

... changes in role conflict, task characteristics, and career satisfaction. Change management Job satisfaction Human resource management TQM Staff turnover As global competitiveness continues to increase, American companies have been looking to a series of new managerial philosophies...

.... To ensure the commitment of employees to TQM, human resources management needs must be integrated into the TQM process and the hard side of TQM must be accompanied by equal attention to the soft side of the process. When companies adopt statistical process control tools or just‐in‐time inventory, they need...

..., the actual work undertaken, the documentation produced, the implementation into the company and the initial affect on the Company. The scheme has operated for three‐and‐a‐half years and has six months to run. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SUBCONTRACTING ©...