... as an organizational change process. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on the organizational sense-making literature to conceptualize and validate lean implementation as an organizational change process that necessitates a focus on the ability of organizational actors to construct a shared meaning...

... Organizational change Communication technologies Taiwan Employees' organizational commitment is considered a critical factor which influences the employees' behavior of bringing positive benefits to an organization. Jaworski and Kohli (1993) pointed out that committed employees tend to be more...

... be an even more important issue for firms in the future. Operations management Organizational change Information systems Over the last 30 years, information systems and technology (IS/IT) reinforced to an extent by the emergence and embracement of the Web and more flexibility in organisational...

... enhancements, upgrades, and organizational changes were planned. The implementation was perceived successful from the technical perspective. Company 4 committed too much money and time to building an in‐house ERP system. The project had top management support and a project champion in the person of the CFO...

.... The proposed framework can be used to provide an ameliorated understanding about the way in which ICT‐enabled innovation is diffused within a technology‐oriented industry. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Organizational change Communication technologies Stock markets Innovation...

..., suppliers, and ultimately, end users, both domestically and globally (Stein, 1998). © MCB UP Limited 2002 Software use Implementation Organizational change Information systems ERP (enterprise resource planning) emerged about five years ago as a complete business software system...

... in kind. Outsourcing Organizational structure Organizational change Work organization © MCB UP Limited 2000 One of the reasons why firms have outsourced a number of their primary supply chain activities (see Figure 2) is that the costs of remaining up to date in a multitude of supply...

... management Information technology Organizational change Software use Enterprise resource planning (ERP) allows companies to integrate various departmental information. Enterprise resource planning has evolved from a human resource management application to a tool that spans IT management. For many...

...John Peterson; Margaret Sharp Organizational change Technology European union Technological change is transforming economic, political and social life at the dawn of the new millennium, and this at the same time as European integration is entering a new and uncertain phase...

... Organizational change Computer technology Group technology Group working Technologies such as computer‐supported cooperative work (CSCW) systems and group support systems (GSS) support and structure various types of communication, meeting and task activities. The availability of such technologies...

... Organizational change A considerable body of literature has developed, particularly in the past ten years, which examines the nature of the information technology/information systems (IT/IS) discipline, IS curricula and the education and training needs of IS professionals in an environment which...

... 1999 Performance improvement Organizational change Cost of quality Teams Employee involvement In the first part of this two‐part series (Millar, 1999) I discussed the need to change the behaviour of everyone in the company to improve business performance. Everyone in the company needs...

... BPR Information systems Management theory Organizational change TQM An organization that operates within today’s dynamic and hostile environment is vulnerable (Miller and Friesen, 1982). The different functional areas within an organization need to be mobilized, as a system, to confront...

...) to effect organizational change and deliver competitive advantage. Argues that further developments are needed to move corporate communications beyond one‐way transmission of information to achieve a genuinely interactive medium for the effective facilitation of behavioural change. © MCB UP Limited 1996...

... dated working practices. This is the real commercial secret of EDI. Data communications Design Electronic data interchange Implementation Integration Organizational change Paper Quality Trading companies EDI compresses the time to do everything and makes fashion possible[ 1...

... traditional methods and organizational forms are too cumbersome, and inflexible to bring about creative organizational change. More radical steps are often needed to capitalize on leaner and more innovative measures which, at the same time, reduce non‐productive“baggage” which has developed over time in most...

...‐adding operations. Results from the electrical switchgear industry show that, when throughput time is reduced, stock of materials, labour efficiency, production planning and customer service can all be improved to reduce total costs. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Competitive advantage Organizational...

... management Organizational change Computer software SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTANT 3 A n exhilarating account of the successful introduction of project management in a world leader amongst solid-modelling software companies. Software Project Management: The Role of the Consultant...

... achievement programme, rolling over two to three years of projects in parallel and in series. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Manufacturing BPR Organizational change Systems design 8 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 91,3 H ere are a set of practical principles to accelerate the change to new...

..., attitudes and organisation. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Organizational change Competition Information industry Manufacturing Market share Strategy MANUFACTURING AS A SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE EDGE 19 H ow the manufacturing operation within ICL provides competitive edge by the application...