... can be put to good use … These characteristics are important at every level of computing (Deakin, 1984, p. 18). © MCB UP Limited 2002 Women Gender Corporate culture Computer industry The goal of this paper is to explore issues related to one of the key, often tacit...

... and reward systems in producing unintended consequences are analysed while the implications of the case for both research and practice are considered. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Action research Empowerment Organizational change Corporate culture BPR National cultures Employee...

... corporations to make decisions. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Corporate culture Information systems Information technology Organizational change Thus, concerning the people who are part of an IS, the culture of an organization will influence and be influenced by both users (who generate...

..., privately owned international firm. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Computer management Corporate culture Information technology Insurance companies Metaphors For millennia, human beings have sought to control things that they do not understand. That control is often exercised through...

..., there is explicit guidance regarding the roles development personnel play ‐ including their roles in implementing appropriate development methods and techniques. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Corporate culture Product differentiation Software development Teams Packaged software[ 1 ] is now a powerful...

... was not, as it was initially thought, a direct emulation of a system used in its Japanese sister plant, but was described by the company as a unique approach developed in response to the challenges of a UK manufacturing context. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Corporate culture Information technology Manufacturing...

... for comparison and suggest that methodologies can be compared on the basis of philosophy, model, techniques, tools, scope, outputs, practice and product, and they classify approaches within six broad themes: © Company 1995 Corporate culture Ethnography Information systems Organizations...