...Cristina Blanco González Tejero; Klaus Ulrich; Samuel Ribeiro-Navarrete Purpose Organizational sustainability in the changing market requires adequate management of resources and opportunities; thus, entrepreneurship and digitization have acquired special relevance as key elements in the training...

...William Taylor Laimaka Cox Purpose Research consistently shows that non-scientific bias, equity, and diversity trainings do not work, and often make bias and diversity problems worse. Despite these widespread failures, there is considerable reason for hope that effective, meaningful DEI efforts...

... modelling. Findings Training and communication of change as HR practices were found to have significant effects in implementing change. RTC fully mediated the relationship of training and CIE, and partially mediated the association of communication and CIE. Communication had a stronger influence on RTC...

...Shahin Dezdar; Sulaiman Ainin Purpose This study aims to examine organizational factors (i.e. top management support, training and education, enterprise‐wide communication) that may influence the enterprise resource planning system implementation success in Iran. Design/methodology/approach...

...Abdulkarim S. Al‐Eisa; Musaed A. Furayyan; Abdulla M. Alhemoud Purpose Recent developments in research related to training transfer have recognized transfer as a complex process rather than a product of training. Transfer intention has been viewed as the first and most crucial stage...

...Ian Chaston Purpose The purpose of the paper is to examine whether the standard support service intervention model of providing training programmes to stimulate business growth is an effective economic regeneration model in the case of small creative industry firms. Design/methodology/approach...

... call to reduce world hunger in half by 2015. Second, the study of HHI's agricultural model is used to identify some of the variables that might predict success in achieving sustainable agricultural systems in developing communities around the world. Specifically, training and establishing trust through...

.... Discusses some cultural issues relating to uptake of his ideas, mentions his most recent book and emphasizes the difference between artistic and idea creativity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Lateral thinking Creative thinking Ideas generation Training Education Negotiating...

... that there is considerable variety in definitions of qualitative research; that there are still a number of issues surrounding the status and credibility of qualitative research within the field; and there is a need for greater access to researcher training in this area. Practical implications The paper is of practical...

... to this challenge the present paper presents the management, training and evaluation (MATE) model – a knowledge management strategic technique – that can be utilized for modernizing government organizations. Based on the results of a pilot case study undertaken within the context of Greek public sector we argue...

... production management paradigm. Careers Education Policy Training Failure is often the result of applying concepts without understanding their meaning, where means become an end. This is one of the main reasons why education has lost its purpose. Rediscovering education requires precision...

...Gary Fontaine First makes the case that effective preparation, support, and training for international assignments to, from or within Asia and the Pacific need to be based on sound models of the skills required to meet the challenges of those assignments for the assignees themselves, their families...

... detailed checklist that organizes all the issues identified into a usable format. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Expatriates Management Systems management Training Within the field of human resources management, there are several activities that, while practised widely, are not seen...

...Phillip C. Wright; Monica Belcourt Costing training activity is one of the most poorly performed business functions. Presents a pragmatic solution to the problem. Beginning with the philosophy that the decision to train is an investment decision like any other, a process focusing on performance...

... managers must exercise care in using objective evaluation techniques to initiate the restructuring strategies. Managers should avoid targeting specific functions and ensure cross‐training for a multi‐skilled staff. Critical operational tasks and functions must be identified and evaluated on an established...

... the organization(including top management attitudes, organizational structure,compensation systems, and employee‐retention strategies), preparing management (including attitudes, skills training, and vocabulary changes), and preparing employees (including attitudes, communication and group skills‐training, and job...

... Limited 1994 Business development Industry Product design Research Simulation Training Virtual reality William Gibson coined the phrase “Cyberspace” in his novel Neuromancer. He described a dimension where a global computer network linked humans and computers, allowing them...

... customers! © MCB UP Limited 1994 Management Management attitudes Management development Methods Procedures Training Are the procedures to be adopted state‐of‐the‐art or are Victorian attitudes, work methods, techniques and materials still prevalent? Are staff adequately...

... for some of the “eureka” revelations and uncanny hunches that he has witnessed in colleagues and that have turned out to be right. Given that we all have two sides to our brain – two minds – this appreciation is all that is needed to start on a training programme in creativity. In other words,an atrophied...

...John Peters Presents a proposal for an “Enterprise School of Management” in which organizations can greatly increase the productivity of their learning/training investments, by focusing on their key strategic issues. Gives an outline structure as to how to make that happen. 4 MANAGEMENT DECISION 3...