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Total Quality Management And Just-In-Time Purchasing - Their Effects On Performance Of Firms Operating In The U.S.

by Hale Kaynak

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 This study investigates the relation of total quality management (TQM) and just-in-time purchasing (JITP) with respect to firms'' performance, based on theories from operations management, organization theory, strategic management and marketing. U.S. companies have implemented TQM and JITP techniques to improve their global competitive position. The lack of empirical research on how these techniques effect firms performance makes it necessary to explain their strategic values as management innovations. In this study, a cross-sectional mail survey was used with the target population of firms in the continental United States that have implemented either technique, or both. The results indicate that the extent of TQM and JITP implementation positively correlates with a firm''s performance. Furthermore, the relation between JITP and financial and market performance is more significant in those industries that face high as opposed to low foreign competition. In this study, the validity of findings was assessed in four parts: statistical conclusion, internal, construct, and external validity. Each validity type is defined and its threats are discussed. Based on the findings, a revised research model is offered. The author also notes likely avenues of future research for theorists and practitioners.
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Industrial Inefficiency And Downsizing - A Study Of Layoffs And Plant Closures

by Amy B. Candell e Matthew B. Krepps

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 First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Innovation In The U.S. Service Sector

by Albert N. (University Of North Carolina, Greensboro, Usa) Link, Jeffrey E. Petrusa e Michael P. Gallaher

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 Using a cutting-edge structure, where a current description of the service sector and up-to-date case studies are compared and contrasted with innovative activity in manufacturing, this book contributes towards a better theoretical understanding of innovation in the U.S. service sector.
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Developing Human Capital In American Manufacturing - A Case Study Of Barriers To Training And Development

by Elaine B. Crutchfield

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 This qualitative case study of an American manufacturing organization describes the barriers which limited its ability to receive maximum return on its investment for training and development resources invested in their human assets. Changing global economics have forced organizations to the realization that their competitive advantage lies in developing and tapping into their human assets or human capital. Professionals, managers, human resource development specialists, and academicians alike have developed theories supporting the systematic development of human assets to improve performance and achieve organizational business goals. This book examines how one organization, typically described as a High Performance Organization, attempted to put theory into application. Specifically, the book examines the concepts of needs assessment, systems theory, organization development, human capital theory, and performance improvement. The results find a systemic failure in human asset development initiatives rooted in the failure to view the organization as a whole, systematically assess performance, and involve the entire organization in designing and implementing a holistic approach to improving performance and developing the organizations human assets. Specifically, inefficient organizational structure and lack of clearly defined business goals were significant barriers to the systematic development of their human assets.
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Downsizing Issues - The Impact On Employee Morale And Productivity

by Bonita J. Manson

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 This book examines the impact of downsizing on employee morale and productivity. Downsizing, due to economic changes, has played an integral part in business, the public sector, and schools. No longer are companies inclined to maintain the status quo for the sake of employee loyalty. Downsizing has have resulted in the lives and careers of employees being destroyed. The purpose of this study was to provide insight on the perception of the work environment in light of downsizing in the states of California and Illinois Cooperative Extension. The primary role of Extension is to plan pertinent programs that are effective in meeting the educational needs of the community in agriculture, family and consumer studies, and youth development. This study focuses on how to maintain professional competencies with less staff. Data was provided by the Manson''s Workplace Environment Analysis Inventory, and original instrument, to secure reactions of employees in a downsized environment, specifically on morale, survivor job security, and trust. The findings suggested that even though there were discrepancies between the employees'' and management''s perceptions of morale and survivors job security, they did share similar perceptions on trust in the workplace. The results of this study can be used in designing leadership training programs for community based organizations and others faced with downsizing.
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Advanced Manufacturing Technologies And Workforce Development

by Nancy E. Waldeck

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 First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Linking Employee Satisfaction To Business Results

by Paula S. Topolosky

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 This study investigated the relationship between employee satisfaction and business results. Using data from a Fortune 100 Company, the research examined trends in thirty employee satisfaction variables over a six-year period and identified the relationship of the variables to various corporate and business unit financial metrics. The outcomes of the study suggest that there is a moderately strong positive correlation between an employee''s satisfaction with personal development, levels of involvement and participation, use of skills and abilities, promotion practices, and opportunities for a better job and financial indicators of business success. By providing a research prototype, this book serves as a starting point for Human Resource and Business leaders who struggle to identify and to communicate the value of investing in assessing and improving work environments to increase levels of employee satisfaction. As the pace of change increases and the availability to resources decreases in most organizations, this study provides a way for leaders to identify and prioritize improvement initiatives that might result in both increased levels of employee satisfaction and indices used to measure business success.
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Telegraph - How Technology Innovation Caused Social Change

by Annteresa Lubrano

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 First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Technological Innovation, Industrial Evolution, And Economic Growth

by Sanjaya Panth

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 First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Productivity Growth In Developing Countries - The Role Of Efficiency

by Vaishali Mamgain

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 This work combines an empirical analysis of productive efficiency change in Newly Industrializing Countries with a theoretical growth model that explores the implications of improvements in productive efficiency on the growth rate of an economy.
Integrating The Rorschach And The Mmpi-2 In Personality Assessment

by Ronald J. Ganellen

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Surviving Technological Innovation In The Pacemaker Industry, 1959-1990

by Catherine M. Banbury

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Productivity And The Business Cycle - Three Essays On U.S. And Polish Manufacturing

by Domenico Marchetti

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Technical Change, Human Capital, And Spillovers In United States Agriculture, 1949-1985

by Klaus W. Deininger

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