and Managing IT 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Chapter 17 IT Strategy and Planning Information Technology Economics Acquiring IT Applications and Infrastructure Security Impacts of IT on Individuals‚ Organizations‚ and Society Impacts of IT on Individuals‚ Organizations‚ and Society Movie Piracy Learning Objectives 17.1 Perspectives on IT Impacts 17.2 IT Is Eliminating the Barriers of Time‚ After studying this chapter‚ you will be able to: Space‚ and Distance Understand the changes that take place in
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crucial for organizational development and success. It is fruitful to both employers and employees of an organization. An employee will become more efficient and productive if he is trained well. An efficient training program is important for many reasons. Such as optimum utilization and development of human resources‚ development of skills and productivity of employees. Each year globally many millions of dollars are spent on training. It would seem reasonable to establish just how effective this
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Studies in Organizational Culture- Groupon Inc. “Groupon! Get your Groupon! Hot off the presses!” It wasn’t too long ago Groupon Inc. was the darling of Wall Street. Institutional and individual investors alike were anxiously anticipating an opportunity to buy shares of the company dubbed by Fast Company as “the most exciting thing to happen to retail since eBay.” That excitement was mirrored on November 4‚ 2011‚ Groupon’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange‚ as the price sky-rocketed
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The Impact of Personal Commitment to Service Excellence on Leader Effectiveness Lauren DiStefano Taylor University of Texas at Arlington The Impact of Personal Commitment to Service Excellence on Leader Effectiveness In today’s highly competitive marketplace many firms broadcast their service excellence as a way to separate themselves from the competition. In service oriented industries‚ service excellence can be noted as being the number one most important factor to achieve success.
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How to improve the effectiveness of Performance appraisal in China Introduction According to ACAS(1997)‚ Performance appraisal (PA) is a western management concept. It regularly records an assessment of an employee’s performance‚ potential and development needs‚Functions as an opportunity to take an overall view of work content‚ loads and volume‚ to look back on what has been achieved during the reporting period‚ and agrees objectives for the next. This definition clearly shows that PA offers a
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22 The Icfai Journal of Business Strategy‚ Vol. IV‚ No. 4‚ 2007 © 2007 The Icfai University Press. All Rights Reserved. Organization Structure and Inter-Organizational Dependency: The Environmental Imperative Contingency theory and Systems theory are the two dominant theories that bring out the link between organization structure and the environment. Systems theory has evolved over time and undergone several transitions. This study tries to provide a more meaningful understanding about
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INTRODUCTION Above Creative Events (M) Sdn Bhd (ACE) was chosen as our research company. In this report‚ we will determine the organizational communication practices in ACE from management point of view and analyze its effectiveness. ACE is a one-stop events management company in Malaysia. ACE provides services in three main areas which are events management‚ artist management and destination management. Their services include whole events planning‚ decoration of stage and the venue‚ equipment
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Fiscal policy is the use of government expenditure and revenue in order to influence the economy and fund public goods and services. Fiscal policy is the main instrument government uses in order to try and create economic growth. However its actual effectiveness at meeting this objective is arguably not that good for a number of reasons which will be discussed in this essay. The main part of fiscal policy in order to increase growth is expansionary fiscal policy. This is where the government is spending
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Article Summary The paper investigates the role of training and its effectiveness on the trainees with focus on organizations in the power sector wherein the organization believed in optimal utilization of the human resources apart from initiating technological upgrades to achieve the organizational goals. The training programme is focused on inculcating culture of lean manufacturing‚ innovation‚ customer-orientation‚ safety and quality focus in order to familiarize the trainees who are broadly
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The culture of an organisation can be seen as a set of core characteristics that are collectively valued by all members of that organisation; and‚ corporate culture is believed to be a key element in the success of any organisation (Visagie et al. 2002). Schein (2004) emphasises that organisational cultures provide group members with a way of giving meaning to their daily lives‚ setting guidelines and rules for how to behave and most important‚ reducing and containing the anxiety of dealing with
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