... executive.
“Well they [the executives] neither have the given authority nor
management skills. They might acquire the management skills if they were
delegated the authority, but [health state government] ... clearly,
however, despite the potential of an organizational community through ICTs,
participatory management and empowerment is not an inevitable component of
technology change. Results relating ... us, all the clinicians, into
mini-clerks.” (Participant A, Senior Doctor, Time 1)
This doctor was reporting his perceptions that executives were imposing new
work roles on clinicians. The hospital’s...
... of the partners’ work together. The project charter
announces that a new project has begun, and it demonstrates management
support for the project and the project manager (Verzuh, 1999, p. 53). ... results in the IT project. One of the most useful tools for an OD
practitioner in contracting and working with an IT project manager is a project
charter specifying the IT project s organizational ... shared across the IT project team. The IT project
manager may also wish to use the charter as a tool for framing interactions with
the project sponsor and stakeholders.
The IT Project Charter is...
... the product of this project,
ã a high-level project schedule with major milestone dates and deliverables:
the key dates in the project, and
ã a high-level statement of the project s budget and ... OD
practitioner in an IT project — and that of the IT project team — is to
increase the IT project s contribution to the organization’s strategy. The
OD practitioner’s goal as a part of the IT project team ... to the
customer. An internal IT team is formed to perform this project. In talking
with the project sponsor for the project, the IT project manager learns that
the site must go live in two months’...
... E-learning 2001. Report of the Associazione dei Servizi e dei
contenuti multimediali, April.
Brewster, C., & Hegewisch, A. (Eds.). (1994). Policy and practices in
European humanresource management. ... Effects of
popular management techniques on corporate performance, reputation,
and CEO pay. Administrative Science Quarterly, 45, 523-556.
Walker, A.J. (Eds.). (2001). Web-based human resources. New ... Academy of Management
Conference, Hammersmith, London, UK. September.
Hansen, M.T., &Deimler, M.S. (2001). Cutting costs while improving morale
with B2E management. MIT Sloan Management Review,...
... human resources,
knowledge management, and technology and e-learning. They also include in
their chapter an annotated compendium of key resources in each of these
areas, especially Internet resources. ... Brosche’s (2002) portal development
model.
Focusing on the development of human resources, Constant D. Beugré’s chap-
ter, HumanResource Portals and the Protean Career: A Three-Factor
Model, develops ... (individual attributes, characteristics of
the humanresource portals, and organizational factors) to describe the fac-
tors in the effective use of Web-based humanresource services. On the basis
of this...
... the production system — it is a holistic approach incorporating
technical, information, and humanresource considerations. In essence, an agile
production system implies a very fast and efficient ... Circles,
and TQM) have also been associated with this approach to HRM. These
programs emphasize process management, customer focus, organizational
learning, and self-managed teams (Wood, 1999). However, ... ‘clicks-and-
mortar’ hybrid organizations).
Wright and Dyer also identify a fourth derivative, enterprise resource planning
(ERP), however this focuses on developing an intranet for internal integration
within...
... analyzed, such as the goods or services offered, the
key business processes, the financial and human resources required, the
organizational structures, and the major systems and procedures. These ... distribution
system of trucks and airplanes was less valuable than its Internet-worked information resources: it
s
digital capital was gaining value over its physical capital. FedEx decided to focus ... immediate supervisor
also influences perceptions of justice and fairness, for example, in performance
management systems. It is important to create systems that support both
procedural and interactional...
... or
irritation? An exploration of Web-based humanresourcemanagement in
large companies. Paper presented at the 7th Conference on Interna-
tional HumanResource Management, University of Limerick, Ireland,
June.
Schwartz, ... while improving morale
with B2E management. Sloan Management Review, 43(1), 96-100.
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resource management. London: CIPD.
Hartman, ... evaluation of
its status. Journal of Management Studies, 36(2), 197-215.
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on humanresourcemanagement and performance....
... in organisations.
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Resource
Management
Tony Keenan is Professor of HumanResourceManagement at Edinburgh Business School,
Heriot-Watt ... the optimal HRM strategy is unlikely to be
Human ResourceManagement Edinburgh Business School 2/5
Module 1 / The Origins and Nature of HumanResource Management
ment functions carried out in ... Edinburgh Business School 3/9
Contents
Module 1 The Origins and Nature of HumanResourceManagement 1/1
1.1 What is HumanResource Management? 1/1
1.2 The Origins and Evolution of HRM 1/2
1.3 Philosophical...
... author.
First published in Great Britain in 1992 as HumanResource Management: Strategy and Action
Second edition published as Strategic HumanResource Management: A Guide to Action 2000
Third edition ... of strategic humanresource management. This
provides an introduction to HRM, the general concept of strategy and
the process of strategic HRM.
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