The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of different configurational archetypes of strategy and strategic management accounting and to appraise how management accounting’s horizontal and vertical alignment with strategy can facilitate performance. Design/methodology/approach The study deploys a holistic configurational approach to examine the relationship between strat…
“The Essentials of Strategic Management” provides us with a short, concise explanation of the most important concepts and techniques in strategic management. It is a rigorous explanation of many topics and concerns in strategic management
ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT (ERM) IS A STRATEGY organizations can use to manage the variety of strategic, market, credit, operational and financial risks they confront. ERM calls for high-level oversight of risks on a portfolio basis, rather than discrete management by different risk overseers. ERM HAS GIVEN RISE TO A QUESTION: Who should head the risk management process—internal audit or…
This book is not for knowledge management experts and practitioners. It is for those who have no previous background on knowledge management but would like to know something about the subject. The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the various elements of knowledge management. It is meant for a wide audience of readers interested in gaining some understanding of the basi…
This book will explore issues critical for success in providing e-banking. The aim is to assist organizations in utilising the opportunities offered by this relatively new set of technologies. This book largely restricts itself to the organizational view of the problem, and is therefore primarily focused on organizational internal factors. External factors, such as the political or econ…
You may find yourself wondering why you should buy this book as opposed to any other book about packet analysis. The answer lies in the title: Practical Packet Analysis. Let’s face it—nothing beats real-world experience, and the closest you can come to that experience in a book is through practical exam- ples of packet analysis with real-world scenarios. …
You may find yourself wondering why you should buy this book as opposed to any other book about packet analysis. The answer lies in the title: Practical Packet Analysis. Let’s face it—nothing beats real-world experience, and the closest you can come to that experience in a book is through practical exam- ples of packet analysis with real-world scenarios. …
JASON was requested by the DoD to examine the theory and practice of cyber-security, and evaluate whether there are underlying fundamental principles that would make it possible to adopt a more scientific approach, identify what is needed in creating a science of cyber-security, and recommend specific ways in which scientific methods can be applied. Our study identified several sub-fields of co…
This study was carried out to establish the relevance of the current interest rate regime, in relation to the role played by the banking sector of intermediating between the surplus and deficit units of the Zimbabwean economy. The paper analyzed the status quo of the interest rate structure with the inflation relationship. It identified factors that contributed to the current position of fi…
The American health care delivery system is in need of fundamental change. Many patients, doctors, nurses, and health care leaders are concerned that the care delivered is not, essentially, the care we should receive (Donelan et al., 1999; Reed and St. Peter, 1997; Shindul-Rothschild et al., 1996; Taylor, 2001). The frustration levels of both patients and clinicians have probably never been hi…