Strategic management

The aim of this study is to examine employee perceptions of flexible work arrangements with special emphasis on part-­‐time work, in light of the different contexts they find themselves in. It further seeks to understand the effects of part-­‐time work on The literature review discusses various contextual factors that impact employee perceptions, such as public and organisational co…

THE MANAGEMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS

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Life Insurance Risk Management Essentials

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Scenario analysis as a strategic management tool

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Strategic Management Dynamics

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Teaching Strategic Management From A Christian Perspective

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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: Problem structuring methods

This paper studies how soft Operational Research methods can be addressed at strategic management tasks. Applying these methodologies to strategic decisions in an organisation helps giving a broader view of the problematic situation is being faced, considering not only the company itself but also its environment. When managers deal with decision-making situations, they often find many diffe…

What Influences Banks' Choice of Risk Management Tools?

This paper investigates the factors influencing banks’ decision to engage in advanced risk management, from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. In recent decades, credit risk management in banks has become highly sophisticated and banks have become more active and advanced in the management of credit risks. We identify two driving factors for risk management: bank competition…

New Frontiers in Enterprise Risk Management

Risk management has become a critical part of doing business in the twenty-first century. This book is a collection of material about enterprise risk management, and the role of risk in decision making. Part I introduces the topic of enterprise risk management. Part II presents enterprise risk management from perspectives of finance, accounting, insurance, supply chain operations, and proje…

New Jersey Strategic Management Plan for Invasive Species

This report and set of recommendations was produced pursuant to New Jersey Executive Order #97 which created the New Jersey Invasive Species Council with the charge of completing a comprehensive invasive species management plan for the State of New Jersey. New Jersey has abundant biodiversity, natural resources and agricultural resources that are highly worth protecting for our citizens, bo…

Cases in Strategic Management

In most courses in strategic management, students use cases about actual companies to practice strategic analysis and to gain some experience in the tasks of crafting and implementing strategy. A case sets forth, in a factual manner, the events and organizational circumstances surrounding a particular managerial situation. It puts readers at the scene of the action and familiarizes them wit…

Management Accounting in Support of the Strategic Management Process

This paper reports on the findings of a CIMA-sponsored study into the extent to which management accounting supports the strategic management process

The Planning System and Flood Risk Management

The planning system plays a major national and local role in ensuring that development is promoted and guided in a manner that is sustainable in economic, social and environmental terms. The Government’s National Spatial Strategy 2002-2020, the National Development Plan 2007-2013, the National Sustainable Development Strategy - Making Ireland’s Development Sustainable (2002) and the Planni…

Strategic Management Concepts & Cases

Our goal in writing each edition of this book is to present a new, up-to-date standard for explaining the strategic management process. To reach this goal with the 8th edition of our market-leading text, we again present you with an intellectually rich yet thoroughly practical analysis of strategic management. With each new edition, we are challenged and invigorated by the goal of establish…

Risk Management: An Introduction

We live in a world of risk. Some risks are totally unexpected. The September 11, 2001 World Trade Centre attacks in the US, the Tsunami of December 2004, Hurricane Katrina of August 2005, and the Mumbai terrorist strikes of November 2008 are good examples. Other risks can be identified but the magnitude and extent are difficult to estimate. The sub prime crisis is a good example. Not all risks …

Bank Financial Management

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DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

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Flood Risk Management

The concepts of flood risk management (FRM) have been widely embraced over the past decade. In many instances this conceptual acceptance has resulted in changes to decision-making practice, highlighting risk management as potentially more complex, but more efficient and effective in delivering multiple goals, than a traditional engineering standards-based approach. In particular, the emergence…

Strategic Approaches to Human Resources Management Practice

Globalization, demographic changes and lack of talented employees – they all contribute to the increase in interest in managing diversity of workers’ potential. The concept of diversity management first appeared in the eighties, but nowadays it appears even more often, especially in the business, scientific and social and legal context. Diversity management (dm) is a part of the Europe…

Challenges regarding risks and risk management: A review of Risk, Complexity…

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THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A case study of H&M

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is a 100 billion Sweden company, engaged in designing and retailing of fashion apparel and accessories. The company offers a range of apparel, cosmetics, footwear and accessories for men, women, children and teenagers. H&M primarily operates in Europe, North America and Asia, and has a presence in over 38 countries. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden an…

Elements of Finacial Risk Management

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QUANTITATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS*

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THE INTELLECTUAL EVOLUTION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH …

The main purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the historical development of strategic management through a critical review of the most relevant theoretical proposals, and to consider its links to ethics and corporate social responsibility. From the very beginning of strategic management thought, attempts have been made to fuse ethical aspects, such as the values of senior manage…

Working Capital And Strategic Debtor Management: Exercises

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Information management in healthcare organizations

The health care industry is currently experiencing numerous fundamental changes. Healthcare organizations (HCOs) are increasingly challenged to look at their operations and find new opportunities to reorganize their processes, in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their services, reduce costs, be more competitive, and also provide high quality and more personalized patient car…

Framework for Enterprise Risk Management

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PROCESS MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE. SANT CAMIL HOSPITAL CASE STUDY

Nowadays due to the crisis, some government measures are aimed at reducing healthcare spending, affecting in some level or another the quality offered. Process management is said to be a useful tool for reducing healthcare costs by improving management without any additional economic investment. That is doing more with the same resources and without reducing the quality offered. In this study a…

A Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals

Rankings of strategy journals are important for authors, readers, and promotion and tenure committees.We present several rankings, based either on the number of articles that cited the journal or the per article impact. Our analyses cover various periods between 1991 and 2006, for most of which the Strategic Management Journal was in first place and Journal of Economics & Management Strate…

Fundamentals of Risk Analysis and Risk Management

Preface The idea for this book started as a consequence of my directing and teaching a one-day course on “Fundamentals of Risk Analysis” at the annual meetings of the Society for Risk Analysis (1991, 1992, and 1994). Also, teaching a course at the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, New York, on “Use of Risk Analysis in Sustainable Development”, and teaching a cour…