Systems theories aim at describing objects and entities, whether they are physical or human
constructs of the mind to undertake studies. This synopsis introduces the most important …

Group technology has been studied extensively from an 'industrial engineering'perspective
(layout, scheduling, workflow, etc.), but less often from an organisational design viewpoint …

This research attempts to link up three streams of management thoughts; the industry focus,
the organisational focus and process focus, to arrive at a unified view for business process …

Captive offshoring is one of the most strategic approach in complex, dynamic and
competitive global supply chains. In the present research, a rigorous decision-making model …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the internal structure of Gandhi's ethics
as a way to determine opportunities for improving that system's ability to influence behavior …

When creating theory to understand or implement change at the social and/or organizational
level, it is generally accepted that part of the theory building process includes a process of …

Institutional organizations can be considered as learning and evolving organisms. Ample
evidence (Dekkers, 2008) has shown that organizations tend to evolve by means of using …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze and illustrate the needs and expectations
of the industry from a newly hired engineering candidate for an entry‐level position involving …

This study investigates how researchers use theory for decision-making on outsourcing
through a longitudinal systematic literature review covering four five-year intervals spanning …

Las metáforas biológicas han sido aplicadas en los modelos de gestión organizacional para
fortalecer su conceptualización y entendimiento, sin embargo se requiere hacer un …