Organizational Structures in Publishing

2019 ◽  
pp. 289-309
Author(s):  
Frania Hall
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Considerable Time ◽  
Organizational Behaviour ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Traditional Structure ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Contemporary Management ◽  
The Impact

The structures of publishing organizations have evolved over considerable time and are continually adapting to changes in the business environment. This chapter looks at the emergence of the traditional structure of a publishing business, including models such as the communications circuit and the value chain, and examines the impact digital change and convergence is having on the organizations we see today. These organizations are becoming more flexible as they try new ways of working which are project-based and often service oriented; applying contemporary management and organizational behaviour theory and introducing research from industry leaders, this chapter will explore the opportunities going forward to design adaptable structures that will allow for new forms of innovation.

Holistic, Continuous Assurance Integration: e-Business Opportunities and Challenges

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (s-1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn M. Greenstein ◽  
Amy W. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
Assurance Services ◽  
Client Firm ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the impact of web-based e-business operations on client firm processes and accounting methods, and addresses related issues for accounting firm assurance services teams to consider. In particular, some of the complications and potential problems associated with the use of traditional assurance methods on e-businesses with digital operating environments are discussed. The flexibility required to respond to the everchanging business environment of e-enabled client firms will require accounting firm leaders to rethink and reengineer existing management structures and practices. While clients of accounting firms are realizing tremendous value by streamlining information flows and increasing information sharing internally and externally, accounting firms remain organized primarily into discreet functions that often compete internally for customers. An e-business model, the Customer-Oriented Value Chain, is employed to frame the discussion of emerging accounting issues resulting from new digital business practices. Within this context we develop 16 propositions regarding potential methods accounting firms may consider applying for two purposes: (1) better alignment of traditional assurance practices with client firm e-business activities, and (2) better integration of existing assurance offerings. Subsequently, the challenges associated with offering integrated assurance services given current accounting firm organizational structures is discussed and a model of suggested organizational changes to accounting firms is presented. This model is inspired by the CPA Vision Project, the AICPA's Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) designation, and the new Global Business Credential initiatives, and is intended to serve as a prototype upon which to build improved organizational structures. Some of the potential benefits of reorganization and better services integration include more efficient use of firm resources, greater profitability, more efficient associate training, a clearer understanding of client business processes, and greater value provision to clients.

Behind the veil

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Alexandra Snelgrove ◽  
Ariane Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The Impact

Subject area The case addresses issues related to value chains, sustainable businesses, business environment in emerging economies and cross-cultural issues. applicability/applicability This case would be best addressed by students in upper years of their undergraduate degree or at a Master's level. Case overview The case addresses a project conducted by MEDA in Pakistan which focused on developing a value chain in the embroidery sector with the end goal of improving the livelihood of homebound rural women. The case walks the students through the local cultural constraints, the project design the development of the various value chain actors and the most significant outcomes. The primary issue requires the students to evaluate the most appropriate exit strategy for MEDA which would not harm the existing networks and allow the whole value chain to continue sustainably. Expected learning outcomes To appreciate the complexity of value chain development while understanding the benefits and opportunities they offer. To understand the importance of sustainability and how this can be achieved using market tools. To grasp the concept of exit strategies in the context of development projects and explore various ways these can be structured. To identify the impact of culture on business environment. Integrating the poor into thriving markets. Business as a development tool. Supplementary materials Teaching notes

scholarly journals Attaining The Knowledge Organizational Paradigm: Theoretical Views Of The 21st Century Organization And The Case Of Slovenian Institute For Learning Enterprises

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlado Dimovski ◽  
Sandra Penger
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
First Century ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Competitive Success ◽  
Modern Knowledge ◽  
Contemporary Management ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Regular Practice

As we enter the first decade in the twenty-first century, contemporary management thinking is being profoundly reshaped by two new convictions: managing organizational knowledge effectively is essential to achieving competitive success; and managing knowledge is now a central concern, and must become a basic skill of modern manager. In the paper we would like to present the impact of the increased interconnectivity of people and organization, and to perform the new organizational paradigm that provides a modern knowledge construction of the 21st century organization. Therefore, the paper focuses on the process of attaining the knowledge organization, and enlightens different theoretical architectures of the 21st century organization. Modern forms of organizational structures range from horizontal, process and team structures to virtual networks. We illustrate the impact of organizational paradigm in the Slovenian economy with a case study, where we examine the Slovenian Institute for Learning Enterprises (SILE). SILE was registered as a non-profit institute and established by 18 flourishing major Slovenian enterprises in January 2001 with the aim of developing the concept of learning organization (LO) and diffusing the concept of knowledge management (KM) to become regular practice in Slovenian enterprises.

scholarly journals China’s Policy Responses to the Economic Impact of CPTPP and their Effectiveness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Chunding ◽  
Zhang Jiehao ◽  
Ping Yifan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Policy Selection ◽  
The Impact

The paper uses 2018 data to construct a numerical general equilibrium model containing 26 economies, and adds global value chain and added-value trade into the structure, and systematically simulates the economic effects of China’s response to three scenarios of nine categories of CPTPP policy selection. In line with the simulation results, under the four scenarios in which China takes unilateral measures to deal with the impact of CPTPP, the policy effectiveness from high to low separately includes: the construction of China–Japan–Korea free-trade agreement, the entry into force of RCEP and the further opening-up. In the two scenarios in which China joins the CPTPP, the effect of joining the agreement with the first batch of expansion countries is better, while the effect of joining the CPTPP later is slightly worse. After the United States returned to CPTPP, China chose three scenarios in which the economic effects, from high to low, were to optimize the business environment, take no measures and join CPTPP with the United States. Among the three different options, the economic benefit of China’s active choice to join CPTPP is the best. Second is the effect of China’s unilateral measures on CPTPP. However, once the United States returns to CPTPP, it will bring adverse impact on China. The effective measure to deal with it is to optimize the business environment to reduce the cost of the trade.

scholarly journals Ethical Behavior and Organizational Innovation: Analysis of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Latvia

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madara Apsalone ◽  
Ricardo Martín Flores
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Innovation Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lower Capacity

Abstract Innovations can provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a significant competitive advantage considering the ambiguous business environment. SMEs may face lower capacity and more constrained funding for long-term investments, however, understanding innovation in a broader sense and looking into organizational structures, behaviors and processes, SMEs have an opportunity to become more competitive. This study analyzes the impact of ethical behavior as a part of an organizational culture on organizational innovation performance in SMEs. Six hundred SMEs in Latvia were surveyed to assess whether employees follow the principles of business ethics in their work and what is the organizational innovation performance in these enterprises. We found that more ethical behavior leads to better organizational innovation performance, and that the size of enterprise is the most significant factor affecting this relationship. The study proposes insights that contribute to theoretical and practical discussions on fostering small businesses innovation in small economies.

Infosys Limited: is it still the Indian IT bellwether?

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Arun Kumar ◽  
Meenakshi Nagarajan
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Market Share ◽  
International Business ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

Subject area Strategy. Study level/applicability MBA level. The case can be used primarily for the following courses: strategic management, competitive strategy. It can also be used for courses on: international business, international business environment, business marketing. Case overview Intense competition and a turbulent economic environment posed problems for Infosys, a leading information technology (IT) company in India. Infosys lost market share and its second position in the IT industry to Cognizant. An adverse economic environment affected its clients' IT spending and introduced severe price-based competition in the market. Infosys' business model operated on charging price premium from clients, and the company never compromised on its margins. The company was forced to revaluate, as outsourcing, the main revenue earner for Infosys was experiencing commoditization, and other players were willing to compromise on margins. The Indian IT industry had moved up the value chain and competitors were offering consulting services, where there was huge scope for differentiation. Infosys did not have the requisite resources to compete in this domain. Decline in share prices, negative investor sentiments, downward revision of revenue guidance targets, loss of large clients, higher attrition rates, and visa problems in the US market (Infosys earned more than 60 percent revenues from this market) added worries for the company. In response to these challenges, Infosys initiated Strategy 3.0, wherein the company planned to move up the value chain and offer consulting services and other high-end solutions to clients. This was a shift from its predominantly outsourcing-based revenue model. The company acquired Lodestone to hasten implementation of Strategy 3.0. Initial analysis, however, suggested that Infosys was merely aping Cognizant's well-established strategy. Infosys also needed to tackle perceptual issues regarding its competencies. Expected learning outcomes The instructor can use this case to facilitate the understanding of: the impact of an intensely competitive environment on a company's strategy, how changes in the competitive landscape and business environment can erode sources of competitive advantage for an incumbent, the impact of a client's business environment on the vendor's business, the concept of value chain and analyze how companies in an industry move up in the value chain, the concept of business model, and how environmental changes can impact a hitherto robust business model of a company, evolution of business model over a period of time with changes in the business environment, the internal conflict between ideals and values versus revenues and market share for a company, key resources and capabilities that shape the differential advantage for an IT company, designing and implementing strategic solutions, the evolution of the Indian IT industry. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM IN REDUCING COSTS IN JORDANIAN BANKS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 210-215
Author(s):  
Aisar Ayed Nahar Albashabsheh ◽  
Modafar Nayel Alhroob ◽  
Belal Eid Irbihat ◽  
Sarfaraz Javed
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Accounting Information System ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
The Impact

This study is an attempt to analyses the impact of accounting information system in reducing costs in Jordanian banks. This study consist primary and secondary method of collecting and analysis data. This study focus on the two main objectives and three hypothesis developed on the after the in-depth study of relevant literature. The need for accounting systems increases in its regard as a mean which derives its importance and necessity from its level of contribution in improving the value chain of business organizations, it helps in providing the needs from various resources and optimally allocating them under conditions of risk and uncertainty surrounding the business environment. The accounting system is considered as one of the most important information systems that contribute to the rationalization and support of economic decisions which affect the resources and wealth of communities and hence on the welfare of individuals. The accounting system also involves a close relationship with relevant administrative process which involves several tasks and functions; thus, contributing in the improvement of the value chain of business organizations and increasing the level of goal achieving performance. The accounting systems are also used as the basis of evaluating the efforts made in various administrative levels to accomplish tasks and achieve goals.

The impact of customer engagement and service leadership on the local food value chain of hotels

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Thomas-Francois ◽  
Marion Joppe ◽  
Michael von Massow
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Leadership ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Hospitality Business ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study was undertaken to investigate whether a service-oriented approach to the local food supply chain contributes to strengthened linkages between accommodation and agricultural sectors, thereby creating value for users.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitative study examined levels of customer/consumer engagement (CE) within theoretical constructs of the service-oriented framework and value co-creation, intangible resources and valued relationship within the value chain and food service. Also, two explanatory case studies were conducted on two accommodation properties.FindingsEmpirical findings indicated that the hospitality business which emphasized a consumer-centric service approach throughout the value chain – both forward (toward the consumer) and backward (toward the supplier) – had greater success in engaging customers. It also highlighted the importance of service leadership.Practical implicationsThe research study provides practical guidance to members of the local food supply chains in the hospitality sector and strategies that can be used to optimize all opportunities to ensure consumers’ needs are met and exceeded as a precursor for repeat business.Social implicationsThe intricacies of services when well understood and applied in hospitality businesses are likely to generate favorable outcomes such as poverty alleviation. Developing destinations invest significantly in tourism as a channel for economic development. Unfortunately, gains are forfeited since limited attention is given to strategically advancing consumer-centric service at the micro level in tourism businesses to the extent that these benefit other stakeholders. Fostering CE and developing a culture of service leadership appear to be critical success factors.Originality/valueThis study is unique and extremely relevant to island destinations as it provides insights using a service management framework in the Caribbean context on how destinations may enhance hospitality business through improved service in island states.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Sustainable Value Chain and its Role in Reducing Quality Costs

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Manal Jabbar Sorour ◽  
Prof. Dr. Manal Jabbar Sorour
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Quality Costs ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
The Impact

Contemporary developments in various sciences and the impact of technological changes require an integrated vision of the activities and work of the organization in Iraq in light of the high costs of products and their low quality compared to imported products of high quality and low cost, and the need to use modern cost techniques based on a clear and specific philosophy that contributes to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of management In the business environment and how it can contribute to reducing product costs and being environmentally friendly at the same time, it is no secret that the main goal of most organizations is to maximize profitability and reduce costs to the minimum, but this matter is not achieved automatically, but rather requires a study of all the activities of the organization for several years, horizontal and vertical comparisons, and the adoption of all advanced and modern methods and methods that will achieve this. Accordingly, this research came to shed light on the use of one of the modern techniques in the field of cost management, which is represented by the sustainable value chain and its theoretical dimensions, which is based on the study of total costs and thus the division of those costs on the main and subsidiary activities of the organization and accordingly, the research has been divided into sections according to the possibility of covering the dimensions The theory of the sustainable value chain and its role in excluding activities that do not add value to the product and shows the importance of the study of the role of sustainable value chain technology that took into account the environmental aspects. It also contributes to making products that harm the environment environmentally friendly and contributes to reducing costs at the same time. Therefore, the research aims to demonstrate the knowledge bases of sustainable value chain technology and demonstrate how the cost of the product can be reduced and environmenta

Corruption as “one‑stop‑shop”: theory and empirical analysis

2018 ◽  
pp. 32-51
Author(s):  
R. Yu. Kochnev ◽  
L. I. Polishchuk ◽  
A. Yu. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Double Jeopardy ◽  
One Stop ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Public Production ◽  
Performance Project ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sector Theory

We present the comparative analysis of the impact of centralized and decentralized corruption for private sector. Theory and empirical evidence point out to a “double jeopardy” of decentralized corruption which increases the burden of corruption upon private firms and weakens the incentives of bureaucracy to provide public production inputs, such as infrastructure. These outcomes are produced by simultaneous free-riding and the tragedy of the commons effects. The empirical part of the paper utilizes data of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance project.

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