scholarly journals After the social crisis: the transformation of employment relations at France Télécom

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Doellgast ◽  
Maxime Bellego ◽  
Elisa Pannini
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Crisis ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Employment Restructuring ◽  
France Télécom

Abstract This article contributes to debates on the conditions for strengthening collective worker voice in financialized organizations. It examines change in employment relations at France Télécom/Orange (FT) following a social crisis associated with employee suicides in 2007–2009. FT’s labor unions developed creative approaches to study and publicize the negative effects of employment restructuring on workers’ psychosocial health. The common framing they developed became a source of ‘communicative power’, used to influence how the suicides were interpreted both within the firm and in the media. This power was deployed to encourage substantive social dialogue that institutionalized worker participation in management decision-making. Findings demonstrate the potentially transformative role of discursive strategies that assert the legitimacy of worker well-being as both a measure of and input to organizational performance.

scholarly journals Algorithm of optimal management for the efficient use of energy resources

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Krasnov ◽  
Sergey Sergeev ◽  
Elizaveta Zotova ◽  
Nadezhda Grashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Optimal Management ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Optimal Decisions ◽  
Maximum Profit ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Business Entities

The paper presents the results of the developed algorithms aimed at optimizing management decision-making by the administration of megalopolises. A mathematical model is obtained within the concept of digital economy. The regulatory action of dispositive decisions is aimed at business entities whose activities are externalized while consuming energy resources. Since any resources are used unevenly throughout the year, the authors apply the methods of the theory of optimal decisions. The criterion is the functional reflection of the balance between the maximum profit, the comfort of living conditions, and the environmental conditions. The results obtained make it possible to take administrative decisions in an optimal way, which reduces the negative effects of externalities and results in the most efficient use of energy resources.

scholarly journals Alienation

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne O’Donohue ◽  
Lindsay Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Existential Psychology ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
The Individual

Purpose – This study aims to re-examine the concept of alienation, particularly from the perspective of existential psychology. While research interest continues to centre on links between human resource management (HRM) and organizational performance, such as in studies by Beer et al. (1984), Huselid (1995), Becker and Gerhart (1996) and Guest (2011), there is a growing interest in individual attributes such as employee well-being in addition to organizational performance, as mentioned in studies by Macky and Boxall (2007), Wood and de Menezes (2011) and Guest and Conway (2011). In this paper, we focus on issues related to the individual, and in doing so we suggest that HRM theory needs further development, as pointed out by Guest (2011). Design/methodology/approach – This is a paper in the tradition of critical theory that draws on both classical and modern research in the business and psychology literature. It outlines the development of the concept of alienation from its classic articulation by Marx through to the perspective offered by existential psychologists such as Blauner (1964). How alienation, thus, defined might manifest in the workplace is then discussed, as are its links to other concepts associated in the literature with positive and negative work experiences is presented. Findings – We argue that alienation needs to be addressed at two levels, namely, at the systemic level, in terms of factors external to the individual such as work and organizational systems and processes, and in terms of factors internal to the individual’s “state of mind”. We offer strategies for management to consider counterbalancing the negative effects of residual feelings of powerlessness, meaninglessness, isolation and self-estrangement that systemic change is unable to eliminate. Originality/value – The paper refocuses attention on the individual within the context of HRM, the effects of alienation and other outcomes of positive and negative work experiences such as work engagement and job burnout.

scholarly journals Optimization of the Process of Selection of Software in the Organization

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Lukyanenko
Keyword(s):  
Digital Economy ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
External Agents ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Selection Of

The scientific article explores the role of software as a tool used by organizations to carry out economic activities in a digital economy without which it is impossible to have adequate competitiveness in a digital economy. The concept of “digital economy” has been clarified. A methodology has been developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the software used or selected on the basis of its qualitative and quantitative characteristics and the requirements of the workplace for the software functionality. Based on the theoretical and methodological base and the developed methodology, a scalable model of an effective management decision-making process for selecting and updating software in an organization is built, a comparison with existing practice is carried out. The significance of the research results is due to the lack of widely available methods in open access for the optimal selection of software as a tool, not related to involving external agents in the process and having the necessary scalability to use them, including collective, in organizations. This creates negative effects for organizations and the economy of the Republic of Belarus as a whole.

Incorporating Knowledge Sharing As a Sustainable Competitive Advantage with Business Processes

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Maziar Azimzadeh Irani ◽  
Mohd Zulkifli Mohd Ghazali ◽  
Hassan Mohd. Osman
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Management Decision Making

Objective - This paper aims to clarify the importance of knowledge sharing application in businesses, and to illuminate the effect of knowledge sharing as the key compartment of knowledge management on business process and organizational performance based on current research. Finally, this paper endeavours to suggest a model and some recommendation for future research. Methodology/Technique - A qualitative method based on a comprehensive search of numerous leading databases has been utilized for the purpose of this study. Findings - Knowledge sharing influences organizational performance from diverse aspects like; management, decision making, and production procedure. In knowledge based societies, the ability of a company to create, sustain, and communicate knowledge has a major impact on its performance. Knowledge sharing is the basis of competitive advantage due to its implicit dimension and the complexity to imitate or substitute. Therefore, companies who are capable of achieving a successful knowledge sharing are likely to perform better. Novelty - Knowledge sharing affects business overall performance. Therefore, knowledge sharing should be incorporated into business processes in order to maintain a business, organizational performance at a competitive level. Type of Paper: Review Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Business Process; Organizational Performance;Organizational Success; Competitive Advantage.

Supply chain sustainability: evidence on conflict minerals

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 28-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Griffin ◽  
David H. Lont ◽  
Yuan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Conflict Minerals ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
Management Decision Making

Purpose – This study aims to examine the economic cost imposed by capital markets of section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 on conflict minerals (CM). The authors analyse a sample of first-time CM disclosures made by US companies in 2010-2012. Design/methodology/approach – The authors measure the market response to these disclosures and compare it to the response of a matched control sample of non-disclosers. An overall negative response could arise from regulatory costs, changes in management decision making, or customers' social concerns about CM. An overall positive response could reflect the benefits of disclosure transparency. Findings – The authors find that the negative effects of the disclosures outweigh any positive effects. The authors also find more limited negative effects for the control sample, since they are likely to be future CM disclosers. Research limitations/implications – Because companies' balance sheets do not report these negative effects, the results imply that investors price supply chain activities related to CM as an off-balance sheet liability. Practical implications – The results agree with companies' assertions of a substantial cost to implement the CM provision. The authors estimate an aggregate loss of shareholder value for the sample of $6.5 to $13.1 billion. Social implications – These results show that regulators' and stakeholders' demands for increased transparency can be costly to shareholders when the disclosures induce changes in management decision making and raise customers' social concerns about supply chain sustainability. Originality/value – The study is the first to examine the economic effects of companies' initial disclosures about CM under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.

scholarly journals Satellite remote sensing, biodiversity research and conservation of the future

2014 ◽  
Vol 369 (1643) ◽  
pp. 20130190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Pettorelli ◽  
Kamran Safi ◽  
Woody Turner
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Satellite Remote Sensing ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Ecosystem Responses ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
New Research

Assessing and predicting ecosystem responses to global environmental change and its impacts on human well-being are high priority targets for the scientific community. The potential for synergies between remote sensing science and ecology, especially satellite remote sensing and conservation biology, has been highlighted by many in the past. Yet, the two research communities have only recently begun to coordinate their agendas. Such synchronization is the key to improving the potential for satellite data effectively to support future environmental management decision-making processes. With this themed issue, we aim to illustrate how integrating remote sensing into ecological research promotes a better understanding of the mechanisms shaping current changes in biodiversity patterns and improves conservation efforts. Added benefits include fostering innovation, generating new research directions in both disciplines and the development of new satellite remote sensing products.

scholarly journals COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT ON THE WELL-BEING OF THE CITY POPULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Alexandra Alekseevna KORMINA
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
City Population ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The method of assessing the impact of factors of diff erent nature on the components of the city’s living environment that determine favorable living conditions and the well-being of the population is considered. It is statistically established that the variety of factors should be taken into account when assessing and normalizing the combination of multifactorial impacts on demographic and social processes occurring in the urban environment. Combinations of the most signifi cant interacting factors and statistical models based on them can be taken into account when predicting the level of morbidity, the dynamics of migration processes, the family well-being of the population, and others. The developed models and assessment methodology can serve as a tool to support management decision-making to ensure a high level of quality of life of the population and urban development of residential areas.

scholarly journals About legal assignment of application of techniques of health risk evaluation in the legislation of the Russian Federation regulating sanitary epidemiological well-being of population

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 264-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. O. Karelin ◽  
A. Yu. Lomtev ◽  
Gennadiy B. Eremin ◽  
N. A. Mozzhukhina
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Difficulties

The countries-members of Eurasian economic society developed legislative base of implementation of health risks evaluation. In the Russian Federation the law on sanitary epidemiological well-being includes no requirements concerning evaluation of risk while criteria of acceptable health risks are formulated and stated in guidance and methodical documents of Rospotrebnadzor. At the same time, absence of concepts of risk and risk evaluation in the law on sanitary epidemiological well-being of population results in serious legal difficulties in case of application of results of risk evaluation and management decision making on their basis. The analysis of countries-members of Eurasian economic union permitted to develop proposals concerning introduction of alterations and additions in the law on sanitary epidemiological well-being ofpopulation of Russia for assigning evaluation of risks ofpopulation health in legislation of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Knowledge management, decision-making style and organizational performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abubakar Mohammed Abubakar ◽  
Hamzah Elrehail ◽  
Maher Ahmad Alatailat ◽  
Alev Elçi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making

Centralization and Effectiveness of Reward Management in Multinational Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tekieli ◽  
Marion Festing ◽  
Xavier Baeten
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Role Identities ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Subsidiary Managers ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Based on responses from 158 reward managers located at the headquarters or subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, the present study examines the relationship between the centralization of reward management decision making and its perceived effectiveness in multinational enterprises. Our results show that headquarters managers perceive a centralized approach as being more effective, while for subsidiary managers this relationship is moderated by the manager’s role identity. Referring to social identity theory, the present study enriches the standardization versus localization debate through a new perspective focusing on psychological processes, thereby indicating the importance of in-group favoritism in headquarters and the influence of subsidiary managers’ role identities on reward management decision making.

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