Changing the role of workplace design within the business organisation: A model for linking workplace design solutions to business strategies

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Craig Levin
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Workplace Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Business Organisation ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Planning Concepts

With the continuous changing nature of work and increasing demands on business organisations to remain competitive and to continually innovate, while controlling ever increasing real estate costs, the role of the workplace remains the battle ground between an organisation's cost savings strategy, its efforts to retain the status quo, serve as a facilitator of change and stand as a visual statement of the brand. While organisations continue to build facilities that range from newer adaptations of their previous model to what some may deem radical departures with the goal of creating new ways of working, the selection of what course of planning direction to take is still often left to a methodology that is removed from the long‐term strategic objectives of the organisation. Even organisations wishing to use the workplace as an enabler of transformation rely on the imagery of more open and collaborative work areas as the basis for change. Rarely is a connection made to the business strategy and business model of the organisation. Recognising that no matter what the organisational model, work processes are becoming more and more collaborative in nature, businesses appear to be confusing the design of collaborative workspaces with connections to a business strategy. This has created a vacuum in the perception of the role of the workplace within the business organisation and on the way in which workplace‐planning concepts are developed by design consultants. This paper attempts to identify the underlying issues that differentiate workplace design from workplace design strategies and to present a new way of developing these strategies that will change the perceived role of the workplace within the organisation.

Public Perception—A Newspaper Medium Perspective

2011 ◽  
pp. 101-135
Author(s):  
Jing Gao
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Interpretive Study ◽  
Integration Problems

This chapter will present evidence to show that there is an absence of informed, broad, media discussion on e-commerce initiatives in Australia. As pointed out by several authors (e.g., Gittins, 1995), the newspaper medium is one of the main vehicles through which advisers and policy makers seek to influence society. Thus this medium takes on the role of a public forum on national issues. However, it was found that newspapers in Australia have failed in their role of preparing manufacturing industries for the impact of new technologies. In this interpretive study, major Australian newspapers were examined for public discussions about e-commerce in manufacturing industries. The political-legal, economic, social, and technological (PEST) framework was used as a lens to subdivide issues, problems, and opportunities identified in the academic e-commerce literature. This lens was then used to examine 103 newspaper articles identified using the keywords Australian manufacturing and e-commerce in what was believed to be all the major Australian newspapers. It was found that some articles merely report vendors’ promises of potential cost savings while overlooking the need for investment in technology, training, and maintenance costs, while other discussions focused on “users as victims” issues such as security and privacy. In-depth issues such as reliability, communication protocols, bandwidth availability, and integration problems were overlooked. In particular, the problem of business strategies was ignored.

scholarly journals Determinants of Leadership and Organizational Culture in Implementing Business Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Zainal Ilmi ◽  
Robiansyah Robiansyah ◽  
Michael Hadjaat ◽  
Saida Zainurossalamia ZA ◽  
Dio Caisar Darma
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Organizational Form ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Corporate Environment ◽  
Technology Leader ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Leader Attributes

Leadership and organizational culture are essential factors in the sustainability of a business. The two things' strategy becomes a concept that is often used as a foundation by various companies in running their activities. This article aims to discuss the role of leadership and organizational culture in implementing business strategy. Societal, cultural norms influence leader attributes and behaviors. Leader attributes and actions can be affected by the organization's corporate environment, size, and technology. Leader attributes and behaviors can determine the organizational form and organizational culture, and vice versa.

Linking Web Design Strategy with Business Strategy

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kao-Hui Kung ◽  
Wei-Hsi Hung ◽  
Chuan-Chun Wu ◽  
Chun-Chia Liao
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Competitive Strategies

Given the modern trend toward the Internet, firms can now use web sites to achieve marketing and advertising effectiveness for their businesses. This usage creates a new model of marketing strategy. Experts in the field have indicated that links between marketing and competitive strategies are critical to organisational performance and business success. However, empirical studies conducted in various countries have shown that the web designs are misaligned with organizational strategic objectives. In this study, the authors view web sites as marketing applications, and investigate how corporate sites effectively support three types of business strategy: the prospector, analyser, and defender strategies. The authors conducted a series of in-depth interviews with web site designers and established design techniques through grounded theory approach to indicate how particular web sites support a specific type of business strategy. They also established the relationship between web design strategies and business strategies, which should help practitioners improve the strategic positioning of their web sites.

Personal Capitalism and British Industrial Decline: The Personally Managed Firm and Business Strategy in Sheffield, 1880–1920

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Lloyd-Jones ◽  
Myrddin J. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Flexible Technology ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Industrial Decline ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Quality Production

Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., has maintained that the persistence of the personally managed firm in Britain may be a cause of that nation's long-run industrial decline. This article contributes to the debate over decline through a detailed exploration of the business role of personally managed firms in a strategic sector of the Second Industrial Revolution: the metal and metal-making trades of Sheffield. Our study shows that the business strategies of Sheffield firms, based on quality production and flexible technology, had close similarities to those of American companies described by scholars such as Philip Scranton. Many of the Sheffield firms were not lacking in enterprise; they demonstrated tenacity and, in certain key segments of the metal trades, enjoyed a high degree of business success. Our examination of personal capitalism in Sheffield suggests that the terms of the debate over Britain's industrial decline may require further refinement.

Digital business strategizing: the role of leadership and organizational learning

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huub Ruel ◽  
Hefin Rowlands ◽  
Esther Njoku
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Network Organizations ◽  
Structure Knowledge

Purpose This paper aims to develop a theoretical framework to understand the role of leadership and organizational learning in intra-organizational digital business strategizing, to contribute to our understanding of how digital business strategies emerge. Design/methodology/approach Based on a theoretical analysis of relevant literature to connect leadership and organizational learning to intra-organizational digital business strategizing, a co-creation model was developed. Findings The model demonstrates that digital business strategy emerge through the mediating role of leadership and organizational learning processes, facilitated by the moderating effect of contextual factors, which includes; strategic alignment, information technology competence, institutional trust and organizational change readiness. Research limitations/implications Two major limitations of this paper that warrant further research are as follows: the paper’s focus on intra-organizational digital business strategizing which excludes collaborative inter-organizational digital business strategizing among network organizations in Industry 4.0; and the need for empirical examination of the model to evaluate and validate it. Practical implications This paper offers a framework that will ensure that digital business strategizing maintains a fit between organizational strategy, structure, knowledge, culture, systems and processes that must align together to achieve the desired strategy. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to explore the extendibility of leadership and organizational learning to digital business strategizing and to propose how digital business strategies emerge.

scholarly journals BUSINESS STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN FAMILY BUSINESSES IN GHANA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 103-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOSES ACQUAAH
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Using Data

The business strategy perspective argues that achieving competitive advantage hinges on pursing a coherent competitive strategy. Family businesses are also said to manifest a strong desire to develop enduring and committed social relationships with external stakeholders. This study examines the effect of business strategy on performance of family businesses and how their managerial social networking relationships with external entities moderate the business strategy–performance link. Using data from 54 family firms from Ghana, the findings indicate that: (1) the pursuit of the business strategies of cost leadership and differentiation create competitive advantage for family businesses; (2) social networking relationships with government bureaucratic officials and community leaders are beneficial to family businesses, but social networking relationships with political leaders is detrimental to family businesses; and (3) the benefit of business strategy to family businesses is moderated positively by networking with community leaders, but negatively by networking with political leaders.

scholarly journals The role of business strategy to create a competitive advantage in the organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
Rasheed Abdulwase ◽  
Faroq Ahmed ◽  
Fuad Nasr ◽  
Abdullah Abdulwase ◽  
Asma Alyousofi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
The Relationship

The business strategy is a significant factor that can be used to strengthen and improve the organization. It can create competitive advantages as more significant than the foreign market, thereby realizing sustainable commercial development where the survival and continuity in the Organization for the best. Consequently, the study aims to explore the relationship between the role of business strategy on creating a competitive advantage in the organization. Previous limited studies have been highlighted the important role of the business strategies in various fields in an organization. Therefore, based on the available empirical literature, this study highlights the role of business strategy to create a competitive advantage. We found the business strategy has a vital role in the competitive advantages to gain the market. Moreover, the organization market affected by a good quality strategy. Furthermore, the study offers useful suggestions to different stakeholders for the importance of business strategy in the organization context.

scholarly journals MCS package and entrepreneurial competency influence on business performance: the moderating role of business strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shafique Ur Rehman ◽  
Hamzah Elrehail ◽  
Kiran Nair ◽  
Anam Bhatti ◽  
Abdallah Mohammad Taamneh
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Entrepreneurial Competencies ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper draws on resource-based theory (RBV) to examine the impact of the management control system (MCS) package on business performance through the mediating role of entrepreneurial competencies and the interaction role of business strategy in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Design/methodology/approachA total of 372 questionnaires were used in this research for analysis purposes using partial least square–structural equation modelling. Cluster sampling was used and nine states out of 16 states were selected randomly, including Kelantan, Johor, Sarawak, Selangor, Kedah, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Perak and Sabah, because the nine states cover 84.4% of the total SMEs.FindingsThe results revealed that only cultural and administrative control has no relationship with business performance. Moreover, in the MCS package, all elements have a significant and positive influence on entrepreneurial competencies. Furthermore, business strategy (cost leadership and differentiation strategy) significantly moderates, while entrepreneurial competencies mediate between, cultural, planning, cybernetic, rewards and compensation, administrative control and business performance.Originality/valueSMEs in Malaysia are contributing 36.6% to gross domestic product. Further, as this sector is important, less attention has been paid to this area of MCS package with business strategies to determine organisational performance. This study fills these gaps, and the recommendations and findings for further research are discussed in detail accordingly. Moreover, the findings of the current research provide guidelines for the management of SMEs.

scholarly journals The Impact of Business Strategic Orientation on Innovation-Driven Mergers and Acquisitions: An Empirical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zhuozhu Liu ◽  
Yiran Li ◽  
Zhaoyang Zhang ◽  
Rongying Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mediator Variable ◽  
Significant Attention

The “innovation-driven” development approach plays a crucial role in transforming and developing current China’s national economy. Many innovation-driven mergers and acquisitions (M&As) emerge in the M&As activities of firms, and the acquiring firm’s business strategy of conducting innovation-driven M&As has drawn significant attention. To study the impact of business strategy on innovation-driven M&As, this paper adopts the probit model to conduct logistic regression analysis on the 223 M&As data samples, exploring which business strategy is inclined to perform innovation-driven M&As. The results show that prospective firms are more likely to conduct innovation-driven M&As. Besides, the firms that conduct prospective business strategies are more likely to have a higher innovation level than firms operating defensive business strategies. The innovation level plays the role of a mediator variable in the model of business strategies influencing innovation-driven M&As. This paper analyzes the innovation-driven motivation from the perspective of business strategy, enriching the research of M&A and offering a method to predict the possibility of innovation-driven M&A by measuring business strategy.

scholarly journals Ethics Projections in Vision and Mission: Fortune 500 the Case of Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sevdiye E. Yilmaz ◽  
Emine Cetinel
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Analysis Method

<p class="Normal2">Strong ethical climate at all levels is a necessity for any community to function in a healthy matter. This requirement has a far greater importance for the business world because it creates a favorable ground for ethics violations. In this context, in what extent ethical principles find a place in the business strategies of the company and the market is a question to be answered. Thus, with the thought to provide a perspective on the role of ethics in business strategy, large enterprises operating in Turkey have been investigated about how much ethical statements are used in the vision and mission expressions in this study. For the purpose of the research, vision and mission statements of top 100 companies in Fortune 500 Turkey List that announced on 2014 Fortune Turkey magazine have been investigated by using the content analysis method. The findings were discussed in the framework of the research objectives.</p>

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