OBSTACLES OF IMPLEMENTING GREEN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITAL BUILDINGS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
AbdulLateef Olanrewaju ◽  
Yee Jia Teo ◽  
Fikri Mohamed Sarajul
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Maintenance Practice ◽  
Poor Understanding

Demand for green hospital buildings is increasing. While some hospital buildings were designed and constructed as green buildings, many hospital buildings have been upgraded to comply with the green requirements. Green hospital buildings require green maintenance practice. In comparison, procuring green buildings is easy as compared to green maintenance. Through unstructured interviews involving 3 hospitals, this research investigated the complications in the implementation of green maintenance in hospital buildings. The research found that lack of awareness, financial constraints/government support, new technologies, and top management support were the major obstacles toward the implementation of green maintenance. The results also confirmed that the maintenance of hospital buildings is corrective, reactive, and cost-driven. The salient finding from this research is that the maintenance organizations have a poor understanding of the concept of green maintenance practices. Saving energy costs are the main purpose of implementing green maintenance in hospitals. From an ontological point of view, the main findings of this research on the constraints of the implementation of green maintenance are generalizable to other types of buildings in and outside of Malaysia.

Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-Marketing by Decision Makers in SMEs

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Mohammad Kasem Alrousan ◽  
Ahmad Samed Al-Adwan ◽  
Amro Al-Madadha ◽  
Mohammad Hamdi Al Khasawneh
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
It Knowledge

This study examines the factors that influence decision-makers to adopt e-marketing in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. There is currently no comprehensive conceptual framework that explains e-marketing adoption in SMEs. Therefore, this study develops a conceptual framework based on the diffusion of innovation (DOI) and technology-organization-environment (TOE) theories. The conceptual framework is composed of four contexts: technological, organizational, managerial, and environmental, and hypothesizes eleven factors significantly influencing e-marketing adoption in SMEs. A self-administrated questionnaire survey was conducted with 362 SMEs in Jordan. Logistic regression was used to test the relevant hypotheses. The obtained results show that relative advantages, complexity, IT expertise, top management support, manager's IT knowledge and external pressure have a significant impact on e-marketing adoption. However, compatibility, cost, firm size, manager innovativeness, and government support do not show any association with e-marketing adoption.

scholarly journals Analysis of E-Commerce Adoption by SMEs Using the Technology - Organization - Environment (TOE) Model: A Case Study in Karawang, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1113-1132
Author(s):  
Lila Setiyani ◽  
Yeny Rostiani
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Intention To Adopt

E-commerce as a medium for online transactions by business actors can increase the productivity of SMEs. This study aims to analyze the adoption of e-commerce in SMEs in Karawang Regency, Indonesia. The technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework was chosen as a variable for measuring e-commerce adoption. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire survey which was distributed to SMEs in Karawang Regency, and obtained 301 respondents. The results of data collection by using Smart PLS with the results of the technological aspects have no significant effect on the intention to adopt e-commerce, while the organizational and environmental aspects have a significant effect on the intention to adopt e-commerce. All technology indicators, namely compatability, perceived usefulness, complexity, security concern and relative advantage, are proven to have a significant effect on technology in the intention to adopt e-commerce. Organizational indicators, namely cost, organization readiness, organization culture, organization size and top management support, are proven to have a significant effect on organizations in their intention to adopt e-commerce. Meanwhile, environmental indicators, namely government support, competitive pressure, environmental uncertainty and vendor quality, have a significant effect on the environment in the intention to adopt e-commerce. The data that has been generated can be used by the MSMEs management agency in Karawang Regency to formulate strategies for increasing the productivity of SMEs.

Evaluating the Internal and External Factors Toward ERP Success

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afzaal H. Seyal ◽  
Mohd Noah Abd Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
The Impact

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the role of top management support, government support, the impact of business vision, external expertise and perceived benefits in assessing the success of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The study uses survey approach of 150 business firms selected randomly from Brunei Yellow Pages. 45 out of them are practicising ERP for the year and more and are included in this study. Data analyzed by PSW-18 software support the majority of the previous findings that all the contextual variables used are significant, except the top management support. These results are compared with existing studies and the implications of the findings for practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Factors influencing the adoption of information technology in a construction business

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley Sargent ◽  
Paul Hyland ◽  
Sukanlaya Sawang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Use Of Technology

Construction firms are increasingly utilizing information technologies to better manage geographically dispersed projects. Often these technologies involve changes to existing working practices and processes and are viewed as disruptive by members of the organization. Understanding the factors that can influence individuals’ intention to utilize technology can assist managers to implement strategies to increase and improve the uptake of technologies and improve the innovation adoption process.  Using a case study organization, factors identified in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) are examined and the UTAUT is extended and by including resistance to change and top management support. The findings indicate effort expectancy, internal facilitating conditions and top management support all influence individuals’ intention to use information technology. The results also show that resistance to change or fear of change does not always play a role in innovation adoption. The findings reinforce the need to support new technologies from both a managerial and technical perspective.  

scholarly journals E-commerce Model Adoption by Small-Medium Enterprises for Business Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4229-4233
Keyword(s):  
Technological Factor ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Small Medium Enterprises ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Electronic commerce (e’commerce) related to the internet for buying, selling, transporting, or exchanging info, products, or services. There are many advantages of e-commerce, including operational Benefits like the one global reach, cost reduction, promoting Issue Prevention, optimizing the supply chain, and always opening up business. That nation has SMES, and SMES is the largest foreign exchange earners in the country to be able to compete, with SMES being able to expand their transaction business via the Internet. The aim is to determine critical factors in the adoption of e-commerce for SMEs. That first analysis presented a comprehensive review of the literature onto the context for e-commerce research These methodology is divided into several parts: determination of research sources, identification of keyword structures for process search, implementation of criteria for inclusion and exclusion, extraction of data, and review of findings to address scientific questions. From the result of the literature research, there are several main factors for SMEs to adopt e-commerce such as Technological Factor that consists of : interception, Relative Advantage, Compability, IT infrastructure, Security. The Organizational factor consists of : Involvement & consistency, Top Management support, Financial Resources, Human Resources. External Factor consists of: competition aong organizations, and government support. And the individual factors are behavior to counsumer, excellent service, education, & computer Skill.

Investigating Impact of Inter-Organizational Factors in Measuring ERP Systems Success

2017 ◽  
pp. 178-204
Author(s):  
Afzaal H. Seyal ◽  
Mohd Noah A. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

The cardinal aim of this study is to assess the success of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in investigating the role played by the top management and government support, external expertise, perceived benefits and the impact of business vision. This is a quantitative field study conducted on 150 business firms randomly selected from the Brunei Yellow Pages. In this study, 30% of the companies had practiced the ERP for more than one year. A statistical software package PSW-18 was used to analyse the data. The majority of the previous findings which include all contextual variables used were significant with an exception to the top management support which proved insignificant. Those results were compared with existing studies. The practical implications are discussed and a conclusion is drawn.

Identification of problems in maintenance operations and comparison with manufacturing operations

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Phogat ◽  
Anil Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Manufacturing Operations ◽  
Industrial Organizations ◽  
Present Context

Purpose In the present context of globalization, maintenance of production systems is very important. A lot of organizations are facing many problems in maintenance management. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify the main problems in maintenance operations and compare these problems with those in manufacturing operations as found in the literature for effective maintenance. Design/methodology/approach To identify the main problems in maintenance operations and to compare them with those in manufacturing operations, a large amount of published literature was studied. The paper systematically categorizes the published literature and then analyzes and reviews it theoretically. Findings Lack of top management support, lack of measurement of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), lack of strategic planning and implementation and many more problems are biggest problems in the maintenance operations as well as manufacturing operations. These have emerged as top problems in the implementation of effective maintenance strategies in industries. Research limitations/implications From the findings, the authors can conclude that for good maintenance, top management is supposed to be supportive in taking different initiatives. Industrial organizations should focus on improving overall performance of machines identified as OEE rather than only productivity of machines. This paper will be extremely useful for the researchers, maintenance professionals and others concerned with maintenance to understand the significance of maintenance problems in industries. Originality/value These findings will be highly useful for professionals from the manufacturing sector in implementing effective maintenance strategy in the maintenance management system.

Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-Marketing by Decision Makers in SMEs

2021 ◽  
pp. 887-915
Author(s):  
Mohammad Kasem Alrousan ◽  
Ahmad Samed Al-Adwan ◽  
Amro Al-Madadha ◽  
Mohammad Hamdi Al Khasawneh
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
It Knowledge

This study examines the factors that influence decision-makers to adopt e-marketing in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. There is currently no comprehensive conceptual framework that explains e-marketing adoption in SMEs. Therefore, this study develops a conceptual framework based on the diffusion of innovation (DOI) and technology-organization-environment (TOE) theories. The conceptual framework is composed of four contexts: technological, organizational, managerial, and environmental, and hypothesizes eleven factors significantly influencing e-marketing adoption in SMEs. A self-administrated questionnaire survey was conducted with 362 SMEs in Jordan. Logistic regression was used to test the relevant hypotheses. The obtained results show that relative advantages, complexity, IT expertise, top management support, manager's IT knowledge and external pressure have a significant impact on e-marketing adoption. However, compatibility, cost, firm size, manager innovativeness, and government support do not show any association with e-marketing adoption.

Enablers and inhibitors of cloud computing assimilation: an empirical study

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1344-1369
Author(s):  
Nianxin Wang ◽  
Huigang Liang ◽  
Shilun Ge ◽  
Yajiong Xue ◽  
Jing Ma
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand what inhibit or facilitate cloud computing (CC) assimilation. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate the effects of two enablers, top management support (TMS) and government support (GS), and two inhibitors, organization inertia (OI) and data security risk (DSR) on CC assimilation. The authors posit that enablers and inhibitors influence CC assimilation separately and interactively. The research model is empirically tested by using the field survey data from 376 Chinese firms. Findings Both TMS and GS positively and DSR negatively influence CC assimilation. OI negatively moderates the TMS–assimilation link, and DSR negatively moderates the GS–assimilation link. Research limitations/implications The results indicate that enablers and inhibitors influence CC assimilation in both separate and joint manners, suggesting that CC assimilation is a much more complex process and demands new knowledge to be learned. Practical implications For these firms with a high level of OI, only TMS is not enough, and top managers should find other effective way to successfully implement structural and behavioral change in the process of CC assimilation. For policy makers, they should actively play their supportive roles in CC assimilation. Originality/value A new framework is developed to identify key drivers of CC assimilation along two bipolar dimensions including enabling vs inhibiting and internal vs external.

scholarly journals Assessment of Opportunities and Prospects for Diversifying the Activities of State Corporations in the Framework of Modern Organizational and Technological Trends (in the case of the nuclear industry)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-195
Author(s):  
D. Yu. Faikov ◽  
D. Yu. Baydarov
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
New Products ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Government Support ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Leading Role

Purpose: determination of the opportunities and definition of prospects of diversification in the field of production of new products (in the case of the nuclear industry), which allows to match the level of a new technological stage and to achieve state goals for import substitution, production of high-tech civilian products of the defense enterprises, creation of mechanisms for state support of leading industries.Methods: the research is based on a comprehensive analysis of diversification and production of new products using scientific and technical, institutional, organizational, and marketing approaches. Methods of empirical analysis were used to assess the opportunities and prospects for the production of new products by nuclear industry enterprises. The research also used methods of comparison, generalization, classification, and graphical representation.Results: as part of the study of diversification processes, the need for a special understanding of the term "new" in relation to technologies and products that correspond to both global technological trends and novelty from the point of view of the manufacturer has been identified. The reasons that motivate nuclear enterprises to develop new products (the need to diversify activities related to nuclear energy, expanding the production of high-tech products by defense enterprises) were determined. Global and national markets, major competitors, government support measures for a number of new products manufactured by the enterprises of the ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation – wind energy, additive technologies, composite materials, digital technologies – were evaluated. It was shown that ROSATOM in some cases forms these markets in Russia creating opportunities for other enterprises. ROSATOM activities meet the world's leading manufacturers practice – the entire technology chain from materials to finished product building, key manufacturers combining. ROSATOM is developing the directions that require interaction between the state and business.Conclusions and Relevance: diversification, including the production of new products, corresponds to both promising organizational and technological trends (industry 4.0, etc.) and the needs of import substitution and diversification. The effective organizational approach is the competencies unification that allows to cover all redistributions and compete with leading global manufacturers. It is necessary to create national markets using public-private partnership where public corporations can play a leading role in order to develop the most promising technological areas. The state should form a system for supporting promising areas in new technologies and products fields.

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