Exploratory study of adoption of lean management practices in Pakistani textile firms

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Khurrum S. Bhutta ◽  
Ana L. Rosado Feger ◽  
Faizul Huq ◽  
Asif Muzaffar
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Lean Management

People Management Practices that Underpin Lean Management Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renu Agarwal ◽  
Christopher Bajada ◽  
Paul James Brown ◽  
Roy Green
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Lean Management

Twitter Content Categorisation: A Public Library Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shiri ◽  
Dinesh Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Library System ◽  
Knowledge Management Practices

With the rise of social media, many library and information services have begun to incorporate a wide variety of social media and social networking applications into their systems and services. Among the mainstream social networking applications, micro-blogging, in general, and Twitter, in particular, have gained increasing popularity. This paper reports the results of an exploratory study of the application of Twitter in the context of a large public library system. Specifically, this study has sampled, content analysed and categorised a select number of tweets created by a public library system in order to identify and document the ways in which Twitter can be used for various information services and knowledge management practices in public libraries. One of the main outcomes of this study is a tweet categorisation scheme that has a specific focus on the information services offered by public libraries.

scholarly journals Practitioner Perspectives Of Information Technology Industry Intrapreneurship: An Exploratory Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G. Kenney ◽  
Nile M. Khanfar ◽  
Lee E. Kizer
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Field View

Scholars have shown that maintaining an intrapreneurial culture contributes to superior firm performance (Parboteeah, 2000) and attracting better qualified job applicants (Olmsted, 2005). Yet, there remains a need for more research “regarding the successes or failures of large companies that systematically instill corporate entrepreneurship” (Thornberry, 2003 p. 332).  While an increasing number of scholars have examined the benefits and challenges of creating and maintaining an intrapreneurial culture, there remains a need to examine intrapreneurship from an intrapreneur’s perspective. This article is an exploratory study which qualitatively, through the use of informational interviews, explores how experienced intrapreneurs within the Information Technology (IT) field view intrapreneurial opportunities and how management practices explicitly and/or implicitly effect intrapreneurial perceptions.

Information Systems Success and Failure—Two Sides of One Coin, or Different in Nature? An Exploratory Study

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Information Systems Success ◽  
Is Success ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Is Failure

Although the discipline of information systems (IS) development is well established, IS failure and abandonment remains widespread. As a result, a considerable amount of IS research literature has investigated, among other things, the factors associated with IS success and failure. However, little attention has been given to any possible relationships that exist among the uncovered factors. In an attempt to address this, we examine the development of a successful IS, and compare the factors associated with its success against the factors most reported in our review of the literature as being associated with IS failure. This may be an important area of study given, for example, project management practices may be affected by knowing whether success and failure are two sides of one coin, or different in nature. The results of our exploratory study showed that four of the six factors associated with the success of the investigated IS were related to the factors identified from our review of the literature as being associated with IS failure.

Reducing and Recycling Waste in Zambian Schools: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-349
Author(s):  
Suzana Namusonga ◽  
Margaret-Anne Carter
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Private School ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Waste Management Practices

The perplexing problem of sustainable practices for proper waste disposal, across all levels of society, is frequently disregarded in developing countries. The paper presents the findings of an exploratory study of 94 participants (pupils and teachers) at a private school in Lusaka, Zambia on school-based waste management practices. The article begins with general background information on the current waste management practices in developing nations. Next, school recycling programs are introduced, with a specific reference to waste management in Zambia. An explanation of our exploratory case study on waste management at Mary Queen of Peace Girl's school in Lusaka Zambia follows. The contributions of the school community to recycling practices, achieved through a three-phase actioned research approach to education for sustainability, are detailed. Final results are reported highlighting the role of school culture transformation, radically changing from reliance on waste disposal toward practices of waste recycling.

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