Recognizing Potential: A Naturalistic Investigation of Employee Promotion Decisions

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien C. Armenis ◽  
Andrew Neal
Keyword(s):  
Training Design ◽  
Decision Strategy ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Military Commanders ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Tactical Decisions ◽  
Naturalistic Investigation

Over the past two decades, substantial progress has been made in describing how frontline staff, such as nurses and military commanders, make rapid tactical decisions. Managerial decisions, by contrast, are often made relatively slowly. One important class of managerial decisions relates to staffing. Managers often make decisions regarding the hiring and promotion of staff that have significant consequences for both the company and staff. Relatively little is known about how people make decisions in these contexts. In this study, the authors examine how managers make employee promotion decisions. The participants in the study were 16 senior managers from a multinational beverage company. The critical decision method was used to elicit knowledge from the participants. The analyses examined the role of decision strategy, situation assessment, and decision evaluation. The findings suggest that senior managers make promotion decisions in a manner consistent with recognition-primed decision-making theory. Implications for training, design, and decision support are discussed.

scholarly journals Critically Analyse the Role of Senior Managers as Barriers to Organizational Change and Explore How this can be Addressed

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeton Zogjani ◽  
Samed Raçi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Environment Change ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Market Change ◽  
Managerial Decisions

In this research papers is analyse the critically role of senior managers on organizational change and how their role can be addressed in the best and appropriate way in organizational change. Organizational change can achieve through effect of behaviour on organizational performance as well as role and responsibility that senior managers have on motivation within organizational changes. In some cases senior managers during process of organizational change create barriers for any group of interest within organisation. The managerial decisions in the process of organizational change are associated with conflict and it can be from internal and external environment. Managerial decisions may affect the interest of internal groups in organization and senior managers need to their authority to resolve the conflict situation in organization. Internal conflict usually is associated with poor decisions, administrative allocation and latent roles while most of external conflicts are from technology and environment change. In modern economy, the nature of organizational change and behaviour has their impact from different factors, such as: rapid change of technology, competitions, market change and environment change.

The Application of International Humanitarian Law by the Israel Defense Forces

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amichai Cohen ◽  
Eyal Ben-Ari
Keyword(s):  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Advocate General ◽  
The Past ◽  
Junior Officers ◽  
Military Commanders ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Israel Defense Forces ◽  
The Military

This chapter describes how increased juridification and demands to apply international humanitarian law (IHL) have influenced the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The authors analyze the IDF’s compliance with IHL and other legal frameworks through a multilevel and multidimensional model of military compliance describing the law and external institutions involved in applying it. The past decades have seen the relatively autonomous sphere of the military increasingly come under judicial overview. Judicial and international pressures have also increased the role of the operational legal advisors. The chapter ends by discussing the ceremonies intended to promote compliance with IHL involving soldiers and junior officers. It is based on interviews (with Israeli academic experts, members of nongovernmental organizations [NGOs], and military commanders), off-the-record conversations with members of the IDF’s Military Advocate General, and newspaper articles, reports of NGOs, and secondary material.

LOGISTICS BASICS OF ORDER MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.K. Kirillova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Operation ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Order Management

The article considers the conceptual features of logistics and criteria for making managerial decisions. The role of order management in ensuring the continuous operation of the organization is shown. The stages of the order management process for planning the system of interaction with customers are reflected.

scholarly journals 102 Online Supportive Conversations & Reflection Sessions [OSCARS] with Care Home Staff Following A Resident’s Death: Improving Coping Mechanisms, Team Cohesion and Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i12-i42
Author(s):  
J Hockley ◽  
L Johnston ◽  
J Watson ◽  
S D Shenkin
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Team Cohesion ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Care Home Staff ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Staff Wellbeing ◽  
Future Education

Abstract Introduction COVID-19 Trauma Guidance suggests opportunities for structured, time-limited discussions about challenging experiences should be offered. It is unknown if such discussions can be effectively delivered online by palliative care specialists to support care home (CH) staff in relation to death/dying. Funded by Scotland’s Chief Scientist Office COVID-19 “rapid research” fund, online OSCaRS is being piloted. Methods Fortnightly OSCaRS delivered to small groups of CH staff via a secure online platform in three local CHs over 10 weeks. Sessions are digitally recorded. The shortened version of the Chesney coping self-efficacy questionnaire is completed by all staff pre/post. Additional post-study questions asked of OSCaRS participants and in-depth staff interviews will be undertaken (n = 10). Thematic analysis of the recorded sessions and interviews will be undertaken and related to the staff questionnaire and context of each CH. Results New learning on the feasibility and acceptability of providing OSCaRS to frontline staff. The benefit of OSCaRS to CH staff coping mechanisms, team cohesion and communicaton with relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic will be presented. Initial results show that OSCaRS are feasible, valued by all care home staff and support staff in coping with the challenges of COVID-19/. Key Conclusions The analysis will inform future practice, and an Implementation Guide for OSCaRS in CHs will be produced. Key learning on the potential for online support in relation to death/dying during the pandemic and beyond will contribute to future education, training and staff wellbeing resources. It will also inform the role of such sessions in developing individual coping mechanisms and team working alongside communication with relatives during lockdown.

scholarly journals FORMACIÓN EN TIC DEL PROFESORADO UNIVERSITARIO. FACTORES QUE INFLUYEN EN LA TRANSFERENCIA A LA FUNCIÓN DOCENTE

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Cejas-León ◽  
Antonio Navío Gámez
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Transfer Of Training ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Training Design ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Technological Competence ◽  
Integrate Technology ◽  
Design Factors ◽  
And Training

Resumen:La transferencia de la formación, junto a los factores que la facilitan o la inhiben, forma parte de los retos a los que se enfrentan las instituciones universitarias. Teniendo como foco la formación en TIC que recibe el profesorado universitario, en este trabajo se analiza la influencia que tienen los factores relativos a la formación y al propio participante en la posterior transferencia al puesto de trabajo. Se ha llevado a cabo una investigación transeccional de corte correlacional en la que han participado 155 docentes de tres universidades catalanas que habían pasado por un proceso formativo en TIC. En cuanto al diseño de la formación, los resultados apuntan a que una formación diseñada según el contexto real de participante influye significativamente en la posterior puesta en práctica de lo aprendido. En cuanto al participante, los resultados sugieren que lo que influye en la transferencia es la capacidad de integrar tecnología, pedagogía y disciplina (TPACK). Se concluye el artículo con una serie de recomendaciones con ánimo de facilitar la transferencia de las formaciones en TIC que se ofertan al profesorado universitario. Abstract:The transfer of training is, together with the factors involved, one of the challenges that universities have to face. Focusing on the teacher training in ICT, in this work we analyse the role of individual and training design factors on transfer. A cross-sectional correlation investigation was performed, participating 155 teachers from three Catalan universities who had been trained in ICT. As far as the training design, the results show that a training designed according to the real context of the participant is the biggest influential factor on transfer. Also, the results suggests that the capacity of the participant to integrate technology, pedagogy and content (TPACK) is an influential factor on transfer. The technological competence, which is similar to instrumental ability, obtained the 4th position in the correlation analysis. This paper concludes with recommendations in order to facilitate the transfer of teacher training in ICT.

The Effect of Big Data Analytic Capabilities Upon Bank Performance via FinTech Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-87
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Dmour ◽  
Rand H. Al-Dmour ◽  
Hani H. Al-Dmour ◽  
Eatadal Basheer Ahmadamin
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to examine and validate the impact of big data analytical capabilities (individual, organizational, and technological) on bank performance via the mediating role of Fintech innovation in commercial banks operating in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Based on a literature review, resource-based theory, and financial innovation theory, an integrated conceptual framework was developed to guide the study. A quantitative survey approach was used, and the data was collected from 236 banks' senior managers (IT, financial, and marketers). Amos 21 structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze and verify the study variables. The main findings revealed that big data analytical capabilities had a significant positive influence on bank performance. Fintech innovation acted as partial mediators in this relationship.

The President as Policy Entrepreneur

The Last Card ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 344-360
Author(s):  
Colin Dueck
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
Policy Advice ◽  
The Political ◽  
Policy Entrepreneur ◽  
Policy Entrepreneurship ◽  
Military Commanders ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Commander In Chief

This concluding chapter focuses on the role of George W. Bush himself, arguing that by 2006–2007, the president had become a more mature and assertive commander-in-chief who asked hard questions of his military commanders and pushed the policy process to deliver strategic alternatives. The president successfully related the policy advice he received to the political requirements and constraints he faced to fashion a new strategy for the Iraq War. His success in doing so might constitute the basis for a modest form of “Bush revisionism.” The chapter also defines the concept of policy entrepreneurship, including the ability to connect three distinct streams: problems, policies, and politics. It then analyzes these three streams as they existed regarding US policy in Iraq by mid-2006, and describes how and why Bush was able to connect the three streams.

scholarly journals Internationalization of Chinese SMEs: The role of networks and global value chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Su ◽  
Zaheer Khan ◽  
Yong Kyu Lew ◽  
Byung Il Park ◽  
Umair Shafi Choksy
Keyword(s):  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Born Global ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Capability Building ◽  
Further Development

This article examines the role of networks and global value chains (GVCs) and how they influence emerging economy small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (EE-SMEs) internationalization. Drawing on the insights, experiences, and perspectives of entrepreneurs and senior managers of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have originated from China, the study adopts qualitative approach and examines nine firms’ internationalization. We find that Chinese born-global manufacturing SMEs benefit from networks with quick insidership position into GVCs, but suffer from various obstacles that hinder their further development. The findings further indicate that network ties substantially facilitate EE-SMEs’ internationalization, but also restrict their future global development, as their low position within the GVCs impedes further business development and capability building. The case firms’ lower position within the GVCs weakens the networks’ influence on their GVC upgrading. The research identifies key enablers of GVC engagement and obstacles of GVC upgrading of the case firms which play an important role in the EE-SMEs’ internationalization. JEL CLASSIFICATION: M10; M16

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