Project Mi-Net - An Inter-Organizational E-Business Adoption Study

2011 ◽  
pp. 387-405
Author(s):  
Pankaj Bagri ◽  
L. S. Murty ◽  
T. R. Madanmohan ◽  
Rajendra K. Bandi
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Adoption Study ◽  
Business System ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Value Propositions

This case study chronicles the adoption and implementation of an inter-organizational, e-business system by a FMCG organization in India. The focus of the case is on understanding the implementation process and the extent of proactive change management practices employed by the organization. The case brings out issues like the importance of building value propositions to attract the stakeholders, and providing the requisite training and incentives to commit them to the system.

Communicate belonging? Duoethnography of an organisational change study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Crestani ◽  
Jill Fenton Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Inclusive Language ◽  
Employee Resistance ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis duoethnography explores feelings of belonging that emerged as being relevant to the participants of a doctoral organisational change study. It challenges the prolific change management models that inadvertently encourage anti-belonging.Design/methodology/approachA change management practitioner and her doctoral supervisor share their dialogic reflections and reflexivity on the case study to open new conversations and raise questions about how communicating belonging enhances practice. They draw on Ubuntu philosophy (Tutu, 1999) to enrich Pinar's currere (1975) for understandings of belonging, interconnectedness, humanity and transformation.FindingsThe authors show how dialogic practice in giving employees a voice, communicating honestly, using inclusive language and affirmation contribute to a stronger sense of belonging. Suppressing the need for belonging can deepen a communication shadow and create employee resistance and alienation. Sharing in each other's personal transformation, the authors assist others in better understanding the feelings of belonging in organisational change.Practical implicationsPractitioners will need to challenge change initiatives that ignore belonging. This requires thinking of people as relationships, rather than as numbers or costs, communicating dialogically, taking care with language in communicating changes and facilitating employees to be active participants where they feel supported.Originality/valueFor both practice and academy, this duoethnography highlights a need for greater humanity in change management practices. This requires increasing the awareness and understanding of an interconnectedness that lies at the essence of belonging or Ubuntu (Tutu, 1999).

scholarly journals Manufatura enxuta em um fabricante de produtos hospitalares: implantação e avaliação na percepção dos gestores

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Rogério Da Silva Nunes ◽  
Alessandra De Linhares Jacobsen ◽  
Rodrigo Dos Santos Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Readiness For Change ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
A Company

The use of lean production in organizations, which aims to broaden your results using fewer resources, that is, to increase productivity producing essentially necessary and eliminating what does not add value to clients, requires actions that include mapping of success environments and organization's readiness for change management. Hence we have the current case study, descriptive, which presents the implementation of lean manufacturing in the textile plant in Blumenau (Santa Catarina) that manufactures medical products from a company with three manufacturing units. Next, there were interviews with thirteen managers and staff who participated in the lean manufacturing implementation process in the unit in focus. As a result, we identified that the requirements and preparations for the deployment mentioned are directed to a behavioral change that includes preparation of leadership, aligned with the organization's strategy, which needs to be deployed to all areas. Also featured are the stages of implementation and attempts to institutionalize the environment provided by the principles of lean manufacturing. It concludes with the identification of categories of analysis for the changes arising from the aforementioned deployment.

Institutional logics and risk management practices in government entities: evidence from Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Murr ◽  
Nieves Carrera
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traditional Logic ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
The Government

Purpose This study aims to understand how institutional logics influence the adoption and implementation of risk management (RM) practices by government entities in a non-western, developing country. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on the institutional logics perspective (ILP) to analyze a case study of a government entity in Saudi Arabia. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews, observations and documentary evidence. Findings Findings suggest that the adoption and implementation of RM projects by Saudi governmental agencies was rooted in a traditional logic, even though the catalyst of the government for adopting a RM culture across government agencies was framed within a reform program inspired by a modernization logic. In the entity under investigation, the RM project led to an unstable situation where actors were confronted with these two competing logics. Although the project used manifestations of a modernization logic, the actions of individuals within the organization were embedded in a traditional logic. Research limitations/implications The study is based on a single case study in a specific country, limiting the generalizability of the findings. Originality/value This study provides novel evidence of the adoption and implementation of RM in governmental entities in a developing, non-western, country using ILP. Doing so enhances our knowledge about how managers struggle with competing institutional logics in an underexplored setting and enriches current accounts of key drivers and barriers of RM. It also addresses calls for a deeper understanding of the logics and managerial practices interplay in the public sector.

A Case Study of Configuration Management Methods in a Major Automotive OEM

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Phelan ◽  
Crystal Wilson ◽  
Joshua D. Summers ◽  
Mary E. Kurz
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Mass Customization ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Configuration Change

To compete in the global market, many manufacturers are moving towards mass customization of products. This allows the manufacturer to take advantage of the high volumes found in mass production while still manufacturing products that fit the needs of individual customers. In order to effectively implement mass customization principles in production, the manufacturers must rely on some form of configuration management to keep track of the large amount of domain knowledge that is involved. The purpose of this paper is to present a review of existing configuration management practices and why they are necessary in today’s economy. This includes a case study of the configuration management and configuration change practices of a major automotive OEM. Based on the results of the case study, the authors present a series of recommendations to increase the effectiveness of the OEM’s change management practices.

Assessing national flood management using a sustainable flood management framework

Water Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Kang ◽  
H. S. Jeong ◽  
J. H. Lee ◽  
B. S. Kang
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
National Level ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Interview Survey

This paper presents a prototype framework for sustainable flood management at the national level which features stakeholder participation, and is modified and applied to a case study. Through literature reviews and an interview survey of South Korea (the case study country), the causes of recent flood damage are found to be heavy rainfall due to climate change, urbanization, insufficient channel capacities and the application of inadequate measures. The interview survey also shows that, to reduce flood damage, along with consistent implementation of systematic long-term plans, minimizing injudicious artificial development is critical and necessary. Using the framework developed for South Korea on the basis of the findings and the prototype framework, national flood management is assessed and discussed. In particular, an implementation process based on flood risk management and integrated strategies is proposed to practically achieve the objectives of management practices with the cooperation of governmental organizations and stakeholders under circumstances of high uncertainty. Consequently, it is concluded that the effective conduct of sustainable flood management at the national level in South Korea requires a recognition of the context of flood management, cooperation and information sharing about flooding, and social learning and change, all of which can be achieved through the active participation of stakeholders.

Improving ITIL compliance using change management practices: a finance sector case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1020-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Yamakawa ◽  
Claudio Obregón Noriega ◽  
Alfredo Novoa Linares ◽  
Willy Vega Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Management Practices

Configuration and options management processes and tools: an automotive OEM case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith T. Phelan ◽  
Joshua David Summers ◽  
Mary E. Kurz ◽  
Crystal Wilson ◽  
Bryan Wayne Pearce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Complexity Analysis ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Configuration Change

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a three-staged approach to configuration change management that uses a combination of complexity analysis, data visualization, and algorithmic validation to assist in validating configuration changes. Design/methodology/approach In order to accomplish the above purpose, the authors conducted a review of existing configuration management practices. This was followed by an in-depth case study of the configuration management practices of a major automotive OEM. The primary means of data collection for the case study were interviews, ethnographic study, and document analysis. Based on the results of the case study, a set of support tools is proposed to assist in the configuration management process. Findings Through the case study, the authors identified that the OEM used a configuration management method that largely represented the rule-based reasoning methods identified in the literature review. In addition, many of the associated challenges are present, primarily, the difficulty in making changes to the rule system and evaluating the changes. Research limitations/implications The primary limitation is that the case study was based on a single OEM. However, the results are in line with other practices identified in the literature review. Therefore, it is expected that the findings and recommendations should hold true in other applications. Practical implications A set of configuration management tools and associated requirements are identified and defined that could be used to assist companies in the automotive industry, and perhaps others, in managing their option changes as they continue to move towards full mass customization of products. Originality/value The proposed approach for configuration management has not been seen in any other organization. The value of this paper is in the effectiveness of the proposed approach in assisting in the configuration change management process.

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