scholarly journals Performance Management of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Morocco

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Benazzi Khadija ◽  
Razzouki Mustapha
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Performance Management System ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Human Element ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

Sustainable economic growth depends on many factors, the most important of which is the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. As an independent and indispensable element of a market economy, small and medium-sized enterprises contribute to the structural restructuring of the economy, strengthen regional economic base, increase overall production, creates a favorable environment for the development of competition, creates jobs for a large part of the population and stimulates scientific and technological progress. Despite understanding the value of the human element in achieving success at the organizational level, relatively few SMEs managers pay attention to implementing and using the performance management system. The goal of this paper is to assess the level of performance management tools and techniques used by Moroccan small and medium-sized enterprises in their activities.

A Social Performance Management Framework for Islamic Microfinance Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Siti Nabiha Abdul Khalid ◽  
Sheirijah Sheikh Kamaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Performance Management Systems ◽  
Islamic Microfinance ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The Islamic microfinance industry is in its infancy and it faces various challenges, including the lack of social performance management tools customised to the specific nature of the industry. Even though managing the performance of microfinance institutions has gained momentum with the development of several tools and techniques, the existing tools are inadequate for addressing the needs of IMFIs. Hence, this paper seeks to conceptualise a social performance management framework that is appropriate for IMFIs, to help them accomplish their financial, social and spiritual mission. It is argued that the spiritual dimensions and elements should be integrated into IMFIs’ social performance management systems, specifically in their mission statement, governance structure, internal systems and activities, as well as in their measures of output and impact.

Lessons from mandated implementation of a performance management system

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Sebastien Marchand ◽  
Mylaine Breton ◽  
Olivier Saulpic ◽  
Élizabeth Côté-Boileau
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Performance Management System ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Management Systems ◽  
Organisational Context

PurposeLean-inspired approaches and performance management systems are being implemented in public healthcare organisations internationally. However, the literature is inconclusive regarding the benefits of these management tools and there is a lack of knowledge regarding processes for large-scale implementation of these tools. This article aims to describe the implementation process and to better understand how this process influences the mandated performance management system.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on a comparative case study of three healthcare organisations in Canada. Data consist documents, non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews with key actors (n = 30). Analysis is based on a sociotechnical approach to management tools that considers organisational context, and the tool's technical substrate, theory of action and managerial philosophy.FindingsResults show that despite a standardised national mandate, the tool as implemented varied between organisations in terms of technical substrate and managerial philosophy. These variations are explained by the flexibility of the technical substrate, the lack of clarity of the managerial philosophy, and some contextual elements. Successful implementation may rest upon high hybridization of the tool on these different dimensions. A precise and prescribed technical substrate is not sufficient to guarantee implementation of a managerial philosophy.Practical implicationsMandated implementation of management tools may be more successful if it is explicit on the managerial philosophy, the technical substrate and the link between the two, and if it provides some leeway to adapt both to the organisational context.Originality/valueThis is one of the few studies to describe and analyse the process involved in mandated large-scale implementation of performance management systems in public healthcare organisations.

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

2019 ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Pankay
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Change Mitigation

The overview focuses on the innovation and its strategies, process and implementation activities in a management of an organization. Author introduce the systems based approach to organizational-level innovation management by suggesting that Investments in R&D activity and innovation could help the industry to lower its future capital requirements and operating costs, while also increasing yields and reducing resource and energy use. These investments would ultimately help the industry become more efficient and economically viable. This paper examines technological trends, innovation efforts and outcomes, as well as their implications for productivity in the automobile sector. The analysis shows that investments into R&D were drastically reduced during the run up to the financial crisis but are slowly increasing. Results from an analysis of patent applications suggest that the direction of invention in automobile technologies is turning towards climate change mitigation. However, a recent downward trend could be of concern given the environmental challenges ahead. By providing a first look at innovation and productivity issues in the global automotive industry, this paper also proposes possible avenues for future research.

scholarly journals Innovations and ICT: Do They Favour Economic Growth and Environmental Quality?

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1431
Author(s):  
Carmen Díaz-Roldán ◽  
María del Carmen Ramos-Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Producer Prices ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

In this paper, we examine whether innovation and information and communication technology (ICT) contribute to reducing producer prices, thus promoting economic growth. We also check whether the contributions of ICT enhance environmental quality, leading to sustainable economic growth. To this end, we apply panel data techniques to the 27 EU countries over the period of recovery from the financial crisis. Our results suggest that technological progress leads to a significant reduction in producer prices. Moreover, controlling for some macroeconomics factors, ICT fosters per capita economic growth in the European countries. Finally, we found that the higher the ICT employment is, the lower greenhouse gas emissions are.

scholarly journals CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ECONOMICS ENGINEERING: ECONOMIC GROWTH, DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGICAL BREAK-THROUGHS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borisas Melnikas
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Dynamic Management ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Macroeconomic Analysis ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis

Purpose – to prepare, disseminate and implement the new concept of economics engineering, the essence of which is an integrated approach to the problems of economic growth, innovation activities, technological progress, and break-throughs. Research methodology – systematic analysis and synthesis of various scientific ideas and approaches, formulation and analysis of new insights. Findings – a new concept of economics engineering is prepared. This concept provides an integrated approach to the so-lution of the problems of economic growth, innovation activities, technological progress, and breakthroughs, as well as of the application of dynamic management tools. The implementation of this concept in the practice of the economic activ-ities and research creates various preconditions for anticipation and realization of new opportunities for economic devel-opment and technological breakthroughs under contemporary conditions of globalization, European integration and the creation of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy. Research limitations – the proposed concept is limited to the cases of the macroeconomic analysis and preparation of the strategic economic decisions. Practical implications – the proposed concept is usable in various cases of economic policy decisions making. Originality/Value – the new insights and perspective ideas provided for the priorities of the economics engineering sci-ence and of the application of the dynamic management tools, are described and analyzed. Orientation to these insights and ideas highlights new significant trends in the scientific research of economic profile

Financial Security and Economic Growth

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
V.I. Muntiyan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

Financial security and economic growth the article analyzes aspects of creating conditions for sustainable and balanced economic growth in Russia, considering factors of the development of scientific and technological progress and financial security. It uses a systems approach and system analysis. As a result, the article gives recommendations on ensuring financial security and sustainable economic growth in Russia.

Defining Approaches to the Selection of Management Decisions in the Environmental Sector of the Enterprise Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-268
Author(s):  
E. S. Ivleva ◽  
N. S. Shashina ◽  
E. S. Shashina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Modeling ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Economic Development Model ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
Selection Of

Aim. The presented study aims to identify development features that are characteristic of the environmental sector of the enterprise economy within the framework of sustainable development theory and to propose approaches to the selection of management tools in the context of social, environmental, and economic growth.Tasks. The authors examine the mechanism for managing the development of the environmental sector of the enterprise economy; characterize financial and non-financial instruments for regulating and supporting environmental entrepreneurship; identify problems and opportunities for their successful application at different levels of the economy to maintain sustainable economic growth and quality of life.Methods. This study uses content analysis within the framework of sustainable development theory and the environmental approach to economic modeling.Results. An approach to examining the environmental sector of the business economy and selecting tools for its regulation and support is proposed.Conclusions. The authors substantiate the need to expand the scope of examination of the economic development model, making allowance for the environmental adaptation of the results and the search for new financial and non-financial instruments for managing the development of the environmental sector of the enterprise economy.

scholarly journals Content and drivers of performance management in agency-type organizations of the hungarian public administration

2016 ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
Éva Révész
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Competition Authority ◽  
Financing System ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
International Trends ◽  
The Government ◽  
Central Offices

The improving performance of public administration and the reform of public financing system have been on agenda in Hungary for many years, in accordance with the international trends. However, governments have not expected and supported creating of a performance-oriented public administration in a comprehensive and explicit way. Nevertheless, there are bottom-up initiatives at organizational level, which target performance-oriented organizational function. The research focuses on organizations of central public administration where the successful application of performance management methods is most likely based on the international literature. These are the so called agency-type organizations, which are in Hungary called autonomous state-administration organizations independent of the Government (e.g. Hungarian Competition Authority), government bureaus (e.g. Hungarian Central Statistical Office), and central offices subordinated to the government (either the cabinet or a ministry) (e.g. Hungarian Meteorological Service). The studied agencies are legally independent organizations with managerial autonomy based on public law. The purpose of this study is to get an overview on organizational level performance management tools applied by Hungarian agencies, and to reveal the reasons and drivers of the application of these tools. The empirical research is based on a mixed methods approach which combines both quantitative methods and qualitative procedures. The first – quantitative – phase of the author’s research was content analysis of homepages of the studied organizations. As a results she got information about all agencies and their practice related to some performance management tools. The second – qualitative – phase was based on semi-structured face-to-face interviews with some senior managers of agencies. The author selected the interviewees based on the results of the first phase, the relatively strong performance orientation was an important selection criteria.

scholarly journals Strategic Management Tools and Techniques Usage: a Qualitative Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albana Berisha Qehaja ◽  
Enver Kutllovci ◽  
Justina Shiroka Pula
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Tools And Techniques

This paper is one of the few studies to review the empirical literature on strategic management tools and techniques usage. There are many techniques, tools and methods, models, frameworks, approaches and methodologies, available to support strategic managers in decision making. They are developed and designed to support managers in all stages of strategic management process to achieve better performance. Management schools provide knowledge of these tools. But their use in organizations should be seen in practice‑based context. Consequently, some questions arise: Do they use these strategic tools and techniques in their workplace? Which strategic tools and techniques are used more in organizations? To answer these questions we have made a review of empirical studies using textual narrative synthesis method. Initially, this study presents a tabulation with a summary of empirical research for the period 1990–2015. The included studies are organized clustering them by enterprise size and sector and by country level development. A synopsis of the ten most used strategic tools and techniques worldwide resulted as follows: SWOT analysis, benchmarking, PEST analysis, “what if” analysis, vision and mission statements, Porter’s five forces analysis, business financial analysis, key success factors analysis, cost‑benefit analysis and customer satisfaction.

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