Operations
Author(s): Wayne Holland, Cass Business School, Alzira Salama, Cavendish College
The case study describes and explains the successful integration strategy designed and implemented by a German bank's top executives when an American Bank was acquired in 1999.
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Author(s): Professor ManMohan Sodhi is interviewed by Dr Wayne Holland
Supply chain risk is an interesting area of contemporary research that feeds directly into the debate surrounding the collapse of banking systems worldwide. It is a field that particularly intrigues ManMohan Sodhi, Professor of Operations Management at Cass. Professor ManMohan Sodhi is interviewed by Dr Wayne Holland. Both are Cass Experts. Inculded is the transcript and a summary of the key points.
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Author(s): Lilian de Menezes, Cass Business School, Stephen Wood, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield
The authors, Lilian M. de Menezes of Cass Business School, and Stephen Wood of the Institute of Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield, set out to examine the link between various work practices and organisational and worker performance. In doing so, they use the term "high involvement management" to avoid a preconception of a link with performance, and because a common element of high performance work practices appears to be providing employees with increased opportunities for involvement in decision-making and innovation.
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Author(s): Ajay Bhalla, ManMohan S. Sodhi, Byung-Gak Son, Cass Business School
In their article, "Is more IT offshoring better? An exploratory study of western companies offshoring to South East Asia," published in the Journal of Operations Management, authors Ajay Bhalla, ManMohan S. Sodhi, and Byung-Gak Son, examine the link between a company's performance and the extent of its offshoring of IT-enabled services, with a focus on large western companies.
Updated: 01/09/2010 | Comments: 0 | Rating: Not yet rated | Views: 290
