Excerpt: The current study explores these variables simultaneously to illustrate how both leader and follower characteristics influence organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB).

University of Macau / Faculty of Business Administration / Department of Management and Marketing

University of Macau / Faculty of Business Administration / Department of Management and Marketing

Business-to-business relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within Defence Procurement, have received limited attention by Management Researchers. This is unusual because under these market circumstances typically there appear to be few incentives to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes despite their strategic policy importance. The purpose of this thesis is therefore, to determine the influential relationship factors between the UK Ministry of Defence and its Industrial partners within a predominantly monopolistic Defence Procurement business. The approach adopted for this research project is exploratory and inter-subject area. It uses quantitative and supportive qualitative data to examine the problem through an economic model using Supply Chain Management, Relationship Marketing and Transaction Cost Economics. A self-selected census of 54 business relationships is carried out from both the buyer and supplier perspectives through staff questionnaires and team leader semi-structured interviews. The findings from this research show, contrary to the expectation of the theoretical model, a positive relationship success situation with a spectrum of both positive and negative behavioural factors present. However, a significant adversarial influence is a suite of issues that are endemic to the business in question such as old products, obsolescence, staff and organisational upheavals, poor end-customer visibility and lack of investment in modern procedures and systems. Within the monopoly environment these accentuate managers’ frustrations due to lack of freedom of action. The primary contribution of this research is therefore, an increased understanding of the business-to-business relationship dynamics within long-term, closely coupled, collaborative, business-to-business arrangements as exemplified by UK Defence and the results are likely to be of interest to both academics and managers.

The thesis focuses on analysis of provided services in experience tourism in Šumava region and Bavarian forest. The thesis evaluates services, their width and depth, according to marketing survey. This analysis is followed by analysis of possible options to diversify tourist product offerings.

This thesis deals with the possibilities of the further tourism development in the region Podblanicko. There are suggested activities to improve cooperation and tourism management and design of the activities in the marketing mix in the thesis. One of the outputs of this thesis is the design of the package.

The topic of this thesis aims to present determine the potential of tourism in the South Moravian Region also to propose a strategy for further development of tourism in this region. Part of the thesis is the overview of the basic terms in destination management plus marketing, as well as analysis of current level of tourism in this regions and analysis of primary and secondary tourism offers and SWOT analysis. Following is focus on the region's development strategy, including its promotion, ROP projects and proposed options for further development of the tourism. Thesis were supervised using the Czech-Austrian cooperation in the program AKTION lead by Prof. (FH) Mag. Michael Mair in Vienna.

The diploma thesis deals with project, how to get better organization of work in Grandhotel Brno. There are specified basic terms bear on organization of work, managing of hotel bussines. This diploma thesis points to the absence in organization of work from a view of the employers of Grandhotel Brno, which eventuated from the questionaires and it contains the plan how to get the organization better.

The subject of the thesis is to analyze the current state of company’s purchasing strategy, leading to identify areas for improvement of company’s purchase. The aim is to draft a new purchasing strategy while focusing on contracts. Based on the analysis, the thesis includes a proposal to expand the portfolio of products with a proper product, a proposal to deal with the specific customers’ requirements and a proposal of implementation of the strategy just-in-time. Proposals contribute to the effective management of purchasing.

In light of all the criticisms of performance appraisal/management, this symposium presents 4 new studies that begin to reveal when performance ratings are most valuable and where research on the effectiveness of performance management needs to go in order to best inform practice.