Diploma thesis is focused on topics of strategic management, business performance management, Balanced Scorecard and Business Intelligence in the company, which operates in Education. Analyzes the current situation and then design and implement selected tools in a specific organization. Main objective is to design a system for monitoring the performance of medium-sized company through the application of the Balanced Scorecard. Not only for monitoring business performance, but also for the management of company itself. Partial objectives include the identification of strategic objectives, design of strategic map and implementation of selected part through Business Intelligence. Diploma thesis first looks at identifying the main risks and benefits of the BSC and BI. In addition, it also deals with the position of the BSC in practice at present, and current trends in BI. A key benefit of this work is another part, which deals with the relation of the parallel implementation of the Balanced Scorecard and Quality Management System according to ISO. The section devoted to design of the Balanced Scorecard strategic objectives are identified, plotted in the strategic map and accompanied by appropriate metrics. Inputs are the interviews, document study and experiences. The acquired information is verified through a questionnaire survey focused on strategic management and performance measurement. For a practical demonstration is realized Business Intelligence project of specific part of the BSC. Since the initial study, through analysis, design, dimensional analysis, modeling, data warehouse design through to the reports design, implementation and evaluation. Part of the work is to establish technological basis required for the implementation and operation of the project. The main benefit is primarily in the practical dimension. The outputs are designed primarily for management. It enables company to enter the world of the strategic management. Selected parts can also be utilized by any other company that deals with similar issues in management. Specifically, it's the relationship between BSC and QMS, BI trends, risks and benefits of the BSC and BI.

Situated within the human resource management and performance (HRM-P) link literature, this thesis explores the 'black box' of the mechanisms that link HRM practices and performance. By doing so, it sheds light on how and why HRM practices can lead to superior firm performance. Heeding calls for more nuanced and contextual work on understanding this link, this study uses qualitative responses from 79 industry experts, HR/senior managers, and young professionals, as well as artefacts and documents, to analyse the causal mechanisms that connect HRM policies, aimed at human capital resource (HCR) accumulation, to employee outcomes in five banking organizations in Pakistan. Using the strength of HR process conceptualization and the process model of HR, the thesis looks at the entire chain that connects intended, actual, and perceived HR policies to understand why HR managers' and young professionals' perceptions of both the content and the process of HR implementation varies, and how this is connected with the employee outcomes of turnover intentions and job satisfaction. The first set of findings reveals that there is considerable difference in how the quality of the content of HR systems is perceived from the point of view of young professionals in comparison with HR practitioners. Young professionals have strong negative perceptions of HR policies related to their long-term career development, which is explained in part by the incongruence and the lack of focus of HR on the goal of HCR accumulation. The second set of findings show that there are several processual factors that help to explain these varying perceptions, which dilute the implementation of HR practices. The analysis reveals that the competency of HR departments, the role of line managers, elements of the Pakistani culture, and the role of top management shape the quality of the HR system that is implemented. Connecting this to employee outcomes, the analysis reveals that the link between HR and performance is not straightforward; this helps to explain the moderate statistical effects noted in the extant HRM-P link research. Employee reactions are more related to their personal circumstances and other organizational factors rather than HR factors. The third set of findings expands the analysis to individual contexts of the five banks, further revealing that the mission of the organization, the presence of a strong HR leader, external economic factors, and the historical legacy of the organisation also shapes employee perceptions and, thus the effectiveness of HR policies and their implementation. The thesis makes a theoretical contribution to the HRM-P link literature by revealing that the competitive advantage that stems, in part, from the actions of HR departments derives from how well they navigate the various processual factors that can impede HR system implementation. It makes a methodological contribution by responding to calls for more in-depth qualitative research on the phenomenon, by using a specific segment of employees within the under-represented context of Pakistan. It makes a practical contribution by highlighting that many western prescriptions, such as talent management and bell curves, may be less effective if prevailing cultural constraints are not accounted for, especially in developing countries like Pakistan. Existing HRM-P link studies have not adequately considered these contextual and cultural factors in their analyses.

There is a growing interest and research on improvement of business processes as an essential part of effective quality management. Process improvement is possible with measurement and analysis of the process performance. Process performance measurement has been studied to a certain extend in the literature, and many different approaches have been developed such as Sink-Tuttle Model, Performance Measurement Matrix, SMART Pyramid, Balanced Scorecard Approach, Critical Few Method, and Performance Prism Framework. These approaches require that process owners and analysts define appropriate measures based on general guidelines for each process separately. Recently, with the advancement of information technologies, modeling and simulation of processes on a computer aided platform has become possible / standards and software support regarding such applications have been developed. Even though increasingly many organizations have been building their process models on computers, only a few manages effective use of such models for process improvement. This is partly due to difficulties in defining appropriate performance measures for the processes. The purpose of this study is to propose a method that can be used for defining performance measures of business processes easily and effectively according to specific nature of these processes. The proposed performance measure definition system is based on the idea of using generic process performance measures published by trusted business process frameworks for high level processes and adapting them for lower level ones. The system, using a search mechanism available on a computer, allows users to easily find and define appropriate performance measures for their processes. The proposed system is used for a research project management process and a creating research opportunities process of a public university and the results are discussed.

This study firstly aims to identify facility features of the convention centers and then propose a method in order to identify users&rsquo / priorities and evaluate what extent these were provided by the convention centre. Data has been collected using self-administered questionnaires from three group of users / attendees, employees and meeting planners. The study has been conducted in istanbul L&uuml / tfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center as a case, because of being the most remarkable convention center of Turkey. Each participant will be required to assess this convention center in terms of their priorities of expectations and features provided. The results have been evaluated statistically, and significant differences between the level of importance and performance of the facility features have been presented. This research is expected to be useful for constitution of design criteria of convention centers and effective management of the facilities, in terms of both identifying the features of convention centers and providing a method evaluating the performance of the facilities from the users&rsquo / perspective.

Managers today are faced with a bewildering choice of Management Standards that are being promoted to improve personal and organisational performance by a wide range of Standards-setting bodies. Standards-based management is a well-researched field, but all the research concentrates on individual Standards such as ISO 9000 and 14000 without identifying the influences of other Management Standards. This research seeks to extend the debate about Standards-based management and to encourage other researchers to consider it as both an entity and a phenomenon and to note its divergence from other management theories. A taxonomy of Management Standards is presented to enable the principal Standards to be categorised and a definition of a Management Standard is proposed to enable the distillation of the considerable body of literature into more manageable proportions. A chronology of Management Standards development is tabled and compared with the evolution of Quality Management and Total Quality Management (TQM) and the possible future development of Management Standards is examined. The literature research confirmed that Standards-based management approaches had increased very significantly, despite a lack of empirical research to show that this method of management yielded uniform improvements. It identified a trend for integrating Management Standards and creating a “super” Management Standard that would incorporate all the functions of management within an organisation. The Scottish Quality Management System (SQMS) is an integrated Management Standard that incorporates many of the key functions of management within an audited Management Standards framework that its architects claim is based on the principles of TQM. While originally developed for the Scottish training provider network in 1993, it has spread internationally and is currently in use by circa 600 organisations in several countries. It is the only example of a Management Standard of this kind, and despite its longevity, extensive coverage and significant public investment, it has not attracted any previous research interest. The SQMS project was ambitious, seeking to impose a major new Standard on a diverse and predominately unsophisticated population of organisations within a tight time frame. The field research surveyed the entire SQMS registered organisation population using a questionnaire that was based upon the principles of ISO 9004: 1994 and some preliminary research. The questionnaire was designed to examine attitudes and motivation, as well as gauging the effectiveness of the SQMS Standard as determined by an analysis of the improvements that could be directly associated with its implementation. The survey achieved over 70% response rate and the resulting data set was comprehensive and the analysis robust. An additional element of the research compared the results of the questionnaire response analysis with the perceptions of the SQMS Auditors who had audited a majority of the respondent organisations. The field research showed that the SQMS population was very experienced and had been working with SQMS for well over three years. This is a period that the literature research indicated was the minimum time required for the benefits of quality improvement initiatives to become measurable. In the absence of any clear published objectives for the implementation of SQMS, a number of likely objectives were postulated and these objectives were measured against the results of the research. The results of the research suggest an attitude of compliance, rather than improvement as the underlying mind-set of the SQMS organisations and an absence of quality improvement planning or measurement of key performance indicators. This attitude was no different among organisations that had also adopted ISO 9000 and IiP. SQMS accreditation had not shown to provide any marketing or promotional benefit in the same way as ISO 9000 and it had not led to increased market share or profitability. Few of the possible benefits of applying a Standard of this nature had been realised by the majority of organisations and there was little evidence of tangible organisational improvement. The Standard could not be deemed to have met its proposed objectives and a comparison with an accepted model of TQM did not find sufficient compatibility to designate SQMS as a tool for TQM implementation. The interviews with SQMS Auditors identified major discrepancies between their perceptions and the views of the organisations that they audited. The admission by over half of the respondent organisations that they produced evidence purely to satisfy audits raised questions about the effectiveness of the Standard and its audits and the competence of auditors to audit “super” Standards. The novelty of the research is examined and suggestions for future research proposed.

Orientador: Antonio Batocchio / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T19:36:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mandelli_InesAparecidaMascara_D.pdf: 2019594 bytes, checksum: 85223f1dbccbca033efa46497b6abf92 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Neste trabalho foi proposto um método de administração estratégica para pequenas empresas. Inicialmente foram abordados os métodos usados por diversos autores, observando-se que a maioria está voltada para empresas de grande porte. Passou-se, então, ao estudo de três pequenas empresas, cujos dados permitiram a identificação de lacunas nos métodos publicados, resultando na adaptação e desenvolvimento de ferramentas para aplicação em organizações de pequeno porte, levando-se em consideração as particularidades deste tipo de empresa e sua importância para a economia brasileira. Como metodologia de pesquisa, utilizou-se a técnica de estudo de caso, aplicada na empresa de pequeno porte Truck & Truck Ltda. Esse processo foi elaborado por meio da adaptação e do cruzamento de informações obtidas na literatura sobre administração e planejamento estratégico, com os dados atuais da organização, colhidos em documentos e reuniões com uma equipe de trabalho designada pela empresa. A possibilidade de implantação do método também foi avaliada para duas outras empresas de pequeno porte: Calçados Conforto Ltda. e Limpe Sim Ltda., cujos dados foram disponibilizados em reuniões com seus sócios-proprietários. Os resultados mostraram que o objetivo deste trabalho foi alcançado, pois o método adaptado para pequenas empresas, incluindo as ferramentas criadas, foi muito bem aceito pelas três organizações envolvidas neste estudo. Para a empresa Truck & Truck Ltda. o planejamento já foi parcialmente implantado e considerado como adequado a sua realidade, sendo que os administradores acreditam que ele poderá trazer crescimento contínuo e aumento da lucratividade. Os sócios da Calçados Conforto Ltda. e da Limpe Sim Ltda. Também perceberam, já nesta fase inicial, a possibilidade de sucesso com a aplicação do método com ênfase no planejamento, o que levaria a uma administração mais eficiente. Os resultados revelaram, portanto, que as ferramentas de administração estratégica desenvolvidas neste trabalho são de grande importância para as pequenas empresas, principalmente em uma economia estável e em um mercado de alta competitividade, permitindo assim um crescimento planejado e lucrativo. / Abstract: In this work a method of strategic management for small businesses was proposed. Initially the theories described by different authors were analyzed, noting that the most of them are devoted to large companies. Later three small companies were studied allowing the identification of gaps in the methods already published, which led to adjustments and to the development of tools for their application in small organizations. Such tools were elaborated taking into account the particularities of such small companies and their importance to the Brazilian economy. The technique of case study was used as research methodology, which was applied to the small business Truck & Truck Ltda. Literature information concerning to management and strategic planning were adapted and linked with the data from this company, obtained from documents and meetings with a working team chosen by it. The possibility of implement the method was also evaluated for two other small companies: Calçados Conforto Ltda. and Limpe Sim Ltda., whose data were also available from meetings with the owners. The results showed that the aim of this study was reached, as the methods adapted for small businesses, including the developed tools, were very well accepted by the three companies involved. To the organization Truck & Truck Ltda. the planning has already been partially implemented and considered appropriate to its reality. The directors believe that it can bring continuous development and improve in the profitability. The partners of Calçados Conforto Ltda. and Limpe Sim Ltda. also observed, even in the early stage of the work, the possibility of success with the application of the method, with emphasis on planning, leading to a more efficient administration. The results showed that the tools of strategic management developed in this work are very important for small businesses, mainly in a stable economy with a market of high competitiveness, thus allowing to these organizations a planned and profitable growth. / Doutorado / Materiais e Processos de Fabricação / Doutor em Engenharia Mecânica

The thesis includes theoretical knowledge in matters of performance management issues as one of the promising management approaches. The thesis seeks to capture a comprehensive view of job performance and its relationship to other business processes and systems. In the first part of the thesis there are described the principles of performance management concept, methods and trends in performance management, motivation, planning, performance assessment, remuneration and staff development in relation to job performance. The second part focuses on the analysis of performance management in MobilKom, a.s. The aim of this thesis is to analyze and evaluate the performance management system in MobilKom, a. s. and formulation of proposals for its optimization.

This publication-based dissertation, comprising four unique research papers published in peer-reviewed journals, contributes to innovation management theory and explores how organizations can maximize the value of innovations in the new digital normal. It draws insights from 31 cases, 86 semi-structured interviews, and 804 survey participants (excluding pilot studies), employing a diverse range of qualita-tive and quantitative methodologies. The dissertation investigates how organizations can create and cap-ture value from innovations, focusing on contingent and contextual dimensions, capabilities, and leader-ship styles. As a result, it makes four key theoretical contributions. First, it proposes that innovation performance is equifinal but contingent on the configurational approach for each organization (e.g., combinatorial recipe). Alignment between innovation approaches and performance strategies is essen-tial to gain a competitive advantage. Second, it underscores the vital role of middle managers as the crucial link between top management and employees. This middle-up-down management approach combines distinct leadership and communication capabilities to integrate innovations (e.g., innovative work behaviors, digital technologies) into daily working routines, thus facilitating innovation routiniza-tion (e.g., effective innovation implementation). Third, organizations that possess adequate higher-order business model and process efficiency dynamic capabilities evaluate various dimensions (e.g., value, individual, technological, organizational) in their internal and external contextual periphery to deter-mine their action potential. This enables them to assess, reconfigure, and integrate value creation oppor-tunities into their operational capabilities (e.g., business model, processes), leading to improved per-formance when digitally transforming. Fourth, this dissertation conceptualizes the multidimensional (e.g., individual, team, organizational) digital leadership phenomenon, grounding it in the domain of (strategic) leadership theories. Digital leaders constantly oscillate between leading themselves and oth-ers and leading their organizations to create innovative work environments that foster performance. The combined findings of the dissertation call for novel market approaches and adjusted forms of leadership for organizations to thrive in the new digital business landscape. Avenues for further research to enrich the current academic discourse are also presented. If organizations are to enhance their performance (e.g., increase the likelihood of capturing value from their innovations, or deriving a competitive ad-vantage), understanding the underlying mechanisms outlined in this dissertation should help organiza-tions in this endeavor.

Today, the effective management of people is assuming prominence as a source of sustained business performance improvement. The rationale for this trend is that other significant aspects of business, such as marketing, new technology, market niche, trademarks and brand image have generally been mastered. Therefore, business enterprises are being encouraged in seeking to gain comparative advantage by reliance on their human resources because this aspect of business is arguably more difficult to imitate or understand than the more conventional resources. As a result, there is an awakening of the need to introduce management practices that will concentrate on the added value which a highly motivated work force may provide to the organisation. The idea of added value from a highly motivated work force assumes even greater significance when the main business hinges almost entirely on the attitudes and approaches of people. This concept applies most forcibly to Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (BOECS), the region covered by this study. This research therefore, explores the idea of gaining comparative advantage through appropriate people management methods and follows the trend in the developed and more industrialised nations of the world in an effort to determine whether there is a useful model of effective management practices which may be replicated in the BOECS and thus lead to improved business performance in the micro states which constitute this ii region. However, this study is mindful of the limitations of the research methodology which a vast number of contributors to this intriguing topic have employed. Nevertheless, this exploratory attempt examines the issue in the light of its possible positive effect on a previously uncharted area, viz., Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (BOECS) as far as it relates to scholarly treaties on Human Resource Management. The idea is that even in the absence of clear unequivocal empirical evidence about its benefits, it may be useful to pursue the strategic approach to Human Resource Management including expansion of employee involvement, for it own sake.

Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-06-09T17:11:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Leandro Daniel Kuhn.pdf: 1817519 bytes, checksum: dbd46396f41ceed5792f43e981346756 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-09T17:11:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leandro Daniel Kuhn.pdf: 1817519 bytes, checksum: dbd46396f41ceed5792f43e981346756 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-11 / Nenhuma / Nos últimos anos tem crescido o nível de importância atribuída aos processos sob a responsabilidade do Supply Chain. Para muitas empresas o Supply Chain tem se tornado um fator crítico para ganhar vantagem competitiva nos mercados e um relevante alvo para a estratégia. Esta dissertação de mestrado teve por objetivo identificar a proposição estratégica e o delineamento da estrutura de processos utilizados na condução de um modelo integrado de gestão de Supply Chain e analisar as contribuições do modelo SCOR ao contexto da empresa estudada. A estratégia de pesquisa utilizada foi o estudo de caso de caráter exploratório em uma empresa que oportunizasse a geração de evidências a partir de seu modelo de gestão. Inicialmente foi realizada a pesquisa documental, a fim de identificar o contexto organizacional, elencando os eventos ocorridos, a organização dos processos que suportam o modelo integrado de gestão, e a motivação organizacional e estratégica que levaram à criação da função do Supply Chain. Através da análise de conteúdo em categorias que abordavam temas como estratégia, desempenho e modelo integrado de Supply Chain, identificou-se o alinhamento entre as estratégias e iniciativas do Supply Chain, as proposições de desempenho e o conceito de criação de valor do negócio, e o realinhamento da estrutura funcional num conceito integrado de processos suportados por práticas e uma visão estendida de atuação. Tendo como base a pesquisa documental e análise de conteúdo, foram recomendadas contribuições com base no SCOR ao modelo atual de gestão de Supply Chain da empresa estudada, visando colaborar na evolução do modelo integrado atual de gestão do Supply Chain. A utilização do SCOR para análise das operações de Supply Chain e modelo integrado de gestão se justifica por entender que não seria possível realizar os posicionamentos e contribuições acerca das operações do Supply Chain sem a utilização de um modelo conceitual e de processos como referência. Com o estudo de caso realizado foi possível identificar que o Supply Chain passou a ser visto de forma estratégica quando ocorreu o alinhamento da gestão do Supply Chain com os objetivos do negócio e a partir da definição do Supply Chain como uma competência essencial à competitividade da empresa, desenvolvendo uma organização de processos e estrutura que suportasse a estratégia proposta. / The level of importance given to processes under Supply Chain responsibility has increased in the last few years. For many companies the Supply Chain has become a critical factor when it comes to achieving competitive advantage in the markets and a rather relevant target for strategy. This master’s dissertation had the objective to identify the strategy proposition and the outline of the structure of processes used to build a Supply Chain integrated model of management as well as to analyze the contributions of the SCOR model towards the context of the researched company. The research strategy used herewith was an exploratory case study within a company that would provide the means for evidence from its management model. A documentary research was firstly carried out so as to identify the organizational context, listing the events that took place, the organization of the processes that support the integrated management model and the organizational and strategic motivation that led to the setup of the Supply Chain footprint. It was possible to identify the strategies and Supply Chain initiatives alignment through the analysis of content in categories that covered issues such as strategy, performance and integrated supply chain model, performance propositions and the concept of business value, and the realignment of the functional structure within an integrated concept of processes supported by practices and an extended vision of performance. Based on the documentary research and content analysis some contributions were recommended having the SCOR model applied to the current supply chain management model of the company analyzed, with the intention of collaborating with the improvement of the current integrated supply chain management model. The SCOR model analysis of Supply Chain operations and integrated management model is justified because it would not be possible to defend a position and offer contributions to Supply Chain operations without using a conceptual model or processes as reference. This case study allowed for the observation that Supply Chain started to be viewed in a strategic way when the Supply Chain management and business objectives alignment took place and from the definition of Supply Chain as an essential competence to the company’s market competition, developing an organization of processes and structure to support the proposed strategy.