Agrees that the evidence of a vast array of research concerning teamwork is conclusive: teams are capable of outstanding performance and are the primary unit of performance for increasing numbers of organisations. Nevertheless, high performance teams (HPTs) are a rarity. Presents the results of...

This paper discusses teamwork, development of a team‐based organisation and performance measurement issues. This discussion leads to the formulation of a methodology to measure the organisational journey towards a team‐based organisational paradigm. The TEaM model, a model based on the EFQM...

Examines the impact of introducing TQM on a project‐by‐project basis. A framework, suggested by Taylor and Meegan (Taylor, A. and Meegan, S., “Factors influencing a successful transition from ISO 9000 to TQM. The influence of understanding and motivation”, International Journal of...

Purpose: The study intends to examine employee relations with a changing workforce resulting from the business-like transformation in the charity sector. The authors investigated sector-specific employment practices that can alleviate job stress (as a given and which has been made worse by the...

Purpose: In light of the increasing popularity of telecommuting, this study investigates how telecommuters' organizational commitment may be linked to psychological and physical isolation. Psychological isolation refers to feelings of emotional unfulfillment when one lacks meaningful...

In this paper, conceptual modeling as well as numerical simulation of two-phase flow in deep, deformable geological formations induced by CO2 injection are presented. The conceptual approach is based on balance equations for mass, momentum and energy completed by appropriate constitutive...

In the Lower Rhine Delta of the Netherlands, the high water level is driven by a joint impact of the downstream storm surge and the upstream fluvial discharge, and affected by the operation of existing man-made structures. In scenario-based risk assessment, a large number of stochastic scenarios...