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Building a theory about change in Australian software firms

Rankine, Tim - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2008

This thesis describes the development of a body of theory explaining why the principals of Australian software firms have difficulty in changing the organizational structures of their businesses. The need for change is predicated on the view that availability of capital is an essential...

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A holistic approach to the management of electrical assets within an Australian supply utility

Brown, Colin - University of Western Sydney; Sydney Graduate School of … - 2005

led to the need to develop a fundamental understanding of what it means to take a holistic approach to the management of …

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Modelling the efficiency of health care foodservice operations : a stochastic frontier approach

Assaf, Abdallah G. - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2007

increase in the level of manager?s experience and the level of manager?s education could have a positive impact on decreasing …

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Achieving risk congruence in a banking firm

Ford, Guy - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2005

One of the reasons for firms decentralising aspects of their operations is to enable managers to gain specialised knowledge of local conditions. For credit managers in a banking firm, this may take the form of knowledge of investment opportunities and the risk profiles of each of these...

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Real numbers, imaginary guests, and fantastic experiences : the Grand Seaside Hotel and the discursive construction of customer service

Bunzel, Dirk; Faculty of Business - University of Western Sydney - 2000

explores the issues of management in a flexible organization. Using a textual approach to the study of organizations, the … establishment of a new management doctrine: corporate culturism. This discussion will also reveal the essentially hybrid nature of …

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Use of cellular automata models to examine complexity of organizational behaviour

Thompson, Michael J. - University of Western Sydney - 2005

The relatively new science of complex emergent processes is being applied to many fields including the study of organizations. There are many different models of the organization in current use, each with its own benefits. However, the science of complex emergent processes is able to deal with...

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Relationships between organization characteristics and needs for management training in developing countries

Hau, Le Nguyen - University of Western Sydney - 1998

Management training has been considered as an important issue attracting the interest of several individuals and … aspects of management training that may result from different features of organizations and countries concerned. However …, there has been little research on the relationships between organizational characteristics and the need for management …

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