Identify the Organizational Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Human Capital : A Case Study of the Recreational and Cultural Organization of Isfahan Municipality

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 181-189
Author(s):  
Ali Atafar ◽  
Saeed Sharifi
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cultural Organization

Evidence based organizational change: people surveys, strategies and structures

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 623-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stephen Town
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Human Capital Measurement

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the use of people surveys to enact change in human capital organization and practices in a University library. Design/methodology/approach – The study covers seven years of people surveys and the consequent interventions applied based on this and other data and evidence at the University of York, UK. The case describes measurement of staff’s lived experience, leading to innovation and intervention in management strategies, structures and policies. The research employs a mixed methodology; the paper draws on quantitative evidence from surveys, qualitative evidence from focus groups and desk research on human capital measurement and emotion in the workplace. Findings – The paper describes the findings of investigations across seven years, discusses the available methods for people assessment, and the different theoretical foundations of the engagement, climate and excellence surveys used across the period. Strategic and structural interventions are described and their effectiveness discussed. Research limitations/implications – The limitations of research in the field of human capital are discussed, including the participant observation of the library director, together with the potential confounding factors affecting data collected during the period of research. Social implications – The paper reflects on advances in the understanding and practice of people evaluation in libraries. The development of a people strategy based on evidence, and repetition of surveys to gauge the effectiveness of interventions, with consequent refinement of solutions, appear to have had a real effect on the lived experience, culture and service provided by the case library. Originality/value – The originality and value of the paper is that it provides a unique long-term case study of people surveys, strategy and structure in an academic research library.

scholarly journals Study of the Effects of Ranking Factors on Strategic Thinking of Top Managers of Small Firms by Applying AHP Method: Case Study, Dairy Industry in Tehran

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Akbar Bahmani ◽  
Hessam Davoudi
Keyword(s):  
Small Firms ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Expert Professors ◽  
Systemic View

This study aims to rank the factors affecting the strategic thinking of top managers of small firms by applying analytical hierarchical process (AHP) through the accomplishment of a case study in the dairy industry of Iran. It is practical by purpose and in terms of collection, it is descriptive, as an expert measurement option.  Statistic population of this research included all of the top managers of small firms in the dairy industry of Tehran. The sample size of the study is selected, based on the measurement expert method as 15 individuals. Accordingly, a pairwise questionnaire is distributed among participants, in order to define the ranking factors affecting strategic thinking, by using the purposeful method. Meanwhile, the validity of the questionnaire content has been corroborated by expert professors. Accordingly, inferential statistics AHP technic was used for the winnowing of ranking factors affecting strategic thinking. The results of this study showed that among factors affecting strategic thinking, individual factors have the greatest ranks and the most relevant important factor is the driver of strategic thinking. Similarly, among the components of organizational factors, the reward system has the highest rank. Meanwhile, among individual factors components, the criterion of bearing the risk has the greatest rank. Among intuitive factors, creativity has the highest rank and among the systemic view, hypothesizing is regarded as the most important component.

Business/IT Alignment Framework within e-Government System Case Study

2012 ◽  
pp. 179-193
Author(s):  
Kamal Atieh ◽  
Abd Ulgahfoor Mohammad ◽  
Tarek Khalil ◽  
Fadi Bagdadlian
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
It Alignment ◽  
Government Project

The purpose of this chapter is to study the effect of Business Information Technology (BIT) alignment on e-Government success in developing countries and all factors affecting this alignment. Therefore, the chapter studies the multiple factors on BIT alignment, such as people, process, and organizational factors. This research discusses some of the possible factors in developing countries with the case study of Syria. Any e-Government project needs all government resources (IT, financial, and human) and not only a single organization resources in order to be able to harness the benefits from all resources to improve an organization work, and this may imply the existence of BIT alignment. Therefore, the gap between business and IT teams seems to be one of the most important factors negatively impacting the implementation of e-Government. Therefore, filling in this gap may help in avoiding the failure of e-Government projects in developing countries in general and in Syria in particular. This case study contains an analysis of related documents and involves 20 semi-structured interviews with senior managers, e-Government project team members, and independent experts from the academics field. This research shows the need for BIT alignment as one of the most important factors that should be considered for the success of any e-Government project. An e-Government implementation framework based on the BIT alignment was developed as a result of the case study of Syria.

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