scholarly journals MODERATING EFFECT OF TOP MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT ON HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN COMMERCIAL STATE CORPORATIONS IN KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Ann Gaceri Kaaria ◽  
Dr. Mary Kamaara, Ph.D ◽  
Dr. Joyce Nzulwa, Ph.D ◽  
Dr. Kepha Ombui, Ph.D
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Executive Officers

Purpose: The study sought to determine the influence of ICT capability on organizational performance in commercial state corporations in Kenya Methodology: This study adopted a census method, and used both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The target population of the study was chief executive officers (policy makers), directors of human resources and deputy directors of human resources of both pure and strategic commercial state corporations in Kenya. A total of 165 questionnaires were administered to chief executive officers (policy makers), directors of human resources and deputy directors of human resources in both pure and strategic commercial state corporations in Kenya. Fifty five interviews were carried out and forty eight of the respondents were interviewed.   Result: The study found that ICT capability has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance of commercial state cooperation A unique contribution to theory, practice, and policy: The study recommended that organizations should place more emphasis on human centered information management in order to improve the ways in which people use and share information. The study also recommended that there should be IT education services that provide training in system use to employees and offer managers training in how to plan for and manage IT investments and IT research and development services that provide the firm with research on potential future IT projects and investments that could help the firm differentiate itself in the market place.

Effect of leadership styles on organizational commitment and performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises in Iraqi Kurdistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Karwan Hamasalih Qadir ◽  
Mehmet Yeşiltaş
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Iraqi Kurdistan ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Executive Officers

Since 2003 the number of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has increased exponentially in Iraqi Kurdistan. To facilitate further growth the owners and chief executive officers of these enterprises have sought to improve their leadership skills. This study examined the effect of transactional and transformational leadership styles on organizational commitment and performance in Iraqi Kurdistan SMEs, and the mediating effect of organizational commitment in these relationships. We distributed 530 questionnaires and collected 400 valid responses (75% response rate) from 115 SME owners/chief executive officers and 285 employees. The results demonstrate there were positive effects of both types of leadership style on organizational performance. Further, the significant mediating effect of organizational commitment in both relationships shows the importance of this variable for leader effectiveness among entrepreneurs in Iraqi Kurdistan, and foreign entrepreneurs engaging in new businesses in the region.

Modern Retailers in Transition Economies

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayoshi Maruyama ◽  
Le Viet Trung
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Retail Format ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Modern Retailers

This article reports the findings of a study on modern domestic retailers in Vietnam. The authors based this study on (1) a survey of fifty-six firms that control almost all the modern retail format stores in Vietnam, (2) in-depth interviews with chief executive officers (CEOs) and government officials, and (3) store visits and observations that were carried out by the authors. The authors discuss the operation and retail renovations of local modern retailers, the structure and the background of competitors, the problems retailers face, and their prospects for future development. These findings provide a comprehensive picture of modern retailers in Vietnam and have significant implications for policy makers as well as for local and foreign retailers.

Manager traits and quality-of-care performance in hospitals

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjeld Harald Aij ◽  
René L.M.C. Aernoudts ◽  
Gepke Joosten
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lean Transformation ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care Performance

Purpose – This paper aims to assess the impact of the leadership traits of chief executive officers (CEOs) on hospital performance in the USA. The effectiveness and efficiency of the CEO is of critical importance to the performance of any organization, including hospitals. Management systems and manager behaviours (traits) are of crucial importance to any organization because of their connection with organizational performance. To identify key factors associated with the quality of care delivered by hospitals, the authors gathered perceptions of manager traits from chief executive officers (CEOs) and followers in three groups of US hospitals delivering different levels of quality of care performance. Design/methodology/approach – Three high- and three low-performing hospitals were selected from the top and bottom 20th percentiles, respectively, using a national hospital ranking system based on standard quality of care performance measures. Three lean hospitals delivering intermediate performance were also selected. A survey was used to gather perceptions of manager traits (providing a modern or lean management system inclination) from CEOs and their followers in the three groups, which were compared. Findings – Four traits were found to be significantly different (alpha < 0.05) between lean (intermediate-) and low-performing hospitals. The different perceptions between these two hospital groups were all held by followers in the low-performing hospitals and not the CEOs, and all had a modern management inclination. No differences were found between lean (intermediate-) and high-performing hospitals, or between high- and low-performing hospitals. Originality/value – These findings support a need for hospital managers to acquire appropriate traits to achieve lean transformation, support a benefit of measuring manager traits to assess progress towards lean transformation and lend weight to improved quality of care that can be delivered by hospitals adopting a lean system of management.

It's All about Me: Narcissistic Chief Executive Officers and Their Effects on Company Strategy and Performance

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arijit Chatterjee ◽  
Donald C. Hambrick
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Company Strategy ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Ceo Narcissism ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Performance Results

This study uses unobtrusive measures of the narcissism of chief executive officers (CEOs)—the prominence of the CEO's photograph in annual reports, the CEO's prominence in press releases, the CEO's use of first-person singular pronouns in interviews, and compensation relative to the second-highest-paid firm executive—to examine the effect of CEO narcissism on a firm's strategy and performance. Results of an empirical study of 111 CEOs in the computer hardware and software industries in 1992–2004 show that narcissism in CEOs is positively related to strategic dynamism and grandiosity, as well as the number and size of acquisitions, and it engenders extreme and fluctuating organizational performance. The results suggest that narcissistic CEOs favor bold actions that attract attention, resulting in big wins or big losses, but that, in these industries, their firms' performance is generally no better or worse than firms with non-narcissistic CEOs.

scholarly journals An Investigation into the Effect of Board Members’ Remuneration on the Performance of Public Enterprises in Namibia

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Nikodemus Angula ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
Annual Salary ◽  
Executive Officers

The study focused on the effects of the board members’ remuneration on the performance of public enterprises in Namibia. The main objective of this study was to investigate the inter relationship between board members’ remuneration and the performance of the public enterprises in Namibia. The study used quantitative methods as a research strategy. The research study used secondary data from the Ministry of public enterprises database and primary data was gathered through structured questionnaires that were distributed to different public enterprises’ Chief executive officers in Namibia. The study focused on board members’ remuneration as representatives of the board members for each of the 97 state-owned enterprises in Namibia. The researcher used Excel to do the regression analysis. The researcher tested for correlation between a firm’s performance and annual salary and sitting allowance and miscellaneous allowance. Public enterprises are divided into four tiers. The researcher made use of the average revenue for each tier to represent the firm’s performance. A total of 75% of the respondents do not agree that there is a relationship between the board members’ remuneration and the firms’ performance, and 17% agree that there is a relationship between the board members’ remuneration and the firms’ performance. The study recommended that the MPE/Pes should implement motivational strategies to improve board members’ performance hence improving the firm’s performance.

scholarly journals International workshop on the future of community child healthcare

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachi Grossman ◽  
Boaz Porter ◽  
Joseph Meyerovitch ◽  
Lisa Rubin ◽  
Jacob Kuint ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Academic Advancement ◽  
The Future ◽  
Child Healthcare ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
International Experts

AbstractIncreasing numbers of children with developmental, emotional, and psychosocial issues require adaptation of the services provided by pediatricians in the community. An international workshop that took place in Israel on June 3–4, 2019, addressed this need. Local policy makers and international experts discussed the following topics: (1) the future of training in community pediatrics; (2) enhancing the prestige of the community pediatrician; (3) development of management and research skills; (4) academic advancement within community pediatrics; (5) the future content of community pediatric practice; (6) visit length and community pediatricians’ reimbursement; (7) developing the collaborative model of care in community pediatrics and (8) integrating child healthcare. The meeting provided a venue to understand the challenges and to formulate recommendations to policymakers. A key target highlighted was the increased exposure of all pediatric residents to community pediatrics. This gained the support of the Chief Executive Officers of all four Health Funds in Israel. This document provides a synopsis of the topics addressed and suggested recommendations.

Integrating Practice into Accounting Research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiva Rajgopal
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Chief Financial Officers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
65Th Anniversary ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Executive Officers

I argue that academic research in accounting has strayed from producing work that is useful to either practitioners or policy makers. I use three criteria to arrive at that assessment: (i) How many products and processes have accounting research produced in the last 50 years? (ii) How much overlap do we observe between issues that Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) worry about and our published research? (iii) Is the science or the knowhow in academe in a particular area ahead of that in practice? I conjecture that tuition-funded research drives this problem. I review several initiatives that have been tried at Columbia and elsewhere (i) to better integrate academic research and practice and (ii) to disseminate our findings to practitioners. I suggest that Management Science set up a forum to encourage submissions of papers that use rigorous methods to address pressing applied problems. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Issue of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.

scholarly journals Internal factors affecting vegetable and fruit export performance of Vietnamese firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-165
Author(s):  
Le Tan Buu ◽  
Pham Ngoc Y
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Technology Orientation ◽  
Depth Interviews

The paper aims at defining and measuring key internal factors which impact on export performance of vegetable and fruit export firms in Ho Chi Minh City, Lam Dong, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Long An và Tien Giang province. The study uses resource-based theory (RBV) to explain the internal factors affecting the export performance by applying qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative method is carried out through in-depth interviews of 10 chief executive officers, while the quantitative one is conducted through direct interviews with 228 managers of vegetable and fruit companies. Export performance are measured under the subjective perspective to collect information from firms, considering the perception or satisfaction of firms on export activities. The results show that firm's export performance is under the direct influences of four internal factors including: (1) International experience; (2) export commitment; (3) product characteristics; (4) technology orientation. The study measures export performance and internal factors affecting export performance, thereby suggesting management implications that help businesses improve export performance of Vietnamese fruit and vegetable firms.  

scholarly journals Toward a Working Model of Leadership in Nonprofit Sport Governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian O’Boyle ◽  
David Shilbury ◽  
Lesley Ferkins
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Working Model ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Scholarly Discourse

The aim of this study is to explore leadership within nonprofit sport governance. As an outcome, the authors present a preliminary working model of leadership in nonprofit sport governance based on existing literature and our new empirical evidence. Leadership in nonprofit sport governance has received limited attention to date in scholarly discourse. The authors adopt a case study approach involving three organizations and 16 participant interviews from board members and Chief Executive Officers within the golf network in Australia to uncover key leadership issues in this domain. Interviews were analyzed using an interpretive process, and a thematic structure relating to leadership in the nonprofit sport governance context was developed. Leadership ambiguity, distribution of leadership, leadership skills and development, and leadership and volunteerism emerged as the key themes in the research. These themes, combined with existing literature, are integrated into a preliminary working model of leadership in nonprofit sport governance that helps to shape the issues and challenges embedded within this emerging area of inquiry. The authors offer a number of suggestions for future research to refine, test, critique, and elaborate on our proposed working model.

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