Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2016 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 5 Articles
The research study was undertaken with a view to identify business characteristics that result in fast\ngrowth of MSE. Primary data was collected from 99 randomly selected MSE through structured questionnaire.\nData were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of SPSS. By using this software,\nanalysis of variance was carried out to examine the variation in the growth of MSEs related to the variation in\neach of the independent variables selected. As two dependent variables were used to measure growth in this study,\nthe result of this software shows different statistical result for both of them. The ANOVA and t-test result\nindicates, there is a significant variation on the growth of MSEs in relation to the variations of type of business,\nlegal status, formal record, borrowing and competition level if growth is measured using asset growth. If growth is\nmeasured using employment growth, the deference in types of business, having formal recording practice and\nborrowing brings difference in growth. But the ANOVA and t-test result shows there is no significant difference in\ngrowth with respect to the difference in registration with MSE office and age of business whether it is measured\nwith asset or employment growth...
The tools and techniques in Knowledge Management (KM) are powerful measures for enhancing the\ngrowth and development of the company if it is well directed. It may also if not handled appropriately\nreflect inefficiency in work sapping the energy of employees who may not see the objective of these\ninitiatives in the right perspective and be critically inclined towards it and may try opting out of it.\nMichael Porterââ?¬â?¢s Value Chain had created an environment of empowering major corporations, but\nwith the tremendous power of internet the opportunity of developing KM has been phenomenally\nenhanced. The actual power naturally lies in canalizing the forces of knowledge gained by employees\nacross the organization that is presently neglected. The present Value Chain would work, however the\nquestion is- ââ?¬Å?Is the Value Chain of a KM organization similar or different to Michael Porterââ?¬â?¢s?ââ?¬Â The\npaper notes that the success of the KM system if appropriately designed would be an assured one in\nspite of growing competition. With this in perspective the paper attempts to review reflectively on the\nsituation as to what would be the issues and factors that ensure the success...
This case provides an overview of project management practices at ITWorx, a leading\nprofessional software services company in the Middle East. ITWorx top management believes\nthat many critical decisions that determine the success of a project are actually made before the\nproject even starts. Projects are selected and managed as a portfolio to reflect the company�s\nstrategy and future business directions. This case describes the project life cycle from\nopportunity to project, including resources allocation and acquisition to ensure the proper\ndelivery of projects. The case also discusses typical reasons for project failure, and ITWorx�s\napproach for dealing with them....
Organisations depend on the administrative process to carry out their goals and objectives, for\nthe purposes of competitiveness and sustainability. As such, administrative functions are\nconsidered to be critical in the organisations. Hence, many organisations have little or no\nââ?¬Å?roomââ?¬Â for the malfunctioning of their administrative activities. There are a number of\nchallenges that organisations encounter, one of the most critical of the challenges is to align\nemployeesââ?¬â?¢ interest with the organisational values and goals. This happens at both public and\nprivate organisations, at different levels of the organisational structure. The challenges of\nadministrative process are inevitably associated to workplace Professionalism, which has\nbecome a fundamental factor for cultural built and prerequisite for Organisational success or\nfailure. Some Organisations are aware of the administrative challenges, and others are not. Of\nthose Organisations that are aware of the challenges, some of them do not seem to understand\nthe gravity and depth of the impact it has on their growth, sustainability and competitiveness.\nAlso, some of the organisations experience difficulty in attempt to manage the professional and\nadministrative challenges within their environment. This is the motivation for this study. This\npaper presents the result from an interpretive case study, and the framework that was\ndeveloped. The aim of the framework, Managing Professionalism and Administrative\nFramework (MPAF) is to guide managers and other employees in the management of\nprofessional acts and administrative activities in their Organisations....
This paper examines ethical awareness in the large Corporate & SME IT sector of the Middle\nEast & North African (MENA) region. It uses the prevalence of corporate codes of conduct in\nthe industry to analytically ascertain the level of ethical awareness. The literature is\nanalysed to reveal how codes of conduct have developed synchronously alongside ethical\nawareness of specific companies as well as the ethical cognisance of the industry & the\nsociety is embedded in. The paper then proposes how this current dynamic equilibrium has\ncontributed to global ethical discourse in the specific industry chosen. This in turn is further\nanalysed to isolate the newer elements of the developing discourse & how this may\ncontribute to progression in terms of local & practical measures & global perceptions of this\narea as one that lacks the essential ethical awareness of the industry in the developed\nworld....
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