About Efficiency of Agribusiness Organizations
Abstract Unprecedented development in the theory of economic organizations in past decades has brought about to significant evolution in understanding of the essence and efficiency of agribusiness organizations. Nevertheless, the traditional approach for assessing efficiency of economic organization is (through “technical or financial efficiency” of production factors, “productivity of employed resources”) is widely used. Consequently, it cannot be explained: why there are so many organizations performing with great variation in efficiency for a long period of time. This paper incorporates achievements of interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics and suggests a framework for assessing the efficiency of organizations for agribusiness and innovation. According to this new approach we have to study firm and farm as a governing rather than as production structure; assess comparative efficiency of alternative market, contract, internal, and hybrid modes of governance; take into account transaction costs and institutional, behavioral, dimensional, technological and natural factors; enrich (reformulate) criteria of economic efficiency of business organization; and better determine effective horizontal and vertical boundaries of business organizations. Specificity in the area of agri-business research and innovations is also clarified. Effective boundaries of different governing modes are assessed, and needs and forms for public intervention in agrarian research and innovation are clarified.
A Need Based Approach for Technical Education in India
Abstract Technical education in the country has been tuned for a great amount of acceleration and is galloping towards a target in tune with the International level. On spring of such rapid progress, the concept of quality of education requires more attention. Corporatizations has emerged as a supplementary measure for complementing the governmental initiatives, this introduced a new arena of profit oriented education. This necessitated an imperative need for the evaluation of the situation and to assess the fact that whether the out turn from these educational institutions are absorbed by the economy for the effective utilization and/or for the research needs of the country. The results throw light to the reality of ever widening gap between the supply and the demand, polarizing phenomena of educated Professional unemployment. A probable solution for confronting this challenge is by fine tuning the professional education system to a result and research oriented one with active participation of different sectors of the economy.
Transformational Leadership: Winning Competencies for Organizations
Abstract This review paper explores transformational leadership and predicts its skills and qualities to be crucial antecedents for organizational effectiveness in organizations. A substantial body of literature on transformational leadership was reviewed and the findings revealed that the transformational leadership skills and qualities are vital to lead organizations through change and increase their ability to achieve success and expansion in their environments. The primary impact of transformational leadership on organizational effectiveness is attributed to the transformational skills and qualities which increase organizational capability to effectively address forceful challenges and changes in their environments.
Issues and Challenges of ERP Implementation in Malaysian SMES
Abstract Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been embarked in companies to integrate available data and create better solutions. Although, miscellaneous outputs worked out while system has been performing, expected benefits did not expose by high investment especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This empirical study analyses the significant failure factors of ERP implementation within organizational and managerial plus technological issues‟ classification through data collection which is based on a combination of questionnaire and interview method from 62 respondents in 37 SMEs who have failed ERP experience in Malaysia, however the questionnaire has been sent to more than 300 SMEs through Malaysia. The research identifies issues and challenges of ERP implementation regarding considered critical failure factors while the paper extracting those factors with a higher degree of importance for implementation in SMEs amid classification to derive success running from failure factors in further implementation.
Role Stressors as Predictors and Job Attitude and Turnover Intention as Outcomes of Work Family Conflict
Abstract The purpose of this study is to contribute to the area of strategic management accounting (SMA), particularly Customer Accounting (CA) Information by explaining the firms' size effect on the extent of usage of CA information in Jordanian service companies. The population for this study was all services companies that listed in Amman stock Exchange in 2010. Using one-way ANOVA, the results of the study indicated that only the use of one CA information dimension (lifetime customer profitability analysis) showed significant differences across the firms' size. However, the extent of usage of the remaining CA information dimensions shows no significant differences across the firms' size.
Reward System and Knowledge Sharing Behavior among Iranian Academics: Preliminary Survey Findings
Abstract The purpose of this study is to contribute to the area of strategic management accounting (SMA), particularly Customer Accounting (CA) Information by explaining the firms' size effect on the extent of usage of CA information in Jordanian service companies. The population for this study was all services companies that listed in Amman stock Exchange in 2010. Using one-way ANOVA, the results of the study indicated that only the use of one CA information dimension (lifetime customer profitability analysis) showed significant differences across the firms' size. However, the extent of usage of the remaining CA information dimensions shows no significant differences across the firms' size.
Aggressive Behavior Among Adolescents in Arab Schools: A Review Paper
Abstract The purpose of this study is to contribute to the area of strategic management accounting (SMA), particularly Customer Accounting (CA) Information by explaining the firms' size effect on the extent of usage of CA information in Jordanian service companies. The population for this study was all services companies that listed in Amman stock Exchange in 2010. Using one-way ANOVA, the results of the study indicated that only the use of one CA information dimension (lifetime customer profitability analysis) showed significant differences across the firms' size. However, the extent of usage of the remaining CA information dimensions shows no significant differences across the firms' size.
The Effect of Firm Size on the Customer Accounting Information Usage; Evidences from Jordan
Abstract The purpose of this study is to contribute to the area of strategic management accounting (SMA), particularly Customer Accounting (CA) Information by explaining the firms' size effect on the extent of usage of CA information in Jordanian service companies. The population for this study was all services companies that listed in Amman stock Exchange in 2010. Using one-way ANOVA, the results of the study indicated that only the use of one CA information dimension (lifetime customer profitability analysis) showed significant differences across the firms' size. However, the extent of usage of the remaining CA information dimensions shows no significant differences across the firms' size.
The Effect of Service Product Innovation Management on Market Performance through Organizational Culture: In Context of Service Product Industry
This paper aims to present a conceptual model for service product innovation management in service product industry. The authors develop a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous studies on service product innovation management, market performance, and organizational culture. The model proposes to study the effect of service product innovation management on the level of market performance enhancement. In addition to that it also considers focusing on organizational culture that can influence the relationship between service product innovation management and market performance.This paper will facilitate the business managers to understand the perspective of service product innovation management. The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the service product industry and may be customized to invoke an innovation process in other service industry in different geographic locations.