Comparisons have been made of modern maintenance-practices, i.e. in the more developed economies, with what occurs in Nigeria. Significant differences arise due to variations in corporate culture, pertinent learning opportunities and effectiveness of strategic planning. The managerial implications of these divergences are discussed. A systematic, total productivemaintenance (TPM) approach needs...

It is part of the vocabulary of organizations, and the agendas discussed the subject of "Sustainability", but there are few companies that implement practices or even know the means of implementing sustainable practices. The objective of this paper is to discuss an approach to education for sustainable development (ESD) based on the concepts and practice of ergonomics, as a consequence of this ...

In this contribution, we study companies engaging in B2C-E-Commerce and their ability to manage the relationship with their customers. We refer to this as companies’ ECCRM-capability and examine its determinants and the impact that all of these factors have on corporate success in E-Business. We construct a covariance structure(or LISREL-) model for testing our research hypotheses on a subset o...

The results from a five-part Delphi survey of chief IS executives and corporate general managers indicate the most critical information systems management issues and consensus on their importance. The research project is the second in a series of such studies conducted by the Society for Information Management and the MIS Research Center at the University of Minnesota. The research confirmed th...

This paper investigates the current state of corporate Australia’s balanced scorecard practices and the plan to implement it in near future. An investigation of top 50 Australian companies surveyed revealed that only 33 percent companies have implemented balanced scorecard (BSC) and 25 percent companies are planning to implement it in future. The results indicate that management of Australian c...

Integrated planning is a holistic approach to addressing the needs of local communities built on partnerships between those responsible for development, environmental quality and service provision. This study investigated the extent and key influences on the use of integrated planning to promote physical activity among six metropolitan councils in Melbourne Australia, which took part in the Met...

This study attempted to investigate the effects of corporate social responsibility on firm performance. It also tried to identify the mediating role of corporate image on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firm performance. This research collected data on latent constructs through a questionnaire administered survey of managers across a spectrum of industries in Bangla...

For a long-time relationship between information system functions and corporate strategy was not of much interest to top management of firms. Information Systems were thought to be synonymous with corporate data processing and treated as some back-room operation in support of day-to-day mundane tasks (Rockart, 1979). In the 80's and 90's, however, there has been a growing realization of the nee...