Purpose This paper applies the theory of cascading, interconnected and compound risk to practice preparing for, managing, responding threats hazards. Our goal is propose a consistent approach for managing major in urban systems by bringing together emergency management, organisational resilience, climate change adaptation. Design/methodology/approach We develop theory-building process using an ...

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms’ ability to adapt their organizational processes and structures. Starting from complexity theory, we use three consecutive waves of the German part of the Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find an inverted u-shape of innovation off-shoring on the effectiveness of organizational adaptability,...

In this paper, we present a case study of the restructuring of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system within a manufacturing company, in particular the combination of Material Requirement Planning (MRP) with a Just In Time (JIT) material management procedure at the assembly lines. We focus in this study upon the mutual shaping of technology and organizational culture, in particular the vi...

Business processes are frequently subject to changes which must be supported by process models and systems implementing them. This paper deals with adaptability of Inter-Organizational Workflow (IOWF) process models based on services. It states conceptually, typical adaptations that can be operated on IOWF models obeying to the chained execution architecture. IOWF models are described through t...

BACKGROUND Shiftwork among health care workers impacts upon the safety and health of both employees and patients. AIMS To characterize shiftwork-related attitudes, behaviours, symptoms and coping strategies among health care workers, two validated questionnaires (the Standard Shiftwork Index and the Pressure Management Indicator) were used to identify factors predicting shiftwork adaptation. ...

This study defines organizational learning as greater cognizance of action–outcome relationships and the effects that environmental events have on these relationships. It shows that two learning mechanisms, adaptation-in-use and change catalysis, are key factors in realizing gains from the implementation of administrative innovations. Adaptation-in-use denotes ongoing adjustment of the innovati...

This paper compares systematically the two theoretical models of adaptation, ecological and evolutionary. Using notions from innovation, learning, and balanced change, the two models are contrasted in the context of 73 European, Japanese, and U.S. industrial robotics firms that introduced new robotics products in 1984-1997. A hybrid of ecological and evolutionary views is found to predict innov...

Effective organizational performance measurement supports the long-term viability of third sector organizations. According to extant literature, it has been driven by accountability, legitimacy and improvement. While some aspects these are outward-facing, their focus seems be intra-organizational. Our study shows evidence a different approach performance: qualitative data from Scottish social c...