Challenges and Prospects in Modern Management

Edited by Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Maria Argyropoulou & George Kalchev

ISBN: 978-960-6672-60-6, 304 pages

First published in 2009 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

List of Contributors

 

Biographies of Editors

 

 

 

1.

Editorial: Challenges and Prospects in Modern Management

Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Maria Argyropoulou & George Kalchev

1

Part A: Information Technology for Business Problems

2.

Integration of SAP R/3 Enterprise Software into a College of Business Curriculum

Frank Andera

9

3.

Unrelated Parallel-Machine Scheduling with Due-Date Constraints

Jeng-Fung Chen

33

4.

Information Quality Requirements in Pervasive Commerce

Weiqi Li

45

5.

Management Information Systems and Information Needs of Managers

Zlatko Nedelko

57

Part B: Human Resources and Gender Issues

6.

Exploring Women Managers’ Networking in China and in Finland: Guanxi and Social Capital

Jiehua Huang & Iiris Aaltio

71

7.

An Exploration of Barriers to Entry for Young Female Enterpreneurs in Nothern Ireland

Caroline O’Kane,Kate Greenan & Pauric McGowan

89

8.

Are Small-Town Personnel More Satisfied than Personnel in Big Cities? A Regional View of Job Satisfaction

Katri Jakosuo

101

9.

The Psychological Contract and HR Roles of HR Professionals: A Theoretical Framework

Katja Korpela-Penttinen

109

Part C: Education and Management Relationships

10.

Enhancing Employability of Non-business Graduates by Economic Education as a Part of Extracurricular Studies

Ewald Mittelstaedt, Claudia Wiepcke & Andreas Liening

125

11.

Experiential Learning in Graduate Management Education: MBA Student Team Projects

Emile Pilafidis

135

12.

Are Students Customers? Student Relationship Management (SRM) in HK and Macau Universities

Soo May Cheng & Lisa Lai Shan Sham

149

13.

Hybrids: A New Approach to Strategic Management Cases

James B. Thurman

165


 

Part D: Managerial Issues in Under Developed Countries

14.

A Factor Analysis of Nigerian Entrepreneurs: Motivations, Success Factors and Problems

Hung M. Chu, Orhan Kara & Christopher Fiorentino

173

15.

Perspectives on Enterpreneurship: The Case of South Africa

195

 

Tidings P. Ndhlovu

 

16.

The Information Content of Dividend Policy Announcements for the Industrial Firms in Amman Stock Exchange

Wasim K. AlShattarat, Ayman E. Haddad & Husni K. AlShattarat

207

17.

The Application of Contemporary Management Techniques: A Case Study from Turkey

Ayla Z. Öncer

227

Part E: General Managerial and Administrative Issues

18.

AMT Investments: Measuring and Strengthening of their Influence on Company’s Performance using Selected Management Models

243

 

Drahomira Pavelkova, Libor Friedel, Premek Palka & Miroslav Chodur

 

19.

Toward a Comprehensive Performance Measurement System

263

 

Ayman Eltemsahi

 

20.

Statistical Significance, Practical Significance, and Practical Importance in Management Research

277

 

Elif Cicekli

 

21.

An Assessment of the Relative Value of Knowledge Transfer Processes to the Success of International Project Management Teams

Arthur Pantelides & Gerhard Antony

285