|
ADVANCED
MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
VOLUME
64 NUMBER 4 AUTUMN 1999
Return
to AMJ Contents
Telecommuting's Impact on
Corporate Culture and Individual Workers: Examining the Effect of Employee
Isolation
Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Dionysus ... what
do these Greek gods have to do with telecommuting? Their names and characteristics are
used to classify types of corporate cultures, and cultures have everything to do with
whether telecommuting is likely to be a plus or minus for an organization. The popular
telecommuting trend, made possible by technology, has advantages and disadvantages for
employees and organizations. These should be analyzed carefully before this work
arrangement is endorsed.
Thomas W. Gainey, Donald E.
Kelley, and Joseph A. Hill
Major Hurdles to the Success of the
European Economic and Monetary Union: The Future of the Euro
On May 1, 1998, the European Economic
and Monetary Union (EMU) came into being with 11 nations as initial members. Great
Britain, Denmark, and Sweden chose not to join and are still nonmembers. On January 1,
1999, the EMU introduced a common currency, the euro, that in time was expected to rival
the dollars as a reserve currency. The jury remains out on the EMU and the euro, as the
many differences among social norms and national identities are potential obstacles to the
EMU's goals.
Thomas L. Wheelen and J. David
Hunger
Keys for Success in the Leadership of
Multinational Corporations, 1990 Through 1997
A global economic crisis, such as the
one that hit in the summer of 1998, tends to separate the sheep from the wolves among
multinational corporations. Why do some survive and prosper and others stumble and fail *
? it could be due to the practices, strategies, and behaviors of the leaders of the
successful firms, and these traits could be a new paradigm that other firms would do well
to emulate. The paradigm is organized around care of customers, innovation, and committed
people.
John R. Darling and Thomas M.
Box
Applying Quality Management 21 Concepts
to Managing Business Schools
Business schools are different from
other academic disciplines: in the latter, research drives innovation, but in the former,
it's usually the reverse. Therefore, business schools are often equipping students for
yesterday's business world, while today's has moved on to new practices. To remedy this
problem, the University of Colorado's Hasan School of Business has transformed its
organization and procedures to reduce or eliminate hierarchical decision making and become
more flexible - more student-centered, outcome-oriented, and learning-based.
Bart Ward and William D.
Chandler
Doing Business in the Deep South: A
Guide for Internationals
"Tell about the South" is
arguably the famous quote from William Faulkner's masterpiece, Absalom,
Absalom. While the
United States has many distinct regions, only the South fought a war to become a separate
nation. This experience plus the region's ethnic complexity, warm climate, and other
factors contribute to its distinctive traditions and characteristics. International
business people hoping or planning to have business dealings in the southern states would
do well to familiarize themselves with these characteristics, which are summarized here by
a Deep South native.
William 1. Sanger, Jr.
Establishing Project Control: 32
Schedule, Cost, and Quality
Controlling projects is a perennial
management challenge. Costs, quality, timeliness -all these must be monitored and
evaluated during and after the project. Choosing the most appropriate control and
measurement techniques for project members and supervising managers may be as important as
the project itself, since inappropriate or inflexible tools can undermine or distort the
project's usefulness and achievements. Managers must carefully evaluate information
systems and software before choosing any for a project.
Amir M. Hormozi and Leon F. Dube
E-Commerce Economics and Regulation
The Internet is changing the way
commerce is conducted, with far-reaching implications for economic models and government
anti-trust regulation. E-commerce places a premium on a new asset form, information, as
well as radically altering labor costs and employment projections. The battle to control
e-commerce has just begun, but protectionist or even monopolistic tendencies are arising,
and the government is bound to become involved in regulation at some point.
Joseph J. Penbera
|
