International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research最新文献

{"title":"Assessing the Contributions of Top Management Team on Organization Performance in Tourism Industry, Tanzania","authors":"Li Wuwei, Shayo Nancy Tobias","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.1003002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.1003002","url":null,"abstract":": The top management plays an important role in performance of a company, top management can result to higher or lower performance of a company. Tourism industry is one among the sector that experiences the contribution of top managers in performance of companies. The study aimed to assess the contribution of top management in performance of companies in tourism industry. Two companies in tourism industry in Tanzania that are Leopard Tours and Wonderland Tours were taken as the case study. The study found that top managers are the drivers of the performance of the companies in tourism industry in Tanzania. The study recommended that tour companies should focus on employing high experienced top managers and periodically sending them to trainings so as to increase skills and capabilities.","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128089762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is Romania an Adaptable Country to Achieve Guidelines and Rule in Engineering Risk of Automotive Industry?","authors":"D. Popa","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0804003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0804003","url":null,"abstract":"The preponderant tendency in automotive industry is to adapt permanently to the changes and introduce the market tendency in the new products that leads to customer satisfaction [1]. Understanding the automotive development life cycle is of paramount importance, before starting to construct any suitable tailored service process, which will be understood and accepted by the stakeholders. Effective process establishment “does not happen until an organization recognizes the need for it and the benefits it will bring them”, i.e. [2].","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"303 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134337805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Business Vision and Mission","authors":"","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0905002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0905002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133168933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Exposure and Insight Factors to Student Happiness at Private Universities in Vietnam","authors":"Chau Kim Phuong, P. Thang","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0805003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0805003","url":null,"abstract":"Happiness is becoming an emerging strategic vision from organizations to nations. As human beings just living once, people always expect to be happy in life. Firms can win more customers if they provide good services, make customers happy and retain them with pleasures and cares. There are also many scientific studies on human happiness indicators. In the environment of tertiary education, the concept of happiness is very concerned, especially for students. The scientific basis of the method is based on the research on Net Promoter Score by Fred Reichheld, published in Harvard 2002. When students are happy, they not only feel more satisfied with their life and their experience, but also feel more positive emotions than negative ones (Garcia, 1984). In addition, students with a higher level of happiness, they can achieve better academic achievement (Lyubomirskyet al., 2005). Arecent research about the factors affecting students’choice of university has shown that when deciding to choose a university today, students are interested in the following aspects: facilities and services, curriculum, tuition, information about the school, opinions of family and friends, etc. (Mai and Anthony, 2015). So, the enrollment to the universities is becoming more and more competitive, especially in the private ones. Similarly, customers are always the back bone in every organization. Most of the references mentioned in this paper are all based on Chan's et al theory (2005). In addition, this study has designed a questionnaire to measure the student happiness based on the one by the group of authors including Hills and Argyle of Oxford University, UK in 2001, which has been widely referred in many later studies. Abstract:","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132067875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intellectual Capital and Competitive Advantage of Selected Commercial Banks in Anambra State","authors":"H. Nzewi, Eze Ikechukwu Robert, Adani Nnenne Ifechi, Chigozie Patrick Monene, Ohodah Martin","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0705004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0705004","url":null,"abstract":"The world of today has gradually moved away from an equipment and machinery dependent world to a more knowledge dependent world. A world where knowledge, skills and ability rule; a knowledge based economy. The importance of knowledge is even more prominent in the service offering sector of the economy where the survival of the firm depends on their employees skill-set and competencies. This is however not to play down its importance in other sectors of the economy. Moradi, Saeedi, Hajizadeh and Mohammadi (2013) posit that in the 21st century, economic success is dependent upon knowledge, innovation and creativity in making new products and offering better service. This brings to the fore the concept of Intellectual Capital (IC) as an important concept. This concept has over the years been capturing much attention in management and other related field of study. IC plays a fundamental role within modern organizations and is part of the foundation of business in the 21st century (Li-Chang& Chao-Hung, 2010). Thus, in the last decades the strategic management literature has emphasized the crucial role of intangible factors or the intellectual capital as determinants of business competitiveness (Teece, 2000).","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122381742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis on the Influencing Factors of Patent Value under Market Transaction Scenario","authors":"Zhang Hong, Hu Jiamiao, Chen Shuyu, Gong Hongman","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.1005004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.1005004","url":null,"abstract":": This paper uses descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, OLS model and hierarchical regression analysis to conduct an empirical study on the patent trading data of China technology exchange, and discusses the influencing factors of patent value under the market trading scenarios of patent transfer and patent licensing. The results show that patent waiting period has no effect on patent value in transaction scenario; for different patent applicants, the factors that affect the patent value are different; Both the number of claims and the way of transaction have a negative impact on the patent value of enterprises. On this basis, this paper puts forward some suggestions to promote the marketization of patent assets, which is conducive to the development of patent trading market.","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122885119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Budget Management and Project Performance, A Case Study of Equity Agency Banking Project","authors":"Nsengiyumva Adolphe, D. G. Njenga","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0908002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0908002","url":null,"abstract":"Budgeting and accounting are critical components that must interact to achieve the goals and objectives of an organization. Budget acts as financial management tool used to measure the actual and forecast against the budget throughout the planning process, it also assists in monitoring and controlling of current performance by providing early warning of deviations from the plans and analyses the anticipated versus actual results.Budget provide a basis for directing and evaluating the performance of banks. Modern budgeting is best placed when performance management is integrated with known financial outcomes which are frequently re-forecasted on budget and linked to the analysis of performance trends. This will ultimately help banks not lose their control and accountability mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124040505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Performance of Insurance Companies in Kenya: Does Transformation Capacity Matter?","authors":"Jeremiah Kamau Kinyua, A. Muchemi, D. Kiiru","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0910007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0910007","url":null,"abstract":"The potential success of any given business enterprise is contingent upon its organizational performance, which entails the ability to efficiently and effectively execute strategies that are linked to realization of institutional objectives (Randeree & Al Youha, 2009). In essence, firm performance can be considered as the actual output as measured against the corresponding intended outputs (Tomal & Jones, 2015). Similarly, performance is viewed as the degree to which a company, as a social system endowed with a bundle of tangible resources, intangible resources and capabilities, is able to actualize both the short term and long-term objectives. Javier (2002) posited that firm performance is more or less equivalent to economy, efficiency and effectiveness of execution of intended social activities.","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115547038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Workforce Analytics: Building Competencies for the New Change Era of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Nigerian Hospitality Industry","authors":"Obiora, Judipat Nkiru","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0912001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0912001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114296658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Firm Competitiveness in Small Medium Enterprises in Starehe Sub-County in Kenya: What Role Does Organizational Learning Play?","authors":"Mathews Onkangi Ocharo, Godfrey Kinyua PhD","doi":"10.20431/2349-0349.0911005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0349.0911005","url":null,"abstract":": Employees constitute an important segment of organization’s stakeholders, and their commitment is vitally important in ensuring stability and effectiveness of organizations. Due to changes in the human resource area witnessed in the 21st century, the expectations of employers from their employees have been changing as well, predominantly with investigative studies showing that these expectations are becoming complex with time. The concept of organizational learning has grown in latest times due to the pressures facing modern organizations to adapt and stay competitive in the ever-changing business environment. Many scholars of this concept agree that companies can only realize a viable competitive advantage if they can learn at a pace that is faster than their competitors. This study sought to investigate effect of organizational learning on firm competitiveness of SMEs in Starehe Sub-County in Kenya. The research variable was underpinned on the resource-based view of the firm. Descriptive research design was used in this study. The study target population was 350 SMEs registered in Starehe Sub-County in Kenya. Starehe Sub-County was picked due to high concentration of SMEs. The study employed stratified random sampling, with a sample size of 187-registered SMEs within Starehe Sub-County in Kenya. Primary data for the investigation was collected using a structured questionnaire. Validity of the questionnaire was assessed and confirmed using opinion from experts and review of relevant literature. A pilot study was carried out using twenty employees to support the test of reliability of the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were analysed using frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation. Similarly, inferential statistics was analysed using Pearson correlation analysis and linear regression analysis. The results of statistical analysis demonstrated that organizational learning has a positive effect on firm competitiveness of SMEs registered in Starehe Sub-County in Kenya. The conclusion of the study therefore is that organizational learning positively affects firm competitiveness of SME’s in Starehe Sub-County in Nairobi City County. The study recommends that SME’s can utilize the discoveries of this investigation to assess how well the SMEs can enhance the employees training in order to improve on their competitiveness. The rapid changes in technology and the role of social media acting as our puppet masters, imposes the need for employers and employees to continuously renovate themselves through learning of better business strategies.","PeriodicalId":277653,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114231130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}