Enfoque gerencial dos benefícios e desafios da tecnologia de informação para o desempenho empresarial

A Tecnologia de Informação tem sido considerada como um dos componentes mais importantes do ambiente empresarial atual, sendo que as organizações brasileiras têm utilizado ampla e intensamente esta tecnologia, tanto em nível estratégico como operacional. Este nível de utilização oferece grandes oportunidades para as empresas que têm sucesso no aproveitamento dos benefícios oferecidos por este uso. Ao mesmo tempo, ele também oferece desafios para a administração deste recurso do qual as empresas passam a ter grande dependência e que apresenta particularidades de gerenciamento. Neste cenário complexo, outro desafio é identificar o nível de contribuição que esta tecnologia oferece aos resultados das empresas. Por fim, as atitudes dos executivos de negócio e de Tecnologia de Informação interferem de forma significativa na administração desta tecnologia. Este projeto tem como objetivo principal identificar os benefícios efetivos da utilização de Tecnologia de Informação, os desafios de sua administração, o desempenho das empresas que utilizam intensamente esta tecnologia e as atitudes dos principais executivos neste ambiente, bem como a relação que existe entre estas dimensões. O foco do projeto será os principais executivos de negócio e de tecnologia. A sua contribuição é aprofundar o conhecimento da administração de Tecnologia de Informação, nas dimensões de utilização, administração e contribuição, além das atitudes dos executivos, bem como a relação entre elas, permitindo criar uma estrutura de análise da situação desta tecnologia nas empresas que ofereça subsídios para a sua administração bem sucedida.

Benefício do uso de tecnologia de informação no desempenho empresarial

A Tecnologia de Informação tem sido considerada como um dos componentes mais importantes do ambiente empresarial atual, sendo que as organizações brasileiras têm utilizado ampla e intensamente esta tecnologia tanto em nível estratégico como operacional. Este nível de utilização oferece grandes oportunidades para as empresas que têm sucesso no aproveitamento dos benefícios oferecidos por este uso. Ao mesmo tempo, ele também oferece o desafio de identificar o nível de contribuição que esta tecnologia oferece aos resultados das empresas. Este projeto tem como objetivo principal identificar os benefícios efetivos da utilização de Tecnologia de Informação, por meio da identificação dos vínculos dos benefícios oferecidos pelos projetos e infra-estrutura desta tecnologia com o desempenho empresarial, expressados em indicadores e métricas, mesmo que intangíveis e indiretos. O foco do projeto será um caso de empresa com gastos e investimentos significativos em Tecnologia de Informação. A sua contribuição é aprofundar o conhecimento da administração de Tecnologia de Informação, em especial na sua relação com os resultados empresariais, permitindo criar uma estrutura de análise dos gastos e investimentos nesta tecnologia nas empresas que ofereça subsídios para a sua administração bem sucedida. Este projeto está inserido na linha de pesquisa Administração, Análise e Tecnologia de Informação, nos projetos de pesquisa do Centro de Informática Aplicada (CIA) e está relacionado com outros projetos recentemente desenvolvidos com o apoio do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Publicação (NPP) da FGV-EAESP.

A study of the attitudes towards unethical selling amongst Chinese salespeople

The latter part of the twentieth century saw the Chinese economy moving towards a socialist market economy rather than a planned system. Despite growing interest in Chinese business ethics, little work has examined ethical issues concerning the Chinese sales force. This study draws from existing work on Chinese and Western business and sales ethics to develop hypotheses regarding the perceptions of unethical selling behaviour of modern Chinese salespeople. A survey of Chinese sales executives is conducted and statistically analysed. Results are compared with those reported in previous US-based research with regard to differences in perceptions of unethical selling behaviour. The results indicate that contemporary Chinese salespeople were more favourably disposed than expected towards unethical selling behaviour, and also more favourably disposed than previously studied US salespeople. Younger Chinese salespeople evaluated unethical behaviours more favourably than older ones. The results are discussed, along with implications for theory, practice and future work.

Attitudes of employees and employers towards older workers in a climate of anti-discrimination

Attitudes and practices towards older workers were surveyed in Brisbane with 525 employees randomly sampled from the electoral roll and executives of 104 companies obtained by stratified random sampling from the Register of Workplaces (response rates, 60% and 80% respectively). The results indicated that “older workers” are young in terms of contemporary life expectancy, and younger for employers than employees; they have some desirable personal qualities (eg. loyalty), but are not perceived as adaptable; workers aged 25–39 were preferred on qualities held to be important in the workplace and there was minimal interest in recruiting anyone over 45 years.

When leadership meets organizational change : the influence of the top management team and supervisory leaders on change appraisals, change attitudes, and adjustment to change

Despite the importance of adaption and change for firm survival, the failure rate of organizational change efforts remains alarmingly high (Beer and Nohria, 2000; Kotter, 1995). In a recent global survey of over 3,000 executives,Meaney and Pung (2008) reported that two-thirds of executives indicated that their firm had failed to successfully implement organizational changes. Similarly, academic researchers have also concluded that difficulties in implementing and managing organizational change efforts often precipitate organizational crises (Probst and Raisch, 2005). As a result, attention has been directed to identify the factors that improve the likelihood of successfully implementing organizational change efforts. While there has been practitioner-oriented discussion around the pivotal role of workplace leaders in reducing resistance to change, only a limited number of empirical studies have examined relationships between leader behavior and employee change attitudes (e.g., Bommer, Rich, and Rubin, 2005; Herold, Caldwell, and Liu, 2008; Nemanich and Keller, 2007; Oreg and Berson, 2011). However...

Perceptions of chief executives of Texas Catholic health care institutions regarding the poor and the provision of Catholic health care

Perceptions of chief executive officers (CEOs) of Texas Catholic health care institutions regarding the poor and the provision of Catholic health care were the focus for this study. A total of 40 health care administrators were asked to participate in a survey. Thirty-seven CEOs responded, including seven religious superiors, six health system CEOs and 24 hospital CEOs. Survey items concerning Catholic health for the poor centered on obligations and responsibilities of Catholic hospitals, means of achieving those obligations, and assessment of whether hospitals' objectives were being met. In addition, respondents' attitudes and beliefs about poor people in general were examined. Independent variables were CEO type, gender, religious preference, member of a religious order, and educational preparation. For purposes of analysis, most survey items were classified by level of consensus exhibited by respondents. The respondents to this survey agreed on most issues concerning poor people and the provision of Catholic health care. However, there were areas of disagreement particularly in Part I of the survey which dealt with responsibility/obligation, means/methods, and assessment of health care delivery for the poor. ^

A study of the attitudes towards unethical selling amongst Chinese salespeople

The latter part of the twentieth century saw the Chinese economy moving towards a socialist market economy rather than a planned system. Despite growing interest in Chinese business ethics, little work has examined ethical issues concerning the Chinese sales force. This study draws from existing work on Chinese and Western business and sales ethics to develop hypotheses regarding the perceptions of unethical selling behaviour of modern Chinese salespeople. A survey of Chinese sales executives is conducted and statistically analysed. Results are compared with those reported in previous US-based research with regard to differences in perceptions of unethical selling behaviour. The results indicate that contemporary Chinese salespeople were more favourably disposed than expected towards unethical selling behaviour, and also more favourably disposed than previously studied US salespeople. Younger Chinese salespeople evaluated unethical behaviours more favourably than older ones. The results are discussed, along with implications for theory, practice and future work.

Industry Expresses Attitudes Toward Accounting, Finance Curricula

A survey of hospitality financial executives provides guidance for those planning accounting and finance curricula for schools of hospitality management. The authors discuss the results of their survey sponsored by the Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators.