The intersection of strategic management and supply chain management

Strategic management and supply chain management (SCM) have overlapping interests, yet there has been little exchange between them. We examine areas of overlap and suggest how insights from each field can complement and support the other. Specifically, several of strategic management's theories and its emphasis on explaining firm profits should be useful to SCM. SCM offers to strategic management a new level of analysis and possibly a new type of organization. Overall, we argue that increased interaction between these important areas will benefit knowledge development in both and thereby enhance organizations' ability to meet their goals.     

The management of cross-disciplinary research

This paper is based on a critical review of the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research held in 1981 in Manchester, England. Two sets of issues important for the management of collaborative research are identified. One is the need to remove ambiguities from the meanings of commonly used terminology, for which more precise definitions are proposed. Cross-disciplinary is used to describe only the nature of the task; multi- and inter-disciplinary are seen as describing alternative organizational ways of executing it. Which way should be used depends objectively on the circumstances.
The other set of issues is concerned with the effect institutional setting could have on the possibility of carrying out effective cross-disciplinary activity. Six different settings are identified and broad concepts of group dynamics are used to identify theoretical and practical problems and their possible solutions. The paper concludes with a survey of the practical implications for those managing cross-disciplinary research.     

The strategic management of re-innovation

Abstract
Most studies of the management of the technological innovation process cover the range of activities that culminate in the commercial introduction of a new product. In certain sectors of industry, however, especially those characterised by extended product lifecycles, continued competitiveness depends on vigorous and continuous product improvement, i.e. on the process of 're-innovation' to satisfy evolving user requirements. Ongoing research at SPRU has investigated the process of re-innovation in a number of industry sectors, and the paper presents material relating to two of the characteristic patterns of re-innovation identified in this research.
The first characteristic pattern is re-innovation combining the existing with the new. Two brief case studies are presented. In both cases, the manufacturer and customer gained significant benefits from this re-innovation strategy. For the manufacturer there were reduced development and testing costs, scale and learning curve benefits, distributed inventories of spares and servicing experience. For the customer there were familiarity benefits and reduced entry risks associated with proven reliability of parts and sub-systems.
The second, and more general pattern of re-innovation is based on the concept of the 'robust design'. This is a basic design which has sufficient inherent technological slack or flexibility to enable it to evolve into a significant design family of variants. Product design families offer the producer economies of scale in R&D, manufacturing, marketing and sales and servicing. They offer the user learning from experience, the enhanced possibility of user-inspired modifications, a wider range of price/ performance packages and rapid adaptations to changing environments. Robust designs can effectively combine economies of scale with economies of scope; they are strategically more flexible than leanly configured designs which satisfy only transient user requirements.     

项目管理应遵循的原则

项目管理是企业管理之基、效益之本,当前,项目管理失衡、创效能力不足等问题普遍存在。从实践经验看,项目管理优劣决定了企业效力与可持续发展能力。项目管理优,则企业强大兴盛、政通人和;项目管理劣,则企业动力缺失、举步维艰。结合本企业项目管理实践,笔者认为加强和优化项目管理,应遵循以下原则：     

区队引入人性化管理的思考——平顶山煤业集团三环公司区队管理案例分析

现代企业制度把企业管理分成两部分，一部分是刚性的，也就是狭义的企业管理。就是我们常讲的严管理；另一部分则是柔性的，管理人性化，多一些人情味，即以人为本。     

绩效管理是企业战略落地的载体

绩效管理是企业的管理者和员工就工作目标如何达成共识的过程。绩效管理首先是管理，是管理者日常工作的一部分；其次是一个持续不断的交流、沟通过程，在这个过程中不断完善目标和完成目标。其不仅关注绩效结果，更强调达成结果的过程。企业通过绩效管理，将明确、具体的目标和任务层层分解与传递，由中高层直至基层员工，从而使得各子(分)公司、各职能部门、各工作团队和员工的活动与公司的战略和目标保持一致。     

浅析企业财务管理

财务管理是伴随着经济组织出现而产生，并在广泛的、多变的社会环境中发展起来的。随着科学技术的迅猛发展，公司规模不断扩大，市场竞争日趋激烈，财务管理的内容和职能也在不断扩大和完善。     

医药企业信誉危机管理

目的探讨医药企业信誉危机的管理方法本文介绍了危机管理的相关理论,并结合实际进行了相关案例的分析、结果与结论在理论研究的基础上建立了一个医药企业信誉危机管理模型。     

试论我国工程监理的管理功能

我国工程监理的管理功能具有社会主义市场经济初级阶段的特殊特征,与国外发达国家工程师对工程的管理功能存在较大差别。理解并不回避这一特征,对统一当前关于监理工程师“公正、独立的第三方”地位的认识分歧、解决监理工程师工作中保持“公正”特性的理论问题具有非常重要的意义。     

组织管理重在创新

企业的组织管理变革与创新,是增强企业活力,提升企业核心竞争力的重要途径。“十五”期间,义马煤业集团有限责任公司不断深化改革,以改革为动力,向管理要效益,实施以煤为主、煤—电—铝—化—建综合发展战略,实现了快速发展。并在此基础上,制定了义煤集团“十一五”发展规划,在义煤集团进入跨越发展的新阶段,企业的组织管理变革与创新面临着新的机遇与挑战。     

The division of labour in innovation management

Abstract
The literature shows a plethora of roles in innovation management. These roles have not provided a systematic and unique pattern of relationship which can serve as an instrument of organization. An analysis of the empirical findings shows the existence of division of labour in innovation management in a multiple role concept. The concepts like 'product champion', 'gatekeeper', 'sponsor', 'business innovator', 'technical innovator', 'promoter' etc. have some elements of commonality and complementarity. Two underlying principles can be delineated: division of labour according to phases of the innovation process and according to sources of power of the incumbents. An interaction model and a process linkage model for innovation management are developed to explain the different findings. These models help to integrate these empirical concepts and serve as guidelines for possible organization of the innovation process.     

综合系统的安全管理

应用综合的系统的方法将全面的质量管理应用到安全管理中,形成全员参与、全过程管理、全方位保证的安全管理新局面,有组织有系统的完成我们的安全管理工作。     

The role of e-marketplaces in supply chain management

Electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces) have a profound influence on the way in which organizations manage their supply chains. Proponents of the e-marketplace concept suggest that web-based trading systems, such as World Wide Retail Exchange (WWRE) and GlobalNetXchange (GNX), would enable companies to more efficiently buy, sell, and manage their supply chain processes on a global scale. This study investigates the extent to which e-business tools of the e-marketplace are used by channel members in the retail sector for business-to-business supply chain management (SCM). The study is based on a survey involving food service companies, retailers, and wholesalers in the UK. It is shown that the e-marketplace supply chain applications enable the majority of companies to automate transaction-based activities and procurement-related processes rather than strategic supply chain activities. The results also indicate that full participation in e-marketplaces requires companies to integrate their internal and external supply chain activities and share strategic information.     

The management of coopetitive tensions within multi-unit organizations

Coopetition strategy is often considered critical for firm performance (Gnyawali, He & Madhavan, 2008; Yami, Castaldo, Dagnino & Le Roy, 2010). However, this paradoxical strategy creates tension, especially when coopetition occurs within an organization (Tsai, 2002; Luo, Slotegraaf & Pan, 2006). This paper addresses existing knowledge gaps by providing the first analysis of the specific managerial methods and the key approaches needed to reduce internal tensions within multi-unit and multi-brand organizations. Using an in-depth study approach in the banking industry, we examine two exemplary cases: Crédit Agricole (CA), which is the leading bank in France and the third leading bank in Europe, and Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne (BPCE), which is the third leading bank in France. Our findings indicate that firms simultaneously use formal and informal coordination to manage coopetitive goals. Moreover, to reduce tensions due to coopetition, the banks have developed an original organizational model that allows for the distribution of the antagonist powers and fosters integration. The research shows that inter-unit projects balance responsibilities across the firm, while horizontal coordination and social interaction also eliminate blocking and facilitate decision making. To the best of our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt to examine the management of coopetitive tensions within a multi-unit and multi-brand organization.     

我国高等学校教学档案管理初探

本文讨论了我国高校教学档案在教学管理工作中的重要作用,分析了教学档案管理工作中存在的问题,提出了加强教学档案管理的措施。     

The role of multichannel integration in customer relationship management

This paper reviews the strategic role of multichannel integration in customer relationship management (CRM) with the objective proposing a structured approach to the development of an integrated multichannel strategy. Alternative perspectives of CRM are reviewed and it is concluded that adoption of a strategic perspective is essential for success. Multichannel integration is posited as one of the key cross-functional processes in CRM strategy development. The nature of industry channel structure and channel participants, channel options, and alternative channel strategies are reviewed. The customer experience is explored both within and across channels. Analytical tools, such as market structure maps, the customer relationship life cycle, and demand chain analysis, are described. Key steps in building an integrated multichannel strategy are examined. Major challenges faced by enterprises in their adoption of an integrated multichannel approach and areas for future research are discussed.     

The resource-based view within the conversation of strategic management

The resource-based approach is an emerging framework that has stimulated discussion between scholars from three research perspectives. First, the resource-based theory incorporates traditional strategy insights concerning a firm's distinctive competencies and heterogeneous capabilities. The resource-based approach also provides value-added theoretical propositions that are testable within the diversification strategy literature. Second, the resource-based view fits comfortably within the organizational economics paradigm. Third, the resource-based view is complementary to industrial organization research. The resource-based view provides a framework for increasing dialogue between scholars from these important research areas within the conversation of strategic management. Resource-based studies that give simultaneous attention to each of these research programs are suggested.