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Publication date: 1 January 2013

Therese Macan, Matthew R. Lemming and Jeffrey L. Foster

The present study aims to examine how adjustments to utility analysis (UA) estimates and restructuring UA information to include a tabular format affect managerial acceptance of a…

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Purpose

The present study aims to examine how adjustments to utility analysis (UA) estimates and restructuring UA information to include a tabular format affect managerial acceptance of a selection test.

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Managers across organizations (n=185) indicated whether they would accept and implement a new selection test based on a hypothetical scenario. They were randomly assigned to different scenarios based on UA dollar estimate size and visual format of the information.

Findings

Overall, managers were indifferent to the dollar size of the UA estimate and were not influenced by presentation format. Managers did report use of UA information when making decisions and qualitative analyses revealed several patterns that help explain why this information was useful.

Practical implications

When presenting UA information, practitioners should reexamine how they build support for both sides of the benefitscosts equation, potentially adding information beyond UA dollar amounts such as legal liability and company reputation.

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The quandary remains regarding how to communicate the value of human resource initiatives to organizational stakeholders. The paper adds to the literature by investigating two variables not previously examined, the size of UA dollar estimates and the format used to present UA information. More importantly, the study incorporates a unique qualitative component to better understand managers' use or non‐use of UA and corresponding rationale.

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures
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ISBN: 978-1-84855-250-0

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures
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ISBN: 978-1-84855-250-0

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures
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ISBN: 978-1-84855-250-0

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Publication date: 20 October 2015

Mohammad Shamsuddoha

Contemporary literature reveals that, to date, the poultry livestock sector has not received sufficient research attention. This particular industry suffers from unstructured…

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Contemporary literature reveals that, to date, the poultry livestock sector has not received sufficient research attention. This particular industry suffers from unstructured supply chain practices, lack of awareness of the implications of the sustainability concept and failure to recycle poultry wastes. The current research thus attempts to develop an integrated supply chain model in the context of poultry industry in Bangladesh. The study considers both sustainability and supply chain issues in order to incorporate them in the poultry supply chain. By placing the forward and reverse supply chains in a single framework, existing problems can be resolved to gain economic, social and environmental benefits, which will be more sustainable than the present practices.

The theoretical underpinning of this research is ‘sustainability’ and the ‘supply chain processes’ in order to examine possible improvements in the poultry production process along with waste management. The research adopts the positivist paradigm and ‘design science’ methods with the support of system dynamics (SD) and the case study methods. Initially, a mental model is developed followed by the causal loop diagram based on in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observation techniques. The causal model helps to understand the linkages between the associated variables for each issue. Finally, the causal loop diagram is transformed into a stock and flow (quantitative) model, which is a prerequisite for SD-based simulation modelling. A decision support system (DSS) is then developed to analyse the complex decision-making process along the supply chains.

The findings reveal that integration of the supply chain can bring economic, social and environmental sustainability along with a structured production process. It is also observed that the poultry industry can apply the model outcomes in the real-life practices with minor adjustments. This present research has both theoretical and practical implications. The proposed model’s unique characteristics in mitigating the existing problems are supported by the sustainability and supply chain theories. As for practical implications, the poultry industry in Bangladesh can follow the proposed supply chain structure (as par the research model) and test various policies via simulation prior to its application. Positive outcomes of the simulation study may provide enough confidence to implement the desired changes within the industry and their supply chain networks.

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Sustaining Competitive Advantage Via Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, and System Dynamics
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-707-3

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Publication date: 1 May 1983

In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of…

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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of material poses problems for the researcher in management studies — and, of course, for the librarian: uncovering what has been written in any one area is not an easy task. This volume aims to help the librarian and the researcher overcome some of the immediate problems of identification of material. It is an annotated bibliography of management, drawing on the wide variety of literature produced by MCB University Press. Over the last four years, MCB University Press has produced an extensive range of books and serial publications covering most of the established and many of the developing areas of management. This volume, in conjunction with Volume I, provides a guide to all the material published so far.

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Management Decision, vol. 21 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures
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ISBN: 978-1-84855-250-0

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Documents on Government and the Economy
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78052-827-4

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Publication date: 30 July 2018

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Marketing Management in Turkey
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ISBN: 978-1-78714-558-0

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Documents from the History of Economic Thought
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ISBN: 978-0-7623-1423-2

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