Outsourcing, teamwork and business management / Karl E. Carettas, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carettas, Karl E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Research.

Management.

Contracting out.

Teams in the workplace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Outsourcing, for all its seemingly attractiveness, contains hidden costs in co-ordinating and can involve creating negative customer responses. This title deals with the nontrivial problems of organisations trying to accomplish anything.

Contents:

Intro

OUTSOURCING, TEAMWORKAND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

OFFSHORING KNOWLEDGE WORK:HOW FAR CAN IT GO?EVIDENCE FROM DRUG R AND D

Introduction

Off-shoring and Outsourcing Knowledge Work: AnalyticalFramework

Company Cases

Reasons for Offshoring and Outsourcing

Cost Reduction

Managing Risk and Volatility: Protecting the Core Workforce

Extending the Drug Portfolio

Not Skill Shortages

Challenges to Effective R and D Offshoring

Managing Virtually

Logistics

Cross-Cultural Differences

Intellectual Property

Enablers for R and D OffShoring and Outsourcing

Discussion

Cost and Availability of Talent

Task Modularity

Core Knowledge

Conclusion

References

MULTINATIONAL EXPLORATION OF ACQUIRED R&amp

DACTIVITIES

Abstract

Acquisition Motives

Characteristics of R&amp

D Activities

Methods and Measurements

Results

MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN SERVICE FIRMS:BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONSTUDIES AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Service Management

Empirical Research on Management and Control of ServiceFirms in Organization Studies

Empirical Research on Management and Control in ServiceManagement

Conclusions

ACTIVITY AWARENESSAND COMPLEX TEAMWORK

Regional Emergency Management

Developmental Professional Communities

Hospital Emergency Room Operations

Open Source Software Projects

Local Non-profit Organizations (NPOs)

Scientific Communities

Collaborative Education in Technology and the Classroom

Collaborative Education and Technology

Collaborative Education in the Classroom

Tool Strategies for Activity Awareness

Measuring Awareness in Teamwork.

Acknowledgments and Notes

TEAMWORK IN TODAY'S WORLD

Use of Collaboration to Ensure Wellbeing

Communication

Aspects of Teamwork

Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines

TEAMWORK AND PBL-BASED TEACHEREDUCATION: A STUDY ON PROSPECTIVE SCIENCETEACHERS' OPINIONS

Theoretical Background

Science Teacher Education for Students' Lifelong Learning

Problem Based Learning into Practice

Teamwork and the Development of Interpersonal Skills in a PBL Context

Methodology

Sample

Teaching Methodology

Data Collection

Data Analysis

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE TEAMS AND PROTECTINGTHE VULNERABLE: AN INTERPROFESSIONALJOURNEY

Developing Effective Teams

Leadership, Culture and Status

Learning to Work as a Team Member

Team Work in Child Care

Role of Interprofessional Education

THE IMPACT OF ENGINEERING DESIGNON OUTSOURCING DECISIONS

Nomencalture

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

2.1. Outsourcing Literature

2.2. Product Development Literature

3. Model Description and Formulation

3.1. System Design Stage - Product complexity

3.2. Detailed Design Stage - Task Size and Firm Capability

3.3. OEM and Supplier Detailed Design Duration

3.4. Testing and Integration Stage - Design Iteration or Rework

3.5. Marketing Window Tm

4. Analysis

4.1. Binary Outsourcing Decision (Complete in-House or CompleteOutsourcing)

4.2. Partial Outsourcing ( 0&lt

ε &lt

1)

5. Sensitivity Analysis

5.1. Firm Capability μ

5.2. Task Size λ

5.3. Product Complexity γ

5.4. Fraction of Rework (Detailed Design Nature) α

5.5. Supplier Total Information Gap υ

6. Summary and Conclusion.

References

TIME ALLOCATION AND OUTSOURCINGWITHIN HOUSEHOLDS:DIFFERENCES IN LIFESTYLE BETWEEN NATIVEDUTCH AND IMMIGRANTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

2. Time Allocation, Outsourcing, and Household Production.A Review of the Literature

2.1. Time Allocation Research and Time Allocation in the Netherlands

2.2. Outsourcing of Household Tasks and Care Activities

2.3. Household Production and Time Allocation Models

3. Description of the Data on Time Allocation and Outsourcing

4. Empirical Model of the Demand for Household and Care Timeand Outsourcing

5. Estimation Results

6. Conclusions and Discussion

Appendix I. Distribution of the Variables N=2170 (StandardDeviations in Parentheses)

OUTSOURCING AND PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY:HOW EFFECTIVE IS OUTSOURCING IN DEALINGWITH IMPURE PUBLIC GOODS?

2. Public Goods vs. Private Goods

3. Market Failures and Equity Considerations vs. GovernmentFailures

4. Outsourcing in Public Services

Benefits

5. Forms of Private Sector Involvement in Public Services

6. Conditions for Private Sector Involvement and the Need ofRegulation

7. Conclusion

EXAMINATION OF DEDICATED RELATIONSHIPSBETWEEN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS ANDCARMAKERS: EVIDENCE ON THE FLAGSHIP /5 PARTNERS MODEL

Biographical Notes

Acknowledgements

The Flagship / 5 Partners Model

Empirical Observations

Research Design

Discussion and Implications

ALLOCATING OUTSOURCED WARRANTY SERVICECONTRACTS

2. Model Formulation

2.1. Recursive Calculation of L(x)

2.2. Optimization Problem

3. Solution Method

3.1. Convex Case

3.2. Concave Case

3.3. Mixed Case

4. Computational Study

4.1. Running Time of Optimal Algorithm.

4.2. Heuristics

4.3. Single-Server Approximation

4.4. Effect of Service Rates

5. Conclusions

Appendix

THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT IN DETERMININGCONSUMER RESPONSE TO FOOD SAFETY EVENTS:THE CASE OF MAD COW DISEASE DISCOVERY INCANADA, JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES1

Part I: BSE Discoveries in Japan

The Data

The Empirical Model

The Results

The BSE Impact in Japan

Remarks

Part II: BSE Discovery in the U.S.

The Data, the Model, and the Empirical Results

Concluding Remarks

Part III: BSE Discoveries in Canada

Canadian BSE Impacts on Food-at-Home Beef Purchases

Canadian BSE Impacts on Food-away-from-Home Beef Purchases

Summary

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61470-493-7

OCLC:

925493028