SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from January 2003

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from January 2003

From the editor-in-chief.
January 1, 2003... Happy New Year! In this issue we have seven articles addressing such topics as international business issues in China and Russia, Internet in the workplace, new product development, workplace learning, claims associated with layoffs, and the...

Navigating China's feudal governance structures: some guidelines for foreign enterprises.
January 1, 2003... Introduction Since Deng Xiaoping initiated China's economic reforms in 1978, economic planners there have gradually reduced bureaucratic, central government control over enterprises while freeing them to innovate and eventually compete...

Privatization in Russia: its past, present, and future.
January 1, 2003... Russia is extremely important to the U.S. both politically and economically. Politically, a stable and democratic Russia is crucial to the security of the United States and the world. Economically, Russia's vast natural resources,...

Reducing internet abuse in the workplace.
January 1, 2003... Introduction Several recent articles have discussed the dangers of Internet abuse in the workplace (Verespej, 2000; Marsan, 2000). These commentaries have highlighted among other issues the losses in corporate productivity and the risks of...

Building collaborative new product processes: Why instituting teams is not enough.
January 1, 2003... Introduction A growing segment of managers in high-technology firms seem convinced that cross-functional teams charged with new product development (NPD) can cut costs, increase creativity, and reduce time to market (Brown and Eisenhardt,...

Project-based workplace learning: A Case Study.
January 1, 2003... Notwithstanding the abundance of literature on organizational learning, learning organizations and capability development, a vital need remains to integrate managerial theory and practice (Denton 1998). Managers seeking practical guidance on...

An analysis of employment discrimination claims associated with layoffs.
January 1, 2003... Furloughs are on the rise in the U.S. For the first time in more than a decade, most major employers reported layoffs in the 12-month period ending in June 2001 (Bureau of National Affairs, 2001, p. 1101). Prudent employers are hiring lawyers...

The strategic training of employees model: balancing organizational constraints and training content.
January 1, 2003... Introduction In the early 1980s U.S. Steel (now USX) underwent massive downsizing and invested more than $1 billion to upgrade and computerize its production processes. Worker skills needed to be upgraded, for the new technology to pay...