SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from September 1999

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from September 1999

Telecommuting's Impact on Corporate Culture and Individual Workers: Examining the Effect of Employee Isolation.(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... The Increasing Significance of Telecommuting The profile of the U.S. workforce is changing dramatically (Fierman, 1994). Employees who ordinarily commute to the office each morning and spend eight hours behind a desk are being transformed...

Major Hurdles to the Success of the European Economic and Monetary Union: The Future of the Euro.
September 22, 1999... In the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the 15 members of the European Union (EU) agreed to form the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in which there would be one currency, the euro, managed by a European Central Bank. A single currency would have the...

Keys for Success in the Leadership of Multinational Corporations, 1990 Through 1997.
September 22, 1999... At the beginning of 1998, the world economy faced one of its most difficult challenges in several decades. Serious economic problems that had been brewing in the Far East for six months or more threatened the possibility of a worldwide economic...

Applying Quality Management Concepts To Managing Business Schools.
September 22, 1999... In the business world, the traditional "command and control" class hierarchy is giving way to more enlightened, quality-oriented management approaches, which are driven by individual empowerment and team initiative. Organizations using such...

Doing Business in the Deep South: A Guide For Internationals.
September 22, 1999... Introduction The U.S. has several distinct cultural regions. One region, located geographically in the Southeast and including large portions of the states that broke away from the Union in 1860 and 1861 to form the short-lived Confederate...

Establishing Project Control: Schedule, Cost, and Quality.
September 22, 1999... Introduction All projects must be rigorously monitored at regular intervals throughout their lifecycles to ensure that required technical performance occurs on schedule and within the approved budget. To gauge a project's success, project...

E-Commerce: Economics and Regulation.
September 22, 1999... Introduction We no longer need to imagine a world in which trade is conducted through an electronic web of computers and communication devices largely unregulated by nations; that network is known as the Internet. Internet commerce, or...