SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from September 2000

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from September 2000

From the Editor-in-Chief.
September 30, 2000... This issue contains six articles, addressing global issues and human resource management topics such as sexual harassment and employee development through continuous learning. Burton, Ahlstrom, and Chan explain the human resources challenges...

Foreign Firms in China: Facing Human Resources Challenges in a Transitional Economy.(Statistical Data Included)
September 30, 2000... Introduction China is now well into the process of transitioning from an economy with heavy state intervention to one with a market orientation. This transition has required the creation of market-oriented enterprises -- both domestic and...

Issues in Strategic Investment in the Global Electric Utility Industry.(Statistical Data Included)
September 30, 2000... Introduction Between 1995 and 1998, American electricity utilities spent a combined total of close to $22 billion ([pound]13.75 billion) to obtain the ownership of eight of the 12 Regional Electricity Companies (RECs) of England and Wales....

Third World Economic Empowerment in the New Millennium: Microenterprise, Microentrepreneurship, and Microfinance.(Statistical Data Included)
September 30, 2000... Introduction Some 40 less-developed countries are economically worse-off in the late 1990s than a decade ago. Drawing upon the great Mahatma Gandhi's global critique that "Poverty is the worst form of violence," this paper will describe a...

Sexual Harassment Investigations: A Portrait of Contradictions.
September 30, 2000... Many employers continue to experience difficulty when investigating claims of sexual harassment. They attempt to conduct these investigations in good faith, thereby complying with guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Managing Work-Related Learning for Employee and Organizational Growth.
September 30, 2000... During the past decade, many authors have recognized the need for all types of businesses in the U.S. to become more productive, competitive, and flexible in meeting the needs of customers in an increasingly global and information-intensive...

The Relationship Between Individual Power Moves and Group Agreement Type: An Examination and Model.
September 30, 2000... Groups of various sizes and compositions have long been recognized as vitally important to organizational effectiveness. Individuals who serve in a group often try to influence the final decision or agreement reached by the group. The use of...