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Selected AbstractsManaging Complexity: The Executive MBA at the Zollverein SchoolDESIGN MANAGEMENT REVIEW, Issue 3 2007Andrej Kupetz President In this new and innovative program, management is viewed as a design task that engages the creative disciplines, as well as traditional skills in business and engineering. Andrej Kupetz, with students Martin Mangold and Miriam Selbeck, summarize the interdisciplinary nature of the curriculum, as well as its merging of theory and practice, and illustrate outcomes with the discussion of two real-world thesis projects. [source] Corporate reputation: Meaning and measurementINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWS, Issue 2 2005Rosa Chun Corporate reputation has attracted interest from a wide range of academic disciplines. It is also a growing focus for business and media attention. This paper examines the construct of corporate reputation, first by untangling the terminological problems that have been caused by the interdisciplinary nature of much of the earlier work in the area. The construct of reputation and the allied constructs of image and identity are each reviewed. A structure is proposed in which the three constructs can be seen as labelling different but allied concepts. I then move on to consider how reputation has been measured. The paper uncovers considerable confusion in the use of what might appear to be basic terms and links this to a subsequent lack of grounded measurement tools in the sector, until relatively recently. With a clearer understanding of the construct of corporate reputation and the allied constructs of image and identity, researchers are now well placed to test the relationships widely claimed by practitioners between corporate reputation and other variables such as commercial performance and employee and customer satisfaction. The review ends by illustrating some of the issues that can be assessed from the basis of a clearer conceptualization of reputation and its measurement. [source] XIth Latin American Congress of Surface Science and Its Applications (XI CLACSA)PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (C) - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Issue S1 2004Patricio Häberle The 2003 "Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia de Superficies y sus Aplicaciones" (Latin American Congress of Surface Science and Its Applications) was held in Pucón, Chile, 7,12 December 2003. XI CLACSA is the continuation of a series of events that started in 1980. Until 1992, this series was called "Simposio Latinoamericano de Física de Superficies" (SLAFS). In recognition of the interdisciplinary nature of the field, starting in 1994 the meeting became CLACSA. The conference was organized by the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Ciencia de Superficies (SLACS) with the purpose of becoming a forum for the exchange of information associated with scientific research carried out in Latin America in the field of surface physics, systems of low dimensionality and areas related to condensed matter physics and science of materials. This scientific event has enjoyed a large participation from Latin American scientists, and has helped to stimulate the collaboration between researchers from Europe, Latin America and the United States. [source] SCHOLARLY COLLABORATION AND PRODUCTIVITY PATTERNS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: ANALYSING RECENT TRENDSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Issue 3 2010ELIZABETH A. CORLEY Previous studies have confirmed the interdisciplinary nature of the field of public administration (Mosher 1956; Ventriss 1991; Forrester 1996; Rodgers and Rodgers 2000; Schroeder et al. 2004) and encouraged the exploration of one important indicator of interdisciplinarity: research collaboration. One way that collaboration patterns are explored is through the study of co-authorship among faculty members (Smart and Bayer 1986; Forrester 1996; Katz and Martin 1997). In the field of public administration, studies on co-authorship and productivity of scholars are sparse. In this article, we use bibliometric data to explore collaboration patterns as they relate to productivity levels and quality of publications within the field of public administration. Our study finds that more productive scholars, as well as those with the highest impact, are less likely to collaborate than their colleagues. Our results also indicate that there are gender differences in collaboration patterns and productivity within the field of public administration. [source] Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges Are the Benefits,THE JOURNAL OF PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, Issue 2 2009Amy C. Edmondson The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest-quality product in the shortest time. Understanding the conditions that facilitate teamwork has been a pursuit of researchers for nearly a half century. The present paper reviews existing literature on teams and team learning in organizational behavior and technology and innovation to offer insights for research on NPD teams. Building on prior work, the organizational benefits of NPD teams are summarized, and five attributes of these teams are identified that hinder attainment of their potential: (1) project complexity; (2) cross-functionality; (3) temporary membership; (4) fluid team boundaries; and (5) embeddedness in organizational structures. It is argued here that effective management of these five attributes allows not only organization-level benefits but also team-level benefits in the form of new capabilities and team member resilience. The critical roles of leadership and of communication and conflict management training are then highlighted as strategies for overcoming the challenges to team effectiveness in NPD as well as for realizing five team benefits: (1) project management skills; (2) broad perspective; (3) teaming skills; (4) expanded social network; and (5) boundary-spanning skills. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these ideas for conducting future team research. [source] Transplantation Pathology edited by Phillip RuizAMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 9 2009M. Mengel This book closes a gap in the pathology literature by addressing the interdisciplinary nature of patient care in organ transplantation. [source] | ||||||||||