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Strategies To Improve Project Management Maturity Processes, Walter H. Sargent
Strategies To Improve Project Management Maturity Processes, Walter H. Sargent
2017 Program & Posters
Information technology (IT) organizations lose significant competitive value when business leaders fail to use project management maturity (PMM) processes that enhance market delivery, reduce costs, and increase profitability. This multiple-case study involved 20 project leaders that used successful strategies to improve PMM. Thematic analysis and cross-case analysis revealed 6 strategies to improve PMM processes, which are (a) Project leader development, (b) customer focus, (c) standard methodology, (d) interactive communication, (e) organizational structure, and (f) continuous process improvement.
Exploring The Impact Of Collective Bargaining Agreements On High Performance Work Practices, Nana Gyesie
Exploring The Impact Of Collective Bargaining Agreements On High Performance Work Practices, Nana Gyesie
2017 Program & Posters
The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore how collective bargaining agreements (CBA) hindered or enabled managers from creating and sustaining high performance work practices (HPWP).
Correlations Between Management Behaviors And Financial Indicators With Fda Compliance Leading To Medicine Shortages, Francisco Gutierrez-Perez
Correlations Between Management Behaviors And Financial Indicators With Fda Compliance Leading To Medicine Shortages, Francisco Gutierrez-Perez
2017 Program & Posters
A series of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) interventions and enforcement actions against pharmaceutical manufacturers in the past 5-6 years led to medicine shortages in the United States.
• The manufacturing shortfalls made essential medicines unavailable for the treatment of patients.
• Manufacturing shortfalls implied that quality management and manufacturing systems were not empowered or adequately staffed to support the critical functions of the pharmaceutical firms.