Process-oriented production planning and control: factors that influence system design
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This research describes how five production planning and control functions are accomplished by successful information systems in process industries, identifies factors that influence the design of the systems that support these functions, and models the relationships between influential factors and planning and control systems. A case study methodology, using previsit questionnaires and on-site interviews, was used to collect detailed information in six firms on how their repeatedly successful production planning and control functions were accomplished and to identify factors that influenced their choice of specific methods. These data were summarized and relationships between planning and control functions and influential factors were identified graphically. Nineteen implications summarize relationships and provide specific directions for future research. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 1988
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Agency-and institutional-theory explanations: the case of retail sales compensation
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This research evaluated when organizations use salary compensation and when they use compensation that is based on performance. Variables from agency-and institutional-theory perspectives were used to explore the sales-compensation policies of 54 retail specialty stores. The programmability of a job, span of control, uncertainty, type of merchandise, and the age of a store chain were strong predictors of compensation policy. Overall, the results suggest that both perspectives are necessary for a good description of compensation policies. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 1988
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