• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.21-38
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• 2012

Until recently, successful implementation of ERP systems has been a popular topic among ERP researchers, who have attempted to identify its various contributing factors. None of these efforts, however, explicitly recognize the need to identify disparities that can exist between organizational information requirements and ERP systems. Since ERP systems are in fact "packages" -that is, software programs developed by independent software vendors for sale to organizations that use them-they are designed to meet the general needs of numerous organizations, rather than the unique needs of a particular organization, as is the case with custom-developed software. By adopting standard packages, organizations can substantially reduce many of the potential implementation risks commonly associated with custom-developed software. However, it is also true that the nature of the package itself could be a risk factor as the features and functions of the ERP systems may not completely comply with a particular organization's informational requirements. In this study, based on the organizational memory mismatch perspective that was derived from organizational memory theory and cognitive dissonance theory, we define the nature of disparities, which we call "mismatches," and propose that the mismatch between organizational information requirements and ERP systems is one of the primary determinants in the successful implementation of ERP systems. Furthermore, we suggest that customization efforts as a coping strategy for mismatches can play a significant role in increasing the possibilities of success. In order to examine the contention we propose in this study, we employed a survey-based field study of ERP project team members, resulting in a total of 77 responses. The results of this study show that, as anticipated from the organizational memory mismatch perspective, the mismatch between organizational information requirements and ERP systems makes a significantly negative impact on the implementation success of ERP systems. This finding confirms our hypothesis that the more mismatch there is, the more difficult successful ERP implementation is, and thus requires more attention to be drawn to mismatch as a major failure source in ERP implementation. This study also found that as a coping strategy on mismatch, the effects of customization are significant. In other words, utilizing the appropriate customization method could lead to the implementation success of ERP systems. This is somewhat interesting because it runs counter to the argument of some literature and ERP vendors that minimized customization (or even the lack thereof) is required for successful ERP implementation. In many ERP projects, there is a tendency among ERP developers to adopt default ERP functions without any customization, adhering to the slogan of "the introduction of best practices." However, this study asserts that we cannot expect successful implementation if we don't attempt to customize ERP systems when mismatches exist. For a more detailed analysis, we identified three types of mismatches-Non-ERP, Non-Procedure, and Hybrid. Among these, only Non-ERP mismatches (a situation in which ERP systems cannot support the existing information needs that are currently fulfilled) were found to have a direct influence on the implementation of ERP systems. Neither Non-Procedure nor Hybrid mismatches were found to have significant impact in the ERP context. These findings provide meaningful insights since they could serve as the basis for discussing how the ERP implementation process should be defined and what activities should be included in the implementation process. They show that ERP developers may not want to include organizational (or business processes) changes in the implementation process, suggesting that doing so could lead to failed implementation. And in fact, this suggestion eventually turned out to be true when we found that the application of process customization led to higher possibilities of failure. From these discussions, we are convinced that Non-ERP is the only type of mismatch we need to focus on during the implementation process, implying that organizational changes must be made before, rather than during, the implementation process. Finally, this study found that among the various customization approaches, bolt-on development methods in particular seemed to have significantly positive effects. Interestingly again, this finding is not in the same line of thought as that of the vendors in the ERP industry. The vendors' recommendations are to apply as many best practices as possible, thereby resulting in the minimization of customization and utilization of bolt-on development methods. They particularly advise against changing the source code and rather recommend employing, when necessary, the method of programming additional software code using the computer language of the vendor. As previously stated, however, our study found active customization, especially bolt-on development methods, to have positive effects on ERP, and found source code changes in particular to have the most significant effects. Moreover, our study found programming additional software to be ineffective, suggesting there is much difference between ERP developers and vendors in viewpoints and strategies toward ERP customization. In summary, mismatches are inherent in the ERP implementation context and play an important role in determining its success. Considering the significance of mismatches, this study proposes a new model for successful ERP implementation, developed from the organizational memory mismatch perspective, and provides many insights by empirically confirming the model's usefulness.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.745-753
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• 2016

Purpose: This study was conducted to provide basic data for human resources management of hospital foodservice employees by determining their job characteristics, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment according to recent hospital environment changes. Methods: Our survey was administered to 248 hospital foodservice employees in Busan area from September 1 to September 25, 2014. A total of 158 questionnaires were used for final analysis. Results: The mean score of job characteristics showed significantly difference by work experience (p<0.001), annual salary (p<0.01), and cooking certification (p<0.05). Job satisfaction had significantly difference by the age (p<0.05), annual salary (p<0.001), and turnover intention (p<0.001). Organizational commitment showed significantly (p<0.001) difference by age, work experience, and annual salary. There was positive correlation (p<0.001) between organizational commitment and job characteristics, job satisfaction. Organizational commitment had significantly positive correlation with skill variety (p<0.001), feedback (p<0.01), and task significance (p<0.001) of job characteristics, with work (p<0.001), pay (p<0.001), and co-workers (p<0.001) of job satisfaction. Job characteristics (${\beta}=0.249$, p<0.001) and job satisfaction (${\beta}=0.380$, p<0.001) had positive influences on the organizational commitment(p<0.001). In sub factors of job satisfaction, work (${\beta}=0.291$, p<0.001) and pay (${\beta}=0.252$, p<0.01) had positive influences on organizational commitment. Conclusion: To develop the organizational commitment, hospital managers need to reinforce responsibility and fulfillment by job enrichment and to consider increasing salaries to get a higher satisfaction from foodservice employees.

• International Journal of Quality Innovation
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.50-68
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• 2006

Innovation fuels organizations evolving them to withstand rapid changes in markets and challenges from competition. While diversified concepts of innovation are examined, a generic framework for managing organizational innovation is established to portray the notion in a methodical approach. Substantiation of the determinants for organizational innovation is carried out in order to examine the framework against the practical situation. Subsequently, expectations and actual accomplishments of the determinants for organizational innovation from the industry are determined so as to understand the industrial view towards the framework. This paper summarizes the empirical findings of a survey of organizational innovation with a sample of 208 electronic and electrical manufacturing companies in the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD), China. On one hand, the survey findings confirm the readiness of the generic framework from the practical perspective of the industry. On the other hand, rankings are obtained for the expected importance and company accomplishment of the determinants for organizational innovation, namely in the areas of management leadership and commitment, employee capability and attitude and strategy development for innovation. The improvement area is also verified by the shortcomings of the expectation in comparison to the company accomplishment in each determinant. Meanwhile, it is believed that a directional attitude towards the determinants can facilitate the accomplishment of the determinants of organizational innovation. Further results will be generated from a more in-depth analysis of variables. The confirmed framework will be further developed into an assessment system for organizational innovation with the support of best practices in each determinant.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.231-241
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• 2021

급격한 환경 변화로 인한 기업의 생존을 위해 경영전략의 중요성이 부각됨에 따라 경영컨설팅 활용도가 증가됨에 따라 컨설팅 산업도 성장하고 있다. 이에 따라 컨설팅 기업들의 경쟁은 심화되고 있어, 경쟁력 확보는 필수적이다. 본 연구는 컨설팅 기업의 경쟁력 확보 방안을 조직 효과성을 통한 조직 경쟁력 관점으로 확인하고자 하였다. 컨설팅 서비스는 지식서비스분야로써 전문성을 갖춘 인적자원이 핵심기술이기에 이를 수행하는 컨설턴트를 대상으로 실증분석을 진행하였으며, SPSS 22.0을 사용하여 탐색적 요인, 신뢰도 분석, 회귀분석을 실행하였다. 컨설턴트의 조직효과성이 고객지향성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구한바, 컨설턴트의 조직몰입과 조직성과가 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 변화하는 환경에 컨설팅 기업의 경쟁력 확보를 위하여 내재적 동기부여에 대한 중요성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 컨설팅 기업의 지속적 성장에 관한 조직관리에 실무적 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 감정노동과 긍정탐구(AI)의 개념을 접목시켜서 병원의 조직문화 변화와 관련된 AI의 수용도가 간호사의 감정노동과 조직몰입, 직무만족에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 실증적으로 조사하였다. 이를 위해 국내 대형병원 간호사 156명으로부터 수집한 자료를 구조방정식모형으로 분석하였으며, 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 간호사의 AI 수용도는 심층연기에 유의한 정의 영향을 미쳤으나, 표면연기에는 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 간호사의 심층연기는 조직몰입에 유의한 정의 영향을 미쳤으나, 표면연기는 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 조직몰입은 직무만족에 유의한 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 심층연기는 간호사의 AI 수용도와 조직몰입 간의 관계를 유의하게 매개하였으나, 표면연기는 유의하게 매개하지 않았다. 다섯째, 간호사의 심층연기와 조직몰입은 AI 수용도와 직무만족 간의 관계를 유의하게 매개했으나, 표면연기와 조직몰입은 유의하게 매개하지 않았다. 본 연구에서 발견된 변인 간의 관계가 가지는 이론적 실무적 함의를 제시하였다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.425-456
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• 2011

Background: Organizations in the pharmaceutical industry are highly dependent on the institutional environment. The introduction of pharmacoeconomics to the decision-making on the price and reimbursement decisions became strong constraints to pharmaceutical companies in Korea. As little is known about the issue on organization-environment interaction in the healthcare field, this study aimed to figure out how pharmaceutical companies adapted to the environmental changes. Methods: A multicase study method was used, selecting eight cases among multi-national pharmaceutical companies in South Korea. In-depth interviews were conducted with the managers of these organizations, and secondary data were reviewed to complement the interviews. Results: Pharmaceutical companies viewed the new policies as a big threat and sought for actions against them. One of the most distinguishing organizational changes was to construct a Market Access department. Other strategies managing the environment such as co-optation, forecasting, and bargaining were also implemented. These changes were consistent with the predictions of Resource Dependency Theory and Institutional Theory. Conclusions: The interactions between pharmaceutical companies and institutional environments in healthcare were first explored. This study presents a new perspective on how organizations change and the motives for the changes. The findings of this case study will form the basis of further empirical studies.

• 한국기록관리학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.27-45
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• 2023

기록물의 출처는 기록관리에 있어 필수적이며 중요한 가치를 지닌다. 현대 공공기록물의 출처가 되는 행정조직은 잦은 개편으로 조직의 구성과 기능이 크게 변화한다. 특히 지방자치단체의 경우 이러한 조직의 변동이 빈번하며 시간이 지남에 따라 변동 가능성은 더 커진다. 공공기록물의 출처이자 생산자인 처리과는 기록물관리의 여러 업무를 담당하고 있지만, 그 자격 범위는 명확하지 않다. 본 연구는 이러한 기록물의 출처를 명확하게 하고 그에 대한 관리를 개선하는 방안을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 D광역지방자치단체를 대상으로 선정하고 행정조직의 변화가 어떠한 형태와 주기로 발생하고 변동되었는지에 대해 분석하였다. 특히 기록물의 출처로서 처리과가 조직개편에 따라 기능과 조직 구성이 변동된 사례를 분석하였다. 분석을 통해 행정조직과 처리과가 변동됨에 따라 발생할 수 있는 기록물 출처에 대한 문제점들을 파악하였으며 기록물의 출처 및 이력에 대한 관리를 개선하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.103-120
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• 2018

Global conglomerates in the late 2010s are seeking changes from the existing method of financial growth into that of sustainable growth, as they are facing the age of 4th industrial revolution. In preparation for this change of the times and to stay competitive, small businesses are required to produce creative knowledge, and systematically share and store it by means of implementing voluntary and specific changes in their convictions and actions. This study aims to empirically examine how the ICT small businesses' organizational learning participants' self-leadership affect their job satisfaction through organization orientation and Leader-Member Exchange(LMX). The research sample consists of the first to third-year employees that have previously participated in the small businesses' organizational learning support project, and of learning leaders, group leaders, and group members from companies that have previously concluded the project. The results are as follows: First, the self-leadership at the ICT small businesses' organizational learning project has been shown to have a positive effect on job satisfaction. The same positive results are shown in learning orientation and LMX. Second, the learning orientation has been shown to have a positive effect on job satisfaction. Third, the LMX has been shown to have a positive effect on job satisfaction.

• 한국디지털정책학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디지털정책학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.289-297
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• 2006

Business operates under the fast pace of large-scale changes. These changes occur in environments including competitors, markets and consumers. To survive under these changes, process innovation is becoming the eminent issue faced by executives. Process innovation is to generate, select, and implement new ideas adopting changes in organizational structure, management pattern, human resource management systems and so on. Examples include restructuring, outsourcing, benchmarking, total quality management, and business process reengineering. This study suggests how to develop process innovation ideas. Related screening and implementation techniques are also presented.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영정보학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.525-540
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• 2008

With the competitive pressure and the development of information and communication technology, many organizations have introduced various kinds of enterprise-wide systems like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems as strategic tools for the purpose of improving organizational performance. Despite their promised strategic benefits, however, their implementation has suffered from a high failure rate and difficulty in realizing the anticipated benefits. Previous studies have indicated that one of the most critical failure reasons is the lack of knowledge sharing and utilization across organizations. As a consequence, many information systems (IS) researchers have paid attention to examining the effect of absorptive capacity closely associated with knowledge sharing and transferring on IS usage performance. ERP systems implementation involves changes not only in systems but also in processes and other social dimensions, which can be related to organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) requiring appropriate communications and interactions among organizational members. A lack of communications and interactions due to a lack of OCB might lead to weak absorptive capacity and thus negatively influence knowledge sharing across organizations, because OCB facilitates a successful collaboration among functional units and positively impacts individual's attitude toward radical organizational change. With this motivation, this study has two research objectives. First, it introduces and tests a theoretical model accounting for the relationships among performance of ERP system usage, absorptive capacity, and OCB. Second, it examines a mediating role of absorptive capacity between OCB and performance of EPR system usage. Theoretical and practical implications of the study ware discussed, along with its limitations.