Inspired or foolhardy: sensemaking, confidence and entrepreneurs' decision-making.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of confidence in how both new and experienced entrepreneurs interpret and make sense of their business environment to inform decision-making. We illustrate our conceptual arguments with descriptive results from a large-scale (n = 6289) survey on entrepreneurs' perception of business performance and their decisions taken at a time of uncertainty in an economic downturn. Quantitative findings are stratified along experiential lines to explore heterogeneity in entrepreneurial decision-making and directly inform our conceptual arguments, while qualitative data from open questions are used to explain the role of confidence. Newer entrepreneurs are found to be more optimistic in the face of environmental risk, which impacts on their decision-making and innovative capabilities. However, the more experienced entrepreneurs warily maintain margin and restructure to adapt to environmental changes. Instead of looking directly at the confidence of individuals, we show how confidence impacts sensemaking, and ultimately, decision-making. These insights inform research on the behaviour of novice and experienced entrepreneurs in relation to innovative business activities. Specifically, blanket assumptions on the role of confidence may be misplaced as its impact changes with experience to alter how entrepreneurs make sense of their environment

The role of geographical distance on the relationship between cultural intelligence and knowledge transfer

Purpose: This paper's purpose is to investigate the ways in which the geographical distance between headquarters and subsidiaries moderates the relationship between cultural intelligence and the knowledge transfer process. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 103 senior expatriate managers working in Croatia from several European and non-European countries was used to test the hypotheses. Data were collected using questionnaires, while the methodology employed to test the relationship between the variables was Partial least square. Furthermore, interaction-moderation effect was utilised to test the impact of geographical distance and, for testing control variables, Partial least square multigroup analysis was used. Findings: Cultural Intelligence plays a significant role in the knowledge transfer process performance. However, geographical distance has the power to moderate this relationship based on the direction of knowledge transfer. In conventional knowledge transfer, geographical distance has no significant impact. On the contrary, data have shown that, in reverse knowledge transfer, geographical distance has a moderately relevant effect. We supposed that these findings could be connected to the specific location of the knowledge produced by subsidiaries. Practical implications: Multinational companies should take into consideration that the further away a subsidiary is from the headquarters, and the varying difference between cultures, cannot be completely mitigated by the ability of the manager to deal with cultural differences, namely cultural intelligence. Thus, multinational companies need to allocate resources to facilitate the knowledge transfer between subsidiaries. Originality/value: The present study stresses the importance of cultural intelligence in the knowledge transfer process, opening up a new stream of research inside these two areas of research

A motivação e a liderança como principais pilares da gestão comportamental de um consultório dentário

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre no Instituto Universitário Egas MonizA motivação e a liderança correspondem às principais ferramentas para a compreensão do comportamento humano no ambiente de trabalho. Permitem a elaboração de estratégias e políticas que viabilizem as práticas gerenciais. O conhecimento desses temas deve ser considerado competência necessária para corresponder à crescente oferta de bens e serviços de saúde oral e a complexidade do seu ambiente (Moore et al., 2015; Stefl, 2008). Vencer desafios empresariais e aumentar a produtividade são incumbências cada vez mais presentes nas organizações, requerem preparação para assumir diversos níveis de responsabilidade diretiva, o que demanda uma melhor gestão dos seus recursos (Corrêa et al., 2013). Espera-se dos profissionais de saúde oral, resultados mensuráveis, eficácia e prática da gestão baseada na evidência (Stefl, 2008). Muitas teorias e modelos estratégicos são aplicados no ambiente organizacional (Stefl, 2008). A prática de um estilo eficiente de liderança permite completar a produtividade desejada num ambiente de trabalho harmonioso. Objetivo: A presente revisão narrativa tem como objetivo abordar a capacidade de gestão de um Consultório Dentário com foco em duas premissas fundamentais, a Motivação e a Liderança.The motivation and leadership are the main tools to best understand human behavior in the workplace. These two allow policies and strategies elaboration that make management practices viable. The knowledge of these topics must be considered as a competence to match the growing supply of oral health goods and services, and the complexity of the environment (Moore et al., 2015; Stefl, 2008). Overcoming business challenges and increasing productivity are tasks that are increasingly present in organizations, that requires preparation to assume different levels of directive responsibility, which demands a better management of their resources (Corrêa et al., 2013). It is expected from the oral health professionals, measurable results, efficiency and evidence based management practice (Stefl, 2008). Many theories and strategic models are applied in the organizational environment (Stefl, 2008). The practice of an efficient leadership style allows to complete productivity in a harmonious work environment. Objective: This narrative review intends to address the management capacity of a Dental Office focusing on two fundamental premises, Motivation and Leadership

The role of motivation in regulating the extent to which data visualisation literacy influences business intelligence and analytics use in organisations

Dissertation (MCom (Informatics))--University of Pretoria 2022.The ability to read and interpret visualised data is a critical skill to have in this information age where business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) systems are increasingly used to support decision-making. Data visualisation literacy is seen as the foundation of analytics. Moreover, there is great hype about data-driven analytical culture and data democratisation, where users are encouraged to have wide access to data and fully use BI&A to reap the benefits. Motivation is a stimulant to the richer use of any information system (IS), yet literature provides a limited understanding of the evaluation of data visualisation literacy and the effect of motivation in the BI&A context. Thus, this study aims to explain the role of motivation in regulating the extent to which data visualisation literacy influences BI&A’s exploitative and explorative use in organisations. Data visualisation literacy is measured using six data visualisations that focus on the five cognitive basic intelligent analytical tasks that assess the user's ability to read and interpret visualised data. Two types of motivations are assessed using perceived enjoyment as an intrinsic motivator and perceived usefulness as an extrinsic motivator. The model is tested using quantitative data collected from 111 users, applying Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results indicate that intrinsic motivation exerts a positive effect on BI&A exploitative and explorative use while extrinsic motivation has a positive effect on BI&A exploitative use but weakens innovation with a negative effect on explorative use. The results further show an indirect relationship between data visualisation literacy with BI&A use through motivation. In addition, exploitation leads to creativity with exploitation positively being associated with exploration.InformaticsMCom (Informatics)Unrestricte

The Influence of Indoor Environment Quality on Academic Productivity in the Open-plan Workplace

This study investigates the effectiveness of the open-plan office layout for academic work within higher education institutions and aims to determine which aspects of Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) impact upon academic productivity within this context. A multiple case study methodology was adopted, to explore the effects of six IEQ factors on academics’ satisfaction, motivation, mood and productivity. The results indicate that academic workplaces have specific design needs in order to support academic work activates

Management temeljnih procesov

Monografija obravnava dejavnosti managementa poslovnih procesov s poudarkom na temeljnih procesih ter njihovem vplivu na uspešnost podjetja. Dejavnosti managementa temeljnih procesov (planiranje, organiziranje, vodenje, nadziranje) smo obravnavali z interesnega in instrumentalnega vidika