Stakeholders in curriculum development – case of Supply Chain and Logistics programme

[EN] Higher education institutions involve various groups of stakeholders that can affect strategic and operational actions in various ways and extents. Understanding the relevance of particular stakeholders in regard to an organization is therefore of key importance. Previous research has shown the importance of involvement of different groups of stakeholders in the curriculum development. The main purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for inclusion of various stakeholders in curriculum development cycle for graduate business programmes. This is done by applying the stakeholder map to curriculum development cycle to form the conceptual framework. The framework is then applied to a case of a Supply Chain and Logistics graduate programme curriculum development.Erjavec, J. (2021). Stakeholders in curriculum development – case of Supply Chain and Logistics programme. En 7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'21). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 397-403. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd21.2021.12875OCS39740

THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE ON DECISION MAKING – A BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT

There is a critical need to better understand the nuances of decision making in today’s global business environment. The quality of decisions is importantly influenced by the personality traits and knowledge of the decision makers. We analyze the effect of those factors on confidence and quality of decisions taken in the context of supply chain management. Personality traits are defined through the Big Five personality traits model which has recently gained widespread reception. The data was gathered via an experiment in which a group of participants played an online supply chain simulation game where several decisions needed to be made during a span of one week. The results show that confidence in decision positively affects decision quality. Neuroticism and agreeableness negatively affect confidence in decision, while self-reported knowledge positively affects confidence in decision. Further work includes running more experiments in order to gain more data for verification of results and testing of additional hypotheses which could not be tested on the current data sample

OKVIR ZA KONTINUIRANO UPRAVLJANJE ODNOSIMA S DOBAVLJAČIMA

Procurement has become a key strategic business function for companies, which in turn has made supplier integration a key activity in supply-chain management. Thus, appropriate supplier relationship management is important in ensuring successful supplier integration and in determining the degree of integration. Scholars have developed various supplier relationship frameworks to support managers’ efforts to manage their supplier relationships. However, no framework is suitable for every organization, and there is no guarantee that adopting and integrating a framework will lead to success. Each framework’s benefits and drawbacks should be considered. In this paper, we review the most recent frameworks for supplier relationship management and then develop a new framework that addresses their issues. This proposed three-phase framework allows for greater flexibility and faster adaptation to the changes that occur in the turbulent business environment. The framework also allows for sufficiently detailed development of selected suppliers and enables buyer and suppliers to cocreate value. Additionally, with the help of appropriate IT support, the proposed framework facilitates continuous, stable and real-time data exchange, which in turn speeds up the decisionmaking regarding both operational and tactical procurement activities. This paper’s main limitation is that the proposed framework builds on the analysis of shortcomings of previously developed frameworks and thus requires further validation.Nabava je postala ključna strateška poslovna funkcija za tvrtke, što je zauzvrat učinilo da je integracija dobavljača ključna aktivnost u upravljanju lancem opskrbe. Stoga je odgovarajuće upravljanje odnosima s dobavljačima važno za osiguravanje uspješne integracije dobavljača i za određivanje stupnja integracije. Znanstvenici su razvili različite okvire odnosa s dobavljačima kako bi podržali napore menadžera u upravljanju odnosima s dobavljačima. Međutim, nijedan okvir nije prikladan za svaku organizaciju i nema garancije da će usvajanje i integriranje okvira dovesti do uspjeha. Treba uzeti u obzir prednosti i nedostatke svakog okvira. U ovom radu dan je pregled najnovijih okvira za upravljanje odnosima s dobavljačima i zatim razvijen novi okvir koji će se baviti njihovim problemima. Ovaj predloženi trofazni okvir omogućuje veću fleksibilnost i brže prilagođavanje promjenama koje se događaju u turbulentnom poslovnom okruženju. Okvir također omogućava dovoljno detaljan razvoj odabranih dobavljača i omogućuje kupcu i dobavljačima stvaranje vrijednosti. Uz to, uz pomoć odgovarajuće informatičke podrške, predloženi okvir olakšava kontinuiranu i stabilnu razmjenu podataka u realnom vremenu, što pak ubrzava donošenje odluka u vezi s operativnim i taktičkim aktivnostima nabave. Glavno ograničenje ovog rada je u tome što se predloženi okvir temelji na analizi nedostataka prethodno razvijenih okvira i stoga zahtijeva daljnju validaciju

Local Online Platforms – Surviving in a Global Market

Many companies are trying to change their existing business models and start with the digital initiative. Online business will continue to grow; however, in the digital world where almost every organization is present online, the critical success factors for surviving on the market are more than needed. The purpose of the research is thus to study the factors influencing the success/failure of local online platforms’ providers in competition with global providers. The fact that some local providers are even market leaders in a local environment while many others have failed implies that there exist some specific factors determining the success of global competitor in a local market. The study will present a valuable opportunity particularly for new companies or existing companies that are deciding about launching new online services in order to judge whether there is a potential for their service on the market and which factors they should consider before starting the competition with global market leaders

A framework for designing behavioural change with the use of persuasive technology

Purpose: There is limited integration of behaviour theories and persuasive technology on behavioural change. Previous research calls for employing behaviour change theories to inform their persuasive designs and illustrate how the theories used are linked to the design features. This paper proposes integrating two theoretical models - the compelling system design and the transtheoretical model - to identify which persuasive interventions work best for the user to progress through different stages of behavioural change. Study design/methodology/approach: We performed an in-depth literature review of the transtheoretical model and persuasive system design, followed by an initial framework conceptualization. The initial framework was validated and finalized through in-depth interviews of individuals who have practiced the behaviour change for at least half a year. Findings: This paper has successfully identified the persuasive system design features and mapped them onto the transtheoretical model stages of change. The stages can be reduced into early and late stages. Consequently, we have developed a framework for designing behavioural change using persuasive technology and validated it through empirical research Originality/value: The findings have practical implications for understanding which principles UI and UX and designers should follow when designing products for behavioural change. Moreover, our work provides insights and recommendations for the future design of persuasive interventions that consider the transtheoretical model of change

Behavioural operations management - identification of its research program

The rise in popularity of the behavioral operations management field has resulted in several attempts to clearly establish this multidisciplinary field. Given the divergent views of what the field actually includes, this paper attempts to contribute to an ongoing debate about the current state of the field as a research field and its future development. The paper uses Lakatos’ view that suggests that instead of individual theories, scientific progress should be viewed in the context of research programs, which consist of the hard core and the protective belt. To identify subfields, the paper combines the literature review with a co-citation network analysis of the behavioral operations management field between 1957 and 2015. Six clusters are identified. The Domain base cluster represents the hard core of the field, while five other clusters (Newsvendor, Bullwhip and inventory optimization, Social goals, Supplier relationship, and Organizational behavior) represent its protective belt. In addition to the exploration of existing clusters, the analysis in the paper offers an excellent starting point to identify and position further research questions. A study like this is easily replicable and enables following the evolution of the field