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Effectiveness and Efficiency of Social Economy Organizations
2016
The social economy is a sector that contributes significantly to job creation, sustainable development and income generation as well as equitable distribution of wealth. It is a sector capable of combining profitability with social inclusion within the system of democratic governance, work in the public and private sectors as adjustment of service provision to social needs. Within the social economy there are many different organizations that are usually referred to as social enterprises. SE as a specific mechanism for delivery of goods and services within the existing socio-economic system may not disregard the effectiveness and efficiency. The relationships between effectiveness and effic…
Henkilöiden väliset heikot ja vahvat siteet hajautetussa työssä : yhteistyötä tukevat teknologiat
2015
Lähivuosien teknologinen kehitys ja muutokset globaalissa taloudessa ovat muuttaneet monien alojen toimintaympäristöä merkittävästi. Ihmiset ovat yhteydessä toisiinsa informaatioteknologian avulla niin työssä kuin vapaa-ajallakin. Erityisesti tietotyössä on kasvava tarve hajautetulle työlle ja joustaville työjärjestelyille. Oikean yhteistyöteknologian valinta on yrityksille merkittävä liiketoimintaan vaikuttava tekijä. Tutkielman aiheena on tutkia henkilöiden välisiä siteitä (heikkoja ja vahvoja) ja sitä, kuinka niitä voidaan luoda tai ylläpitää yrityksessä tai organisaatiossa sosiaalisten ohjelmistojen avulla. Recent technological advances and changes in the global economy has had a major …
Defining Enterprise Architecture Risks in Business Environment
2008
First published in the proceedings of the EBRF 2007 conference ”Research Forum to Understand Business in Knowledge Society”, September 25-27, Jyväskylä, Finland Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a modern approach for managing and developing organizations and enabling them to tackle with the challenges induced by constant changes and increased complexity in their environment. However, as an extensive and strategically important program, EA is not without risks. Therefore, this exploratory study aims at providing an overview of generic risks that can potentially be related to EA in organizations, and at suggesting a classification scheme for the risks to facilitate their management. Data is col…
Evaluation of Enterprise IT Architecture Solutions – How can an ICT consultant tell what is best for you?
2003
ICT has become a key business enabler and a competitive factor for enterprises. Enterprise architecture, developed by ICT consultants and ICT end-user organizations, is emerging as the management tool for intertwined business and IT planning. For managerial decisions, there is a need to evaluate the business value of architecture development results, but only a few models for this have so far been presented. Here we present the V-model for EA testing and validation that marks the evaluation points in EA management, and guides which evaluation tools could be used. peerReviewed
Usability in ERP (Single and Multiple Document Interface) Application Environments
2014
The usability of complex information systems, like enterprise resource planning (ERP), is the next frontier, as the trend becomes more and more adopted in the industrial working environment. In complex information systems, the traditional usability criteria of learnability, effectiveness and efficiency have never lost their importance, even though the focus of research appears to have shifted for the consumer product. This study based on 110 responses attempt to highlight the usability issues in ERP single document interface (SDI) and multiple document interface (MDI) application environments. It also investigates the effect of negative user experience, such as ‘confusion’, on learnability,…
Finding Usability Problems in ERP Application Help and End-user Training Material
2017
Over the last decade, many organisations have implemented the standardised information system called Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). ERP systems offer great promise for business process improvement, system integration, cost reduction and logistics efficiencies. While millions of dollars have been spent on the implementation of ERP systems, the potential users are still not able to use it. Usability problems are the big barrier preventing end-users from achieving required productivity. This research, based on 80 respondents, tried to find out the usability problems in ERP application Help and end-user training material. The results indicate that 56% of end-users did not consider the ERP …
Customisation as a solution to misalignment between ERP system and business processes in SME context
2018
Toiminnanohjausjärjestelmät (ERP järjestelmät) luokitellaan ohjelmistopaketeiksi, jotka on tehty standardoiduksi järjestelmiksi yrityksien toiminnan ohjaamiseen. Ne eivät kuitenkaan aina vastaa täydellisesti yrityksien tarpeita ja siten johtavat epäyhteensopivuuteen yrityksen prosessien ja ERP järjestelmän kanssa. Ratkaisuksi tähän epäyhteensopivuuteen on usein esitetty yrityksen prosessien muokkaamista vastaamaan toiminnanohjausjärjestelmää. Nämä samat prosessit ja niiden erilaisuus on kuitenkin todettu olevan tärkeitä ominaisuuksia pienissä ja keskisuurissa yrityksissä. ERP järjestelmät ovat monella tapaa hyödyksi pienille ja keskisuurille yrityksille. Yleisesti todetaan, että yrityksien …
POSITIONING LOGISTICS INTO THE STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION OF THE COMPANY
2011
A well-functioning logistics system for referral to the evolution of the enterprise contributes three main components, the development of which determines the development of the enterprise: management of the flows that are necessary in order to intensify trade in the market, management processes, whose task is to quickly respond to actions affecting the network structure in the enterprise , product management for its improvement, along with offering potential customers, more and higher quality services. The following article shows, in addition to the above three components, as positioning and smooth operation of all processes and elements of the logistics system, allows to correct its posit…
How to Ensure the Development of SMEs in Post-Pandemic Economy? A Start-ups Case Study
2023
Abstract After the humanitarian crisis, caused by COVID-19, enterprises have to face a post-pandemic economic crisis. As small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute 99% of EU enterprises and create every third workplace (European Parliament, 2021), it is important to monitor their situation not only to survive but also to develop and build strong economies in the future. The aim of this research is to investigate development trends and opportunities in (SMEs’) development, with a special focus on start-ups (STPS) as representative of these. Also, special attention is paid to the concept of sustainable development (SD), which fulfils the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Go…
IT-Supported International Subsidiary Establishment Process for the Japanese Market: A Case Study on Finnish High Technology SMEs
2005
The large size of the Japanese IT market makes it attractive to and important for foreign high technology companies. However, the Japanese market is very challenging, highly competitive, and difficult to penetrate for foreign small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Most SMEs fail to penetrate into the Japanese market effectively by using modern IT-tools in the international subsidiary establishment process. No earlier in-depth empirical research exists on the IT-supported international subsidiary establishment process for this market. This study investigated and analyzed how a Finnish high technology SME implemented the ITsupported international subsidiary establishment process for the J…