UMUC Research and Scholarship

- Organizational factors influencing supply chain management performance
- Bell, Gregory Tony
- Supply chain management; Logistics management; Operations management; Physical distribution; Performance; Effectiveness
- The purpose of this research is to examine the organizational factors most effectively influencing supply chain management performance. In addition, the research seeks to understand the relative significance of each factor on supply chain...
- Business continuity amidst a crisis: Challenges associated with the advent of new technologies in crisis communication efforts of U.S. and U.S.-affiliated corporations
- Cason, Walter Christopher
- Crisis management; Crisis communication; Business continuity; Business recovery; Contingency planning; Trust; Reputation; Organizational learning; Resilience; Crisis management models
- The scope of this study is to examine the affect of communication before, during, and after a crisis, on business continuity in U.S. and U.S.-affiliated corporations.
- Emotional intelligence: The key to improving IT management in the U.S. government
- Borkowski, Tammy M.
- Emotional intelligence; Transformational leadership; Chief technology officer (CIO)
- The purpose of this study is to address gap in management literature on technology management in the public sector by studying the relationship between leader emotional intelligence (EI) and effective technology management.
- Factors that affect the attraction and retention of employees in organizations: The examination of research and OPM practices
- Clark, Denise Bailey
- Professional employees; Leadership; Organizational commitment; Employee retention; Employee support program
- The purpose of this paper was to analyze the factors that affect organization’s ability increase talent acquisition and retention. Employee commitment, communication, trust, employee turnover and employee support programs were examined using OPM...
- Critical examination of crisis decision-making models: Are they adequate for 21st century global organizational environments?
- Dunbar, Valecia
- Organizational crisis; Crisis management; Crisis decision making; 21st century organizations; Environmental velocity; Global management
- Research on organizational crisis suggests that modern organizational contexts do not meet criteria of industrial-age rationality and analytic thinking in which the majority of crisis decision-making models are positioned. 21st century crises are...
- Organizational Determinants of collaborative culture: What works?
- Collins, Kuan H.
- Organizational aims & objectives; Collaborative learning; Corporate culture
- The purpose of this study is to identify the organizational factors that influence the building of collaborative culture in U.S. corporations.
- Stakeholder interest in corporate social responsibility: Employing a limited resources model to determine CSR fit and performance.
- Ebb, Daniel E.
- Strategic planning; Competitive advantage; Stakehold management; CSR
- The purpose of this study is to develop a common methodological approach to assess the value of CSR initiatives by researching the endogenous drivers that can be used to identify the optimal level and types of CSR programs relative to stakeholder...
- Inquiry into the evolution of followership roles following a merger or acquisition
- Gialanella, Alex J.
- Followership; Organizational change; Transformational leadership
- The purpose of this study is to determine if mergers and acquisitions destabilize the followership roles, and if so, determine the factors that drive the transformation of these roles.
- Taxonomy for followership rooted in the study of leadership
- Goodwin, William J.
- Followership; Leadership; Taxonomy
- Purpose of this dissertation is to create taxonomy for the existence of followership inherent in multiple fields of leadership theory. Essentially, taxonomy is a logical grouping of content visible to the researcher indicating the presence of...
- How do historically black colleges and universities adapt ti change during their life-cycle: A case study analysis of six HBCUs
- Harrison, Elgloria A.
- Organizational life-cycle; Organizational adaptation; Organizational change; Culture; Identity; Readiness
- The purpose of this research is to examine the internal and external environmental factors that impact the survivability of HBCUs and the implications for adaptation.
- Evidence synthesis of business process outsourcing and its impact on an organization: is it more than cost reduction?
- Islam, Akm N.
- Business process outsourcing; Process outsourcing; Managed services; Competitive advantage; BPO; Outsourcing
- A comprehensive study related to the impact of BPO on organizations beyond cost reduction, would benefit organizational stakeholders, management practitioners, and academic researchers.
- Minority business development: Strategies for minority business enterprises to gain venture capital support
- Mathis, Marc C.
- Minority business development; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Strategic partnerships; Funding criteria; Exit strategies
- The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper insight of the specific management practices that MBEs need to employ to be successful candidates for VC funding and a better understanding of the problems they face in securing venture capital funding.
- Glass ceiling: Progress and persistent challenges
- McLlwain, Wendy Marie
- Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination); Organizational sociology; Women employees
- The purpose of the research is to continue to explore the literature that supports or refutes the notion of progress as it pertains to variables that may influence the existence of the glass ceiling.
- Intentional leadership development: Ensuring senior leadership continuity for community colleges
- Meadows, Deborah
- Community Colleges; Leadership; Leadership development; Succession planning; Talent management
- The purpose and the scope of this study is to identify strategies that will help provide prepared high quality community college applicants in sufficient numbers for the projected increased number of community college CAO and CEO openings....
- How business intelligence and social interaction amplify organizational cognition
- Penn, Stephen P.
- Social interaction; Business intelligence; Organizational effectiveness; Decision making
- To perform a systematic review on the acts of using information, reviewing, discussing, and planning as a single phenomenon where individuals come together to make strategic decisions.
- Healthcare reform: Innovative strategies for successfully managing and implementing organizational change
- Pinkney, Lisa M.
- Health care reform; Organizational change; Health care industry
- The purpose and scope of this study is to provide innovative change strategies that will assist healthcare organizations with implementing successful change. Also, explore healthcare trends, healthcare innovation, organizational change theory, and...
- Open innovation implementation: Competitor pathways
- Vaughns, Shawn
- Open innovation; Radical innovation; Co-Innovation; Corporations; Competition
- The research purpose is to understand the effectiveness of implementing open innovation through competitors to influence innovation in the private sector, to provide insight into leveraging open innovation to increase innovation performance and to...
- How organizations foster an environment an environment that supports effective virtual teams: An examination of the evidence
- Zivick, Jeff
- Virtual management; Organizational effectiveness; Virtual work teams; Organizational culture; Communication; Leadership
- The purpose of this research is to understand how the actions and values of an organization fosters an environment that promotes effective virtual teams.