Organizational turnaround: Understanding the role of cutbacks, efficiency improvements, and investment in technology

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-11

  Arogyaswamy, Kamala ^a   Yasai Ardekani, Masoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutbacks; Efficiency improvements; Investment in technology; Organizational decline; Organizational turnaround

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURE; MODERNIZATION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY;

CUTBACKS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL DECLINE; ORGANIZATIONAL TURNAROUND;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031076872     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.552803     Document Type: Article

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