In such a competitive business area, companies which are especially pioneers in the sector try to develop sustainable and competitive strategies to retain their positions in the market. In this purpose, in literature many theories have been developed. Because each of those strategies have their own strong and weak sides, developing new strategical analyses keeps on. In this research an integrated model of SWOT (StrengthsWeakness-Opportunities-Threats) Analysis and Porter's Five Forces Model has been used to develop a competitive strategy model for a business firm in food sector by DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) and ANP (Analytic Network Process) techniques. Based on results, in regards of relative important items those are related to strengths and opportunities in competitors force which have considerable weights in the global weights table, maxi-maxi type competitive strategies have been developed for the company.
This study was conducted to confirm the thesis of "happy employee=productive employee" in an academic setting in which the working hours and workplace is not as clear as in other workplace settings that the aforementioned thesis was handled in. Thus, the pioneer aim was to investigate the relationship between workplace happiness and perceived academic performance. Based on the possible relationship, it was to analyze the moderator effect of emotional intelligence and mediator effect of work-life balance with sub-dimensions respectively. The study was conducted in 42 universities locating in Central Anatolia Region of Turkey with 1136 academicians. In analyzing data, hierarchical regression analysis was conducted. The results showed that workplace happiness positively affected perceived academic performance directly. Moreover, this effect became stronger with emotional intelligence and its three sub-dimensions. Besides, three sub-dimensions of worklife balance partially mediated this relationship. This research make theoretical contributions to literature by validating the thesis also in academic setting and the mediating role of work-life balance, opposite to that of the literature. It also has some practical contributions to universities by showing how to improve performance.
Bu araştırma; iş dünyasının her alanında karşılaşılabilecek olan örgütsel toksisite olgusuna etki eden faktörleri akademik bağlamda incelemek amacı ile üniversitelerin akademik kadrolarında hiyerarşik olarak en altta yer alan araştırma görevlileri kapsamında yapılmıştır. Örgütsel toksisiteye neden olan faktörler temel olarak; yöneticiden, iş arkadaşlarından ve kurumdan kaynaklanan olmak üzere 3 ana faktörde ve her bir ana faktör altında dört alt faktör olmak üzere toplamda 12 faktör; literatür taraması sonucunda elde edilerek Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi (AHP) yöntemi ile hiyerarşik olarak sıralanmıştır. Araştırma neticesinde ilgili örnekleme göre örgütsel toksisiteye neden olan en önemli etmen ana faktör bağlamında yönetici olurken; alt faktör bağlamında kurumdan kaynaklı kurum kültürü ile yöneticiden kaynaklı etik dışı davranışlar olmuştur. Elde edilen bulgulara göre örgütsel toksisitenin engellenmesine veya azaltılmasına yönelik çeşitli önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
The term innovation which is about the novelty on products, processes, services, technologies, on strategies or organizational structures is important for companies to stay in the competition and run their businesses well to gain both financial and organizational achievements. By the changing and globalizing world, innovation may require some interaction and cooperation which is called open innovation. In this research, five factors including brainstorming, feedback, benchmarking, open-minded mentality and relationship with supply chain elements triggering open innovation are investigated and ranked by one of the multi-criteria decision making models called ELECTRE III according to two criteria of inbound and outbound innovations.
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