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Jankowicz, A. D.

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“…As noted by Jankowicz (1995), the researcher must find a way to present research outcomes in a manner that facilitates understanding and enables patterns and relationships to be established. The approach developed summates the frequencies derived from the QCA process and equates the relative frequency of their occurrence to a shading density in the appropriate area of the RMA grid, or value grid, as appropriate.…”

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“…While it is recognised that QCA affords the opportunity to make both replicable and valid inferences from qualitative data (Bryman and Bell, 2003;Jankowicz, 1995), QCA does not follow a specific set of predetermined rules (Elo and Kyngäs, 2008;Hsieh and Shannon, 2005). There is, however, a general acceptance that the frequency with which an idea occurs is an indication of its relative importance, recognising that the researcher still needs to distinguish the nature of the contribution represented by each occurrence (Bryman and Bell, 2003;Rubin and Rubin, 2005).…”

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“…A snowball sampling approach was then adopted (Bryman and Bell, 2003;Jankowicz, 1995) to identify those with relevant organisational responsibility, sufficient subject knowledge and a willingness to participate. The cohort recruited into the Construction Case comprised four construction clients seeking to procure the services of a construction firm, and a further five construction firms seeking the services of a specialist contractor.…”

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The ‘transaction X-ray’: understanding construction procurement

Aitken¹,

Paton

2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management,

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2This paper presents the results of a case study, the Construction Case, which examines procurement practices within the UK construction supply chain and compares these with a more general UK sample taken from non-construction sectors. Using a qualitative methodology, the approaches to relationship management and buyer value perception are graphically mapped, using an innovative 'transaction X-ray' technique. The Construction Case considers procurement transactions conducted at various points along the construction value chain: the client, the construction firm and the specialist contractor. Recognising that the research design favours a small sample size, and thus limits generalisability beyond the boundaries of the case, the paper finds that construction industry procurement operates in an adversarial and largely arm's-length manner. While procurement practice is found to share common aspects with other industrial sectors, the case demonstrates that the construction industry is more adversarial and less collaborative than is the average found across the other sectors examined. The paper outlines a useful framework whereby construction practitioners can evaluate elements of procurement practice within their own organisations, and also signposts the required direction for future research in order to reflect the gap, suggested by the case, between current normative theory and construction procurement practice.

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The ‘transaction X-ray’: understanding construction procurement

Aitken¹,

Paton

2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management,

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“…The interviewees occupied managerial positions, listed in Table 2 and were selected using non-probability purposive key informants sampling (Jankowicz, 1995). The Accountable Manager is a SACAA mandated position and refers to the person who is responsible to ensure that the AMO operates in accordance with SACAA legislation.…”

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Lean implementation within South African aircraft maintenance organisations

Sunjka

Murphy

2014

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Globally, the implementation of Lean techniques has proven to be successful in improving quality while reducing turnaround times and costs within aircraft maintenance organisations (AMOs), including those organisations that are of a competitive threat to South African companies. Limited research has been conducted on Lean implementation in South African AMOs, leading to the motivation for this study: to determine the status of Lean implementation within South African AMOs. Quantitative and qualitative data were derived from interviews with senior management from a sample of Gauteng-based organisations. The results provided an indication of both their understanding and the status of Lean within their organisations.

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“…This research was carried out in three phases [11] namely: (a) research design, (b) data collection and (c) data analysis. As the current research attempts to validate the conceptual framework previously presented (illustrated in figure 1), therefore, based on the needs of the exploratory study, the authors decided that the research design would utilize an interpretive, qualitative case study approach to test the factors (as explained earlier).…”

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Flexibility Framework for Assessing Supplier Selection

Shirzad¹,

Bell²

2012

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Abstract-This paper focuses on the electronic procurement marketplace and the selection of suppliers, aided by flexibility factors. By judiciously employing decision flexibility and the associated dynamic control amongst autonomous EPM nodes, improvements are possible. Empirical data for this study was collected from pharmaceutical organization in UK using a discrete choice interview and analyzed using grounded theory techniques. The importance of flexibility was highlighted and prioritized with respect to supplier selection.Index Terms-Electronic procurement marketplace (EPM), flexibility factors, supplier's selection. I. INTRODUCTIONThe changes of Web-based procurement marketplaces (Electronic procurement Marketplace-EPM) has altered different aspects of life; how businesses run with continuous changes, how organizations interact with their suppliers, and how people get use to Web evolution. Recently, rapid changes in business requirements and environments on the web-based marketplaces have put massive pressure on organizations to keep up and be more responsive and flexible. Moreover, the flow of failure in some EPM's and the success of others have led business managers to question the relative merits of each EPM. Flexibility in emerging organizational networks is also a concern [7] especially in a case of selecting suppliers. Organizations discover that it is essential to adopt EPM in order to achieve effectiveness and efficiency, with the majority of firms and suppliers being satisfied with its performance [19]. One such transformation is to consider of flexibility factors to remain competitive in a network environment. EPM's require to deliberate fundamental changes in technical, organizational, environmental and strategic in order to be responsive and flexible to the changes. From technical point of view, EPM's are faced with number of number of changes in hardware and software applications that need to be synchronized as Vizared (2001) stated. From an organizational perspective, flexibility can be applied at a number of internally or externally levels, for example to the variety of actual and potential procedures in order to increase the control capability of the management and improve the controllability of the organization and environment. Considerably, the ability or inability of management to predict new events happening in their organizational environments could be resulted in unbalancing between flow of orders and products [23]. Conceivably, ability in identifying the changes in business strategy of the organization could be creating a new product and market combination, using market power to deter entry and control competitors, or engaging in political activities to counteract trade regulation [8]. From these flexibility perspectives, it could also be critical when applying new technologies (including platform or process changes to EPMs being utilized) and renewing products or services [1], [8].Consequently, being able to identify and analyze flexibility challenges influencing supplier's selection ...

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Cited by 168 publications

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The ‘transaction X-ray’: understanding construction procurement

The ‘transaction X-ray’: understanding construction procurement

Lean implementation within South African aircraft maintenance organisations

Flexibility Framework for Assessing Supplier Selection

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