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Collective action in institutional entrepreneuirship: The case of a government ...
Pimentel, L.; Major, M.; Cruz, A.This paper seeks to analyse how and why divergent institutional change occurred in a government agency. While there is evidence of research on the concept of collective action and involvement in the literature on institutional entrepreneurship, the focus has been at the macro and field levels, with scarce attention being given to the topic at the micro and organizational levels. This study addresses this gap in...
Diffusion of management practices between a local company and a global company:...
Pimentel, L.; Rogala, P.; Dias, T. L.The globalization of markets and their consequent accrued competitiveness means that to become more competitive, companies must seek more efficient and effective methods and processes. On the other hand, globalization and localization have been often described as opposing forces. In this context, this study tries to unveil the local implications of management control practices in a subunit that is a dealer of a...
The relationship between EFQM recognition system and management maturity
Pimentel, L.; Rogala, P.The EFQM recognition system is an acknowledged method of assessing business excellence understood as the degree of implementation of quality management in an organization. The paper aims to examine whether a high rating under the EFQM recognition system simulta neously means a high general management maturity level. The investigation covers the 35 organizations that won EFQM awards in Portugal. The study is bas...
Bundling and diffusion of management control innovations in the public sector: ...
Pimentel, L.; Rogala, P.This paper relates to an investigation concerning a case study on diffusion of management control innovations in a specific Portuguese government agency. The research studies how the organization has dealt with management change for a period of about eight years where several innovative frameworks were implemented. Several innovations with very different origins were identified, some of them following national,...
The EFQM awards impact on organizations: Practical implications on management i...
Pimentel, L.; Pires, A.Purpose: The purpose intends to examine how the recognition of European Foundation for Quality and Management (EFQM) awards to organizations (variable 1), particularly contribute to the improvement in management, translated into different stages of management effectiveness/tools (variable 2). Methodology: The investigation covers the 35 organizations that won EFQM awards in Portugal (2010-2015). The bases are t...
Management accounting innovations and institutionalization process: A case stud...
Pimentel, L.; Major, M.Objectives: Drawing on the institutional relational dynamics model of Dillard et al. (2004), and intending to close a gap found in literature, the main objective of this investigation is the study of micro processes related to how organizations and actors interact with external pressures. The scope of this paper is the organizational context of a specific Portuguese government agency (IGFSS), where a deep manag...
Balanced scorecard and business intelligence in management control systems: A g...
Magueta, D.; Pimentel, L.; Soares, R.; Vaz, E.Objectives: The objective of this paper is to analyse the success of the balanced scorecard (BSC) implementation, performance, and the possibility to add BI tools for BSC in a Portuguese government agency, as an improvement to management control. In this context, this paper seeks to understand how BI can impact BSC and a management control process and whether BI can also be a relevant process to BSC implementat...
Institutional entrepreneurship and change: The relevance of collective action
Pimentel, L.; Major, M.Objectives: Drawing on the theoretical model of the process of entrepreneurship proposed by Battilana, Leca and Boxenbaum (2009), and on collective involvement/action literature, this paper aims to investigate how and why divergent institutional change was initiated by an individual institutional entrepreneur in a Portuguese government agency, where a new management model and new management control and accounti...
A journey towards lean: The case of a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
Pimentel, L.; Mendes, M.Objectives: The objective of this paper is to examine whether it is feasible to implement Lean in a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), although literature mentions that it is uncommon and unlikely. Additionally, this paper explores how Lean has been progressively applied to a single SME, if there is room for improvement and how it can be accomplished. Finally, this paper seeks to understand if Lean can be...
Organizational change for procedures and regulation implementation: institution...
Pimentel, L.; Anjos, P.The purpose of this paper is to examine how organizational change was conceived and implemented in a local setting, as a response to severe deficiencies found regarding procedures and regulations application. A qualitative methodology was used, supported on a case study, a state prison in Portugal. Data were gathered by tape-recorded interviews and by written documentation. This paper shows that organizational ...