Patrick Rondeau Copyright (c) 2012 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau Recent documents in Patrick Rondeau en-us Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:40:00 PST 3600 The information systems environment of time-based competitors http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/11 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/11 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:16:09 PDT Time-based competitors create product development and manufacturing practices that reduce response-time and enhance customization capabilities. These practices require an information-rich, internal environment capable of flexible resource deployment and direct and continuous feedback. These firms should have enhanced information systems planning capabilities, cross-functional involvement in information systems related activities, responsiveness to organizational computing demands, high levels of end-user development, and high levels of information systems performance. Data were collected from 265 manufacturers to develop measures for these information systems variables and to determine if there are relationships between the use of time-based practices and the levels of these variables. Results indicate that firms with high levels of time-based product development practices and time-based manufacturing practices have significantly higher scores across these information systems variables than firms with low levels of these time-based practices.

]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. A framework for assessing product innovation strategies in a competitive context http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/10 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/10 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:40:51 PDT The development of new products capable of satisfying customer demands on a timely basis has become a priority for firms seeking to improve their competitive advantage in a global context. However, this challenge has become highly complex due to a growing diversity of both products and processes, higher costs, and unprecedented considerations for quality and service. Despite knowing a great deal about both the characteristics of successful firms and new product development processes, little is known regarding requisite guidelines for successful strategies in product development.

]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. The evolution of manufacturing planning and control systems: From reorder point to enterprise resource planning. http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/9 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/9 Tue, 18 May 2010 09:42:00 PDT Manufacturing planning and control (MPC) systems have existed since the earliest days of the industrial revolution. To gain a historical perspective, it is useful to look at the evolution of these systems. Five major stages were involved: reorder point (ROP) systems, materials requirement planning (MRP) systems, manufacturing resource planning (MRP-II) systems, MRP-II with manufacturing execution systems (MES), and enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) with MES. When examined in detail, each stage represents the next logical step in manufacturing philosophy and technological innovation over the preceding stage.

]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. The Impact of a Computer Proficiency Exam on Business Students' Admission to and Performance in a Higher-Level IT Course http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/8 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/8 Tue, 18 May 2010 09:07:12 PDT Many colleges of business now assume incoming freshmen arrive on campus possessing high levels of computer skill and ability. Students are frequently offered the opportunity to take and pass a computer proficiency exam (CPE) in lieu of a freshman information technology (IT) course. While promoted as an efficient alternative, our analysis of the implementation of a CPE as a replacement for the freshman IT course at a small, Midwestern university revealed mixed results. As expected, we found those students who took and passed the CPE generally scored higher in their follow-on, sophomore IT course than those who passed the prerequisite, freshmen IT course. However, the CPE pass rate proved to be significantly lower than that of the course it replaced. This created an unexpected backlog of students unable to enroll in the sophomore IT course, delaying their program of study. Furthermore, over time the CPE highlighted patterns of weakness in students' Excel skills, proving it to be a valuable diagnostic tool. Finally, while the original objective of the CPE had been to replace the freshman IT course, it instead supported the need to reinstate at least some portion of it. This suggests that a hybrid approach may be most effective in ensuring that freshman enter their sophomore year with those IT skills needed most for follow-on course success.

]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. Exploring work system practices for time-based manufacturers: Their impact on competitive capabilities http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/4 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/4 Fri, 14 May 2010 07:54:16 PDT Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to an external site where you can locate the article at your local library.

]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. Investigating the level of end-user development and involvement among time-based competitors http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/3 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/3 Thu, 13 May 2010 10:44:58 PDT As global markets and technology change, time-based competitors create product development and manufacturing practices that reduce response time and enhance customization capabilities. These practices require an information-rich internal environment that is capable of flexible resource deployment and direct and continuous feedback. To build this environment, time-based competitors are developing end-user capabilities and involving them in information systems (IS) activities. Data collected from 265 manufacturers were used to determine if firms with high levels of time-based product development and time-based manufacturing practices also have high levels of end-user involvement in IS-related activities, end-user training effectiveness, and end-user computing skills. The results of this study support that contention.

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]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. Level of end-user computing moderates the impact of time-bases product development practices on performance http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/2 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/2 Thu, 13 May 2010 10:03:25 PDT Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to publisher's website.

This paper presents a theoretical contribution to the study of organisational project management and of the project management office (PMO). The PMO should no longer be considered an isolated island within an organisation. It is our premise that the PMO is part of a network of complex relations that links strategy, projects and structures and thus is a point of entry into the organisation to study the foundations of organisational project management. We argue that the study of such complex relationships within an organisation should turn away from the traditional positivist approach to a new conceptual framework. The proposed theoretical framework draws from three complementary fields – innovation, sociology and organisational theory – to form an innovative understanding of the PMO and organisational project management.

]]> Patrick Rondeau et al. How involvement, IS management effectiveness, and end-user computing impact IS performance in manufacturing firms http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/1 http://works.bepress.com/patrick_rondeau/1 Thu, 13 May 2010 09:41:18 PDT Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to an external site where you can locate the article at your local library.

A rapidly changing environment requires firms to adopt a customer-driven approach in managing their information systems. Study results indicate that firms with high levels of organizational involvement in IS related activities have higher levels of IS management effectiveness. In turn, these higher levels lead to lower levels of end-user self-reliance in application development and higher levels of end-user dependence on IS expertise. In our study, end-user self-reliance indicated the presence of independent end-users circumventing the IS unit by developing software applications and engaging in traditional IS activities. In contrast, end-user dependence on IS expertise indicated that end-users believed that the IS unit was a valuable and reliable source of technical knowledge and application support. More effective IS management practices, combined with higher end-user dependence on the IS expertise, were found to lead to improved perceptions of IS performance. Data were collected from 265 senior manufacturing managers who were selected because their perspective of IS activities and performance was desired and manufacturing units are an important user of the services. Structural equation modeling was used to test our hypotheses.

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