Organizational Failure Research Articles

The Impact of Undignified Branding on Organizational Stability and Long-Term Success

Branding plays a crucial role in shaping an organization's image, fostering trust, and ensuring long-term growth. However, many organizations fail to adhere to dignified branding practices, leading to far-reaching consequences that extend beyond mere promotional failure. This paper explores how the inability to maintain dignified branding reflects deeper organizational problems, including lack of vision, instability, short-term focus, poor revenue models, ineffective team management, lack of expertise, and insufficient funds. Using case studies and theoretical insights, we examine the connection between poor branding practices and organizational failure. The paper aims to provide a framework for understanding the importance of strategic branding and offer recommendations for companies to avoid the pitfalls of undignified promotion. The research highlights that dignified branding is not only essential for consumer trust but also serves as a marker of organizational competence and long-term sustainability.

The Process of Visionary Leadership Increases Innovative Performance among IT Industry 4.0 for SMEs for Organizational Sustainability: Testing the Moderated Mediation Model

In the era of the fourth industrial revolution, competition among IT industries is becoming increasingly fierce. If a company is weak in its competitive advantage, it can have a huge negative impact on its organizational sustainability and ultimately lead to organizational failure. In such a research background, we highlighted that employees’ innovative performance via creativity acts as an alternative lubricant to increase the sustainable competitive advantage and promote overall organizational sustainability. In particular, employees’ innovative performance has a great relationship with organizational culture and types of leadership. Hence, we focused on exploring the ways in which visionary leadership increases employees’ innovative performance, presenting and verifying a moderated mediation research model related to the innovative performance. To verify our research model, this study conducted a survey of 303 employees from the information technology (IT) industry of SMEs in China. According to the results, visionary leadership was found to have a positive influence on both psychological empowerment and employees’ innovative performance. In addition, psychological empowerment partially mediated the impact of visionary leadership on the innovation performance. Finally, the organizational learning culture moderated the effects of psychological empowerment and the innovation performance. Overall, this study contributes to revealing the process that leads to employees’ innovative performance and contributes to expanding the research field by verifying the moderated mediation model for a sustainable competitive advantage and organizational sustainability in IT Industry 4.0 for SMEs.

Employee Salary Prediction in HRMS Using Regression Models

The study uses regression models to examine AI model engagement in employee salary prediction. Salary prediction is significantly critical for both employees and employers. Employees try to get maximum benefit for the services they provide, and employers emphasize achieving organizational goals through optimized employee salaries. Inconsistency in employee salaries may cause organizations financial losses and organizational objectivity failure. Historically, salary was determined by historical data, market surveys, and personal judgment, which often resulted in inconsistencies and biases. With the availability of large datasets from Human Resource Management Systems and advanced machine learning algorithms, there is an opportunity to enhance the fairness of Salary Prediction. To overcome this problem in organizations, we have proposed a regression model for salary prediction with a promising accuracy rate of 99% with regression models. The methodology includes data processing steps including EDA, data standardization, feature correlation, and feature engineering to enhance the accuracy of the models. This study used Random Forest Regressor, Gradient Boosting Regressor, and Light Gradient Boosting Machine Regressor models for employee salary prediction. This research paper provides a valuable understanding of HR analytics for HR professionals and organizations for salary prediction of employees in an organization. Also, this research investigates the use of Machine learning algorithms to predict employee salaries while comparing employee performance and eliminating biases. The aim is to develop robust, data-enriched frameworks in HRMS for organizations for accurate and transparent salary prediction.

Unified External Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements Strategy

Understanding stakeholder needs is essential for project success, as stakeholder importance varies across projects. This study proposes a framework for early stakeholder identification and continuous engagement throughout the project lifecycle. The framework addresses common organizational failures in stakeholder communication that lead to project delays and cancellations. By classifying stakeholders by influence and interest, establishing clear communication channels, and implementing regular feedback loops, the framework ensures effective stakeholder involvement. This approach allows for necessary project adjustments and builds long-term relationships, validated by a survey of IT professionals. Engaging stakeholders strategically at all stages minimizes misunderstandings and project risks, contributing to better project management and lifecycle outcomes.

Out of sight, out of mind: How high-level construals can decrease the ethical framing of risk-mitigating behavior.

Organizational failures often cause significant harm to employees, the organization itself, and the environment. Investigations of failures consistently highlight how key employees behaved in (perhaps unintentionally) unethical ways that de-prioritized safety, such as investing fewer resources in safety (vs. other priorities) over time. Drawing on these investigations, we suggest a previously underexplored theme could explain why organizational failures persist and why employees did not "see" the potential for their behaviors to cause harm to others: Employees were distanced from where the harm eventually occurred, either in terms of space (e.g., being located miles away from the job site) or time (e.g., making decisions that would not have impacts for months or years). We use construal level theory to investigate how the way employees construe where work occurs-defined as work context construal-influences perceptions of harm and the ethical framing of risk-mitigating behaviors. We hypothesize that high-level (abstract) work context construals (vs. low-level, concrete ones) reduce perceptions of potential harm which, in turn, leads to framing risk-mitigating behaviors as less of an ethical obligation. Six studies-a correlational survey of aviation employees (Study 1), field experiments with offshore drilling employees (Study 2A) and health care workers (Study 2B), a preregistered experiment with nurses (Study 3), and two supplemental studies (Studies 4A/B)-support our hypotheses. We discuss implications of this research for understanding organizational failures, particularly in a world where technology increasingly enables employees to monitor complex and high-risk work occurring many miles away, or on the other side of the world. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Incorporating human and organizational failures into the formation pattern for different Arctic maritime accidents using a data-driven Bayesian network

To gain a comprehensive understanding of formation patterns for various maritime accidents in Arctic waters, the present study integrates human and organizational failures (HOFs) with accident risk factors (AIFs) to examine the individual or collective impacts of different AIFs and HOFs on Arctic maritime accidents. Firstly, a novel database is established within the improved Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS), encompassing 14 AIFs with multiple states and 33 HOFs with binary states. Secondly, the Association rule mining (ARM) is employed to capture the causal relationships among HOFs, while Augmented Naive Bayes (ANB) is introduced to account for the interdependency of AIFs, thereby developing the data-driven BN model for analyzing and predicting Arctic maritime accidents. Finally, the criticality and sensitivity of AIFs and HOFs across different Arctic maritime accidents are identified and ranked by BN forward and backward inference. Furthermore, three scenarios are simulated to demonstrate effective management strategies for prevention and mitigation of Arctic maritime accidents. Additionally, a correlation graph depicting the relationship between HOFs and AIFs is generated for each accident scenario, facilitating crew onboard ships as well as shipping companies and maritime authorities in customizing targeted safety measures aimed at preventing Arctic maritime accidents.

Private sector business interactions with bereaved people: UK Commission on Bereavement secondary analysis

ObjectivesEvidence suggests that 61% of adults who were bereaved in the past 5 years had difficulties with at least one practical or administrative task following bereavement. We aimed to explore...

The Probability of Hospital Bankruptcy: A Stochastic Approach

Healthcare leaders are faced with many financial challenges in the contemporary environment, leading to financial distress and notable instances of bankruptcies in recent years. What is not well understood are the specific conditions that may lead to organizational economic failure. Though there are various models that predict financial distress, existing regression methods may be inadequate, especially when the finance variables follow a nonnormal frequency pattern. Furthermore, the regression approach encounters difficulties due to multicollinearity. Therefore, an alternate stochastic approach for predicting the probability of hospital bankruptcy is needed. The new method we propose involves several key steps to better assess financial health in hospitals. First, we compute and interpret the relationship between the hospital’s revenues and expenses for bivariate lognormal data. Next, we estimate the risk of bankruptcy due to the mismatch between revenues and expenses. We also determine the likelihood of a hospital’s expenses exceeding the state’s median expenses level. Lastly, we evaluate the hospital’s financial memory level to understand its level of financial stability. We believe that our novel approach to anticipating hospital bankruptcy may be useful for both hospital leaders and policymakers in making informed decisions and proactively managing risks to ensure the sustainability and stability of their institutions.

Organizational Errors and Failures

Organizational Errors and Failures

The influence of IT outsourcing on organisational success and innovation

This study investigates the domain of IT outsourcing (ITO), focusing on its implications for organisational success or failure, and its impact on innovation. Through a comprehensive literature review, significant gaps were identified, including a lack of empirical studies assessing ITO outcomes for organisations, how ITO impacts innovation, and if an organisation’s industry impacts ITO success. In response, three research questions are formulated to address the identified gaps, leading to the creation of a novel conceptual model designed to evaluate the influence of ITO on organisations. Employing a deductive approach, the model informed a triangulation research approach, combining quantitative and qualitative data. A survey garnered responses from 112 senior IT professionals across three industries, complemented by eight interviews with senior and executive management. Findings indicate a concerning rate of perceived ITO failures and reveal that the specific industry of an organisation can affect ITO success. The study also concludes that ITO adversely impacts organisational innovation. Based on these insights, eight best practices are recommended to enhance ITO outcomes, including market research on vendor skillsets and experience, the establishment of well-structured contracts, adherence to SLAs without grace periods, shorter project durations, multi-sourcing strategies, bolstering internal IT capabilities, helping employees to understand ITO value, and rigorous governance. Acknowledging its limitations, this paper calls for future research involving broader industry representation and larger sample sizes to validate and expand upon these findings.

Perceived organizational support for the employee engagement of MSMEs with dual mediating effects of innovative work behavior and emotional intelligence

In India, particularly in MSMEs, a strong emphasis is placed on maintaining employee engagement to ensure an organization's success. This study examines how workplace assistance affects employees' effective company participation. This research proposes studying innovation work behaviour (IWB) and emotional intelligence as mediating variables. These factors influence employee satisfaction (ES) and organizational effectiveness (OE). A few years ago, "employee engagement" was essentially unimportant. Today, it defines a considerable organization's success or failure. Then, the structural features including the POS which is vital to functionality, are examined. This research was deepened by the convenient direct sampling of 300 Indian SME employees. This analysis revealed the odd and multifaceted features of the situation. This remark makes sense if organic POS is a system of BWI and EI interactions. They relate to linking BWI and EI. Many employees who find their organizations supportive have greater job engagement. An individual's sphere of influence and impact range is limited to their comprehension of the environment or commercial entrepreneurship; thus, he or she always has high emotional intelligence. Adhering to our leader's ideas has helped us feel like a team and achieve more while enhancing our time management, responsibility, and competitiveness. Funding institutions must recognize and prevent factual disclosure in their complicated structures. This study scrutinizes the complex bonds among emotional intelligence (EI), intrapreneurial behaviour (IB), and organizational efficiency in India's burgeoning MSME sector. Previous research should have shown that these two aspects are linked. This inquiry into the interaction between these two factors will expand the investigation's results. The following research emphasizes the importance of organizational support in MSME operations. We enjoy life by mixing numerous things, even though it is essential. This reveals that creativity, emotional intelligence, and job creation require help. MSMEs can contribute to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and gain a competitive edge by developing a knowledge system to address environmental uncertainties.

Spinal anesthesia in ambulatory patients.

To assess current practice in the use of spinal anesthesia in major ambulatory surgery, highlighting its advantages over general anesthesia and identifying potential areas for improvement to facilitate a transition to a sustainable healthcare system. Spinal anesthesia might be preferred in selected populations when compared to general anesthesia providing the highest standards of healthcare quality.The use of local anesthetics with short half-life has proven to be efficient in achieving high anesthesia success rates. Spinal anesthesia does not increase perioperative complications; instead, it has shown a reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting, an improvement in patient comfort, and a favorable economic impact when compared to general anesthesia. Spinal anesthesia is an appropriate method for anesthesia in ambulatory patients, offering advantages over general anesthesia in selected populations.The use of spinal anesthesia is expanding to meet surgical needs. Therefore, it is crucial to plan ahead and anticipate organizational failures in the ambulatory setting to maintain safety and efficiency during outpatient procedures and surgeries.

Nurses’ perceptions of the performance of nurse managers and senior hospital management during the COVID-19 pandemic

BackgroundThe first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on health systems and health professionals, due to the high number of cases and a lack of preparation. The aim of this study was to understand how nurses working in hospital units and in intensive care perceived the performance of nurse managers and senior hospital management during the first two waves of the pandemic.MethodsThe phenomenological approach proposed by Giorgi was used to investigate perceptions of the performance of nurse managers and senior hospital management during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Fourteen clinical nurses who worked on the front line in inpatient units or intensive care units of the Health Services of Extremadura and Madrid in the first (March–April 2020) and second (October–November 2020) waves of the COVID-19 pandemic participated in this study. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, following a script of themes, in a theoretical sample of nurses who were worked during the pandemic.ResultsTwo main themes emerged from the analysis of the data: (1) perceptions about the performance of nurse managers and senior hospital managers during the first and second waves of the pandemic (health system failure; belief that senior hospital management professionals could have managed the pandemic better; recognizing the efforts of middle management (nursing supervisors); insufficient institutional support) and (2) strategies employed by nurses to compensate for the weaknesses in pandemic management.ConclusionsThe clinical nurses perceived that the nurse managers demonstrated better management of the pandemic than the hospital’s senior management, which they attribute to their proximity, empathy, accessibility, and ability to mediate between them and the senior management. The nurses also believe that the senior management of the hospitals was to blame for organisational failures and the poor management of the pandemic.

Financing Social Enterprises Serving Base-of-the-Pyramid Markets: Towards an Integrative Financing Model

Social enterprises grapple with accessing external funds, a predicament linked to organisational failures. Anchored in resource dependence theory and financial growth cycle theory, this qualitative investigation employs multiple case studies, using primary and secondary data sources to examine how social enterprises serving base-of-the-pyramid markets can blend diverse sources to address financing pitfalls. The findings underscore the significance of not only external financing but also internal capability enhancement. The study consequently introduces an integrative financing model and proposes amalgamating of three major theories as enablers for social enterprises to synergize the acquisition of external financing with growth phases and internal capabilities.

Examining the Triggers, Signals, and Implications of Corporate Implosion: Lessons and Intervention Strategies for Private Universities in Africa

Corporate implosion, characterized by sudden organizational collapses and significant financial repercussions, necessitates a comprehensive understanding of its triggers, signals, and potential intervention strategies. This paper employs a literature review and synthesis approach to delve into existing corporate implosion research specifically focusing on defining triggers, early signals, and viable rescue mechanisms. The study investigates triggers contributing to corporate implosions, focusing on financial mismanagement and leadership failures. It underscores the intricate interplay between internal and external elements in the context of organizational failures. Through thoroughly examining existing literature, the paper aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the dynamics leading to corporate implosions. Furthermore, this research extends its scope to explore the closure of private universities, particularly within the African context. The analysis highlights industry-specific factors that contribute to the closure of private universities, encompassing aspects such as market demand, program relevance, financial stability, governmental regulations, economic conditions, demographic shifts, and technological advances. By broadening the investigation to include private universities in Africa, the study offers insights into the unique challenges faced by educational institutions in the region. Ultimately, the findings of this study are intended to inform decision-makers and stakeholders in private universities about the multifaceted nature of challenges that can lead to closures. Recognizing these triggers and signals is crucial for implementing timely and effective interventions to safeguard the stability and sustainability of private universities in Africa.

MAPPING THE TERRAIN OF STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION: A SCOPE REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES FROM 2014 TO 2024

Objective: This comprehensive scope review critically examines the landscape of empirical research on strategy implementation (SI) over the past decade, from 2014 to 2024. Despite its critical role in determining organizational success or failure, strategy implementation remains an underexplored area within the vast domain of strategic management literature. Method: The article is a comprehensive scope review which analyses 50 peer-reviewed articles, this review not only uncovers the depth and breadth of empirical research conducted in diverse industries and countries but also identifies prevailing obstacles, leadership roles, and the strategic levels at which implementation is discussed. Results and Discussion: The landscape of empirical research on Strategy Implementation (SI) over the decade spanning 2014 to 2024 has been marked by a remarkable diversity, with studies branching out across various facets of SI from multiple disciplinary perspectives Noteworthy within this broad array of research is the significant attention given to empirical studies conducted within the African continent, particularly in countries like Kenya, Zambia, and Nigeria. Research Implications: This paper seeks to map out the evolving nature of strategy implementation research, pinpointing areas ripe for future exploration and also offers a foundation for developing robust theoretical frameworks and practical models to guide effective strategy execution in organizations worldwide. Originality/Value: This study provides a systematic overview of empirical studies focusing on strategy implementation, highlighting key trends, methodologies, and thematic concentrations within the SI field.

No place to hide: The public attribution of responsibility for policy failures of international organisations

Abstract Who is held responsible when international organisations (IOs) fall short of public expectations? Scholarship on IO blame avoidance assumes that member states can hide behind IOs. As clarity of responsibility is assumed to be lacking in IOs, public responsibility attributions (PRA) will usually target the IO rather than individual member states. We argue, by contrast, that even in complex IOs such as the European Union (EU), clarity of responsibility is not always lacking. Therefore, whether the IO in general or individual member states become the main target of public blame attributions depends on the type of IO policy failure. In cases of failures to act and failures to comply, the responsibility of individual member states is comparatively easy to identify, and they thus become the main blame target. Only in cases of failures to perform clarity of responsibility is lacking, and the IO will become the main target of public blame attributions. To assess the plausibility of this‘failure hypothesis’, we study public blame attributions in two cases of EU foreign policy failures and two cases of EU environmental policy failures.

Charting the Downfall of a Korean Venture Myth: An Organizational Failure Analysis of Pantech Inc.

Charting the Downfall of a Korean Venture Myth: An Organizational Failure Analysis of Pantech Inc.

Attempts and Reasons for Failure of Regional Cooperation Organizations in East Asia

Attempts and Reasons for Failure of Regional Cooperation Organizations in East Asia

Factors affecting the adoption of digital entrepreneurship: a survey of private schools in Nineveh Governorate in Iraq

Purpose This study aims to determine the factors affecting the adoption of digital entrepreneurship among the pioneers of private schools in the Nineveh Governorate, using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). The study seeks to address an academic problem represented by the low level of interest in the research literature on digital entrepreneurship. By contrast, the problem in the field is the failure of several entrepreneurial organizations, in general, and private schools, in particular. Design/methodology/approach The researchers chose the private school sector in the Nineveh Governorate, Republic of Iraq, as the field of study. The targeted individuals represented school founders serving as investors and entrepreneurs, totaling 154 participants. The deductive approach was used as the main research method, with the survey approach as a sub-method. A questionnaire was used for data collection, and the researchers used structural equation modeling software, SmartPLS. Findings The results revealed that constructs such as effort expectation, social influence, facilitating conditions, behavioral intention and experience are factors contributing to predicting the transition to digital entrepreneurship. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to bridging the academic gap identified in previous research and addresses the spatial gap by focusing on private schools in the Nineveh Governorate. It aims to assess the level of interest in adopting digital leadership within this context. Practical implications One of the most important implications of the results of the current research is the potential expansion of the use of digital entrepreneurship by understanding the behaviors of entrepreneurs. This understanding can have positive outcomes in attracting broad segments of society to engage in this type of work due to its low costs, low risks and the absence of the need for practicing licenses. Such an expansion could contribute to the establishment of digital pioneering projects aimed at reducing unemployment in society. Additionally, this study offers insights that can guide policymakers in the country toward establishing digital business incubators that provide a suitable work environment for initiating and supporting such projects. Originality/value The current study presents a unique contribution, represented by using the UTAUT, to identify the acceptance of digital entrepreneurship in private schools in Iraq. This can bring benefits to entrepreneurs and educational policymakers in the country.