Purpose- This research aims at investigating the effect of agile project management on cost, time, and productivity. Deductive in nature, this study scrutinizes the effect of adopting agile processes in the Lebanese IT sector. Design/methodology/approach - The study follows a deductive analytical approach to test three hypotheses formulated in accordance to the existing body of knowledge. The proposed relationships focus on the potential causal effect of a short-cycled work breakdown structure, the adaptability to change, receiving feedback from customers and employees, and collaboration ...

Purpose – In project management, the appreciation of the behavioral and interpersonal dimension that interacts with subordinates is to be considered as crucial factors within project sustainability. Therefore, the ability to exercise leadership is not necessarily an asset, if it is not immediately coupled with managerial skills. The intrinsic qualities that a leader should possess in order to exercise his mandate will vary depending on the intended mission. Design/methodology/approach – The study relies on a quantitative method. Such method purpose lies in the description, explanation, ...

Employee performance appraisal is one of the Human Resource Management (HRM) crucial tools employed by managers to get the best performance from their employees to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The reason is that, employees play a fundamental role in accomplishing organizations’ goals and objectives. Therefore, this study sought to establish the role of employee performance appraisal in achieving organizational goals. The study also sought to ascertain whether job satisfaction mediates the relationship between employee performance appraisal and organizational goals. The subjects ...

The topic of this thesis is in the area of Management, Banking and Finance, and it focuses on the impact of using Direct Sales Agents (DSA) in Retail Banking at BankMed. The usage of DSA is becoming of main importance in today’s banking sector where customized and quick services are a must. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate customer satisfaction and loyalty from using Direct Selling Agents (DSA) services in retail banking, based on customers’ perception. This paper’s contribution is that there are only few studies dealing with the assessment of DSA in banking environments. As a result, ...

Purpose - The study provides the vendors with insights on the cloud adoption patterns as well as the perceived barriers of SMEs cloud adoption in Lebanon which may influence the technology. Cloud computing allows you to access software anywhere via the internet instead of from your hard drive or your local computer network. Design/methodology/approach - A survey was conducted to understand Lebanese SMEs decision makers' perceptions that impact their willingness towards adopting cloud computing technology. Findings —The findings showed that educational level, type of organization and numbers ...

Many studies revealed that teaching was an extremely stressful professional, and that teacher stress being emotional and/or physical was an increasing problem. Therefore, the study used a quantitative survey design to investigate the main sources of stress among Lebanese elementary school teachers, and to determine whether there was a relationship between elementary teachers’ stressors and emotion-focused coping and whether there was a relationship between elementary teachers’ stressors and problem-focused coping strategies. The study involved 30 teachers who worked in a private school in Keserwen, ...

The focus of this study is basically exploring the concepts of advertising brainwash and the imagined reality, and how it has developed a gruesome threat that devours the children’s imagination. It also highlights how the Lebanese curriculum of Grades one to five ignores critical thinking that can be acquired by customized philosophy in the form of children stories, which in turn creates media literacy and equips kids to specify their own identities and shape their own world. Thus, the theoretical framework relies on mass communication theories: Propaganda (seven persuasive devices that convince ...

Purpose - The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to investigate the potential existence of an Audit Expectation Gap (AEG) in the Lebanese Commercial Banking Sector and assess the understanding of bank employees of the standards of internal audit as promulgated by both the Institute of Internal Audit and the Lebanese Central Bank. Design/methodology/approach - Deductive in nature, this thesis uses a questionnaire survey to examine the existence of a significant AEG in different areas of audit. Findings - The thesis finds evidence that an AEG exists in the areas of fraud detection and ...

The study investigated the relation between the 5 components of leadership behaviors: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart, and the engagement level of 88 teachers in the shared decision-making process at 10 schools (5 public and 5 private) in Lebanon, at the level of planning, policy development, curriculum/instruction, student achievement, pupil personnel services, staff personnel, staff development, and budget management. The Leadership Practices Inventory LPI and Decision-making Questionnaire were used to measure the ...

Purpose - This thesis attempts to explore the effect of online marketing for nonprofit nongovernmental organizations in Lebanon in the education sector. It also serves to investigate whether online marketing is an effective means of communication with target audiences to increase positive perception, awareness, volunteerism and donations. Design/methodology/approach - The researcher undertook a case study on Paradis d'Enfants, a nonprofit nongovernmental association of primary schools. The researcher conducted an interview, online and offline questionnaires, and reviewed online analytics to ...