Literature review

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A literature review is a focused evaluated assembly of thought on a topic of interest to you. A literature review will therefore describe, summarize, synthesize, clarify, integrate and also differentiate the most interesting and important contributions to your chosen topic.These contributions will be obtained from a selected bibliography of authors known to the field, so that you can explore the views that have been and are now currently held. The literature review is intended as a critical assessment of those who have contributed to your chosen topic (or field of inquiry).
This review will be presented as your collective critique upon work that was previously
completed and published.

The most important expectation is that the literature review presents, from the writers own perspective, a critical assessment which comes to a conclusion expressed as a statement or a set of opinions. The review should answer questions or issues or form an inquiry into the chosen topic. Where appropriate, to demonstrate focus and scope, areas that are excluded can also be mentioned, if deemed appropriate. There must be a flow of thinking, organised either from selected themes or by presenting a chronological review arranged by publication date for selected relevant thought leaders. Seminal works as appropriate should be cited.

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[...] It can be appreciated that these definitions take divergent views and hence there is a lack of clarity in defining the domain in which virtual organisations reside, other than a common accord based upon one underlying asset, that is ICT which is an important message from the literature and further critique of the contributions to this field . On closer evaluation however, two distinct views of the definition of virtual organisations can be identified (Sieber 1998). S 10 / Page 69 Your Notes There are institution-oriented definitions, ie. an institutional view, (Davidow and Malone 1992, Byrne et al Goldman et al van Aken et al. 1998), and there are definitions with a clear reference to the effectiveness and efficiency of companies, ie. [...]

[...] Organisations are adapting to this change by creating a new organisational design, known as THE VIRTUAL ORGANISATION. This review seeks to define this innovation, for which ICT is a pre-requisite, in order to better understand their relevance for the future. Your Notes THE CONTEXT A wide range of terminology has been applied to this domain, including Virtual Organisation, Cluster Organisation (Drucker, 1988), Virtual Corporation (Davidow and Malone, 1992), Virtual Company (Goldman and Nagel, 1993), Network Organisation (De Sanctis and Jackson, 1994), S 10 / Page 64 Virtual Enterprise (Cheng ; Hardwick et al ; Davidrajuh, 2003), Virtual Factory (Upton and McAfee, 1996), Cybernetic Corporation (Martin, 1996), Imaginary Organisation (Hedberg and Dahlgren, 1997) and Virtual Team (Lipnack and Stamps, 1997). [...]

[...] S 10 / Page 116 Your Notes The concept of brand essence, brand promise, brand DNA and brand identity merge together and for this reason produces different approaches to brand building. This in turn suggests that further research is needed to build an to end' brand chartering model with defined processes through which a brand can be originated and brand equity be established. There is a gap in the literature to account for the linkage between brand identity, brand equity and stakeholders value. A brand chartering model would address this gap. [...]

[...] Davidow, W. H. and Malone, M. S. (1992), The Virtual Corporation : Structuring and Revitalising the Corporation for the 21st Century, Harper Business, New York. De Sanctis, G. and Jackson, B. (1994), Coordination of Information Technology Management : Team based structures and computer-based communication systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, pp 85 110. Gil Estallo, M. [...]

[...] It is suggested that you now review the examples contained in the next section of these guidance notes. S 7 / Page 41 SESSION 8 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA S 8 / Page 42 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA The following are key assessment criteria. These should be consulted periodically to ensure that your review conforms with these requirements before it is submitted for final assessment Define the domain for the review (your chosen topic) 2. Good introduction 3. Good knowledge of the literature in the selected field 4. [...]