Gestión de alto desempeño y su impacto en los resultados de la empresa: El caso de Uruguay y Argentina

Authors

  • John Miles Touya Universidad Católica del Uruguay http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8455-4489
  • Alberto González Ramagli Departamento de Ciencias de la Administración Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Natalia Mandirola Departamento de Ciencias de la Administración Universidad Católica del Uruguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242018000200057

Keywords:

management practices, business results, high performance, Uruguay, Argentina

Abstract

Title: High performance management and their impact on business results: the case of Uruguay and Argentina

The main objective of the study is to identify which high-performance management practices have the greatest impact on business results. Using de Waal model, 56 executives from Uruguayan and 30 Argentine companies were interviewed, analyzing which practices prioritize, the progress in their implementation and their results. It is found that, regardless of the country, the characteristics of the company and of the executive, the practices related to continuous improvement and renewal have a greater impact on the essential results (profitability, income, growth). It is verified that, although the more a practice is prioritized, the better it is implemented, the results are significantly related to the progress in the implementation reaffirming the importance of the execution capacity.

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Author Biography

John Miles Touya, Universidad Católica del Uruguay

Programa de Gestión de Alto Desempeño

Departamento de Administración

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Published

2018-08-02

How to Cite

Miles Touya, J., González Ramagli, A., & Mandirola, N. (2018). Gestión de alto desempeño y su impacto en los resultados de la empresa: El caso de Uruguay y Argentina. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 13(2), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242018000200057

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