Organizational decline prompts leaders to downsize, reducing the size of the workforce in an attempt to cut costs. This paper discusses some of the dangers of downsizing in which organizations experience an unanticipated and unwanted loss of core competencies. An alternative to downsizing is...

Every other organizational decision fails, posing questions about causes and remedies. Research shows that failure stems the actions of decision-makers. Process reveals how decision-makers stage their actions. A "discovery process" that places stages of reconciling claims, implementation, and...

J. D. Thompson's model of strategic choice selects a decision approach according to the demands of the decision task. This paper reports on an investigation of the value of the prescriptions in this model. Using strategic decisions made in the United States and Canada, the frequency of use and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an appraisal of decision‐making research noting key contributions, issues posed by past work and suggestions for future work that address the issues. Design/methodology/approach – The appraisal stems from a meta analysis of...