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A cross method analysis of the impact of culture and communications upon a health care merger

Appelbaum, Steven H.; Gandell, Joy - In: Journal of Management Development 22 (2003) 5, pp. 370-409

The incidence of mergers and acquisitions has proliferated throughout the world including all sectors of our society, both municipal and industrial, private and public. However, the majority (60‐80 percent) of them do not reach their intended objectives owing to the fact that the merging...

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The Possibilities and Limits of Team Training in South East Asia

Kirkbride, Paul S.; Durcan, Jim; Tang, Sara F.Y. - In: Journal of Management Development 9 (1990) 5, pp. 41-50

The area of team teaching is addressed with reference to methods of implementing it in management development; the …

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Leadership development methods and activities: content, purposes, and implementation

Megheirkouni, Majd - In: Journal of Management Development 35 (2016) 2, pp. 237-260

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the nature of leadership development (LD) methods adopted by … companies operating in Syria by exploring the content, purpose, and the implantation of LD methods. Design … analysis. Specifically, five major methods or activities used in Syria: action learning, coaching, feedback, rotation, and …

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A value‐creating model for effective policy services

Behm, Allan; Bennington, Lynne; Cummane, James - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 3, pp. 162-178

Policy services have generally escaped performance evaluation techniques. Traditionally, the evaluation of the quality of policy services has been internally driven, and has tended to rely on definitions and process practices determined by the service provider rather than customer definitions of...

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Developing businesses and people: an MBA solution?

Paton, Robert A. - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 3, pp. 235-244

MBA programmes, especially those not provided by the recognised premier league business schools, are often criticised as being “all things to all men”. They are essentially product driven and “sold” to the potential client. When organisations think about developing people to fulfil...

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Business models for higher education: an Australian perspective

Tian, Xuemei; Martin, Bill - In: Journal of Management Development 33 (2014) 10, pp. 932-948

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the links between value creation and university business models in a dynamic global higher education marketplace. Design/methodology/approach – This paper combines primary and secondary research to critique the current “export led”...

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Competitive strategies and value creation: a twofold perspective analysis

Teti, Emanuele; Perrini, Francesco; Tirapelle, Linda - In: Journal of Management Development 33 (2014) 10, pp. 949-976

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the implementation of a defined competitive strategy – differentiation or cost leadership – brings about different value creation levels, where “value” is defined in a twofold perspective as “shareholder value” vs...

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Business ethics and social responsibility in transition economies

Fülöp, Gyula; Hisrich, Robert D.; Szegedi, Krisztina - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 1, pp. 5-31

likely vary depending on the industry. The purpose of this study was to examine the view of business ethics and social …

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Codes of ethics

Farrell, Brian J.; Cobbin, Deirdre M.; Farrell, Helen M. - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 2, pp. 152-163

Presents a literature review of reported findings on the analyses of the contents of codes of ethics in corporations …, and this classification becomes a focal point on what is the appropriate subject matter for a code of ethics. The issue … of ethics because it precludes empowerment of addressees to make the ethical decisions. Others consider prescriptive …

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Moral judgement and conflict handling styles among Chinese in Hong Kong and PRC

Hau‐siu Chow, Irene; Ding, Daniel Z.Q. - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 9, pp. 666-679

This paper describes a study which investigated the relationship between stage of moral development and conflict handling styles in Chinese societies. A total of 996 undergraduate business students and 294 MBA students in Hong Kong and China participated in the study. The defining issue test was...

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