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Quality in management decision making within a changing context
Gilmore, Audrey - In: Journal of Management Development 17 (1998) 2, pp. 106-120
; individual responsibility for planning and implementation; and continual managerial development. These aspects are then …
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Adopting sustainability in the organization
Frandsen, Sanne; Morsing, Mette; Vallentin, Steen - In: Journal of Management Development 32 (2013) 3, pp. 236-246
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between sustainability adoption and internal legitimacy construction. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is designed as a critical inquiry into existing research and practice on sustainability adoption, illustrated by...
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Understanding the Human Aspects of Flexible Manufacturing Systems through Management Development
Gupta, Atul; Chen, Injazz J.; Rom, Walter O. - In: Journal of Management Development 12 (1993) 1, pp. 33-42
Empirically examines the relative importance of technical and organizational factors in the implementation of flexible … analysis which was performed with the level of perceived success of FMS implementation as the dependent variable. All … they are significant factors to successful FMS implementation. Based on the results of the statistical analysis, three …
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Total Quality Management in Management Development
Chandra, Mahesh - In: Journal of Management Development 12 (1993) 7, pp. 19-31
In order to be competitive companies must provide customers with quality products and services in a fast, responsive manner. Innovative, customer‐driven organizations are more likely to succeed. Total quality management (TQM) is a management approach which requires innovation, employee...
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Internationalisation strategies for management education
Stewart Howe, W.; Martin, Graeme - In: Journal of Management Development 17 (1998) 6, pp. 447-462
Western business schools currently face a number of pressures to internationalise their postgraduate course provision in terms both of content and place of delivery. In doing so they are faced with decisions concerning their motivations, the broad strategies to adopt, the nature of collaborative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014883313
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The empowerment squeeze ‐ views from the middle management position
Klagge, Jay - In: Journal of Management Development 17 (1998) 8, pp. 548-558
article concludes that organizations should view middle managers as “bridges” rather than “blockages” to the implementation of …
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Meta‐abilities and the implementation of strategy
Meldrum, Mike; Atkinson, Sally - In: Journal of Management Development 17 (1998) 8, pp. 564-575
Implementation is widely recognised as one of the greatest Achilles’ Heels for all strategy initiatives. Many … management development to improve strategy implementation demands a more sophisticated approach than tends to be used currently …
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The role of charismatic leadership in diffusion and implementation of e‐mail
Romm, Celia; Pliskin, Nava - In: Journal of Management Development 18 (1999) 3, pp. 273-291
implementation to the non‐technical, namely, the social aspects. This paper follows the current trend by considering the role of … leadership in diffusion and implementation of e‐mail. A case study which describes the introduction of e‐mail to a university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014883351
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Organizational change: the Australian experience
Savery, Lawson K.; Luks, J. Alan - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 4, pp. 309-317
Organizational change is a complex phenomenon with potentially devastating consequences if not done correctly. Organizations in the global marketplace continue to experience tremendous change. This paper examines data from a survey, which examined approximately 2,000 workplaces on whether they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014882139
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Introduction: the origins of organizational development
Grieves, Jim - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 5, pp. 345-447
The history of Organizational Development (OD) reveals a much older tradition of organizational science than the conventional wisdom would suggest. By the 1960s and 1970s OD became self‐confident and dynamic. This period was not only highly experimental but established the principles of OD for...
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