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Shows how Machiavelli influenced modern management in much more fundamental ways than simply his well‐known advice to be ruthless, upon which many management writers focused. First, it explains his reputation for advising ruthlessness by discussing his life and times and the subject‐matter...
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in philosophy of science. To make the point, this paper uncovers similarities between Lewis's pragmatism and Shewhart …
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Purpose – To examine how a manager's strategic philosophy is influenced by his or her management level in the … manager's level in the organization influences his or her strategic philosophy. As compared to middle‐and lower‐level managers … philosophy is suggested as the optimal perspective. In addition, there are multiple possible explanations for the findings …
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business philosophy may be required if relationship marketing is truly to be adopted. Otherwise the firm may just be paying lip …‐service to the new philosophy. Using direct marketing techniques and developing partnerships alone are not sufficient …
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Charts a development in organisational philosophy and design through three major phases – the traditional model, the …
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Immanuel Kant, a revered eighteenth century philosopher, largely laid the groundwork for modern methods of analysis that transcend formal scientific analysis. He did so by affirming that the human mind possesses inherent ways of reasoning that can often transcend the contrived methods of...
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Management is not a science. There are too many variables for it to be anything other than the exercise of contextual judgement in situations which are understood as well as possible by the protagonists. But the scholarly management community, including researchers, educators, publishers and...
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Although technology has always been, and will continue to be, the hallmark of human activity, it remains a poorly … understood concept. There is little recognition that behind technology lies a technology, the accelerating application of which … demonstrating humankind as technology creatures, provides an explanation of how society progresses or regresses by resolving or …
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in the Sudan. It examines the various factors which influence agricultural technology adoption decisions as well as the … technology adoption factors represent real challenges in future technology management in the Sudan. Finally, a number of findings …
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increase in the use of robotics technology, enterprises must acknowledge the future implications of such advancement on both … management and employees. The purpose is to test the strategic application of robotics technology, why it should be used … as a result of new technological advances. Also the application of such technology in the developed and developing …
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