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Business modelling on a personal computer
Proctor, Tony - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 9, pp. 38-43
management decision making is quite enormous. Illustrates an application in the marketing control process. The example …
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The nature of an operations strategy: combining strategic decisions from the resource‐based and market‐driven viewpoints
Lowson, Robert H. - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 6, pp. 538-549
To date, the exact nature and classification of an operations strategy vis‐à‐vis other popular operational solutions have eluded many commentators. Against a background of the various approaches to strategy formulation, including the resource‐based and market‐driven views, the...
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The essence of management decision
Harrison, E. Frank; Pelletier, Monique A. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 7, pp. 462-470
Management decision constitutes the most important thing that managers do. Given the significance and complexity of … and dimensions. Such is not the case. Much writing that purports to treat various aspects of management decision takes … management decision. More specifically, there is a general lack of appreciation of what management decisions are, who makes them …
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The role of the business excellence model in operational and strategic decision making
Leonard, Denis; McAdam, Rodney - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 1, pp. 17-25
The aim of this paper is to determine current management thinking on how the business excellence model (BEM) is used …
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What Should be Done? A Practical Approach to Business Ethics
McDonald, Gael M.; Zepp, Raymond A. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 1
The decision‐making process in business frequently involves ethical considerations. Although ethics often come down to personal decisions, those decisions ultimately affect the corporate image of an organisation. It has been shown that sound ethics are good for business, and therefore it is...
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Managerial Decision Making Part 2: The Newer Techniques
Kharbanda, O.P.; Stallworthy, E.A. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 4
statistical and mathematical principles and the use of management information systems. The creativity approach in its modern form …
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Principles of Business Ethics: Their Role in Decision Making and an Initial Consensus
Carroll, Archie B. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 8
This article describes how ethical principles can be used in the decision‐making process. It describes a survey conducted amongst a group of managers and business students, who ranked a number of ethical principles in order of usefulness and applicability to their work. The otion of the...
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Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Investment Decision Process. Part 2
Swann, K.; O′Keefe, W.D. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 3
This article is the second half of a series concerning advanced decisions. Central to the problem of AMT (advanced manufacturing technology) is that investment is uncertainty. Under consideration is a highly expensive innovation, often bringing unprecedented operational routines and...
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Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Investment Decision Process. Part I
Swann, K.; O′Keefe, W.D. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 1
This article is the first half of a series concerning advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) investment decisions. Individual problems with formalised techniques in this field are reduced by the frequency of their joint use in organisations. The article emphasises that it is important to...
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Interdisciplinary Models of Decision Making
Harrison, E. Frank - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 8
Takes the view that managerial decisions are made in a diversity of organizational settings which can best be explained and evaluated in the context of conceptual interdisciplinary decision‐making models, and that such models constitute an appropriate vehicle for explaining the eclectic...
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