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Godfrey, Ronald M. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 4, pp. 58-61

Management is not always professional in all its attitudes and actions and has often been – and still is – inadequate in some aspects. It is useful for managers at all levels occasionally to review their approach and experience in the light of continual change. In general terms, attempts to...

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Analytical procedures: management tools for monitoring controls

Lee, Minwoo; Colbert, Janet L. - In: Management Decision 35 (1997) 5, pp. 392-397

internal control. States that analytical procedures are tools which management can use to monitor controls. The methods …

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Introducing Change: Advisers we Consult and the Methods they Use

Margerison, Charles - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 6

The role of the adviser to management is a crucial one in introducing change to a business. The six main approaches by which advisers approach clients, individual, interpersonal, structural, socio‐technical, conflict and information developments, are outlined and explained.

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Cladistics as historiography: part II – the phylogeny of automotive assembly

Leseure, Michel J. - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 6, pp. 603-613

This second part of the paper presents in more detail the phylogenetic model of automotive assembly factories used in …

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Organisational learning – it’s just routine

Tranfield, David; Duberley, Joanne; Smith, Stuart; … - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 4, pp. 253-260

‐tested prototype methodology is reported which supports the introduction of a strategy for organisational learning and change by …

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The development of theories from the analysis of the organisation: case studies by the patterns of behaviour

Nieto, Mariano; Pérez, Waldo - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 10, pp. 723-734

This study presents an adaptation of case studies denominated by the patterns of behaviour, an ideal methodology for … findings and the role of the methodology in the development of the theories in the organisation is discussed: finalising with a …

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Small firm internationalisation: an investigative survey and future research directions

Fillis, Ian - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 9, pp. 767-783

Surveys the literature on internationalisation research and identifies a number of theoretical and practical inadequacies in terms of current theory’s ability in describing behaviour of the smaller firm. A range of internationalisation theories are discussed, from their historical provenance...

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A biographical approach to researching entrepreneurship in the smaller firm

Fillis, Ian - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 2, pp. 198-212

, an alternative approach is proposed whereby data triangulation from conventional quantitative and qualitative methods of … the postal survey and the in‐depth interview are combined with biographical data. Design/methodology/approach – By … explores the benefits of embracing methods from disciplines outside the conventional confines of business research in order to …

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Process Cost Accounting – Methodology

Galway, Albert - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 7

The methodology of process cost accounting is set out in a step‐by‐step format. This is a technique used when …

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NLP: Managing a Revolution

Alder, Harry - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5

The archetypal manager is a dying species. Conservative left‐brains concepts all appear outdated – now the emphasis is on the individual, more specifically the right side of the brain of the individual – Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Examines the methodologies and applications...

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