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Machiavelli and modern management
Swain, John W. - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 3, pp. 281-287
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 …
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Anticipating and dealing with financial crisis
Chong, John K.S.; Escarraz, Donald R. - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 10, pp. 637-640
Presents a discussion of liquidity‐based financial crisis. An example is used to illustrate the application of a conceptual model in dealing with this kind of crisis. Concludes that systemic planning based on the ideas put forward can help managers better prepare for financial crisis.
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Employee commitment and organizational policies
Foote, David A.; Seipel, Scott J.; Johnson, Nancy B.; … - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 2, pp. 203-219
Purpose – To propose new commitment construct‐policy commitment, and to examine the influence of attitude, role clarity, and role conflict on policy commitment, as well as the influence of policy commitment on citizenship behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Using a self‐report...
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Knowledge creation and business format franchising
Lindblom, Arto; Tikkanen, Henrikki - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 2, pp. 179-188
Purpose – This article aims to contribute to the study of knowledge creation and management in business format … on the assumptions of the knowledge management, theories of organisational learning and organisational knowledge creation … one of the key knowledge management practices required for successful business format franchising. Proposes that the …
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Business Policy in Action
In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 6
An overview of all the elements that go into formulating a business strategy – including received wisdom from the gurus, vision and values, ideas on growth, forecasting, information, objectives, audits, customers, markets, competition, finances, structure, training – with the focus on how to...
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Timing the adoption of a new technology: an option‐based approach
Scarso, Enrico - In: Management Decision 34 (1996) 3, pp. 41-48
Deals with the problem of timing the adoption of a new technology. This is a very important question of strategy which directly affects the firm’s competitive capability and whose analysis cannot be adequately faced by conventional capital budgeting techniques. Aims to provide a procedure for...
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Consumer Boycotts
Smith, N. Craig - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 6
World. The author concludes that management should be aware of their social responsibilities not least because of the …
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Escape from politics: philosophic foundations of public administration
Johnson Bagby, Laurie M.; Franke, James L. - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 8, pp. 623-633
the new public management school. By placing these competing schools of thought in public administration in the larger …
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Public administration in early America: sex and the law in Puritan Massachusetts
Wells, Michael V. - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 6, pp. 596-602
When they arrived in the New World the English Puritans expected to pursue justice by using the Bible and discretionary justice. Because they left England, in part, as an escape from a contemporary Sodom and Gomorrah, it is ironical that the discovery of sexual license in the New World forced...
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An intellectual capital evaluation approach in a government organization
Dalkir, Kimiz; Wiseman, Erica; Shulha, Michael; … - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 9, pp. 1497-1509
management (KM) initiatives in a government setting. Design/methodology/approach – The approach used was to first conduct a brief … recommend the results‐based management assessment framework (RMAF) as the most appropriate measurement framework is then … strategy into action and enhanced management of the KM program. The proposed evaluation approach will help ensure that each …
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