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Using interpretive structural modelling in strategic decision‐making groups
Bolaños, Ricardo; Fontela, Emilio; Nenclares, Alfredo; … - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 6, pp. 877-895
perceptions of different individuals in a managerial group in order to improve group decision making. To limit conflict and … increase shared knowledge in group decision making, there is a need to explain differences among group members at the cognitive … case is a simulation of a strategic group decision‐making process using interpretive structural modelling. The simulation …
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Spotlight interview with Michael Roberto
Powell, Sarah - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 6, pp. 824-829
/methodology/approach – The article focuses on the importance of stimulating debate and the need to work towards cultivating constructive conflict … companies still avoid conflict, others are recognising its potential benefits when constructively channelled. Findings … constructive conflict. Originality/value – This article provides an interview with Professor Michael Roberto focusing on the …
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Uncovering hidden profiles: advocacy in team decision making
Waddell, Brian D.; Roberto, Michael A.; Yoon, Sukki - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 2, pp. 321-340
Purpose – Research shows that teams often fail to surface and use unique information to evaluate decision alternatives … solution. Failure to share and adequately evaluate this information will result in poor decision quality. The aim of this paper … is to examine the impact of the devil's advocacy technique on the decision quality of hidden profile teams. Design …
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Temporal hierarchy in enterprise risk identification
Kmec, Peter - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 9, pp. 1489-1509
routine (operations) > major decision/event > project > adjustment > routine which correspond to the chosen temporal hierarchy … decision‐making process. Attention should be paid to changes that major decisions, events, and projects impose on …
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Got a plan in the pipeline? Nominating committee’s information processing in executive successions
Walther, Axel; Calabrò, Andrea; Morner, Michèle - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 10, pp. 2200-2217
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how information-processing mechanisms between nominating committees (NCs), incumbent executives, board chairs, and shareholders affect the comprehensiveness of executive succession processes. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ an...
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Towards a high‐performance workplace: managing corporate climate and conflict
Suliman, Abubakr M.; Abdulla, Mohamed H. - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 5, pp. 720-733
‐individual conflict in a Middle Eastern context. Design/methodology/approach – A self‐administered questionnaire in which 600 employees …‐level management. Findings – The findings revealed that feelings of frustration and perceptions of role and goal conflict among … and managing climate and conflict. Originality/value – The paper is the first study in the Middle Eastern context that …
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The Private Company Director: Strategies for Serving Entrepreneurs
Osborne, R.L. - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 4
The conflict between “serving” and “supervising” an owner manager is an important reason for the role difficulties … for reducing conflict and increasing board effectiveness. It is based on a survey of 25 directors of private and public …
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The Japanese in the Automotive Aftermarket
Walle, A.H. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 7, pp. 60-63
misjudged the power of channel conflict and suffered as a result. Points to failures of Japanese business‐to‐business marketing …
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Conspiring fruitfully with professionals: new management roles for professional organisations
Vermaak, Hans; Weggeman, Mathieu - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 1, pp. 29-44
Professionalism still is on the way up. However, the working methods of managers and professionals do not develop at the same pace. Professionals often seek out their workplace within an organisation but then proceed to act as soloists, which makes fragmentation, mediocrity and non‐commitment...
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Action and reaction in the evolution of business school missions
Cotton, Chester C.; McKenna, John F.; Van Auken, Stuart; … - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 3, pp. 227-233
Professional schools, including collegiate business schools, are pulled in two opposing directions. The academy, where they live, pulls them to emphasize science and its values, and to focus on expanding the field of knowledge. The profession, into which their graduates move, pulls them to deal...
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