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“Playing by ear” . . . “in an incessant din of reasons”: Chester Barnard and the history of intuition in management thought

Novicevic, Milorad M.; Hench, Thomas J.; Wren, Daniel A. - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 10, pp. 992-1002

the critical role of intuition in effective managerial decision making. This paper examines the history of intuition in … Barnard’s conceptualization of intuition in management thought to, among others, the influential works of the economist and …’s Principles of Gestalt Psychology . Further, Barnard’s conceptualization of intuition foreshadowed by nearly two decades nearly …

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Intuition in decisions

Patton, John R. - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 10, pp. 989-996

To maintain and sustain competitive work organizations, leadership is necessary to help organizations develop a new vision, and rapidly manage organizational change to position themselves for pursuit of the new vision. Leaders need competent and motivated employees to serve as the catalysts of...

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The relationships between the characteristics of the strategy process: evidence from Egypt

Elbanna, Said; Younies, Hassan - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 4, pp. 626-639

Purpose – Strategy process research has made considerable progress over the last 20 years and has produced a vast body of literature. This valuable contribution, however, has not adequately examined the relationships between the characteristics of the strategy process. This study aims to fill...

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Common sense in philosophical and scientific perspective

Redekop, Benjamin W. - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 3, pp. 399-412

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deepen our understanding of the philosophical and scientific pedigree of the concept of “common sense”, and explore the implications for managerial decision‐makers. Design/methodology/approach – After examining the management literature on this...

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Do we know what common sense is and, can we improve it if we don't?

Rausch, Erwin - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 3, pp. 413-426

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the meaning, significance, and development, of common sense and to suggest an approach for enhancing it. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review and critical analysis of the way greater skill in decision‐making leads to “better”...

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Common sense and hard decision analysis: why might they conflict?

Goodwin, Paul - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 3, pp. 427-440

Purpose – Hard decision analysis models allow complex decisions to be broken down into easier‐to‐handle and precisely defined sub‐problems and also provide a documented rationale for the decision. This paper aims to investigate why the course of action prescribed by a hard decision...

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More Effective Decisions through Synergy of Objective and Subjective Approaches

Harung, Harald S. - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 7

where feelings and intuition are operationalized. Hence, there is a need to expand the conscious awareness of the manager …

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Crisis Management in a Small Business

Drummond, Helga; Chell, Elizabeth - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 1, pp. 37-40

bankruptcy are often severe. Challenges the popular management literature which urges decision makers to follow their intuition …, on the ground that intuition is frequently biased and therefore likely to result in the wrong choices. In contrast to the …

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The importance of tacit knowledge in strategic deliberations and decisions

Bennett, Robert H. - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 9, pp. 589-597

and intuition to managers in the upper reaches of the organization. Tacit knowledge, based on the cumulative experiences …

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Managers’ beliefs about marketing research and information use in decisions in context of the bounded-rationality theory

Tarka, Piotr - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 5, pp. 987-1005

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to diagnose two types of causal relationships from the perspective of the structural equations model. First, the relationship is analysed between managers’ beliefs regarding the use of marketing information in making decisions and the rational premises of...

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