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Does the accuracy of expert judgment comply with common sense: caveat emptor

Cassidy, Michael F.; Buede, Dennis - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 3, pp. 454-469

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine critically the accuracy of expert judgment, drawing on empirical evidence and theory from multiple disciplines. It suggests that counsel offered with confidence by experts might, under certain circumstances, be without merit, and presents...

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Management consultancy: a modern folly?

de Burgundy, Jak - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 3, pp. 204-205

Reflecting on the growth of state spending on management consultancy this brief article argues that much of this spending has been wasteful or misdirected. Observing that in Britain much of the state’s spending on consultancy has taken place during periods of recession the article argues that...

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A Study of Quality Circles in Whitecollar Areas

Temple, A.I.; Dale, B.G. - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 3

A study carried out at UMIST of the operation of white‐collar circles in manufacturing firms is reported. Despite the problems associated with initiating and sustaining white‐collar circles, it is ot suggested that they should be avoided.

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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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Keepers of the knowledge capital: legislating for the new millennium

Carter, Chris - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 3, pp. 179-181

‐generating activities of groups, such as consultants, in order to understand what is taken as and what constitutes knowledge in the …

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The paradoxical image of consultant expertise: a rhetorical deconstruction

Bouwmeester, Onno; Stiekema, Jelmer - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 10, pp. 2433-2456

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the paradoxical image of consultants as “experts without expertise ….” It examines the extent to which different stakeholders’ perceptions of consultants’ expertise are aligned, and why … consultants’ expertise using pathos. Findings – This survey revealed that employees are the most critical of consultants, while …

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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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Making the case for knowledge management: the bigger picture

Neef, Dale - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 1, pp. 72-78

Despite several years of hearty media and academic interest, for most people “knowledge management” still remains an ill‐defined and woolly concept. The problem may be that knowledge management proponents have usually focused on either the minutiae of implementation ‐ intranets and data...

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Network position and cooperation partners selection strategies for research productivity

Liu, Chih-Hsing(Sam) - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 3, pp. 494-511

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how individuals can leverage interpersonal relationships and critical network position to acquire knowledge and information for generate research productivity. Specifically, this paper argues that the relationship between tie strength and...

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Causal modeling of knowledge‐based economy

Chen, Chih‐Kai - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 3, pp. 501-514

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how research on knowledge‐based economy (KBE) has increased noticeably in recent years. However, while some literature is available on construct model and validity analysis, little information is available on causal model....

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