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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 discussing his life and times and the subject‐matter...

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Prediction and pragmatism in Shewhart’s theory of statistical control

Wilcox, Mark - In: Management Decision 42 (2004) 1, pp. 152-165

in philosophy of science. To make the point, this paper uncovers similarities between Lewis's pragmatism and Shewhart …

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Strategic philosophy and management level

Parnell, John A. - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 2, pp. 157-170

Purpose – To examine how a manager's strategic philosophy is influenced by his or her management level in the … manager's level in the organization influences his or her strategic philosophy. As compared to middle‐and lower‐level managers … philosophy is suggested as the optimal perspective. In addition, there are multiple possible explanations for the findings …

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Relationship marketing: strategic and tactical implications

Grönroos, Christian - In: Management Decision 34 (1996) 3, pp. 5-14

business philosophy may be required if relationship marketing is truly to be adopted. Otherwise the firm may just be paying lip …‐service to the new philosophy. Using direct marketing techniques and developing partnerships alone are not sufficient …

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Organisations: A New Paradigm

Chorn, N.H. - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 4

Charts a development in organisational philosophy and design through three major phases – the traditional model, the …

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Immanuel Kant, marketing theory and the modern temper

Walle, Alf H. - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 6, pp. 426-430

Immanuel Kant, a revered eighteenth century philosopher, largely laid the groundwork for modern methods of analysis that transcend formal scientific analysis. He did so by affirming that the human mind possesses inherent ways of reasoning that can often transcend the contrived methods of...

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Looking for good research in management – a publisher’s case study

Peters, John; Howard, Keith - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 7, pp. 594-598

Management is not a science. There are too many variables for it to be anything other than the exercise of contextual judgement in situations which are understood as well as possible by the protagonists. But the scholarly management community, including researchers, educators, publishers and...

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