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Managers and entrepreneurs are increasingly being challenged to respond to a world where it is harder to effectively … make and implement their decisions. Over half the decisions managers make are never implemented. We have observed … entrepreneurs and managers in a wide range of situations in various countries, who illustrate a different set of assumptions for …
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Illustrates how organizational culture can stifle effective problem solving and decision making. In the organization in question this had critical implications for quality, staff retention and organizational change. The myopic, non‐innovative generation of apparent solutions to major...
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The last 15 years or so have seen the emergence of a powerful management philosophy known as value‐based management (VBM). The premiss underlying this philosophy is that management’s primary responsibility is to maximize value for shareholders. Much of the work which has been done in this...
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been drawn from exploring the minds of these people and recommends that managers should nurture creativity with their … procedures, managers must encourage and promote creative thinking within their organisation. Everyone can be creative but there …
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factors impacting on the situation under study and stimulates thought and communication within the group participating in …
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has revealed the grounded theory of perpetual challenging as a process for enhancing organisational creativity. Perpetual …
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creativity, and perceive the development of conditions that encourage creativity within their working environment as a long … must start at the level of the individual, individual creativity in itself is not enough. A vital, often ignored component … of creativity is the creativity that occurs at the organisational level. This paper reviews writings in an attempt to …
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internationalisation, where creativity and innovative behaviour can act as a competitive advantage over firms with larger resources at …
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because it can help in the preparation and support of group meetings. In addition, the model can also help managers to develop …
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More and more organisations are using teams to solve problems, plan for the future and improve products, processes and services. One method of enhancing group effectiveness is to use a facilitator. Facilitators, however, need to be trained in order to accomplish their role effectively. This can...
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