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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, from management perspective, the nature of common sense, its application in decision‐making, and possibility of developing common sense more effectively. Design/methodology/approach – To take typical dictionary definitions of common sense,...
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Introduces the business community to the new science of memes. The roots of the meme concept from Richard Dawkins’ original work in the area of biology to the social (business) world are outlined, and the value of its study (memetics) proposed. One claim from memetics is that it can help...
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Leadership theory has little value if it cannot be applied to real world situations. A summary review of the literature on leadership theory is provided here first. A disguised real case concerning Ted Shade, a Vice‐President at Galactic Chips, Inc. is then provided which describes a manager...
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Purpose – Proposes to call for inclusion of alternative conceptual perspectives in decision making theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach – Adopts a conceptual approach drawing on a diverse range of theories, and applying an illustrative example. Findings – Finds that...
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187 managers' profiling their psychological type (using a short version of the MBTI, Myers Briggs Type Indicator) and … strategic planning design. Practical implications – For managers involved in the practice of planning the literature review a …
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Purpose – This article sets out to revisit Janis' groupthink theory that holds that, when anxiety is present for a decision‐making group, premature concurrence seeking emerges unless other mitigating factors are present. Research from selected segments of the decision making literature are...
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membership (bad apples vs good apples) measured at Time 2 and investigate possible differences between business and psychology … students in unethical behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Business and psychology students' propensity to engage in … cluster membership at Time 2 for the whole sample and the business sample, but not for the psychology sample. The differences …
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Purpose – This paper aims to look into the motivations of managers to commit their time and energies to look at … frustrations faced by sustainability managers as change agents? and How are the motivations and frustrations of sustainability … managers framed by the sources of meaning in their life and work? Design/methodology/approach – As the research is still at an …
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impression”, regardless of their competence or capacity for hard work. Explains the psychology of impression management and …
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The literature on managerial decision making has typically espoused rationality. It contends that managers follow, or … that managers form a personal and simplified “model” of the real situation, incorporating personal and environmental … National Health Service managers, investigating, in particular, what factors were important to them when considering strategic …
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