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Hannabuss, Stuart - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 6

this. Some words in everyday management currency, such as “effectiveness” or “success” are more value statements than …

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In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 5, pp. 347-353

Inquiry into managerial situations, problems and issues is needed very often. A mode of inquiry using situation‐actor‐process (SAP)‐ learning‐action‐performance (LAP) (SAP‐LAP) models of flexible systems management is presented here. It is argued that in order to gain deep insight...

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Virtues and leadership

Hackett, Rick D.; Wang, Gordon - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 5, pp. 868-899

with leadership effectiveness; to provide a model relating leader virtues to leader outcomes (i.e. ethics, happiness, life … satisfaction, and effectiveness); and to propose a program of research. Design/methodology/approach – The authors systematically … leadership styles and identify six cardinal virtues most likely to positively impact leadership effectiveness; present an …

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A Diagnostic Approach to Improving Managers’ Operational Effectiveness

Hayes, John; Dunn, Tony - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 4

A common approach towards enhancing managerial effectiveness is to focus attention on improving the knowledge and skill … of the manager, i.e. training. This approach assumes that the main barrier to effectiveness is some deficiency in the …

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Fear, Truth and Reality in Making Presentations

Haigh, Jonathan - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 6, pp. 58-60

Surveys consistently put public speaking near the top of the list of people′s fears. Aims to show presenters ways of dealing with those fears and becoming more effective speakers. Reflects on the nature of people′s fears and suggests ways of looking at these more realistically, by...

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A unifying approach to management

Denton, D. Keith; Richardson, Peter - In: Management Decision 35 (1997) 5, pp. 398-403

Looks at what it takes to create effective organizations. States that they use some system for unifying the efforts, thoughts and actions of diverse groups within the organization. These organizations have a “unifying factor” that is clearly defined and has a well‐understood meaning...

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Foundations of strategic decision effectiveness

Harrison, E. Frank; Pelletier, Monique A. - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 3, pp. 147-159

critical variable in strategic management. This article advances a set of foundations in which the effectiveness of a total … organization may be ascertained from the effectiveness of the strategic decisions made by its senior executives. A categorization … of strategic decision effectiveness is presented that is derived from managerial attitudes toward a given strategic …

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The seven habits of highly defective people

Matejka, Ken; Dunsing, Richard J.; Walat, Bryce - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 10, pp. 654-656

Steven Covey had tremendous success with his seven habits for success in business in particular and life in general. This article takes a light‐hearted, irreverent look at analyzing the habits of the people who do not have such great prosperity. Chronically less than successful people suffer...

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Marketing and operations management: an integrated approach to new ways of delivering value

Walters, David - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 3, pp. 248-263

The respective roles of marketing and operations management in contributing to effective strategy are considered. This article considers both the technological developments and the changes in management perspectives. Technology has presented management with increased flexibility in the strategic...

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The peer learning community: a contextual design for learning?

Tosey, Paul - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 5, pp. 403-410

general usage of the term “learning community”. From this basis, it is argued that the effectiveness of learning programmes … proposed may crucially impact on the effectiveness of programmes of learning. The article concludes by raising critical …

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