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Market orientation and market strategy profiling: an empirical test of environment‐behaviour‐action coalignment and its performance implications

Dobni, C. Brooke; Luffman, George - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 8, pp. 503-522

Organizational performance is greatly influenced by employee behaviours and the resulting market orientation that they possess. Market orientation is a behavioural culture that affects strategy formulation and strategy implementation, and how an organization interacts with its environment and...

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Determinants of organizational performance

McGivern, Michael H.; Tvorik, Stephen J. - In: Management Decision 35 (1997) 6, pp. 417-435

A holistic, integrative and synergistic performance model is defined by inter‐firm variables represented as economic rates of return for both economic and organizational factors. These variables are used to examine performance variance and their economic contribution to firm profitability. An...

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Corporate reputation management: “living the brand”

Gotsi, Manto; Wilson, Alan - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 2, pp. 99-104

It is recognised that an organization’s corporate reputation is affected by the actions of every business unit, department and employee that comes into contact with another stakeholder. However, the means by which employees can be directed or encouraged to “live the brand” is an area which...

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Corporate Change Programmes: A False Panacea?

Nicoll, David - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 5

Argues that groups within the organization play a significant role in enabling it to face a hostile environment. Describes how groups translate their culture into work patterns and argues that this is an important factor in any change programme. Questions the motives and effectiveness of culture...

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Acknowledge and Use Your Grapevine

Cathmoir Nicoll, David - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 6, pp. 25-30

Reassesses the role of the grapevine in employee communications. Argues that it has a role to play in socializing employees to a company, initiating behavioural change, disciplining employees and providing information. Discusses the implementation of the grapevine as a part of the employee...

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Corporate Culture

Gorman, Liam - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 1

The study of corporate culture is a valuable contribution to the study of organisations. Corporate culture consists of values, norms, feelings, hopes and aspirations held by members of organisations. These aspects may not be instantly discernible; however, it is important that managers are aware...

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How mindfulness and acquisition experience affect acquisition performance

Hutzschenreuter, Thomas; Kleindienst, Ingo; Schmitt, Michael - In: Management Decision 52 (2014) 6, pp. 1116-1147

acquisitions on the performance of subsequent ones. The authors base the analysis on the concept of mindfulness which has recently … gained increasing attention in organizational learning theory. The aim is to extend prior research on mindfulness in … organizational learning by empirically addressing how mindfulness in knowledge transfer affects task performance in the context of a …

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The centrality of teams in the organisational learning process

Murray, Peter; Moses, Maree - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 9, pp. 1186-1202

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a greater understanding of the role of team learning by examining the link between team centrality and organisational learning. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a conceptual paper that examines a range of literature related to team...

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Situational and organizational determinants of turnaround

Francis, John D.; Desai, Ashay B. - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 9, pp. 1203-1224

Purpose – To test the ability of situational variables, manageable pre‐decline resources, and specific firm responses to decline to classify performance outcomes (turnaround vs non‐turnaround) in declining firms. Design/methodology/approach – Using a longitudinal methodology and a...

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Towards sustainable development strategies

Barin Cruz, Luciano; Ávila Pedrozo, Eugênio; de … - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 7, pp. 871-891

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present a framework that allows an ampler understanding of the evolution process tracked by companies in the pursuit of strategies for sustainable development, taking into account the increasing awareness of the social and environmental pressures...

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