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Introducing a Work‐measured Incentive Scheme
McNab, Don; Crawley, Tim - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 4
Some aspects of change strategy theory as they relate to the introduction of a group work‐measured incentive and maintenance planning scheme for a works engineering department in the heavy manufacturing process industry are set out. Types of change strategy are reviewed briefly, followed by a...
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Organisational sicknesses and their treatment
Randell, Gerry - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 1, pp. 14-18
Organisations can become sick, just as people do. A great deal about the nature, diagnosis and treatment of organisational maladies can be learned from a study of how individuals can become mentally ill. The diagnosis and treatment of mental illness is much more advanced than the study of...
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The possibility of Boddingtons ‐ “the cream of Manchester’s” ‐ entry into the Dutch market
Cuomo, Genaro; Vignali, Claudio - In: Management Decision 34 (1996) 8, pp. 64-72
Underlines that the development of a new European market for a UK company has to be strategically planned. Examines the introduction to the Dutch market of a particular northern UK beer product, suggesting that the use of strategic tools and a traditional marketing plan is essential while the...
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Changing attitudes towards diversity: The Netherlands and Morocco compared
Hennekam, Sophie; Tahssain-Gay, Loubna - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 9, pp. 2135-2155
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a cross-cultural comparison of the attitudes toward diversity among human resource managers working for the same multinational company in the Netherlands and Morocco. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 35 semi-structured in-depth...
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The stakeholder manager
Vinten, Gerald - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 6, pp. 377-383
All managers and directors are faced with real, or imagined, conflicts of interest or competing demands for time and resources, between shareholders and stakeholders. This has always been the case, but the contemporary emphasis on stakeholders has brought this to a head. Although the more astute...
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Enterprise and accountability: striking a balance
Spira, Laura F. - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 9, pp. 739-748
Explores the relationship between enterprise and accountability within the context of the UK corporate governance … separation of ownership and control, enabled entrepreneurial activity to flourish within a framework of corporate accountability … recommendations relating to corporate governance. These recommendations were initially based on a central concern with accountability …
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Effective Delegation
Hind, Matthew W. - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 5
accountability. Added to this many of the key management processes actively discourage delegation, causing internal conflict and …
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Transparency among S&P 500 companies: an analysis of ESG disclosure scores
Tamimi, Nabil; Sebastianelli, Rose - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 8, pp. 1660-1680
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the state of S&P 500 companies’ transparency by analyzing their Bloomberg ESG (Environmental-Social-Governance) disclosure scores. Additionally, the effects of industry sector, firm size, and governance practices on transparency are examined....
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From Private to Public: The Choice and Requirements
Holden, Paul - In: Management Decision 27 (1989) 5
Private companies go public for a variety of reasons. Whatever the motive, shareholders and directors should have a clear understanding of the implications and responsibilities arising from this change of status. The author examines every aspect of public company status and presents an analysis...
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Management history as told by popular culture: the screen image of the efficiency expert
Lee, Mordecai - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 9, pp. 881-894
This exploration of management history focuses on mass entertainment media to determine the history of the efficiency … expert in popular culture. It reviews the history of the image of the efficiency expert in film and on American … is a sharp change from the efficiency expert as an amusing and relatively harmless character to a malevolent one who is …
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