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Can intuitive and analytical decision styles explain managers' evaluation of information technology?
Selart, Marcus; Tvedt Johansen, Svein; Holmesland, Tore; … - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 9, pp. 1326-1341
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify how IT managers' decision styles affect their evaluation of information technology. Design/methodology/approach – Four different decision styles were assessed in a leadership test directed towards IT managers. Each style included two...
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Technology‐based service proposal screening and decision‐making effectiveness
van Riel, Allard C.R.; Semeijn, Janjaap; Hammedi, Wafa; … - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 5, pp. 762-783
Purpose – Decision‐making in early stages of technology‐based service (TBS) innovation projects proves to be challenging. Current failure rates in service innovation are high, while the investments in innovation projects are substantial. Research suggests that enhancing decision‐making...
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Management decision making and ethics: practices, skills and preferences
Holian, Rosalie - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 9, pp. 862-870
This article summarises the findings from a study of practising managers which explored experiences of and views on decision making about actual ethical issues in organisations. Data gathering was based on a combination of an intensive case study of an organisation and in‐depth interviews with...
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Explaining executive integrity: governance, charisma, personality and agency
Tourigny, Louise; Dougan, William L.; Washbush, John; … - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 10, pp. 1035-1049
The recent significant occurrences of dysfunctional, and perhaps unethical, decision making and actions by a number of highly successful corporate executives suggest that there are systematic explanations for the questionable managerial behaviors that go beyond simple attributions of individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014932446
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Decision making as a simplification process: new conceptual perspectives
McKenna, Richard J.; Martin‐Smith, Brett - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 6, pp. 821-836
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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Management decision making, ethical issues and “emotional” intelligence
Holian, Rosalie - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 8, pp. 1122-1138
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to update and expand a model described in a previous paper by the author (Holian, 2002), which categorised practices, skills and preferences of practising managers and management consultants. Design/methodology/approach – A case study and qualitative...
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Ambiguities of justice in a global marketplace
Gates, Donald; Steane, Peter - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 8, pp. 1146-1165
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address questions policymakers, working in a global marketplace, might ask about ethical and theological considerations of ambiguities or uncertainties of justice issues in the global markets in which they operate. Design/methodology/approach – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014932894
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The relationship between ethics, common sense, and rationality
Morgan, Christie R.; Thiagarajan, Palaniappan - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 3, pp. 481-490
ethics, common sense and rationality; offer a model integrating these; and present findings regarding the understanding of … research should include a random sample and definitions of the term “ethics” and further consider the integration of ethics … of ethics, common sense and rationality for application in management and life. Originality/value – This paper adds to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014932948
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Twenty‐first century leadership: international imperatives
Sheppard, Julie‐Anne; Sarros, James C.; Santora, Joseph C. - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 2, pp. 267-280
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify the core issues that organisational leaders are facing internationally, as a result of a globalised and rapidly changing international economic environment. Appropriate leadership competencies and skills that enable organisational leaders to...
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What Should be Done? A Practical Approach to Business Ethics
McDonald, Gael M.; Zepp, Raymond A. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 1
The decision‐making process in business frequently involves ethical considerations. Although ethics often come down to … ethics are good for business, and therefore it is important that managers encourage their staff to recognise and to implement … ethical standards can best be introduced and communicated throughout their organisation. Ethics is not just a “flavour of the …
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