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Enhancing creative thinking within organisations

McFadzean, Elspeth - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 5, pp. 309-315

Creative problem solving (CPS) and innovation are very important to companies who want to gain flexibility and …

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Innovate or liquidate ‐ are all organisations convinced? A two‐phased study into the innovation process

Zhuang, Lee; Williamson, David; Carter, Mike - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 1, pp. 57-71

understanding of issues concerning innovation among managers and their ability to translate this understanding into practice. The … study reveals that while most organisations have realised the importance of innovation and are prepared to mobilise their … managers to be involved in innovation projects, many of them have not yet been able to create an innovation culture and devise …

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Entrepreneurial team locus of control: diversity and trust

Saud Khan, Mohammad; J. Breitenecker, Robert; J. … - In: Management Decision 52 (2014) 6, pp. 1057-1081

investigates the interaction effects of LOC diversity and affective trust on the internal LOC-performance relationship. Design … high internal LOC and low LOC diversity. Affective trust is identified as a crucial component in enhancing entrepreneurial … the trust based on affect for entrepreneurial team dynamics. …

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In search of a general enterprise model

Dewhurst, Frank W.; Barber, Kevin D.; Pritchard, Matthew C. - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 5, pp. 418-427

Many organisations, particularly SMEs, are reluctant to invest time and money in models to support decision making. Such reluctance could be overcome if a model could be used for several purposes rather than using a traditional “single perspective” model. This requires the development of a...

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Developing and supporting creative problem‐solving teams: part 1 – a conceptual model

McFadzean, Elspeth - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 5, pp. 463-475

Effective team development, facilitation and creative problem solving are three components that can help improve group problem solving and decision making. Group meetings can be notoriously ineffective and inefficient. They can be significantly improved if the facilitator and problem champion...

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P.Y. Gerbeau

In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 3, pp. 413-419

Purpose – To share the views and experiences of a chief executive with a reputation for troubleshooting expertise. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is an interview with Pierre Yves Gerbeau, who was, until January 2001, CEO and board director of the much criticized New Millennium...

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Decision orders: a decision taxonomy

Scherpereel, Christopher M. - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 1, pp. 123-136

Purpose – The proper identification of a decision problem is paramount to finding a course of action or solution. This paper attempts to capture the general laws or principles that define decision problems. These principles are then used to establish a decision classification system called the...

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Addressing ill‐structured problems using Goldratt's thinking processes

Walker, Edward D.; Cox, James F. - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 1, pp. 137-154

Purpose – Problem‐solving techniques for poorly structured problems have been the subject of recent academic research and popular press texts. The purpose of this paper is to explain the use of one of the Theory of Constraints thinking process (TP) tools — the Current Reality Tree (CRT)....

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Organizational design approaches in management consulting

Visscher, Klaasjan; Visscher‐Voerman, A. - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 5, pp. 713-731

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to map the variety in organizational design approaches, to clarify their differences, and to find out what constitutes good designing in practice. Design/methodology/approach – A series of in‐depth interviews with experienced, high‐reputation...

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Information Systems and Constructing Problems

Sims, David - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5

Draws on a large group of research projects on the management use of information systems in the British National Health Service. Argues that information systems are just one part of the system of information by which the manager knows what is going on, and within which he or she constructs...

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