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The Ombudsman: Value of Expertise for Forecasting Decisions in Conflicts
Green, Kesten C.; Armstrong, J. Scott - 2007
In important conflicts such as wars and labor-management disputes, people typically rely on the judgment of experts to predict the decisions that will be made. We compared the accuracy of 106 forecasts by experts and 169 forecasts by novices about eight real conflicts. The forecasts of experts...
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The influence of national culture on the level and outcome of IS decision making in the IS maintenance/redevelopment decision
Heales, J.; Cockcroft, S. K. S. - 2003
Would the outcome of a Global multinational organizations decision be the same if the same decision were to be made in different countries throughout the world? Within the same organization, we propose that national cultural differences can influence decision making in different countries and...
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Towards establishing a system of monitoring and evaluation for the Participatory Irrigation Management Program in Cambodia
Perera, L. R.; Bonn, M.; Naren, T.; Sopheak, C.; Tiang, S. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907351
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Conflict and Divided Loyalty: A Fundamental Leadership Dilemma
Tracy, Lane - In: American Journal of Business 8 (1993) 2, pp. 21-28
Conflict is inherent and unavoidable in any organization, because the individuals who comprise its leadership face … systems, (2) they must often share leadership, and (3) they frequently receive incompatible commands from two or more levels …
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Small and medium size firms top management teams' decision-making in global acquisitions
Kiessling, Timothy; Harvey, Michael; Moeller, Miriam; … - In: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems 1 (2011) 4, pp. 346-366
The new global marketplace has caused changes in some organisations'/industries' forms and execution of strategy and reliance on international personnel. Entry and success through the accumulation of knowledge in the global marketplace have become the impetus for sustainable...
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The impacts of performance measurement on the quality of working life
Ukko, Juhani; Tenhunen, Jarkko; Rantanen, Hannu - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 10 (2008) 1, pp. 86-98
The design, implementation and use of Performance Measurement (PM) systems have been studied extensively. However, the literature shows little evidence on what kind of impacts PM practises have had on, for example, the performance of the operative level of an organisation. This paper focuses on...
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Rebounding from Corruption: Perceptions of Ethics Program Effectiveness in a Public Sector Organization
Pelletier, Kathie; Bligh, Michelle - In: Journal of Business Ethics 67 (2006) 4, pp. 359-374
importance of ethical leadership and congruence between formal ethics codes and informal ethical norms in influencing employee …, ethical leadership and informal ethical norms were related to perceptions of ethics program effectiveness. Based on these …
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A gender performance indicator for irrigation: concepts, tools and applications
Van Koppen, B. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2002
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The evolutionary patterns of political economy: Examples from Latin American history
Hira, Anil - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 12 (2010) 1, pp. 1-28
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THE ROLE OF SHARED LEADERSHIP IN THE STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF NEW TECHNOLOGY BASED FIRMS
PATTON, DEAN; HIGGS, MALCOLM - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 17 (2013) 04, pp. 1350015-1
The dynamic business environment is seen by many as requiring a significant change in our thinking about leadership …. Shared leadership is one alternative to the 'classic' vertical model and implies that either no individual performs all of … the leadership functions or that within an organisation, there is a set of individuals who collectively perform such …
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