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Summary The improved international tradability of services and the better protection of intellectual property rights - both of which have been results of the Uruguay Round - increase the international tradability of know-how. This paper investigates the economic impact of this. It is shown that...
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Women’s career development does not simply lag behind that of men, but may proceed in a completely different manner, and yet, to date, only a few career models attempt to incorporate women’s varying life experiences. Indeed, the traditional working pattern of education, full‐time career...
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Empowerment is not merely a new buzzword introduced to capture the imagination of current trends in management science …. It comprises an innovative approach to working with people and a shift from top‐down management styles which have … dominated control mechanism and managerial concepts in both theory and practice since the industrial revolution. This paper …
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Managers are frequently exposed to abstract, theoretical concepts, of which some are attended to while others are neglected. To become meaningful for managers, new abstract concepts must be reflected upon and given content. In this paper, we explore how and to what extent managers understand and...
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An analysis of five concepts of management from an organizational theoretical approach reveals a common organizational … or poorly‐solved problems for human resources management, most of which result from the implicit premiss of an all …
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theory. In the light of the findings which show a modest degree of structure, the article discusses how far hotels …
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challenging the quantitative/qualitative divide within organisation and management research. Design/methodology/approach – The … useful these methodologies are in terms of carrying us from the world of practice to theory and vice‐versa. If methodologies …
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constructivistic management theory. Argues that how these problems and paradoxes are solved is the foundation for an alternative … management theory. Points out that the alternative management theory is to be empirically based. Empirical data is, therefore …Presents and criticizes the existing management literature. Shows that there exist unsolved problems and paradoxes in …
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