The expansion of the US economy during the 1950s and 1960s, combined with a relatively small baby boom, created unparalleled opportunities for upward movement in organisations. The 1990s, however, with a baby bust aftermath and adverse economic trends, are turning career opportunities upside...

Many smaller American companies utilise management consultants for problem‐solving assistance on a project by project basis. Managerial personnel in such companies often have a unique combination of traits including a high dependence on intuition, minimal use of quantitative skills, and a...

It is recommended that the OD Community develop a taxonomical diagnostic guide concerning organisational pathologies similar to APA′s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Part of such an effort would be the classification of the subset of organisational maladies that derive...

A speech by Dr Don Parker at a plenary session at the Western Academy of Management, 1992 examines the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation standards and their impact and examines missionlined accreditation. Suggests that although expectations of business...

This paper describes managed care, competition and high health care costs and reductions in funding as the major market forces that affect US academic health centers. As academic health centers continue to preserve their missions of providing patient care, educating and training health...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between various characteristics of hospital administration and the utilization of classes of volunteer resource management (VRM) practices. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses original data collected via surveys of...