Similar Search Results

Why organizations fail: the view from the front‐line

Longenecker, Clinton O.; Simonetti, Jack L.; Sharkey, … - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 6, pp. 503-513

organizational performance. Managers from 30 organizations were asked to rate the impact that 25 different performance factors have … as the primary causes of poor performance, while factors such as technology, finances, and government regulations ranked …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014933989

Building organizational citizenship

Brightman, Baird K.; Moran, John W. - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 9, pp. 678-685

Since every organization’s success is built on the participation and good work of its staff, this article advises leaders to view their organization as a country, and frames their primary management challenge as creating “organizational citizenship”, defined as a voluntary consistent...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014934005

Anatomy of competitive advantage: a SELECT framework

Ma, Hao - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 9, pp. 709-718

Competitive advantage is the basis for superior performance. Understanding the anatomy of competitive advantage is of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014934008

The effects of hiring decisions on the level of discipline used in response to poor performance

Bellizzi, Joseph A.; Hasty, Ronald W. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 3, pp. 154-159

The study’s hypothesis posited that a supervisor would use more severe discipline when sales subordinates engage in unethical sales practices when salespeople are hired directly by the supervising manager rather than by the personnel department. Based on attributional self‐justification...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014934907

Management decisions for effective ISO 9000 accreditation

Abraham, Morris; Crawford, John; Carter, David; … - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 3, pp. 182-193

quality. This research aims to explore whether certification itself provides some guarantee of performance outcomes, or … results indicate that certification itself seems to provide little guarantee of effective performance outcomes. Rather …, performance outcomes are highly dependent on the strategy for implementation, with high performance outcomes being associated with …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014934910

Relationship between competitive strategy and construction organisation performance

Oyewobi, Luqman Oyekunle; Windapo, Abimbola Olukemi; … - In: Management Decision 54 (2016) 9, pp. 2340-2366

performance among large construction organisations in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative … internal characteristics of the organisation form the vital basis for achieving optimal performance. The results obtained from … organisational performance. The findings indicate that internal characteristics is one of the means through which organisational …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014935064

Agri-food supply chain performance: an empirical impact of risk

Nyamah, Edmond Yeboah; Jiang, Yuansheng; Feng, Yi; … - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 5, pp. 872-891

between the major risk sources and to fathom the risk/disruption impact on agri-food supply chain performance in Ghana. Design …-food chain performance. Lastly, to investigate how firms’ supply chain operations have been affected by risks/disruptions, an … performance in Ghana. Findings The results in this paper show variations in risks’ probability, impact and threshold in agri …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014935066

Women in the boardroom and corporate decisions of Italian listed companies

Rossi, Fabrizio; Hu, Chengru; Foley, Maggie - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 7, pp. 1578-1595

performance and corporate decisions as well as the risk of the firm, debt level, and research and development (R&D). Design … representation and the performance of firms but instead uses a series of indicators of corporate decisions and multicultural, such as …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014935071

Effects of tidy/messy work environment on human accuracy

Mateo, Ricardo; Roberto Hernández, Jose; Jaca, Carmen; … - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 9, pp. 1861-1877

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between accuracy and conscientiousness among people working in a tidy/messy work environment. Design/methodology/approach – A laboratory experiment was conducted, where participants performing a simple task in a highly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014935158

An empirical investigation of the relationship between workload and performance

Bruggen, Alexander - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 10, pp. 2377-2389

performance. Different levels of workload can affect performance of employees, and it is important for firms to assess the effect … that there is an inverted U -shape relationship between workload and performance. Output of employees increases up to a … certain point after which it decreases. Similarly, the quality of performance is highest under moderate levels of workload …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014935176