Purpose – So far, the author lacks a comprehensive definition of military supply chain (SC) flexibility, as well as performance measures to evaluate it. This paper aims to address these gaps. It seeks to develop performance measures to assess the flexibility of a military SC....

The history of Organizational Development (OD) reveals a much older tradition of organizational science than the conventional wisdom would suggest. By the 1960s and 1970s OD became self‐confident and dynamic. This period was not only highly experimental but established the principles of OD for...

This paper reports on the development of the organizational charlatan scale (OCS). The OCS measures one’s emphasis on behaviors associated with perceived performance levels at the expense of those associated with actual performance levels. Data from one company suggests that organizational...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of organic management and demonstrate how it can be applied in practice. Design/methodology/approach – Provides an interview with Rich Davis, a visionary executive. Findings – Richard Davis is an extremely creative manager...

Reports on a study conducted to examine the factor structure of the occupational personality questionnaire (OPQ) on two independent samples of 1,000 participants (2,000 for the study in total) drawn from the general population of Great Britain. The results suggest that there may be too many...

The balanced scorecard (BSC) has received much literary acclaim in the USA where it was conceived, employed and developed. In Britain this has not yet been the case. This paper seeks to offer a brief explanation of the concept, provide an insight into why it has been so successful in the USA and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the structure, reliability, construct validity, and group invariance of the Italian version of the Bohn Organizational Efficacy Scale (OES), a self-report questionnaire for organizational efficacy assessment in the business context....