Management Decision: Volume 30 Issue 2

Magnet plc: The Test‐case?

Michael Pogue

Reports on an attempt to launch an unprecedented management buyout,which was seen to have important repercussions for the whole of the£12 billion British buyout industry, and to…

International Business and Raging Tigers: Operationalizing the Global Paradigm

A.H. Walle

Refines and operationalizes the globalization of markets theory.Although cultural evolution tends to be homogenizing many of the world′stastes and wants, such trends are far from…

New Style Product Development

Axel Johne

The distinguishing feature of new style product development is thatit allows companies to achieve new sales growth even in markets whichmany suppliers regard as mature. Success is…

Culture Surveys

Catherine M. Sleezer, Richard A. Swanson

Explains the advantages of using a culture survey as part of anorganization′s change effort and examines the use of culture surveys ininformation gathering and communication…

Management Team Innovation

Neil Anderson, Gillian Hardy, Michael West

Describes how the National Health Service management has respondedto pressure for change as a “critical case site” forinvestigation of the importance of innovativeness. What…

The Market for Management Consulting in Britain: An Analysis of Supply and Demand

Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Adamantios Diamantopoulos, S. Anne Moore

Analyses the state of the management consultancy industry inBritain, from both a supply and a demand perspective. Aims to helppotential clients evaluate and select consultants; to…

Organizational Homoeostasis: A Role for Internal Marketing

V.W. Mitchell

Describes organizational‐organismic parallels in the context of the“natural need” for internal marketing. The need for internalmarketing, especially within service organizations…

Implementing Performance Review and Career Planning: Part Two

John Knibbs, Stephen Swailes

The second part of a two‐part article. Outlines the monitoring byquestionnaire of staff attitudes to implementation of a radically newperformance review scheme (described in Part…

Absenteeism Control

Thomas C. Cole, Brian H. Kleiner

Discusses the five basic elements of an effective absentee controlprogramme: maintaining detailed attendance records; determining reasonsfor absence; summarizing and analysing…

Satisfaction Gaps: New Realities in Managing Automation

Anthony A. Zikiye, Rebecca A. Zikiye

Builds on prior research into the impact of automation on jobcharacteristics, which found that co‐ordination, job autonomy, and workpace were reinforced by automation, while new…