Management Decision: Volume 36 Issue 10

Anticipating and dealing with financial crisis

John K.S. Chong, Donald R. Escarraz

Presents a discussion of liquidity‐based financial crisis. An example is used to illustrate the application of a conceptual model in dealing with this kind of crisis. Concludes…

Stressful situations? The case of management buyout/buyins

Yehuda Baruch, Sally Woodward

An investigation was undertaken into the important, yet neglected area of the people aspects of management buyout (MBO/MBI). Since prior work suggests that management is, by far…

Body Shop International: an exploration of corporate social responsibility

Bryan Dennis, Christopher P. Neck, Michael Goldsby

Attempts to examine the following question: is Body Shop International a socially responsible organization? This exploration includes a description of the concept of corporate…

The seven habits of highly defective people

Ken Matejka, Richard J. Dunsing, Bryce Walat

Steven Covey had tremendous success with his seven habits for success in business in particular and life in general. This article takes a light‐hearted, irreverent look at…

Interrelationships and horizontal strategy to achieve synergy and competitive advantage in the diversified firm

Prescott C. Ensign

Discusses how interrelationships can be developed for synergy. Also focuses on horizontal strategy as a way to achieve competitive advantage. Organizational context can determine…

An analysis and experiences on the management of international and joint R&D projects

A. Gunasekaran

International and joint R&D projects have been gaining due attention from large‐scale companies all over the world, especially with the development of new production concepts and…

Personnel evaluation with AHP

Frank A. Taylor, Allen F. Ketcham, Darvin Hoffman

One of the more difficult problems facing academic, business and government institutions is that of evaluating job and/or promotion candidates. A typical evaluation consists of…

A contingency model for empowering customer‐contact services employees

Mohammed Rafiq, Pervaiz K. Ahmed

A great deal has been written on the subject of empowerment of employees in the manufacturing industries, yet its application in the services area is relatively under‐developed…

Contextual and empirical approach to social change and social responsibilities

Jan C. Visagie, Christoff J. Botha

South Africa’s entry into the 1990s has been dramatic. Changes are taking place on political, social and economic fronts at an increasingly rapid pace and past practices are being…