Management Decision: Volume 36 Issue 8

A multidimensional approach to the adoption of innovation

Juett R. Cooper

A major emphasis of modern strategic thinking involves the role innovation plays in the profile of the organization. Academics and practitioners alike have devoted significant…

Determining the indeterminacies of change leadership

Keith Grint

A considerable amount of research supports the contention that between two thirds and three quarters of all change programmes fail in their own terms. In this paper I suggest that…

When production management takes over education: the rise and fall of organised education

Kazem Chaharbaghi, Victor Newman

Policy makers, providers and consumers of education have collaborated in the evolution of a self‐regulating, artificial market in education which is losing its purpose. All the…

Technological capabilities and Samsung Electronics’ international production network in East Asia

Youngsoo Kim

Discusses the Korean conglomerate Samsung in the context of world and regional business and economics. Presents a case study and rationale for the growth of Samsung, tracing its…

Is management development fulfilling its organisational role?

Mike Meldrum, Sally Atkinson

There is a high degree of uncertainty as to how well organisations are using management development to enhance their strategic performance. This article reports a survey which…

Why managers do what they do

Hemant C. Sashittal, Avan R. Jassawalla

When it comes to descriptions of what managers do in practice, and insights about what managers ought to do, the literature provides a wealth of information. When it comes to…

Resistance: a constructive tool for change management

Dianne Waddell, Amrik S. Sohal

Traditionally, resistance has been cast as adversarial ‐ the enemy of change that must be defeated if change is to be successful. While it is apparent that classical management…

The identification of factors affecting change towards best practice in manufacturing organisations

Bob Barker

Whilst many papers focus upon development strategies and results of positive change, few report company failure or the characteristics of organisations that are failing to…