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A New Metaphor for Strategic Fit: All That Jazz
Alan NeilsonOutlines three metaphors which can be used to help understand thestrategy process. These are “the jigsaw puzzle”, “theice skater” and “the jazz band”. The suggestion isthat the…
Assessing Organizational Climate: Exploratory Results with a New Diagnostic Model
David L. Turnipseed, Patricia H. TurnipseedA model for assessing organizational climate has been developed,based on socialization theory. Information was collected on the extentof socialization and its intensity. Results…
Management Guru Ideas and the 12 Secrets of their Success
Andrzej A. HuczynskiSummarizes part of the findings of the author′s research into thepopularity of management ideas. Taking a historical perspective, the sixfamilies of popular management ideas of…
What Leaders Say They Do: An Australian Example
James C. SarrosBased on a nine‐month research project involving 32 executives inboth private and public sector organizations. Executives wereinterviewed to determine their management and…
Entrepreneurial Organizations and Self‐evaluation: Learning to Improve Effectiveness through SEER
Jim MurphyAims to provide a theoretical basis for, and overview of,self‐evaluation as a beneficial practice. Discusses six issues: (1)types of entrepreneurial organizations and metaphors…
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- Professor Martin McCracken
- Prof Paul Humphreys