Table of contents
Cultural Values and Organizational Development: A Seven‐country Study
Thomas C. Head, Peter F. SorensenExamines the impact of cultural values on the effectiveness and useof 19 organization development interventions. Uses a qualitative, expertconsensus methodology to collect data…
Keeping Management′s Door Open: How to Establish an Open‐door Policy that Works
Aaron ShenharSuggests that an open‐door policy is one of the means organizationsuse to improve communication with employees, enhance trust andmotivation, and reduce the need for unionization…
A Creative Decision Support System
R.A. ProctorArgues the case for formalized creativity decision support systems.Technology, both in terms of hardware and software, now supports thepossibility of a decision support system…
Abusive Managerial Behaviour
Emily Bassman, Manuel LondonDiscusses abusive management – extreme behaviours that canresult in a subordinate or work group being plagued by uncertainty,anxiety, and fear. Examines the prevalence of the…
Self‐managed Work Teams: An Update
Tony Kulisch, David K. BannerAs self‐managed work teams become more popular and companies try totake advantage of their apparent productivity improvements, it isnecessary to emphasize that there are some very…
Culture′s Consequences: Management in Saudi Arabia
Bjorn Bjerke, Abdulrahim Al‐MeerAnalyses the Saudi Arabian culture in terms of Hofstede′s fourdimensions: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, andmasculinity. Bases the analysis on a survey of…
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- Professor Martin McCracken
- Prof Paul Humphreys