Management Decision: Volume 29 Issue 7

Using “Paperback” and Academic Theories for Practice

J. Barton Cunningham

Many managers have found popular and academic writings on job andorganisational design most interesting and have committed a great dealof energy in trying to use them. Terms such…

Structures and Processes of Company Quality Control Circles (QCCs): An Explanatory Study of Japan, the USA and Singapore

B.C. Ghosh, Lim Kia Song

The spectacular productivity gains achieved by Japanese firms fromquality circle programmes have attracted the attention of many otherauthorities who are now looking for ways to…

Management Perceptions towards Buyouts

Abbass F. Alkhafaji

Management′s perception towards buyouts, the impact that variousforms of the buyout are having on the marketplace, and how buyoutpopularity effects the economy are discussed. The…

Process Cost Accounting – Methodology

Albert Galway

The methodology of process cost accounting is set out in astep‐by‐step format. This is a technique used when operations are notundertaken on a discrete, job‐by‐job basis.

Are Good Leaders Decisive?

Helga Drummond

The traditional image of a good leader is someone who is resoluteand decisive. Research, however, indicates that the so‐called“macho manager” approach to decision making is…

Boardroom Practice

Ivor Kenny

The key roles and tasks of boards of directors are viewed and it isproposed that there is no universally correct way for a board tofunction. Against that are the principles that a…

Hot New Management Fad Books

Ken Matejka, Richard Dunsing

This light‐hearted piece suggests some new titles which might befound on tomorrow′s bookstalls.

Human Resources Strategy: Focusing on Joseph’s Analytic Work

Adebowale Akande

Researchers have begun to study the relationships between humanresources management practices and Biblical personalities′organisational characteristics such as competitive…

Key Success Factors and Barriers in International Purchasing Partnerships

Lisa M. Ellram

International purchasing partnerships are becoming an increasinglycommon and attractive way to procure goods and services in the globalmarketplace. Yet these complex relationships…

Why New Executives Often Fail

Jerry White, John Pore

The first six months or so of a new senior executive′s appointmentare crucial to his or her success. Two contrasting case studies arepresented, one of an executive who acted too…

Dealing with an Information‐hoarding Boss

Jay T. Knippen, Thad B. Green, Kurt H. Sutton

This short, prescriptive article looks at some of the reasons whysuperiors may hoard information, and presents a practical, step‐by‐stepframework aimed at changing the behaviour…