Management Decision: Volume 34 Issue 10

A new generation of competitors

Kazem Chaharbaghi, Edward Nugent

Claims that by managing its processes strategically, an organization can maximize its knowledge development capabilities to the full in creating and exploiting business…

No such thing as … a “one best way” to manage organizational change

Bernard Burnes

States that the ability to manage change is now recognized as a core organizational competence, and this is reflected in the large number of books and articles devoted to…

Conceptual foundations of marketing and marketing theory

Robert E. Morgan

Provides a review of the nature of marketing. In order to explicate this work, presents marketing as a concept, management philosophy and organizational function. Acknowledges the…

Alive by morning? Two solicitors’ firms revisited

Helga Drummond

Reports how two years ago, Management Decision readers were left in suspense concerning the mystery of two solicitors’ firms facing impending bankruptcy. Explains that the two…

Managing expatriates: a systems approach

P.C. Wright, G.D. Geroy, N. Baker

Using a series of diagrams, outlines a system of managing expatriates which includes: needs assessment, selection, pre‐field orientation, entry, development and re‐entry. To…

Organizational leaders as political strategists: a stakeholder management perspective

Sonny Nwankwo, Bill Richardson

Observes that, as we move through the 1990s, a “competence‐based” view of strategic management is emerging and gathering force. Explains the underlying idea which organizational…

Understanding levers for organizational change: the case of AB Ltd

David Staniforth

Investigates the management of change in a UK manufacturing company and reports data gathered from two sources within the company ‐ interviews carried out on‐site with senior…

Creating value: economics and accounting ‐ perspectives for managers

John C. Groth, Steven S. Byers

Focuses on understanding accounting and economic concepts, relationships and factors important as a basis for economic decisions that create value. Provides the background…