Management Research News: Volume 15 Issue 1

Relationship Between Annual Report Readability and Corporate Financial Performance

H. Eugene Baker, Dilip D. Kare

Annual financial reports, which all public corporations are legally required to publish, are the convential means of communication between managers of a firm (who act as agents…

Strategic Analysis Using Actual and Potential Competiveness

Muhittin Oral, Alan E. Singer

The traditional approach to strategic planning at the level of the firm, involving targets for profitability, quantitative forecasts, gap‐closing strategic‐moves (cost reduction…

Structured and Creative Approaches to Strategy Formulation

R.A. Proctor

This article examines approaches or techniques that enable an organisation to relate to its environment and help it to develop business strategies. The techniques are simple…

The Politics of Management

Thomas Adamski, Brian H. Kleiner

The realm of organisational politics is an unpredictable and high‐risk environment. The political situation can be controlled and managed, however, with knowledge and…