Management Decision: Volume 37 Issue 8

The millennium bug in embedded systems

Abdulazeez S. Boujarwah

Embedded systems are at the heart of most electronic devices and machines. Embedded systems are added to other products to make those products “smarter”, easier to use, or to add…

Games decision makers play

Margaret Brindle

This piece focuses on the microprocesses of decisions. It distills the complex cognitive processes inherent in decision making into pragmatic utility by articulating several…

Technological management: expanding the perspective of management of technology

Jean‐Jacques Chanaron, Dominique Jolly

This article shows that R&D management, Management of Technology (MOT) and Technological Management (TOM) differ in terms of stakes, stakeholders and scope. Advocates considering…

Organization redesign: the current state and projected trends

Ceasar Douglas

Redesign activity is taking place within organizations faced with rapidly changing business environments. In this article, the current state of organization redesign, the role of…

Eastern and Western management practices: myth or reality?

David Floyd

This paper sets out to question whether managers should really talk of a West/East style of management. It does so by first examining the practices across a variety of Eastern and…

Quality concepts and litigation: the role of record‐keeping in products liability litigation in the USA

Todd E. Kastetter

The purpose of this paper is to examine the myriad ways record‐keeping can affect the course and outcome of products liability litigation. The examination includes an overview of…

Value and information – concepts and issues for management

David Walters, Geoff Lancaster

The notion of what is meant by “value” is explored and summarised in terms of its involvement in delivering the product/service attributes, considered necessary to create…

Beyond downsizing: recreating in Australia

Stuart Orr, Robert A. Millen, Dan McCarthy

The management literature is replete with articles on total quality management, just‐in‐time manufacturing, strategic partnerships between customers and vendors, re‐engineering…