Management Decision: Volume 38 Issue 3

Developing people for business success: capability‐driven HRD in practice

Mikko Luoma

Nowadays, more than ever before, the processes of human resource management (HRM) are expected to play a role in building the competitive edge of a company. This article argues…

The effects of hiring decisions on the level of discipline used in response to poor performance

Joseph A. Bellizzi, Ronald W. Hasty

The study’s hypothesis posited that a supervisor would use more severe discipline when sales subordinates engage in unethical sales practices when salespeople are hired directly…

Implementing value strategy through the value chain

David Walters, Geoff Lancaster

This article is a corollary to three articles published earlier in Management Decision. More precise definitions of a modern value chain are proposed, in terms of it being a…

Keepers of the knowledge capital: legislating for the new millennium

Chris Carter

This article presents a discussion about the future of knowledge production within business schools. It questions the traditional “legislative” role of universities and argues…

Management decisions for effective ISO 9000 accreditation

Morris Abraham, John Crawford, David Carter, Frank Mazotta

Over the last few years, governments, the public and private sectors, and international trading partners, have and are enforcing “ISO certification” and other similar quality…

Competitive inter‐firm interactions: determinants of divergence versus convergence

C. Carl Pegels, Yong Il Song

This paper is a study of competitive and cooperative interactions among members of a competitive industry group. There are few strategic, tactical or market moves that do not…

Business theology

Gerald Vinten

Religions, throughout their existence, have found it difficult to formulate a balanced approach to wealth and the world of business. They have tended to comment more on poverty…

The passage of breakthrough ideas: organisation insights from the Darwinian revolution

Glenn Rothberg

Successful ideas break through and get implemented in organisation and in society. This article proposes a Breakthrough Model as a new framework for understanding the passage of…