The knowledge that human rationality is itself an area of active inquiry should be a sobering thought for those who confidently peddle simple remedies to contemporary managerial…
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The knowledge that human rationality is itself an area of active inquiry should be a sobering thought for those who confidently peddle simple remedies to contemporary managerial, political and economic concerns. Yet mainstream strategic management, as a body of theory and practices, has so far absorbed only a few of the elements of the rapidly evolving general theory of rationality.
Ming Singer, Alan Singer and Chris Bruhns
The notions of procedural justice and factor analysis have beenapplied to the identification of the key criteria for fair managerialselection. The subjects were 87 personnel…
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The notions of procedural justice and factor analysis have been applied to the identification of the key criteria for fair managerial selection. The subjects were 87 personnel professionals in New Zealand. A second study used a videotaped interview design and showed that two job‐relevant criteria (work experience and academic qualification) identified in the first study as determinants of fair selection, were not utilised consistently by manager interviewers in their selection decision making.
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The importance of reversibility criteria is discussed and existing measures described. A procedure for calculating a Bailout‐Portfolio‐Funding Index is set out and its advantages…
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The importance of reversibility criteria is discussed and existing measures described. A procedure for calculating a Bailout‐Portfolio‐Funding Index is set out and its advantages and limitations are analysed.
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb024738. When citing the article, please…
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb024738. When citing the article, please cite: Steven Lysonski, Alan Singer, David Wilemon, (1988) “COPING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND BOUNDARY SPANNING IN THE PRODUCT MANAGER'S ROLE”, Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 2 Iss: 4, pp. 15 - 2.
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb024738. When citing the article, please…
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb024738. When citing the article, please cite: Steven Lysonski, Alan Singer, David Wilemon, (1988) “COPING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND BOUNDARY SPANNING IN THE PRODUCT MANAGER'S ROLE”, Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 2 Iss: 4, pp. 15 - 2.
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb024738. When citing the article, please…
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb024738. When citing the article, please cite: Steven Lysonski, Alan Singer, David Wilemon, (1988) “COPING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND BOUNDARY SPANNING IN THE PRODUCT MANAGER'S ROLE”, Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 2 Iss: 4, pp. 15 - 2.
A story that Robert told in class during this research exposes the tension of simultaneously studying literacy and identity when submission and control are also processes at work…
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A story that Robert told in class during this research exposes the tension of simultaneously studying literacy and identity when submission and control are also processes at work in the story. There are two pieces of this story. In the first part of the story, Robert relates the narrative. The second part consists of the details of the story he told. Both pieces can be used to illustrate different elements of the tension between studying literacy and identity as a single construct labeled literate identity. In addition to suggesting a metaphor for literacy and identity, Robert's story navigates the constructs of submission and control that Wong (2008) discusses in terms of the aesthetic of motivation. The tension between submission and control when coupled with an exploration of literacy and identity has implications for the notions of resistance to literacy in the field of boys' literacy as well as the being and doing of literacy for the boys in this study.Our class began with the students congratulating Robert on his storytelling. When I inquired further, I found out that Robert had started to tell the legend of Cupid and Psyche in a previous class, but he had run out of time. The rest of the students expressed interest in hearing the story, either for the first time, or to know the end. Initially, his telling ebbed and flowed. He apologized for his lack of fluency and explained he was trying to provide us the parts of the story we would find the most interesting. Eventually he settled into a rhythm and finished 50 minutes later. (Reconstructed field note, December 2009)
There are wide variations in the extent to which investment decisions are taken on the basis of formal financial analysis since many factors that should mediate interpretations of…
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There are wide variations in the extent to which investment decisions are taken on the basis of formal financial analysis since many factors that should mediate interpretations of “bottom‐up financial analyses” (BUFAs) do not, due to omissions or other informational deficiencies in the analyses. Organisational design influences the provision of information regarding the various factors in the investment decision. A model of investment decision making that emphasises organisational contexts may provide a useful point of departure for the design of effective and comprehensive investment decision support systems. An analysis is made of mediating factors which are then classified as to whether or not they can be accounted for in principle in an ideal BUFA.
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Alan E. Singer and Muhittin Oral
The potential for new insight from inter‐discipiinary research in strategic management research has been widely acknowledged (e.g., Pennings, 1985; Linstone, 1984; Meyer, 1984;…
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The potential for new insight from inter‐discipiinary research in strategic management research has been widely acknowledged (e.g., Pennings, 1985; Linstone, 1984; Meyer, 1984; Jemison, 1981). Jemison (1981) has commented particularly on the importance of exploring the interactions among “…problems found in the content of strategy and problems found in the processes of formulating and implementing strategy…”. More recently, Ackoff (1987) has advocated research that addresses the problem of the “interaction of strategic behaviour with the configuration and dynamics of the organisation.”
Muhittin Oral and 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…
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The traditional approach to strategic planning at the level of the firm, involving targets for profitability, quantitative forecasts, gap‐closing strategic‐moves (cost reduction, strategic investments etc.) and finally implementation or resource‐ deployment, has often been criticised on both practical and philosophical grounds. Perhaps one of the best known critiques of this conventional approach is the article by Hayes (1985). He suggests that competent strategic management of the firm in today's competitive environment in fact involves a complete reversal of the underlying “goals‐ways‐means” sequence of traditional planning, so that the principle task of strategic managers now becomes first the creation of a competent organisation (i.e. means) in which the fullest possible potential of all resources is realised. Only then, it is argued, can a coherent strategy (ways) and strategic vision (ends) really emerge in practice.