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Jonathan Ezer and Dionysios S. Demetis
The aim of this paper is to argue that the need for strategy is overstated and that organizations should celebrate short‐term thinking.
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The aim of this paper is to argue that the need for strategy is overstated and that organizations should celebrate short‐term thinking.
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The paper presents a case study of a medium‐sized software company in Canada, followed by an analysis in terms of the history of strategy and Ciborra's work on organizational change.
Findings
The study finds that strategy and structure are taken‐for‐granted assumptions that are not always appropriate. While strategy is important for contemporary business, it has overstepped its relevance and has been become the dominant organizing myth of modern management. Such a myth has become an obsession that quite often constrains the variety of organizational responses. The notion of strategy has become an “iron cage” which constrains manoeuvrability.
Practical implications
Short‐term thinking has tremendous benefits and should be embraced.
Originality/value
The paper provides a useful insight into the benefits of short‐term thinking.
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Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.
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Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.
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This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
Findings
Over the years we have been bombarded with ideas that associate proper formalized methods with optimal “solutions” for managing the organization, and therefore making the capitalist dream come true. Unfortunately, this dream is turning into a nightmare.
Practical implications
Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.
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The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.
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Jonathan Orsini, Kate McCain and Hannah M. Sunderman
The purpose of the current innovative practice paper is to introduce a technique to explore leader identity development and meaning-making that builds on the narrative pedagogical…
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The purpose of the current innovative practice paper is to introduce a technique to explore leader identity development and meaning-making that builds on the narrative pedagogical tradition. In this paper, we recommend a process for combining turning-point graphing and responsive (semi-structured) interviews to co-explore leadership identity development and meaning-making with college students.
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The paper provides student feedback data on the effectiveness of the technique in improving understanding of leader identity and transforming meaning-making.
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We hope practitioners can utilize this approach to build leadership identity development and meaning-making capacity in college students.
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Lixuan Zhang, Iryna Pentina and Yuhong Fan
This study aims to investigate the differences in consumers’ perceptions of trust, performance expectancy and intention to hire between human financial advisors with high/low…
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This study aims to investigate the differences in consumers’ perceptions of trust, performance expectancy and intention to hire between human financial advisors with high/low expertise and robo-advisors.
Design/methodology/approach
Three experiments were conducted. The respondents were randomly assigned to human advisors with high/low expertise or a robo-advisor. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA.
Findings
The results suggest that consumers prefer human financial advisors with high expertise to robo-advisors. There are no significant differences between robo-advisors and novice financial advisors regarding performance expectancy and intention to hire.
Originality/value
This pioneering study extends the self-service technology adoption theory to examine adoption of robo-advisors vs human financial advisors with different expertise levels. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is among the first studies to address multi-dimensionality of trust in the context of artificial intelligence-based self-service technologies.