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ABSTRACTIt is important for strategy research to have practical relevance given its professional orientation. the differing perspectives of academics and managers and the rapid development of the field of strategic management suggests a need to address the field's future direction. In this paper, a practitioners' agenda for the field is developed based on a survey of chief executive officers (CEOs) of major US corporations. A comparison of this agenda with one generated by academics highlights the differences between the two constituencies concerning issues of relevance for the future. Compared to academics, CEOs emphasize operating issues; disagree on the priority of strategic issues; and are generally unfamiliar with research‐based journals. the two agendas should be viewed as complementary. Some implications for the field are discussed and suggestions made for dealing with the issue of relevance in future research and communicating the results to manager

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00789.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThis paper develops a conceptual framework for the study of organization learning and applies it to learning in joint ventures (JVs). the framework presents a multilevel view of the phenomenon, suggesting that learning in organizations occurs at the individual, group and organization levels. the framework integrates behavioural and cognitive perspectives of organization learning and delineates both learning processes and outcomes. Four key elements of organization learning are addressed: the nature of managerial learning experiences, the sharing and integration of managerial learning within an organization, the insti‐tutionalization of learning, and the relationship between organization learning and performance. In applying the framework to a study of learning and JVs, we observed firms with explicit learning objectives unable to put into place the appropriate mechanisms and systems to transfer knowledge from the JV to the parent. While individual managers in the JVs were often enthusiastic and positive about their learning experiences, integration of the learning experience at the parent firm level was problematic, limiting the institutionalized learning. the fundamental position in this paper is that a rigid set of managerial beliefs associated with an unwillingness to cast off or unlearn past practices can severely limit the effectiveness of organization learnin

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00790.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTAfter highlighting some of the key issues and positions in the debate around appropriate preventive regulation, the paper presents a number of observations directed at the proponents of greater self‐regulation. These observations confront directly a number of familiar, but often unchallenged, arguments for self‐regulation. More centrally we address claims concerning, the extent to which the chemicals industries have a good and improving ‘safety’ record; and whether the sector consists of companies both motivated and capable in the context of effective crisis and disaster management. Lastly, the paper sets out some ‘new directions’ for the nature and role of regulation in the effective prevention of crises. Thus the paper indicates a number of regulatory developments which are distinct from any shift towards greater self‐regulation, but which would result in more effective crisis and disaster prevention in the UK chemicals industries and, indeed, beyond that sp

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00791.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTEqual pay for work of equal value has come to be almost inextricably associated with the application of job evaluation. Current trends towards performance‐related pay systems pose a potential threat to the pursuit of greater gender pay equality as discretion in pay determination increases and there is no clear relationship between earnings and job grade. This paper examines the basis for this view drawing upon the now widespread literature and research into performance‐related pay. the argument is made that the problem for gender equality lies both in the nature of the payment system and in the context in which it is being applied, including the changes in the nature of employment relationships that are accompanying these developments. While some women may benefit, overall the moves towards a widening income dispersion and the increased importance of management discretion and appraisal are likely to disadvantage women. However, the individualization of pay is likely to lead to further fragmentation of the interests of women, reducing the likelihood of collective resistance. Opportunities to monitor pay trends will also decrease as the spread of performance‐related pay reduces the transparency of the labour m

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00792.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTIn an attempt to elucidate some possible conditions for success in managerial decision making, data were analysed from 53 cases of decisions in eight British organizations, five business firms and three non‐business organizations (two universities and a District of the National Health Service). No clear relationships between features of the processes of making the decisions, and their successfulness were found until the business firms and the non‐business organizations were separated. Clear differences then showed up, relatively speaking, in the conditions conductive to success. In the business firms, a successful decision was more likely to result from a decision‐making process in which resources were available. In other words, in business a successful decision is most likely when sufficient information and sufficient means of implementation are to hand. By contrast, in the universities and the Health District, a successful decision was associated more with thesocial qualitiesof the decision‐making process itself. In other words, in non‐business organizations a successful decision is most likely when the right people participate and the people at the very top do not interfere

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00793.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTProblem categories play an important role in the thinking activities of many professionals. Organizational researchers have proposed that managers employ such categories as ‘threat’, ‘opportunity’ and ‘marketing problem’ in their thinking. This paper reports the results of a study of managerial problem categories, based on an analysis of managers’ verbal definitions of a variety of organizational problems.Problem categories previously proposed in the literature were rarely evidenced in these data. However, an iterative, inductive analysis led to the identification of a rich set of managerial problem categories satisfying appropr

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00794.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Book review in this ArticleBurnow, Barry and Mclean Fox, Jon Third Age Careers: Meeting the Corporate Challenge.Sims, David, Fineman, Stephen and Babriel, Yiannis. Organizations and Organizing: an Introduction.Child, John Management In China During the Age of Reform.Inglis, Scott, Making the Most of Action Learning.

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1995.tb00795.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY