Management Decision: Volume 31 Issue 4

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/02634509210021582. When citing the…

Is There an Inverse “Peter Principle”?

Micha Popper, Ury M. Gluskinos

Argues that hierarchical level is frequently not given enoughconsideration in analysing managerial jobs. Describes the qualitativedifferences existing at the various hierarchical…

The Environment: A Legal, Business and Accountancy Perspective

Gerald Vinten

The environment is currently at or near the top of many agendas. Ithas certainly become integrated into the formulation of businessstrategy. If businesses do not wish to move…

Increasing Planning Effectiveness

Neil A. Morgan, Nigel F. Piercy

Suggests that strategic planning offers managers the tools to copewith complex, changing environments and to shape organizationalresponses. However, points out that experience and…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/09576059310026197. When citing the…

Protecting Overseas Projects

Patrick F. Mahoney

Suggests that risk managers may have an important role to play inprotecting the resources of a company′s overseas subsidiary, which maybe subject to higher levels of non‐business…

Management Systems and Personnel Evaluation

Bruce Gunn

The transition to the information age is shifting thedecision‐making authority structure in organizations from politicalsystems and subjective appraisals to management systems and…

The Japanese Value System: An Application of Maccoby’s Head and Heart Traits

Rebecca Zikiye, Anthony Zikiye

Builds a profile of values for a sample of Japanese managers andtheir immediate supervisors, to be used by Western managers engaged inbusiness ventures with Japanese counterparts…

Mission Impossible? Designing a Great Mission Statement to Ignite Your Plans

Ken Matejka, Lance B. Kurke, Barb Gregory

Suggests that writing a great mission statement can be perceived asa wonderful opportunity or a meaningless task – but it must bedone well because the mission drives…