Management Decision: Volume 32 Issue 1

Downsizing to Improve Strategic Position

Stephen A.W. Drew

Planned large scale reductions in head‐count, or down‐sizing, havebecome commonplace in many industries worldwide. In practice manydownsizings fail to achieve desired long‐term…

The Value Measure

John L. Escover

Introduces a model that displays the value which various organizationallevels bring to the enterprise. Demonstrates why middle management hasbeen the most prevalent target of…

Sudden Lost Meaning: A Catastrophe?

Patricia Karathanos, M. Diane Pettypool, Marvin D. Troutt

Employees communicate more easily and are more committed to theorganization when beliefs and values are shared. Explores the phenomenonof sudden “lost meaning” – a situation in…

Introducing TQM: The Role of Senior Management

Barrie G. Dale, Cary L. Cooper

Examines the role of senior managers in total quality management (TQM)and provides some pointers as to why they should become involved in TQM.These pointers include the strategic…

Environmental Management: Its Role in Corporate Strategy

Jo McCloskey, Sarah Maddock

Environmentalism has become one of the key management concerns of the1990s but many organizations are experiencing problems in incorporatingenvironmental principles into their…

Forecasting: Trials and Tribulations

James Golden, John Milewicz, Paul Herbig

The function which managers most despise is the art of forecasting. Byits very nature it concerns guessing the outcome of future events. Nomatter how sophisticated computer‐driven…

Crisis Management in a Small Business: A Tale of Two Solicitors′ Firms

Helga Drummond, Elizabeth Chell

Explains why, of all organizations at risk in the current economicrecession, small businesses are the most vulnerable. Confirms thatdownturns are typically rapid and the prognosis…

Forecasting: The Key to Managerial Decision Making

Dianne Waddell, Amrik S. Sohal

The successful businesses of the future are being created today byindividuals and teams in tune with fast‐moving technologies, new marketsand changing lifestyles. New disciplines…

Queues and the Power of Simulation: Helping with Business Decisions and Problems

Robert A. Proctor

Considers computer simulation as a method for studying the behaviour ofbusiness systems under a variety of assumed conditions for analysing thesimultaneous interaction of many…