Management Decision: Volume 34 Issue 1

Transformation through teamwork: the path to the new organization?

Stephen Drew, Colin Coulson‐Thomas

Teamwork is one of the most widely recommended tools for organizational transformation. Initiatives such as business process redesign, total quality management or new product…

The dubious assumptions of segmentation and targeting

Malcolm Wright

Discusses Mitchell’s recent proposal for astrological segmentation which demonstrates the extremes to which segmentation and targeting can be taken if we uncritically accept their…

A strategy evaluation model for management

Simon Hastings

Proposes a new model called the strategy evaluation model. The need for this model is based on the ongoing criticism aimed at capital budgeting models which employ purely…

Market signalling: a review

Paul Herbig

Marketing signals are communication vehicles which provide information beyond the mere form of the message ‐ a message within a message. These signals can be sent to competitors…

A process perspective on strategic decision making

E. Frank Harrison

Posits that a process perspective on strategic decision making is more likely to yield a successful outcome. Conceives the strategic decision‐making process as a composite of the…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/EUM0000000006755. When citing the…

Information sources and their usefulness in a professional services organization

Ronald J. Burke

Examines sources of information and communication within a single, large professional services firm. Three information sources were considered: interpersonal, official company…

A practical approach to management

David Collins

Argues that so‐called practical approaches to management are misguided since they tend to assume that practical matters can be considered separately from, and prior to…