The false promise of “what gets measured gets managed”Management Decision - Tập 38 Số 9 - Trang 612-615 - 2000
M.L.Emiliani
Discusses the importance of precise communication as a prerequisite to achieving
alignment between internal and external stakeholders. Consideration is given to
popular management catch‐phrases in general, with specific analysis of the
widely‐used statement: “what gets measured gets managed”. The application of
mathematical logic shows this to be a false statement, yet one that precipitates
the ma... hiện toàn bộ
Content analysis and assessment of international codes of franchising associationsManagement Decision - Tập 50 Số 4 - Trang 635-650 - 2012
Francisco JavierRondán‐Cataluña, AntonioNavarro‐García, JuanGámez‐González, Carlos J.Rodríguez‐Rad
PurposeThe objective of this paper is to improve the knowledge about ethical
content of franchising associations at a worldwide
level.Design/methodology/approachTo do this, the authors compared the content of
46 deontological codes of franchising associations from five continents to the
standards established in the so‐called C‐40 or model of franchising
deontological codes.FindingsResults show tha... hiện toàn bộ
A seller's market for management education in Britain?Management Decision - - 1967
BERNARDTAYLOR
There is common agreement today in government and in industry about the need to
educate and develop British management as a means of achieving faster economic
growth and more rapid technological change. As a result, huge investments are
being made in new facilities for management training—in the business schools and
universities, in the newly‐created polytechnics, in independent colleges such as
A... hiện toàn bộ
Application of the Concept of Working in GroupsManagement Decision - Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 181-192 - 1975
AngelaBowey, RoyConnolly
The concept of working in groups has typically been applied to different
industries and different levels within firms in distinct ways, and for distinct
reasons. Table I shows the major types of group working which have been employed
most commonly with particular technologies and organisational levels.
Managers’ Attitudes to Cost InformationManagement Decision - Tập 31 Số 8 - 1993
DavidLyall, CarolGraham
Questions the view that management accounting information has failed to keep
pace with changes in manufacturing processes over the years and that the
information currently provided is largely irrelevant to the needs of managers.
Presents a study, the results of which suggest that this may not, in fact, be
the case and that managers generally do find information on standard costing and
budgeting us... hiện toàn bộ
Individual choice or institutional practiceManagement Decision - - 2010
StevenTello, ScottLatham, ValerieKijewski
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the degree to which individual technology
transfer officers' heuristics and biases, as well as peer technology transfer
institutions' practices, influence the technology commercialization
decision‐making process.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative method was used
to gather data from technology transfer officers (TTO) regarding how they make
commercialization ... hiện toàn bộ