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Spanning traditional boundaries: organization and control of embedded operations

Berry, Anthony J. - 1994

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Leadership and Organization Development Journal, published by and copyright MCB Up Ltd.

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The viability of preferential procurement in the metals and engineering sector / by L.L. Mokakala

Mokakala, Lethola Lazarus - 2010

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the viability and sustainability ofpreferential procurement in the metals and engineering sector. Preferentialprocurement is one of the seven elements of Broad–Based–Black EconomicEmpowerment (BBBEE) and seeks to encourage companies to procure...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455943

Squeezing or cuddling? The impact of economic crises on management control and stakeholder management

Asel, Johannes; Posch, Arthur; Speckbacher, Gerhard - 2010

This paper analyzes the effects of economic crises on firms' use of management control mechanisms and on their management of stakeholder relations. Moreover, the association between stakeholder management and management control system use is analyzed. In the wake of the economic crisis of...

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The integration substitute : the role of controls in managing human asset specificity

Sridharan, Vg; Akroyd, Chris - 2011

As the integration solution to the problem of specific assets cannot be replicated on human asset specificity because slavery is illegal, economic theory states that control systems substitute for integration through a balanced structure to help align diverse interests. To understand the...

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The feasibility of the statement of generally accepted accounting practice for small and medium enterprises / Daniël Petrus Schutte

Schutte, Daniël Petrus - 2011

involvement of owner–managers and different classifications of SMEs worldwide. Owing to these unique attributes it is possible …

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Analysing the 'Black Box' of HRM: Uncovering HR Goals, Mediators, and Outcomes in a Standardized Service Environment

Boxall, P; Ang, SH; Bartram, T - 2011

This multi-level study analyses the ‘black box’ of HRM in an Australian cinema chain, a standardized service environment. Management's espoused goals for the casual workers who run the cinema service include attempts to build customer-oriented behaviour, both directly and via empowerment,...

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Consumer Behavior and Psychological Empowerment: Proposing a Measurement Scale

Dziri, Menel Nehdi; Triki, Abdelfattah - 2013

This paper proposes a new conception of consumer psychological empowerment while substantiating and defining its different facets. To this end, we conducted 18 interviews with biological food consumers which have been recorded and transcribed and analyzed using the Sphinx software. The results...

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Consumer Behavior and Psychological Empowerment: Proposing a Measurement Scale

Dziri, Menel Nehdi; Triki, Abdelfattah - 2013

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Die Organisation der Akteure: Macht, Mikropolitik und Reorganisationen in Unternehmen

von Willich, Georg - 2009

.Obwohl also Macht und Mikropolitik so gut wie immer ganz zentrale erkl?rende Variablen des Handels in Organisationen darstellen … often bitterly sobering. "Unwillingness to change" combined with "prevailing power-structures" are repetitively given … diagnoses by frustrated managers in numerous surveys which show a failure rate of more than 80% of the aforementioned projects …

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Essays in the theory of voting power

Steffen, Frank - 2002

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