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Changing manufacturing policy and manufacturing technology has had serious implications for production managers. A … manufacturing managers shows that managers are concerned about the changing nature of their jobs and are increasingly dissatisfied …
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This monograph presents some findings, based on four pieces of work funded by the Department of Trade and Industry, on the influence of the National Quality Campaign on UK industry. Amongst the main conclusions are that the campaign material has been relatively successful in reaching its prime...
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It is increasingly accepted that the chief purchasing officer (CPO), as the highest ranking member of the purchasing and supply management (PSM) function, is a resource that can add strategic value to the firm. Delineating the organizational and human capital factors that determine CPO...
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contextual factors on the external communication behavior of purchasing managers in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – Based …
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In reviewing their service offering, organisations may decide standardised services need to be more flexible whilst exclusive or customised services need to adopt a more consistent house style. In this paper, the emotional challenge to the service providers is identified as a key issue in...
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This paper examined the sources of occupational stress among Malaysian managers working in multinational companies … (MNCs). A total of 440 managers participated in this survey. Data is collected through a questionnaire distributed to … managers in 34 multinational companies operating in Malaysia. It was found that workloads, working conditions and relationship …
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strategic issue array and TMT power structures are examined as influences on alternative generation and it is suggested that … excessive issue array size or highly imbalanced power structures both negatively impact creativity within the TMT. Implications …
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It is widely accepted that companies operating in research‐intensive industries need to pursue an “outward‐looking”, collaborative research and technology development strategy. Research collaboration, however, always carries risks, in particular, the risk of sensitive information...
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In this study, nine managers of a Dutch multinational engineering company were interviewed on the success and failure … managers mainly spoke about failures and how to avoid these in future. The focus of this study was on the cognitive map … structure of the perspectives of managers as disclosed by the interview data. Three different collective maps were found …
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male counterpart, exposure to powerful networks. However, we also found that for women managers, unlike men, such exposure …
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