... are seeing their supervisory and decision‐making roles eroded and,despite opportunities to act as coaches and facilitators, may feel threatened by, and unclear about, the empowerment process. Managers need to be encouraged to see themselves as “leaders”, mobilizing and aligning their staff, so...

... with Industry Week magazine and the Association for Quality and Participation (AQP) estimates that about 25 per cent of US companies are implementing SDTs somewhere in their organizations. Corporate culture Decision making Empowerment Leadership Organizational structure Problem solving Self...

...Susan Miller Discusses the nature of strategic decision making in organizations. Explores the process of implementation and poses questions about how to evaluate decision success. Discusses links between decisions and corporate strategies and emphasizes the importance for organizational members...

...Mike O’Farrell Reports on Action Profiling, a new management development programme designed to ensure that individuals in an organization are focusing on the same objectives. Examines Action Profiling, which produces a decision‐making profile for each person, together with a personal action plan...

... as an integral part of how strategic decisions are taken to manage human resource development. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Decision making Management development Corporate culture Retail trade ...