... evidence the study offers insight into issues of managerial effectiveness and provides suggestions for managerial action. Originality/value – The study attempted to gather the views of executives regarding issues of productivity, adaptability and flexibility as constructs of managerial effectiveness...

...Carl A. Rodrigues Different societies hold different views. Thus, a managerial style that works in one culture will not necessarily work in another, and adaptations must be made accordingly. For example, a system that rewards individual efforts (or group efforts) might be quite acceptable in some...