... of control and the strength of interorganizational ties in businesses ability to manage strategic alliances. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have examined 10,377 partnership relations formed as part of strategic alliances to analyze the capacity of a business to manage its alliances...

...Professor Kun-Huang Huarng and Professor Berlin Wu; Yu-Ting Cheng; Chih-Ching Yang Purpose – Constructing a fuzzy control chart with interval-valued fuzzy data is an important topic in the fields of medical, sociological, economics, service and management. In particular, when the data illustrates...

...Shan Liu; Lin Wang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which user liaison behavior and outcome control influence the process performance of information technology (IT) projects and how the IT experience, behavior observability, and outcome measurability of user...

... perceived control to be the strongest antecedent of consumer willingness to communicate in a second language, and identifies second language skills as an antecedent in countries with little political tensions related to language, while political considerations is a strong antecedent in countries where...

...Marcus Selart Purpose The study aims at clarifying whether locus of control may act as a bias in organisational decision‐making or not. Design/methodology/approach Altogether 44 managers working at Skanska (a Swedish multinational construction company) participated in the study. They were...

...Ingrid Jeacle The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed a significant transformation in managerial control practices within the US department store. New principles of scientific management, already employed on the factory floor, were now implemented on the retail “shop floor...

.... This study elicited individuals’ implicit paradigms within a historically successful, progressive decision situation. Individuals, given the opportunity to re‐allocate time, gave more time to below performing ventures and took time away from above performing ventures. “Illusion of control” and “satisficing...

... on the results of previous studies that indicate, directly or indirectly, the importance of control in staffing, the paper proposes that strategic control may be a critical driver that underpins IJV staffing. In conclusion, the paper outlines an agenda for future research that can test the model and explore...

...Richard L. Hannah Institutional history is important in the context of understanding the control of pension systems. This history has both theoretical and practical value for developing policy choices at the micro and macro levels. The central theme is that we can raise the quality of thought about...

...James T. Scarnati The Godfather theory of management is a power and control model of leadership. Explains a process whereby leaders can move a dysfunctional and subversive organization into the realm of a quality organization. Although the theme of the article is based on the Godfather...

... adaptation of the company’s performance evaluation and control systems. This paper reports new research sponsored by the EPSRC which has developed a prototype practitioner methodology to help managers in their role as organizational designers to critically appraise and diagnose current organizational control...

...Paul L. Reynolds; John Day; Geoff Lancaster This article considers that one way to help the small‐ and medium‐sized enterprise (SME) to survive is to offer it a robust but simple monitoring and control technique that would help it manage the business effectively and this, in turn, should help...

... sales representative. Many of you have probably heard of the term SMART goals, which stand for: Specific. Measurable. Attainable. Realistic Timely. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Management Supervision Control Autonomy Coaching Managing is not a one size fits all...

..., mediocrity and non‐commitment the rule rather than the exception. The manager’s reflex dictates that he/she tackles problems with control and command, resulting in all sorts of conflicts. It is argued that this dysfunctional habit can be corrected by introducing a clear division of roles: professionals...

... and how to change it, will be significantly influenced by its strategic type. Concludes by maintaining that, on the one hand, organizations can create a virtuous circle whereby they can influence or control the circumstances in which they operate through the changes they make and how they make them...

...Zeinab A. Karake Utilizes an objective measure of the levels of investment/performance in information technology (IT) and tests a number of hypothesized relationships between IT performance and company′s control,governance and managerial characteristics; this measure is called the relative...

... enormous. Illustrates an application in the marketing control process. The example illustration can be expanded and developed to provide a control mechanism which enables the user to have a better chance of ensuring that objectives are met. A database is the usual medium by which to capture and store...

... recommendations which derive from the research. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Control Corporate culture Creativity Decision making Managers Organizational change Problem solving Public sector This article investigates how effective problem solving within an organization is stifled by a shared...

... and predictable. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Control Creativity Management control Performance measurement Chaos 22 MANAGEMENT DECISION 30, 8 T he interrelationship between order and disorder, and its significance for creativity and leadership in organizations. Thriving on Chaos: The Route...

... situations and illustrates ways to lessen or avoid these dilemmas through the introduction of just‐in‐time(JIT) inventory control procedures. The internal co‐operation necessary in the purchasing/operations interface under JIT facilitates development of a corporate culture supportive of ethical behaviour...