Table of contents
Paradox management for crisis avoidance
Bill RichardsonExamines the nature of crisis‐prone organizational beliefs andbehaviours and focuses particularly on disaster‐proneness. Explains whynarrow views of reality and the organizational…
Making sense of strategic management: towards a constructive guide
Sarah MoorePresents a recently developed conceptual model of strategy inorganizations. Aims to examine three major levels at which top managersare required to operate. Organizes related…
Organizational structure and corporate performance: an analysis of medium and large UK firms
Charlie WeirThe development of the large modern corporation, and the separationof ownership from control, has raised questions about the objectivesthese companies set themselves. Discusses…
Economics and business, the theory of the firm revisited: a Scottish perspective
Windham B. HornbyExamines the gap between the microeconomic theory of the firm andbusiness reality. In particular, it seeks to redress the balance betweentheory and practice by examining the…
Marketing and strategy fit together (in spite of what some management educators seem to think!)
Nigel F. PiercyThrows down a challenge to management educators and trainers, aswell as to managers themselves, to reconsider how they relate thecritical issues in marketing to the equally…
Using astrology in market segmentation
V‐W. MitchellFor segmentation purposes, demographic variables are cheap and easyto measure, while psychographic variables are harder to measure, but canprovide a more accurate insight into…
Diversification: some lessons from the UK defence industry
Paul BishopIn response to major changes in the defence market in recent years,many firms have embarked on a process of diversification into civilianmarkets. Examines some of the impediments…
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- Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)