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Middle management motivation: a state of choked potential
(2010-03-27)
Middle managers are expected to play a critical role in translating organisational policies and strategies into practice and action. They have an important role in providing information/input to strategy formulation, and ...
Trappings of expertise and the pursuit of failure
(2010-03-26)
This paper describes a computer simulation of a business organization used with 20 groups of participants. Each group had three members and was expected to manage 24 months of the organization in 3 hours of simulation time. ...
How firms make technological improvements: observations from a field study
(2010-04-17)
The paper presents observational data impressionistic accounts emerging from a study aimed at understanding the determinants of technological dynamism, and the role that publicly funded technology institutions play in ...
How managers kindle learning processes
(2010-04-05)
Organizational learning occurs when the insights and learnings of individual organization members are transferred to the larger organizational system. This paper examines how senior managers create processes which enable ...
Entrepreneurial orientation and networking: some Indian evidence
(1993-10-04)
Research evidence indicates that entrepreneurs who exhibit a need for unique, path-breaking accomplishments (pioneering) and transforming the status quo (innovative) are quite different from other entrepreneurs. This is ...
Carpets international Malaysia berhad
(1992-09-30)
The case presented in this issue discusses
the functioning of a carpet manufacturing
company — Carpets International Malaysia
Berhad, a subsidiary of KPS, which has been
incurring losses for the past five years. A
new ...
Manager in the middle: a case of underdeveloped and underutilization
(1990-09-28)
Middle managers play a crucial role in
ensuring that the activities inside an
enterprise are well-coordinated, that
employees act responsively and responsibly,
and that the organization continuously
generates creative ...
Diagnostic: Hindustan Chemicals Limited
(1989-09-27)
Improving the effectiveness of a function in
a large complex organization requires
attention to the working of other inter'
dependent departments related to that
function and how the interface between
these departments ...
Leaders in action: some illustrations and inferences
(1993-10-05)
The lasting tribute to leaders is that the
culture, institutions, and practices set in
motion by them persist long after their own
departure from the organizational scene.
Whereas the organizations move on, the
imprints ...
Agricultural finance corporation, Zimbabwe
(1994-10-04)
The case by IM Pandey and S Ramnarayan
published in this issue throws up the
following issues for discussion. First, what
are the major changes in the environment of
AFC and what are the major elements of
AFC's strategy ...