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Phases of divergent thinking
(2010-03-13)
Twenty-one subjects were given the divergent thinking task of listing green, funny, and liquid objects and asked to think aloud. Their protocols were analysed and five phases and 23 sub-phases of divergent thinking were ...
Performance determinants of public enterprises
(2010-03-13)
The paper is a summary of a report submitted to the World Bank on the performance determinants of Indian Public enterprises. The study was based on intensive case studies of four engineering enterprises, all attached to ...
The style of corporate management goals, strategy structure and performance
(2010-03-13)
Using cluster analysis of questionnaire data from the top managements of 103 Canadian companies, seven styles of corporate top management were identified. Each style was a particular configuration of the orientation to ...
The PI style of management
(2010-03-13)
The pioneering innovation (PI) mode of management was identified from corporate policies data supplied by the top management of 75 Indian organizations. The paper presents the determinants and organizational consequences ...
Chemistry of effective management
(2010-03-18)
A number of dimensions of top management philosophy or style are identified. Management philosophy may be considered risk taking or conservative, technocratic or oriented and seat-of-the-pants methods, participatory or ...
PI motive: a base for development
(2010-03-13)
The paper presents the relevance, conceptual foundations, and operational measure of an important otive of professionals, and one that may be critical for socio-economic transformation. It is labelled the pioneering-innovating ...
OB for social development: a position paper
(2010-03-18)
The thesis of the paper is that OB can contribute richly to socio-economic development of poor Third orld societies. It can do so through research on OB-related problems of the strategic organizations of these societies ...
Effective corporate response to liberalisation: the Indian case
(2010-03-28)
In most developing societies there has been a decisive shift towards economic liberalization, that is, towards deregulation and globalization of the economy. Liberalisation has two majhor consequences for the corporate ...
Towards effective management of economic restructuring
(2010-03-31)
Among developing countries there has been a widespread shift during the past decade from state control of the economy to deregulation and liberalization. The World Bank has played a leading role in promoting this change. ...
Gearing strategic public enterprises for internationalisation: the Indian case
(2010-03-15)
In the context of chronic balance of payments problems in most Third World countries, public enterprises (PEs) of the Third World are a major under-utilised source for stepping up exports. In many Third World countries PEs ...