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Competing In The '00s Environment: Strategic And Human Resource Initiatives, Richard Hodgetts, Fred Luthans, John W. Slocum, Jr.
Competing In The '00s Environment: Strategic And Human Resource Initiatives, Richard Hodgetts, Fred Luthans, John W. Slocum, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
Reviewing the literature, this article provides a synthesis and overview of management thinking at the turn of the century.
Classifying Control Variables, Michael F. Van Breda
Classifying Control Variables, Michael F. Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
Interviews with 68 managers from 20 Fortune 500 firms were used to discern control variables that managers use to control production and evaluate management performance. It was concluded that financial accounting variables tend to be the most used and as a corollary, the control variables do not serve very well in evaluating progress toward long- term goals. Discussion suggests that accounting variables are most appealing because of their appearance of validity and legitimacy.
A Framework For Formulating Response To Environmental Complexity: A Tool To Manage Diversity, William R. Bigler, Jr.
A Framework For Formulating Response To Environmental Complexity: A Tool To Manage Diversity, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
This paper addresses the role that relationships among firms plays in complex industries. The complexity in both products and markets influences the structure of industries and the necessary actions firms may take to minimize risk.
Understanding Synergy: A Conceptual And Empirical Research Proposal, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Understanding Synergy: A Conceptual And Empirical Research Proposal, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
Benefits of mergers and acquisitions can be understood as the result of synergy if the concept of synergy can be defined both theoretically and practically. Synergy has value in financial, marketing, and managerial terms and seems to best be understood from discerning how subsystems within one organization benefit from integration or association with similar components from another organization.
A Typology Of Small Businesses: Hypothesis And Preliminary Study, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis
A Typology Of Small Businesses: Hypothesis And Preliminary Study, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis
Historical Working Papers
Growth of companies through various stages of development is explored and validated by comparison with companies described by current company officers who were participating in a training program. Since data used were not representative of small business, full validation of the evolutionary model was not completed.