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Strategy Textbooks: A Case Of Consistently Inconsistent Evaluations, Cathy A. Enz Jan 1986

Strategy Textbooks: A Case Of Consistently Inconsistent Evaluations, Cathy A. Enz

Cathy A. Enz

"This book is too superficial, but it meets my needs better than others available." This quotation illustrates the equivocal praise which business instructors provide the textbooks that they adopt for their capstone policy courses. Ten representative strategy/policy textbooks were reviewed and almost all of them received at least one instructor's nomination as the best strategy textbook available, yet reviewers consistently identified deficiencies and their intent to change books. What is it about business strategy/policy textbooks or courses that brings out consistent inconsistency across text users even when they evaluate the same book? In the present review a representative group of …


Individual States' Judicial Decisions About The Challenges To Employment At Will, Daniel Koys Dec 1985

Individual States' Judicial Decisions About The Challenges To Employment At Will, Daniel Koys

Daniel J. Koys

No abstract provided.


The Employment At Will Doctrine: A Proposal, Daniel Koys Dec 1985

The Employment At Will Doctrine: A Proposal, Daniel Koys

Daniel J. Koys

No abstract provided.


Personnel/Human Resources Management Issues Between 1927-1981: A Replication, G S. Taylor, Dow Scott, D Deadrick Dec 1985

Personnel/Human Resources Management Issues Between 1927-1981: A Replication, G S. Taylor, Dow Scott, D Deadrick

Dow Scott

This study represents a historical analysis of personnel/human resource topics/issues of the last 55 years. The contents of 6,412 articles published in two journals are categorized and examined. Issues that have either dominated the journals or have been neglected are identified, and the importance and origination of these issues are clarified by placing them in a historical context. Methodological issues of this analysis are discussed.


Employment Testing: The U.S. Job Service Is Spearheading A Revolution, R M. Madigan, Dow Scott, D L. Deadrick, J Stoddard Dec 1985

Employment Testing: The U.S. Job Service Is Spearheading A Revolution, R M. Madigan, Dow Scott, D L. Deadrick, J Stoddard

Dow Scott

No abstract provided.


Boost Productivity With Employee Contests, Dow Scott Dec 1985

Boost Productivity With Employee Contests, Dow Scott

Dow Scott

No abstract provided.