Showing papers in "European Management Journal in 1986"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on the results of a detailed cross-cultural study which suggests that managerial actions may well be constrained to different degrees and in different ways by the workers' views of work centrality.

TL;DR: In this article, a new model called congruent and transforming leadership is proposed to address the inherent deficiencies of the Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership model, and as a consequence of correcting them, the model breaks away from the conventional two-by-two window matrix and uses a presentation that includes leadership roles as well as leadership styles.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate a method whereby an analysis of strategic groups of firms can be built, and show the consequences of analysing strategic groups as a means of formulating competitive strategy.

TL;DR: Some problems confronting the application of operational research may be ameliorated by the adoption of the systems approach and an indication given of the aspects of systems thinking which could be of assistance.

TL;DR: A survey of managers of the 21st century was conducted by TASA (Benelux) over a period of almost a year with more than seventy senior marketing, personnel, and finance executives, as well as their chief executives, in order to help build a skeleton of what their view would be of the manager of the year 2000 as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A senior Philips executive as mentioned in this paper made a trenchant, unequivocal and understandable statement about the nature of the Japanese challenge in electronics and the ineffectiveness of European industrial and political bodies to organize an effective response, either through forcing the Japanese to open their markets as ours are open, or to organize means of beating off the competition here in Europe.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the source of risks and the nature of the MNC and propose future-oriented strategies which an MNC may use to cope with environmental risks.

TL;DR: The management structure of many Swedish organizations has in recent years undergone change first towards decentralization followed by partial recentralisation as mentioned in this paper. But the causes and effects of the changes are analysed by reference to a restricted number of companies.

TL;DR: Why was the Rank Xerox networking experiment initiated?

TL;DR: The contribution of the technology function and more in particular the production and operations function was often limited to implementation and a marginal adaptation of a course set by financial and marketing considerations as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A number of studies have attempted to measure the birth and death rates of firms, and their expansion or contraction, by tracking the actual change of hundreds of thousands, and in some cases millions of individual firms over a given time period, using very large computer databases as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the American Law Institute (A.L.I) proposed new rules to regulate the governance of large corporations, which would change contemporary strategic decision-making for most U.S. multinational corporations, and if replicated in other countries would revolutionize the Boardroom.

TL;DR: In this article, an analytical model for an initial evaluation of the opportunities and threats from going multinational is presented. But it is argued that even if most companies will never become global firms it is nevertheless essential for them to be aware of the forces behind globalization.

TL;DR: The authors examines a number of current management practices in Japan and discusses their transferability (or otherwise) to the West, highlighting the idea of multistructure as a successful organizational form.

TL;DR: Gvishiani as mentioned in this paper gave a full account of Soviet Management systems and practices, and concluded with an analysis of current adaptations, based on a paper given at the Academy of Management meeting at Yevenko in late 1984.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors pointed out that corporate performance itself will predominantly determine both the corporate culture and the corporate image, and that management actions, particularly by example and making sure the necessary structures exist within the organisation, ensure that the words take on meaning.

TL;DR: Currency swaps are one of the latest innovations in multinational treasury management as mentioned in this paper, and the author explains why they are advantageous, how they work, and points out some pitfalls in the process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that experience and forecasting quality vary from country to country, and that their publication may influence the very events they are supposed to have forecast, and they also show that forecasting quality varies from country-to country.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the literature on possible strategies for dealing with the deregulated environment and report on those which are actually used in Hong Kong and conclude that there is a preference for simple competitive strategies backed up by attempts to influence public opinion.

TL;DR: In this article, a new open-ended approach, qualitative in content and flexible in application, is proposed for long-range planning, which is based on a bottom-up and top-down approach.