Theory and practice, strategy and sustainability / guest editors Andy Adcroft, Spinder Dhaliwal, Graham Miller and Phil Walsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adcroft, Andy.

Dhaliwal, Spinder.

Miller, Graham.

Walsh, Phil.

Series:

Management decision ; 45, no. 1.

Management Decision ; 45, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Business planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book is concerned with the nature of relationships. Philip Larkin in his famous poem about parents suggested that the relationships within a family are the source of both joy and despair and that the tension between these two feelings is what gives individual families their unique quality. This perspective on tensions, paradoxes and opposing positions underpins the philosophy of this special edition; rather than seeing these characteristics as things which require reconciliation and rationalisation, we accept them as fundamentally positive characteristics of inquisitive life. The modern political response to this kind of conflict is triangulation where opposing views are defined in terms of their extreme nature and a subsequent position is justified between the two on the basis of sensibility and consensus. We do not aim to either reconcile or compromise on the debates and discussions in the articles in this special edition but, with a degree of good temper and moderation, we hope to describe, engage and further some of the arguments.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Guest editorial

The external environment's effect on management and strategy

Using old concepts to gain new insights: addressing the issue of consistency

Sweep or seep? Structure, culture, enterprise and universities

Critical growth factors of ICT start-ups

Ethical behavior and social responsibility in organizations: process and evaluation

Networking in South African businesses

Strategy dynamics in the logistics industry: a transactional center perspective

Women entrepreneurs and strategic decision making

Becoming misrepresentations in strategy and time

Note from the publisher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-84720-4

9786610847204

1-84663-323-0

OCLC:

182530394