| SPECIAL ISSUE: DECISION-MAKING AND FIRM SUCCESS Guest Editors: R. Duane Ireland and C. Chet Miller |
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ARTICLES |
Decision-Making and Firm Success R. Duane Ireland and C. Chet Miller |
| Expanding the Search for Alternatives During Strategic Decision-Making Paul C. Nutt |
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| Matching Strategic Decision-Making Processes to Competitive Dynamics David J. Ketchen, Jr., Charles C. Snow, and Vera L. Hoover |
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| Strategic Flexibility: Organizational Preparedness to Reverse Ineffective Strategic Decisions Katsuhiko Shimizu and Michael A. Hitt |
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| Can Real-Options Analysis Improve Decision-Making? Promises and Pitfalls Jay J. Janney and Gregory G. Dess |
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| The Intuitive Executive: Understanding and Applying “Gut Feel” in Decision-Making Eugene Sadler-Smith and Erella Shefy |
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| Superstition and Decision-Making: Contradiction or Complement? Eric W. K. Tsang |
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RETROSPECTIVE: Theory Z |
Introduction: William Ouchi’s Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge Jay Barney |
| An Interview with William Ouchi Interview by Jay Barney |
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| Theory Z: Opening the Corporate Door for Participative Management Commentary by Richard L. Daft |
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EXECUTIVES ASK: Goal-Setting |
Introduction: Establishing Organizational Goals and Rewards Steven Kerr, Editor, Executives Ask * Guest Editor’s Introduction: Goal-Setting Theory and Its Applications to the World of Business Edwin A. Locke, Guest Editor Putting Goal-Setting Theory to Work Gary P. Latham Linking Goals to Monetary Incentives Edwin A. Locke |
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Using Stretch Goals to Promote Organizational Effectiveness and Personal Growth: General Electric and Goldman Sachs Steven Kerr and Steffen Landauer |
| Changing the Goal-Setting Process at Microsoft Karyll N. Shaw |
EXECUTIVE VOICE |
China's Leading Internet Guru Charles Zhang, Chairman of SOHU.com Inc., on How the Internet Has Changed the World’s Most Populous Nation |
RESEARCH BRIEFS |
RESEARCH EDGE: Is Positiveness in Organizations Always Desirable? |
If You Fail to Plan, Do You Plan to Fail? |
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Passing the Baton: Does CEO Relay Succession Work Best? |
BOOK REVIEWS |
Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development. |
| Treat People Right! How Organizations and Individuals Can Propel Each Other Into a Virtuous Spiral of Success | |
| Leader Development for Transforming Organizations: Growing Leaders for Tomorrow | |
| A Bias for Action | |
| HR from the Heart: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Building the People Side of Great Business | |
| The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less | |