This paper aims to review how different approaches to social inquiry (eg positivist,
postpositivist, interpretive, postmodernist and critical theory) have been used in strategy …

Of all the sciences and social sciences, management is the one that most deliberately turns
its back on the past. Yet management as we know it today did not spring into life fully formed …

Nearly 40 years on since its first tentative steps in North America, this article considers
whether Integrated Zone Coastal Management (ICZM) in Europe has grown to maturity as a …

ANDREW PETTIGREW, HOWARD THOMAS and RICHARD WHITTINGTON development of
the field of strategy we shall be more adventurous. In organizing the chapters into four parts …

Many researchers have over the years tried to make attempts to explain and bring
convergence on the understanding of the linkage among the variables and/or constructs of …

Many analysts have sought to explain the development and growth of management ideas
and discourse in recent years, using notions such as the diffusion and consumption of ideas …

Much of the literature on enterprise systems implementation suggests that ERP systems
should support the strategic objectives of the organization. In fact some ERP vendors tend to …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the semantics of the language of
management in order to seek clarification of the terminology and how it is used and misused …

This paper examines the perspectives of using effective strategic management in the hotel
industry in order to overcome the extended difficulties of the hostile international …

Purpose: The appropriate involvement of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in industrial
activities globally is an incontestable truth. SMEs need to keep pace with a dynamic and …