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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Managerial work"”.
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An investigation into the nature of cross-national managerial work.
… project into the nature of cross-national managerial work, the work of managers operating abroad in multinational business organisations. The study focuses upon the impact of national cultural differences upon such work, and seeks to explain how cultural differences can lead to the …
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Personnel specialists in Scotland: a study of managerial work and knowledge use
This study explored two main themes: the work of personnel specialists and how they do it, and the nature of the knowledge used in personnel management. The issues of ambiguity and role, power and influence, political behaviour, and status and effectiveness in personnel were also …
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Identification of essential managerial work activities and competencies of physical therapist managers employed in hospital settings
The purposes of this study were to describe the managerial work and competencies required by hospital-based physical therapist managers to perform their work. Data describing work and competencies were gathered using a web-based application called SkillObject™ Process. A group of subject matter …
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The nature of management work.
… contributes to an understanding of the nature of Managerial work, confronting the work in its natural setting. It offers an empirically grounded description of the social organisation of managerial work; it explores the taken for granted features of managers'work that allows members to recognise …
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In Search of Marketing Management : A Study of Managing in Marketing.
… description, and deeper understanding, of the work of managers in marketing than that elaborated in the managerial work literature and within the marketing management discourse. Perspectives on both the character of the 'content' and 'conduct' of marketing manager work are sought. Several …
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An investigation into contemporary hotel general managers behaviour and activity in the context of private, franchise and chain ownership/business models.
… of international hotel chains and its effects on managerial work have drawn the attention of researchers (Gilbert & Guerrier, 1997 and Ladkin & Juwaheer 2000). There is a current need to investigate how management in hotels is adapting to the significant change in the last decade (McKenney, 2016). …
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Job Perceptions of Social Workers
… main aim of this study is to discover how social workers perceive their jobs and how their perceptions differ at various career levels. The need for a scientific analysis of the work done by social workers is highlighted by the current national debate on education and training in social work. In …
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THE WORK OF SENIOR NURSE MANAGERS: DEMANDS AND CONFLICTS
This study focuses upon the work of Senior Nurse Managers and was conducted against a backdrop of extensive organisational change within health care services. The aims of the study were to expand current knowledge and understanding about the world of work of Senior Nurse Managers by identifying …
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Characteristics of Thailand's automotive industry managers based on the SYMLOG model
… programs to shift the value images of its managerial work force to strengthen the effectiveness of the Reward value images (REW) so that it is more conducive to moving the Current state (CUR) towards a union with the desired Future (FUT) and Most Effective (EFF) states”--Abstract, page …
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An ethnographic investigation into Mongolian management in the context of cultural and institutional changes
… the conceptions of a manager, management, and managerial roles from the participants’ perspective and the contextual influencing factors on their understanding. Since the 1990s Mongolia has undergone a series of cultural and institutional changes in relation to its political, economic and …
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Tourism and hospitality management in the new millennium : a case study in KwaZulu-Natal
… This research seeks to investigate the nature of managerial work in tourism and hospitality industries, specifically in hotels, travel agency, tour operators and tourism authorities. In a given situation, the begging question is whether this work fundamentally similar or different from that which …
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STRATEGY MAKING IN PRACTICE: THE CASE OF CRETAN HOTEL MANAGERS
… however, requiring a conceptual linkage between managerial activity and organisational strategy. Drawing upon the S-a-P literature and the literature on managerial work activity, this study suggests that the managers' response to uncertainty provides that integrative link. This is supported by a …
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Exploring the Managerial Cycle of Professional Football League Managers in England and Norway
… understanding of the lived challenges within the managerial cycle (recruitment, employment, termination) in professional league football, the research initially followed a qualitative approach in the form of semi-structured interviews. A total of 16 professional league managers completed a …
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Single-handed general practice in urban areas of Scotland
… in areas of socio-economic deprivation. GPs working single-handedly were more likely to be male, older, qualified in South Asia, and had larger personal list size than their counterparts in group practices. Taking account of practice and population characteristics, single-handed practices …