The paradox of independent relations in the field of social issues in management
Article Abstract:
The firm's relationship to its social and public policy environment is fraught with issues whereby individual values conflict with organizational requirements and organizational actions conflict with social goals. The effects that time and scale can have on complex social systems can result in rational individual actions leading to undesirable collective outcomes over time, a paradox of interdependent relations. Recent literature concerning prisoner's dilemma game strategies, the parable of the tragedy of the commons, and the logic of collective action serves as a useful framework for understanding individual-collectivity relationships. These concepts suggest that an integrative approach should be used. Implications for managers and public policy officials are discussed, and research questions are suggested. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1989
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Impact of the setup variable on capacity and inventory decisions
Article Abstract:
This paper examines the operating characteristics of setup when used as a decision variable in a capacity-constrained production-inventory environment. Within this study, the interrelationships among capacity expansion, order quantity adjustment, and setup time reduction are analyzed, and a model is formulated to evaluate the relative effectiveness of these decision variables. A series of propositions is presented to suggest future directions for research. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1988
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Convergence-divergence: a temporal review of the Japanese enterprise and its management
Article Abstract:
The convergence-divergence debate, which has been a central theme in the English language literature on the Japanese enterprise and its management, is summarized. Evidence for and against convergence between Japanese and Western organizations is reviewed during specific historical periods, and the adequacy of competing models that explain differences between managerial practices in Japanese and Western enterprises is examined. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1987
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Putting Giddens into action: social systems and managerial agency. The underpinnings of 'bureaucratic' control systems: HRM in European multinationals
- Abstracts: Controlling the cost of product defects. Activities: the focal point of total cost management
- Abstracts: The Japanese industrial relations system. Experiences with office automation: some lessons and recommendations
- Abstracts: Towards a market imperfections theory of organizational structure in developing countries
- Abstracts: Changing spaces: the disruptive impact of a new epistemological location for the study of management