The Role of Strategy Workshops in Strategy Development Processes: Formality, Communication, Coordination and Inclusion by Whittington, R, Hodgkinson, G, Johnson, G, Schwarz, M

“…The findings, based on 1,337 returns, show that strategy workshops play an important part in formal strategic planning processes; that they rely on discursive rather than analytical approaches to strategy formation; and that they typically do not include middle managers, rather reinforcing elitist approaches to strategy development. …”

Employee job satisfaction, customer satisfaction and profitability in 5-star hotels in Kuala Lumpur by Singh, Harcharanjit, Al-Amin, Abul Quasem, Baroto, Mas Bambang, Jamil, Rossilah, Pazyar, Mohammad

“…The research data was collected from the top and middle managers of the hotels in Kuala Lumpur. The research found that employee job satisfaction has a significant influence on customer satisfaction and profitability. …”

The role of supply chain management toward performance of manufacturing companies in Yemen by Abu al-Rejal, Hussein Mohammed, Mohamed Udin, Zulkifli, Yusoff, Rushami Zien

“…The main aims of his paper, is to examine the role of Supply Chain Management Capabilities- SCMC toward industrial companies performance in Yemen. Top and middle managers were asked to answer the questionnaire, which drawn from a geographical clustered sample. …”
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A micro-level implementation mechanism to enhance corporate sustainability performance: A social identity perspective by Rahim, Nazahah, Ullah Shah, Syed Inaam

“…Using data from 313 middle managers from 38 organizations listed on the Pakistan stock exchange (PSX), the study found that employee involvement in sustainability activities mediates the relationship between CEO responsible leadership and corporate sustainability performance.…”
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Critical Success Factors for Six Sigma Implementation in Large-scale Turkish Construction Companies by Mehmet Tolga Taner

“…Leadership and commitment of top management, cross-functional teamwork and commitment of middle managers are found to be the most CSFs for successful introduction of Six Sigma, whereas lack of knowledge of the system to initiate and complacency are found to be hindering its implementation. …”
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Corporate Entrepreneurship and Business Performance: The Mediating Role of Employee Engagement by Umair Ahmed, Waheed Ali Umrani, Umer Zaman, Sheraz Mustafa Rajput, Tariq Aziz

“…The present study examined corporate entrepreneurship (CE) influence upon business performance following the mediation of employee engagement. In all, 201 middle managers from big 5 banks in Pakistan were sampled for the present study. …”
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Forandringsledelse og journalistisk kvalitet – aktionsforskning i mediebranchen by Anker Brink Lund

“…From this material a sample of middle managers were invited to participate in action research focusing on strategic change in their home organizations 2002-2005. …”
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Critical Success Factors for Six Sigma Implementation in Large-scale Turkish Construction Companies by Mehmet Tolga Taner

“…Leadership and commitment of top management, cross-functional teamwork and commitment of middle managers are found to be the most CSFs for successful introduction of Six Sigma, whereas lack of knowledge of the system to initiate and complacency are found to be hindering its implementation. …”
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Critical Success Factors for Six Sigma Implementation in Large-scale Turkish Construction Companies by Mehmet Tolga Taner

“…Leadership and commitment of top management, cross-functional teamwork and commitment of middle managers are found to be the most CSFs for successful introduction of Six Sigma, whereas lack of knowledge of the system to initiate and complacency are found to be hindering its implementation. …”
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THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL POWER ON BUDGET MONITORING: A Study of Fertilizer Industry in Indonesia by Akhmad Syakhroza

“…Respondents to the questionnaire were middle managers. The results provide substantial evidence that interaction between budget monitoring and politics affect managerial roles; and that the departmental power plays a significant role on such interactions.…”
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Does pursuing external incentives compromise public service motivation? Comparing the effects of job security and high pay by Chen, Chung-An, Hsieh, Chih-Wei

“…We tested this proposition by using the data collected from 514 municipal middle managers in Taiwan, and it received strong support. …”
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Linking strategy engagement to strategy execution: a partial least squares (PLS) approach by Chuah, Francis Chin Wei, Teoh, Kenny Guan Cheng

“…Using field data collected from 224 middle managers in the service industry in Malaysia, this study examine the effect of strategy engagement on strategy execution by means of PLS-SEM approach. …”
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The relationship between employee satisfaction, service quality, customer satisfaction and profitability in 5-star hotels in Kuala Lumpur by Singh, Harcharanjit, Al-Amin, Abul Quasem, Baroto, Mas Bambang, Pazyar, Mohammad

“…The research data was collected from the top and middle managers of the hotels in Kuala Lumpur. The research found that employee satisfaction has a vital effect on service quality and customer satisfaction. …”

Linking strategy engagement to strategy execution: A Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach by Chuah, Chin Wei, Teoh, Kenny

“…Given that the strategy execution success rate is relatively low and that prior knowledge about what constitute a successful strategy execution is deem insufficient to explain the real world scenario, this study introduces a new concept “strategy engagement” as one of the facet for successful strategy execution.Using field data collected from 224 middle managers in the service industry in Malaysia, this study examine the effect of strategy engagement on strategy execution by means of PLS-SEM approach.This study also examines the moderating effect of strategy commitment on the relationship between strategy engagement and strategy execution.Outcome of the analysis suggest that strategy engagement is found to have positive significant relationship with strategy execution. …”
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The Application of Intellectual Capital Approach to Promote a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in the Public Libraries of Khuzestan Province by farideh osareh, shiva yazdanfar, afshin ghasemi

“…The sample community consisted of 200 librarians, library staff and middle managers of public libraries in Khuzestan. For the purpose of data analysis SPSS versions 20 and LISREL versions 8.8 are used. …”
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KEY DIRECTIONS OF OPTIMIZATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES OF THE PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE ON THE BASIS OF INTRODUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT «LEAN SIX SIGMA» by N. N. Trofimova

“…The scientific novelty and practical value of the article lies in the fact that the author gives practical recommendations to senior and middle managers for the effective implementation of the "Lean Six Sigma" technology at manufacturing enterprises.…”
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The Effect of Corporate Governance on Competitive Advantage Through Organizational Learning by Raghad Darweesh, Mohammad Abuareish

“…The questionnaire is distributed randomly to the top and middle managers working at Jordanian industrial companies registered on the Amman Stock Exchange. …”
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The benefits and impacts of a coaching and mentoring programme for teaching staff in secondary school by Paul Allan

“…This study does this by conducting an intensive coaching programme for three teaching staff in a secondary school wishing to develop coaching: a senior and a middle manager and a junior member of staff. The study was approached as an action research project. …”
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The role of time management in the self-organisation of the individual within an effective self-marketing model by L. A. Gladkova, I. V. Gordeev

“…Two tests have been conducted among two hundred respondents of the following categories: non-working students, working students, freelancers, specialists, middle managers and top managers. The first testing allowed us to identify differences in the structure of timing during the day by categories of respondents. …”
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Interdisciplinary Promises and Hierarchical Ambiguities in a Danish Hospital Context by Anette Lykke Hindhede, Vibeke Andersen

“…Through qualitative interviews with hospital management, middle managers, and staff employees at three hospitals in Denmark, we demonstrate how managerial attempts to control tenacious profes-sional bureaucracies are exercised through both bureaucratic forms of control and cultural-ideological modes of control with an introduction of new discourses of in-terprofessional teamwork. …”
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