Browsing by Author "Kakabadse, Andrew P."

1% for 10%: Executive Strategies for Customer Care

Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Savery, Lawson; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Lee-Davies, Linda (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006-03-01)

This paper avoids the linear route to establishing where the biggest impact on customer service lies and instead examines the influences on the quality of the customer experience from all angles in an organization. From ...

Applications of constructive developmental theory to the studies of leadership development : a systematic review

Florio, Linda (Cranfield University, 2008)

Purpose. The purpose of this dissertation is to present three main outcomes of the systematic review undertaken: - A synthesis of extant literature on leadership development from the angle of constructive developmental ...

Assessing top executive performance

Kakabadse, Andrew P. (1988)

Auditing employee ownership in a neo-liberal world

Knyght, P. R.; Kouzmin, Alexander; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010-08-31)

Purpose - Employee ownership has attracted much attention across the globe. Whether affected by the global financial crisis (GFC), or not, this paper seeks to canvass what is known about employee ownership in neo-liberal ...

Balancing the multiplicity of different international joint venture (IJV) partners' agendas : IJV directors' contribution to board effectiveness

Petrovic, Jelena (Cranfield University, 2006-09)

This research examines international joint Venture (IJV) directors' contribution to board effectiveness, utilising a role theoretical framework. The study was prompted by a view that academic debate was limited in its ...

A benchmark study and analytical framework, applying demography theory to research on NHS trusts' top management teams in times of change

Myers, A. (Cranfield University, 2000-11)

Seminal research at the Camegie school sparked studies in the early 1980s by Pfeffer and by Hambrick and Mason. Their development of demography and upper echelon theory promised to explain organizational performance in ...

Bridging the politico-administrative divide

Giacchino, Stephen (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Management, 2003-03)

This thesis presents the findings and conclusions of research that was undertaken with the purpose of exploring the issues (or factors) that typically influence the successful, or unsuccessful, implementation of public ...

Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO): that sacred and secret relationship

Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Barratt, Ruth (Emerald, 2006)

The attention given to corporate governance has engendered little inquiry into one critical aspect of boardroom dynamics – the Chairman/CEO relationship. The reasons for the lack of attention to the Chairman/CEO dyad are ...

Chairman of the board: demographics effects on role pursuit

Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2007)

This paper aims to undertake a study of national configurational demographics in order to determine the spread of understanding of the chairman's role, performance and contribution.

The chemistry factor in the Chairman/CEO relationship

Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Knyght, P. R. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2010-08-31)

This paper reports a study into the nature, dynamics and effects of the ‘chemistry' of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) relationship. A qualitative, semi-structured interview, narrative analysis methodology ...

Coming attraction

Cornelli, Francesca; D'Aveni, Richard; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Reitzig, Markus; Trompenaars, Fons; Warren, Kim (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-03-31)

What are the big business ideas that will shape tomorrow's agenda? In every issue of business strategy review we provide an update on what some of the world's leading thinkers are currently working on.

Congruent, Divergent and Incoherent Corporate Level Strategies

Bowman, Cliff; Ward, Keith; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2002-12-01)

This paper draws together four related strands of theory to address the processes of corporate value creation. Specifically, contributions from resource-based theory, dynamic capabilities, corporate strategy and ...

Consultant's role: a qualitative inquiry from the consultant's perspective

Kakabadse, Nada K.; Louchart, Eddy; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2006)

Many criticisms questioning the role and the efficiency of business consultants have been addressed. However, although a great deal of research has been carried out on business consultancy, little has been written on ...

Deliberative inquiry: Integrated ways of working in children services

Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Lee-Davies, Linda; Johnson, Nick (Springer Science Business Media, 2011-02-28)

Abstract In striving for greater integration of children services across a number of government and non government agencies, this paper examines the effect of drawing on deliberative inquiry as the lever for realising ...

Designing Balance into the Democratic Project: Contrasting Jeffersonian Democracy against Bentham's Panopticon Centralisation in determining ICT adoption

Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kouzmin, Alexander (2007-01-01)

Positioned in a critical realist perspective, this paper examines the impact of systematic and institutional distortion to communication and the use of information and communicative technology (ICT) for control over ...

Directors' remuneration: the need for a geo-political perspective

Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kouzmin, Alexander (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004)

There are many ways to construct an incentive program. However, most compensation plans tend to be focused on profitability and profitability-related accomplishments with little or no incentive for corporate social ...

A dynamic theory of leadership development

Mostovicz, E. Issac; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009-12-31)

Purpose - This paper aims to offer a dynamic theory of leadership development. Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines selected leadership literature through the lens of theory building-blocks. It identifies the ...

The dynamics of third dimensional power in detemining a pre-orientation to policymaking : an exploratory study of transitional elite interactions in the post-Cold War period

Richardson, Ian (Cranfield University, 2009-02)

In the contemporary political setting, the emergence of transnationalism represents a significant challenge to traditional state-centred depictions of international relations and raises many questions concerning its ...

Economic theories of the entrepreneur: A systematic review of the literature

Brown, Christopher Russell (Cranfield University, 2007-09)

Economic theories of the entrepreneur have received more attention recently in the entrepreneurship literature. Different concepts and ideas are typically borrowed from various economists to create new, or expand upon ...

Effectiveness of French management: analysis of the behaviour, attitudes and business impact of top managers

Myers, Andrew; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Gordon, C.; Alderson, Siobhan (1994)

The findings in this paper are based on the results of a postal survey of 168 top level managers in French organisations. Demographic variables, behavioural characteristics and measures of business impact have been linked ...

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