Search results for "manager"

Integrated reporting: The mediating role of the board of directors and investor protection on managerial discretion in munificent environments

2018

Is there a relationship between managerial discretion in munificent environments and the propensity to disclose an integrated reporting? Is this relationship contingent on the board of directors and investor protection? For an international sample for 2006–2014, this paper supports the assertion that managers are more able to extract superior perquisites when the level of accumulated cash holding is higher; that is, in munificent contexts. Because of the greater managerial discretion in these contexts, managers show a lower incentive to disclose voluntary information through an integrated report, which decreases the firm's transparency. Nonetheless, the board of directors and the level of i…

MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

2012

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the importance of communication management by presenting the theoretical concepts on the field, to substantiate the basic concepts and their application in the study of communication management and the study of different forms and types of communication within an organization. The central idea of the paper is to demonstrate the importance of communication as a vital factor in organizational performance. By the literature study we want to demonstrate the importance given by specialists to this issue in this field and we also want to show that managerial communication although is a relatively new research area, is still a growing concept because of th…

Complexity and Action. A Cybernetics Perspective to Decision Making - Plenary Lecture

2013

The problem often faced by some approaches to complexity is that of the abstraction from the competition character of action. Man often is not rational, because of his cognitive limits, his heuristics of thought, and his passions of which the most dangerous is fear. To be aware that the world is complex and there is no way to forecast the future is something that can scare at the point to inhibit decision and necessary action. Today there is a lot of talking about how the world, hence the markets, the social and business environment is complex, but few real proposals about what to do. The temptation coming from reductionist models and the reason why they are still so strong in the manageria…

Controllo di gestione nelle PMI e consulenti esterni

2019

L'articolo considera, a partire da un'indagine di campo su un campione di professionisti, il loro ruolo, in particolare quello degli esperti contabili e dei dottori commercialisti, nella diffusione degli strumenti e delle metodiche del controllo di gestione nell'ambito delle PMI. Management control in SMEs and external consultants. The issue of management control in small and medium-sized enterprises has long been the subject of scientific debate, as well as a key point of professionals’ interest. Starting from the recognition of the role played by the latter, this paper aims to investigate the type and level of dissemination of management control tools in SMEs by adopting the perspective o…

Journal of Economics and Management Research, Volume 8

2019

Tensions and striving for coherence in an academic’s professional identity work

2017

The emergence of ‘new managerialism’ in academic institutions and professions has given rise to tensions between one’s professional self and work context. Such tensions often originate from a misalignment between institutional and personal values. This study builds on a dialogical approach to identity and discusses the role of inner tensions and conflicts in terms of making sense of one’s professional identity. These aspects are explored and exemplified by introducing a sample case of one individual student and university researcher/teacher, Anna, who participated in one-year Pedagogical Studies for Adult Educators. Leaning on the narratives of Anna’s learning diaries and a later interview,…

Value Co-Creation Opportunities: Managerial Transformation of Digitisation Risks into Success Factors

2018

This chapter examines the challenges and risks managers in the healthcare sector perceive in relation to the development and implementation of digitised services in a healthcare case organisation. Using data collected from managers, focus group interviews and observation method within the case organisation, the authors present an analysis that demonstrates that the risks and success factors that influence the development and implementation of digital healthcare services are related to (1) setting a clear digital strategy and implementation plan, (2) integration of digital services with the overall process and ICT, (3) committed resources and engagement of personnel, and (4) the organisation…

Typical and Individual Doctoral Processes and Lifecourses: The Types of Narratives of the Project Manager, the Survivor and the Seeker

2015

One task of the doctoral education is, globally as well as nationally, to produce and renew the highest expertise and knowledge in a high quality and efficient way. Even though in this global time the high-quality knowledge and skills are a competition factor which the success of the societies is expected to be able to lean on, also the doctoral students and their individual factors are significant. The accelerating global change is strongly reflected at the individual level: an attempt is made to respond to the changing expectations and to prepare individually and diversely. The individual doctoral students and the graduating doctors come from different everyday lives and contexts. The gra…

Drawing the premises for personalized learning : illustrations of management and accounting

2019

This paper reports on a teaching innovation using participant-generated drawings. Experienced managers were asked to produce a drawing to illustrate their work from an accounting perspective. The drawings were then used to make the managerial context of the participants the explicit starting point for personalized executive learning. This study is the first in the sphere of accounting education and research to take drawing seriously as a learning method. The results of the experiment show how drawing can be further used as a tool in management education by facilitating the visualization of the managerial contexts participants work within. peerReviewed

Johtajien työn eettinen kuormittavuus ja sen yhteydet työhyvinvointiin

2011

Tutkimuksessa selvitetiin suomalaisten johtajien työn eettistä kuormittavuutta kahden kuvaajan avulla. Ensinnäkin tutkittiin, kuinka usein johtajat kohtaavat työssään eettisesti haastavia tilanteita, joihin liittyy kokemus eettisestä dilemmasta (johtaja ei tiedä, mikä on oikea toimintatapa tai tietää, mutta joutuu syystä tai toisesta toimimaan sääntöjen, normien tai arvojen vastaisesti). Toiseksi selvitetiin, kuinka stressaaviksi johtajat nämä tilanteet kokevat. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin lisäksi eettisen kuormittavuuden yhteyttä johtajien työhyvinvointiin (työuupumus ja työn imu) sekä eettisten dilemmojen yleisyyttä johtamistyön eri tilanteissa. Kaikkiaan 902 eri alojen johtajaa ympäri Suo…