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Managerial actions using historical values for tackling hyper‐competitive environments: The case of Toyota

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study provides a causal explanation concerning how managerial actions using historical values contribute to dynamic capabilities, or sustaining competitive advantage in changing environments. Based on historical methods that consist mainly of hermeneutics, contextualization, and source criticism, it analyzes sources and ...
Katsuki Aoki
wiley   +1 more source

From Systems Metaphors to Project Manager Intelligence: Fostering Stakeholder Relationships

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper combines systems metaphors with Gardner's multiple intelligences theory to develop a comprehensive model for managing stakeholder relationships. By incorporating various systemic perspectives—machine, organism, cultural/political, societal/environmental and interrelationships—the model provides a holistic framework that positions ...
Alicia Gilchrist, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring a Systems Engineering Approach to Modelling Human Communication

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Communication is a crucial process for any successful purposeful human activity system as it mediates the information‐based relationships between a system's elements and parts, purpose(s) and boundaries. Human communication is more than just a process; it is a subsystem that interacts with other human activity systems, parts, elements and ...
Ryan Hekker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
wiley   +1 more source

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