Strategic philosophy and management level

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-170

  Parnell, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Decision making; Middle managers; Philosophy; Senior managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344385002     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510581894     Document Type: Article

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