Can specialists be general managers?:Developing paradoxical thinking in middle managers

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-206

  Clarke, Martin ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Decision making; Management development; Middle management; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079029     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719810210730     Document Type: Article

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