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Title:
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STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING PROCESSES IN UNIVERSITIES |
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Author(s):
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Emilio Rodríguez-Ponce, Liliana Pedraja-Rejas, María Elena González Plitt |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-32-8 |
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Editors:
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Heling Huai, Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Strategic decision-making, rationality, politicization, conflict, flexibility and procedural justice. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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129 |
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Last Page:
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134 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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Pressure across universities to succeed in an atmosphere of constant, systematic and uninterrupted change has brought to the fore the increasing importance of strategic decision-making as a crucial element for competitive advantage. However, empirical evidence shows that around 50% of decisions end in failure (Nutt, 1999). An empirical study was carried out among a multiple cases study in Chileans universities to test the relationship between the quality of decisions and a set of variables that define how top management teams adopt strategic decisions. The findings are worthy of note since, on the whole, the explanatory capability of variables such as rationality, politicization, conflict, flexibility, and procedural justice among top management are determinants of the quality of strategic decisions. |
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