In this paper we describe and explain how and why spreadsheets are used in budgeting from a dialectic process theory perspective. It starts from the assumption that organizations in the new information age face a tension in a decision-making process between local and organizational levels. To describe this, budgeting is used to represent a decision-making process. To deal with the tension, busi...

In this paper we describe and explain how and why spreadsheets are used in budgeting from a dialectic process theory perspective. It starts from the assumption that organizations in the new information age face a tension in a decision-making process between local and organizational levels. To describe this, budgeting is used to represent a decision-making process. To deal with the tension, busi...

Purpose – This paper seeks to contribute to the management literature by providing a theoretical frame. The authors analyze the dynamic relationship and interactions that exist between three organizational capabilities (collective intelligence, knowledge management and innovation) and the correlation with decision-making effectiveness. The aim is identifying the interaction between the differen...

 Purpose: Strategic decision-making plays an important role in organizational functions and its effectiveness. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying and analyzing the dimensions and components of strategic decision-making for the managers of education regions. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative an...

Would the outcome of a Global multinational organization’s decision be the same if the same decision were to be made in different countries throughout the world? Within the same organization, we propose that national cultural differences can influence decision making in different countries and cultural clusters. While much work has been done on organizational cultural influences, this study exa...

Gender inequality in organizations is a complex phenomenon that can be seen in organizational structures, processes, and practices. For women, some of the most harmful gender inequalities are enacted within human resources (HRs) practices. This is because HR practices (i.e., policies, decision-making, and their enactment) affect the hiring, training, pay, and promotion of women. We propose a mo...

As an exploratory step toward integrating differing views in the field of top management succession, this study takes an open system’s perspective and examines the effect of top management succession on organizational performance, in particular decision-making accuracy, under conditions where various organizational and environmental factors can interact. Through a formal computer simulation mod...

Both data warehouse (DW) and knowledge management (KM) facilitate decision-making processes. The DW makes it possible to carry out complex analyses of organizational transactions in order to provide decision makers with analyzed information (Rizzi, 2007) while KM efforts are directed toward solutions that support decisionmaking processes. In addition, KM can provide organizational resources (Ho...