The presupposition that accounting is capable of producing representations whichcorrespond with a reality wholly anterior and exterior to them - widely privileged inaccounting and other texts - is analysed and challenged in the thesis. A range ofanalytical methods are used. The …
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This thesis argued that-sole reliance by government on the micro-economic paradigm. as the rationale for intervening in the marketplace results in too narrow an approach to consumer policy and a lack of appreciation for the dynamic and relational aspects of the consumer policy p…
Senior executives often infuse their organisations with the values that they have inherited from prior socialisation as well as from their work experience. Because of their role as leaders at a critical juncture in an organisation's development, they are able to model an organis…
This study explored two main themes: the work of personnel specialists and how they do it, and the nature of the knowledge used in personnel management. The issues of ambiguity and role, power and influence, political behaviour, and status and effectiveness in personnel were als…
This research aims to investigate organizational commitment in the investment decision-making process around the themes of escalation, de-escalation and strategicc ontrol. This research involves a synergic chain of various methods such as narrative review, meta-analytical synthe…
This thesis defines an interpretive stakeholder analysis approach for studyinginterorganisational systems and demonstrates its value in the healthcare domain. It isargued that the complex and political nature of these systems implies that the issuesaffecting their development an…
The role and applicability of marketing theories and concepts are explored at three levels of analysis for the international construction industry. Developments of the theoretical constructs are traced as marketing evolves to encompass an international perspective. The relevance…
In recent years, there have been many suggestions of creative accounting practices bylarge companies. Although there is a growing literature on methods of creativeaccounting, relatively little is known about the process by which firms make particularaccounting choices. This stud…
This thesis entails the examination of the internationalisationduring the 1980s of the twelve leading French and German-ownedmultinational enterprises [MNEs] in chemicals and electronics.They represent a significant part of the phenomenon of EuropeanownedMNEs taking their places…
The object of this thesis is to explore the relative importance of industry versus national context in determining the particular operation of an organisation. This is done by comparing two companies in the same industrial sector in two radically different countries. The central…