Managerial Decision Making

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews two articles that discuss managerial decision making. It discusses Marylyn Gardner's article, "Making the Grade in Real Life" and Erna Szabo's article, "Meaning and Context of Participation in Five European Countries." The paper discusses each article individually and then compares and contrasts the structure and content of the two articles. The paper also contains an abstract summary for each article.

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Article 1: Summary of a Peer-Reviewed Journal from ProQuest
Article 2: Non-Peer-Reviewed Article from ProQuest
Comparison/ Contrast

From the Paper:

"The author is intensely self-conscious about the methodology deployed, the author's national background and demeanor during the interviews conducted for the article. Managers were interviewed, but before they were subjected to quantitatively analyzed tests which also required them to provide detailed written feedback. The value of mixing such qualitative and the quantitative approaches is reflected in the fact that the Czech managers spoke and rated employee participation in positive terms, but their seemingly positive attitude was undercut by their descriptions of quite autocratic managerial practices. The Czech's post-communist, Eastern European counterparts, the Poles, were more individualistic in their orientation, yet with what the author characterized as a historical respect for authority typical of former Eastern block nations, the Poles also strongly believed in a need to secure respect from authority figures and to achieve to meet standards set by the authority."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gardner, Marylyn. (1994, March 17). Making the Grade in Real Life. The Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), 13. Retrieved January 17, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers Christian Science Monitor (1908 - 1994) database. (Document ID: 1062723572).
• Szabo, Erna. (2006). Meaning and context of participation in five European countries." Management Decision, 44(2). 276-289. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from ProQuest Health Management database. (Document ID: 1032563961).

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