scholarly journals The Influence of Delegation of Authority and Management Control on the Effectiveness of Managerial Decision-Making in the Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company Limited in Al-Salt City in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Abu Rumman ◽  
Amani Abdelhafeeth Alzeyadat
Keyword(s):  
Management Control ◽  
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Delegation Of Authority ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Company Limited ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Position Data ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of delegation of authority and administrative control on the effectiveness of managerial decisions in the Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company Limited in Al-Salt city in Jordan taking into account the demographic factors: gender, age, years of experience, educational qualifications, and job position. Data were collected through survey questionnaires, which were distributed among the sample of the study. The researchers used a census-style for collecting data from the population of the study which consisted of (286) employees in the Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company Limited in Al-Salt city. The (252) questionnaires that were distributed amongst the study sample were valid for statistical analysis. The researchers used many statistical methods, including; frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, simple and multiple regression. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant impact of the delegation of authority and administrative control on the effectiveness of management officials’ administrative decisions of the Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company in Al-Salt city.

scholarly journals Control in the system of managerial decisions procedures: a conceptual view

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-215
Author(s):  
Khanif Mullakhmetov
Keyword(s):  
Practical Importance ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Organization Analysis ◽  
Control Procedures

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of control and develop the common approaches to the control in a key area of management – the organization of the process of preparation, adoption and implementation of managerial decisions, which could serve as the basis for creating and maintaining an efficient system of control in organizations and a reference for solving problems in a variety of managerial situations. The structured analysis of the necessary and sufficient set of stages (phases) and the procedures of development, adoption and implementation of managerial decisions that ensure the managerial cycle have allowed the author to evaluate the role and place of the stages and procedures, specify the role of control in the process of management, and the relationship of the control and other managerial procedures. Understanding the characteristics of the relationships and the role of control can be required by the management in order to create a system of control taking into account the specifics of the organization. Analysis of the “managerial” and “executive” decisions allowed the author to identify the ratio of different types of control at their implementation. Interconnection between development technologies, adoption and implementation of managerial decisions and control procedures provides some practical importance for management. The results of the study can be used by management of various organizations to develop common approaches to solving problems in various managerial situations, using the conclusions drawn by the author. Keywords: management, control, managerial decisions, purpose of the managerial decision, problem. JEL Classification: M19, L29, D80

Benchmarking of TQM practices in the Jordanian pharmaceutical industry (a comparative study)

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 4058-4083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maysoon Mohammed Yaseen ◽  
Rateb J. Sweis ◽  
Ayman Bahjat Abdallah ◽  
Bader Yousef Obeidat ◽  
Nadia J. Sweis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Manufacturing Company

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish practical guidelines for benchmarking eight total quality management (TQM) practices vital to pharmaceutical companies’ performance. The paper also proposes the use of an analytic total quality index (TQI) as a benchmarking tool and illustrates the importance and effectiveness of this benchmarking methodology by applying it in two comparative studies of three Jordanian pharmaceutical companies. Design/methodology/approach In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the data were gathered through a questionnaire that was used to evaluate the gap between the ideal and current status of the quality management system and distributed to the quality units from three companies: pharmaceutical manufacturing company, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company working in the same field and a pharmaceutical service providing research services to a pharmaceutical manufacturing companies. And the mean differences between the current and ideal states for the eight critical TQM practices were compared for these two comparative studies using the t-test. Findings Each of the two comparisons reveals statistically significant differences regarding the perceptions of actual and ideal scores for manufacturing and service companies on five out of eight critical factors and, on two out of eight critical factors for manufacturing and manufacturing companies. Practical implications The pharmaceutical companies, regardless of whether they are manufacturing or service company, can adopt benchmarking techniques which were applied in this case study to improve their performance and their product/service quality. Originality/value The consequences of this research can support organization managers and policy makers in effectively benchmarking the identified TQM practices in their organizations using the proposed TQI benchmarking tool.

scholarly journals Government Administrative Control Tower in Crisis Management System: Definition, Issues, and Policy Implications

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-145
Author(s):  
Lee Dalgon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Site Response ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Site Control

A number of scholars and media in South Korea have recently raised questions regarding the necessity of a "government administrative control tower" (GACT) for dealing with crises. This paper aims to conceptualize GACT as a crisis management system and suggests administrative methods for improving this model by examining issues raised by its operation. Since the control tower is critical in times of crisis, this paper limits its focus to the role of GACT as a crisis management control tower. In crisis, an on-site control tower focuses especially on prevention, and on-site response and management must be synchronized with a higher-level administrative decision making control tower for the system to operate properly. While a fully authorized on-site control tower should serve as the central agent, a higher-level administrative decision making control tower should mobilize additional organizations and resources to support on-site capability. The operating principle for the latter should be to create an environment in which heterogeneous parties work together to make decisions about what to do rather than the president or the prime minister directly making orders and taking control.

scholarly journals Advisor gender and advice justification in advice taking

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-21
Author(s):  
Vinicius Farias Ribeiro ◽  
Adriana Victoria Garibaldi de Hilal ◽  
Marcos Gonçalves Avila
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Advice Taking ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify under what circumstances advisor gender and advice justification influence advice taking by managers. Design/methodology/approach The authors designed a quasirational managerial decision experiment with both analytic and intuitive cues. The design was a 2 × 2 between-subjects factorial, in which gender (male/female) and advice justification (intuitive/analytic) were crossed. The experiment involved two independent samples, taken from Amazon Mechanical Turk workers and Brazilian professionals. Findings Results suggest that, in general, analytic justification is more valued than intuitive justification. The findings also infer that depending on the advisees’ sample and providing that advice justification is analytic, quasirational scenarios seem to favor male advisors (MTurk sample) or both male and female advisors with “male values” (professional sample), as analysis is traditionally considered a “male value.” Practical implications Analytic justification will likely lead to more advice utilization in quasirational managerial situations, as it may act as a safeguard for the accuracy of the offered advice. Social implications The results might signal an ongoing, but slow, process leading to the mitigation of gender stereotypes, considering that the male gender stereotype was active in the MTurk sample, but not in the professional one. Originality/value This study contributes to the advice-taking research field by showing the interplay between advisor gender and advice justification in a quasirational managerial decision setting with both analytic and intuitive cues. In advice-taking literature, observations are usually collected from students. However, as this study focused on managerial decisions, the authors collected independent samples from MTurk workers and Brazilian professionals.

scholarly journals Accountability dilemmas and identity struggles

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Karin Stockenstrand
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Higher Purpose ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add to our understanding of how external factors such as funding and external accountabilities affect the organisational inner workings, especially identity issues. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a comparative case study of two professional chamber orchestras, one in Sweden and one in the UK. The two orchestras had significantly different funding conditions and had different relations with funders and were thus exposed to different kinds of accountability dilemmas. The two organisations were studied using and ethnographically inspired approach. The developments of various parts of the organisations were studied, such as funding, management, strategy, management control and identity issues. Findings The paper illustrates how the solution to accountability dilemmas in an organisation can, over time, result in the protection or the dilution of a perceived organisational core and thus in an identity struggle. Especially, management has to deal with the balance between financial and operational accountability, where organisational members could perceive the decisions to be confirming or rejecting what they perceived as being the higher purpose of their work. Practical implications This paper may help managers become more aware of the long ranging consequences of managerial decisions and how such decisions may affect the identity orientation of organisational members. Originality/value The paper combines the concept of identity with the concept of accountability, something that has not been done to a large extent in previous research.

scholarly journals Corporate food donations: altruism, strategy or cost saving?

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 1628-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedef Sert ◽  
Paola Garrone ◽  
Marco Melacini ◽  
Alessandro Perego
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Giving ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Study Methodology

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of motives behind corporate giving and at finding out whether and when operational efficiency plays a major role in the case of surplus food donations by food supply chain companies. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study methodology has been applied considering a sample of 16 food sector companies operating in Italy. Three cases have been analyzed in-depth to highlight the contextual factors that make cost savings possible and donations sizeable and regular. Findings The results show that the willingness of companies to reduce operational costs plays a relevant role in managerial decisions concerning the recovery and donation of unsold food, although to different degrees across the supply chain stages. Originality/value The paper shows that not only strategic and moral motives, but also economic efficiency concern plays an important role in the managerial decision-making process pertaining to surplus food donations.

scholarly journals Strategies for making management decisions in information and analytical activity

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Olha Danylyuk ◽  
Lyudmyla Petryshyn
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Management System ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Managerial Decision Making ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Regional Management ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Principles Of Design

The aim of the study is to substantiate and analyze the strategy of managerial decision-making in information and analytical activities, to specify the main aspects of analytics for decision-making.Strategies for making managerial decisions in information and analytical activities are substantiated. The relevance of the use of information-analytical research is determined. The main aspects of analytics for decision making are analyzed, as well as the ranging of classes according to the degree of intelligence and complexity of tasks is taken into account. The peculiarities of completeness and reliability of information for information-analytical research are revealed. It is determined, that information analytics is a component of management.The regional management analytics is analyzed, as a result of which it is proposed the scheme of regional management with the use of information and analytical support is offered. The basic principles of design are offered. It is proved, that the management system requires modern analytical support, performed according to the requirements of science, the latest methodologies, including information and analytical activities. Problems and negative sides in the process of information-analytical activity in the system of regional management are determined. It is noted, that information and analytical support helps to achieve the best results, and the effectiveness of activities in any field depends on the management system. The obtained research results will allow will improve planning, organization and coordination of managerial decision-making and will help to form a significant information capital for making relevant management decisions at all hierarchical levels of management

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