Michael J. Driver

International growth through cooperation: Brand-driven strategies, leadership, and career development in Sweden

Corporate growth is often viewed as being either internally generated or externally achieved through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). During the last decade, strategic alliances have become an ...

The Luna I Moon Colony: A Programmed Simulation for the Analysis of Individual and Group Decision Making

The Luna I Moon Colony Simulation is described, and its possible uses as an instructional and research instrument in the areas of individual and group behavior are discussed. The need for such a simulation which resembles reality, motivates participants, minimizes role behavior, and allows for experimental control is posited, and the Luna Is previous use in experiments concerning goal setting, perception, risk taking, decision making, group organization, and creativity is elaborated on. Suggestions for experimental designs, procedures, scenarios, and data collection are included.

A Systematic Method to Analyze the Effects of the Non-Technological Infrastructural Factors of Industrially Developing Countries on Managerial Effectiveness and Success

The role of the management factor in technology transfer is studied. The effects of the social and cultural environments of Industrially Developing Countries (IDC) in terms of the variables influencing managerial effectiveness is also examined. An efficient and novel method for job analysis (i.e., Job Profiling) which incorporates the above variables is introduced and its theoretical foundations is discussed. Based upon the findings of a presented case it is concluded that, the Job Profiling method has to be integrated with selection criteria and should be used in conjunction with focused selection techniques to ensure the optimal match of the managers working in the IDC and their jobs.