Strategic sustainability is associated with significant business benefits as well as positive environmental impacts, yet many organizations fail to recognize the potential of this approach, and neglect the factors necessary for its successful implementation. This article recommends an art and science based approach to strategic sustainability and discusses the important role of Human Resource p...

This research develops 45 evaluation criteria for “high-velocity” strategic Decision Support Systems (DSS), and uses them to evaluate 16 popular commercial DSS tools for their fit in supporting “high-velocity” strategic decision-making. Results illustrate the assertion that few currently-available DSS tools support “high-velocity” strategic decision requirements. Based on the findings, the auth...

This article proposes a cost–benefit analysis of argumentation, with the aim of highlighting the strategic considerations that govern the agent’s decision to argue or not. In spite of its paramount importance, the topic of argumentative decision-making has not received substantial attention in argumentation theories so far. We offer an explanation for this lack of consideration and propose a tr...

PROLOGUE With many of the uncertainties facing the distribution and provision of pharmacy and other health care services, future managers must understand the importance of conducting the strategic planning process. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of strategic planning and the steps of the strategic planning process for organizations in the pharmaceutical distribution syste...

This article investigates the strategic decision to adopt enterprise mobility solutions. Integrating firmlevel theories from the strategic management, information technology adoption, and business transformation literature, we develop a framework that conceptualizes this decision. We identify four salient areas that drive adoptions and reduce overall implementation risk: (1) justified business ...

This article proposes a cost-benefit analysis of argumentation, with the aim of highlighting the strategic considerations that govern the agent’s decision to argue – or not. In spite of its paramount importance, the topic of argumentative decision-making has not received substantial attention in argumentation theories so far. We offer an explanation for this lack of consideration, and propose a...

AIM The aim of this study was to describe how clinician and non-clinician managers achieved consensus of strategy in hospitals. This was the first empirical study undertaken that investigated the impact of organizational commitment on the strategic involvement-strategic consensus relationship. BACKGROUND Clinicians and non-clinician managers hold a pivotal role in health care management from ...