Abstract
Problem statement: This study examines obstacles faced by MBA executive students, regarding five dimensions of obstacle management. The purpose of the research is to assess the relative importance of these dimensions and to establish empirical linkages among obstacles and factors such as overall perception of the organization in terms of obstacle management, span of control of the best management practices, age and success, in order to better understand the influence of those obstacles in light of organizational strategy execution. Approach: A survey questionnaire was administered to 512 managers to study the five pre-defined dimensions regarding obstacles in strategy execution faced by MBA executive students. We used Principal Component Analysis and then ANOVA analysis to examine the empirical linkages between the dimensions of strategy execution identified in previous research and socio-demographic variables such as age, span of control, success, tenure and experience. Results: We found that the dimensions that came first in order of importance, were the obstacles related to emotions, followed by the immediate action, integrity, initiatives and finally the obstacles related to rules. This study also found a linkage between the Emotions dimension (getting a commitment for your objectives) and the variable Eval1 (How would you score your organization in terms of managing the five obstacle dimensions?) and Eval2 (What would be the score of your organization if the management of the 25 (Obstacles) practices had been mastered?) Moreover, our results reveal a connection between the immediate action dimension and Eval2. The integrity dimension highlighted the linkage with the Eval1. We showed the tie-ins between the initiatives dimension and the Eval2. The rules dimension reveals three linkages with the socio-demographic variables such as age, Eval1 and Eval3 (I believe that my success in work-related activities is often a matter of luck). We also found that the younger the MBA executive students were, the more their perception of obstacles related to the rules dimension was important. This research found many connections between the five dimensions regarding obstacles in organizational strategy execution. The set of obstacles faced by MBA executive students did not register the same impact according to strategy execution. However, additional work is necessary in order to generalize our findings. Conclusion: This study proves a contribution by identifying a set of specific obstacles for each facet of strategy execution faced by MBA executive students in the execution of their organizational objectives.
Highlights
The challenges of setting up a modern and effective management in the business world today require the need for executive managers to make good decisions in a minimum amount of time, without extensive mutual consultation
Research problem: MBA executive students will continue to be a key part of the future of a managerial team of a company and their competency is highly coveted for a company to succeed its strategy implementation
Assess the relative importance of categories of obstacles faced by MBA executive students in research on managerial obstacles
Summary
The challenges of setting up a modern and effective management in the business world today require the need for executive managers to make good decisions in a minimum amount of time, without extensive mutual consultation. Am. J. of Economics and Business Administration 3 (3): 511-524, 2011 career satisfaction (Jiang et al, 2001), and on The two specific objectives of this research were the career commitment, induced by proper mentoring and following: training (Colarelli and Bishop, 1990). J. of Economics and Business Administration 3 (3): 511-524, 2011 career satisfaction (Jiang et al, 2001), and on The two specific objectives of this research were the career commitment, induced by proper mentoring and following: training (Colarelli and Bishop, 1990) It was noticed by Heisler and Gemill (1978), that the commitment and the motivational aspect of executives are very similar to the perceptions of MBA executive students. Assess the relative importance of categories of obstacles faced by MBA executive students in research on managerial obstacles
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