Discretion in Decision Making: The Fonterra Case

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Discretion in Decision Making: The Fonterra Case

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University of Waikato

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Management literature adopt the definition of discretion as “latitude of action” and it is typically researched as freedom of decision making associated with positions in the upper echelons of organisations. This is a narrow view of discretion which underestimates the exercise of discretion irrespective of organisational prescription. The aim of this study was to examine the exercise of discretion across organisational levels, guided by the overarching question: “How do employees use discreti...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2017

Creator

De Witt, Marlize

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11260

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Discretion / Decision making / Ethical decision making / MacIntyre / Case study / Fonterra / Phenomenology

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