Imperative of Controlling a New Enterprise: A Systems’ Approach Perspective

Amah, E. (2006). Human resource management. Port Harcourt: Amethyst & Colleagues Publishers. Amah, E., & Nkuda, M. O. (2014). Foundations of business management. Port Harcourt: Tema & T. Press. Baridam, D. M. (1993). Management and organisation theory. Port Harcourt: Paragraphics. Beard, A. (2014). Mindfulness in the age of complexity. Harvard Business Review. March, p. 70. Byars, L. L., & Rue, L. W. (2000). Human resource management. 6th ed., U.S.A.: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Collis, D. (2016). Lean strategy: Start-ups need both agility and direction. Harvard Business Review. March, p.66. David, F. R. (2013). Strategic management concepts and cases: A competitive advantage approach. 14th ed., New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc. Drucker, (1999). Management challenges for the 21st century. New York: HarperCollins publishers Inc. Gibson, J. L., Ivancevich, J. M., Donnelly, J. H, & Konopaske, R. (2003). Organisations: Behaviour, structures, Processes. 11th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Gomez-Mejia, L. R., & Balkin, D. B. (2002). Management. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Grant, R. M. (2008). Contemporary strategy analysis. 6th ed., Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Groysberg, B. & Abrahams, R. (2014). Manage your work, manage your life: Zero in on what really matters. Harvard Business Review. March, pp. 60-66. Gulati, R., & DeSantola, A. (2016). Entrepreneurship – start-ups that last. Harvard Business Review. March, p. 55. Kadian-Baumeyer, K. (n. d). Organisational controls: Feedforward, concurrent & feedback. Introduction to management: Help and review. http://www.study.com/academy/lesson/...Accessed 6/5/16. Kazmi, A. (2008). Strategic management and business policy. 3rd ed., New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice. 5th ed., California: SAGE Publications Inc. Pearce, J. A., & Robbinson, R. B. (1991). Strategic management: Formulation, implementation and control. 4th ed., Boston, MA: Richard D. Irwin, Inc. Porath, C. (2016, April 19). Avoid hiring a toxic employee. Business Day, p. 28. Porter, M. E. (1985). Competitive advantage: Creating and sustaining superior performance. New York: Free Press, Macmillan, Inc. Reeves, M., Zeng,M., & Venjara, A. (2015). How Alibaba uses algorithmic thinking to constantly reinvent itself. Harvard Business Review. June, p. 78. Robbins, S. P., DeCenzo, D. A., & Coulter, M. (2011). Fundamentals of management. 7th ed., New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. Sapru, R. K. (2013). Administrative theories and management thought. 3rd ed., Delhi: PHI Learning Private Limited. Shermerhorn, J. R. Jr. (2010). Exploring management: Explore. Inspire. 2nd ed., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Thompson, A. A., & Strickland, A.J. 111. (2003). Strategic management: Concepts and cases. 13th ed., New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. Urieto, J. E. (1999). Business policy and strategic management: Text, readings and cases. Port Harcourt: Paragraphics. Weihrich, H., Cannice, M. V., & Koontz, H. (2013). Management: A global and entrepreneurial perspective. 13th ed., New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited. Wheelen, T. L., & Hunger, J. D. (2010). Strategic management and business policy: Achieving sustainability. 12th ed., New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. Zook, C., & Allen, J. (2016). Reigniting growth: How to reverse a sudden slowdown. Harvard Business Review. March, p.71.