John F. Hulpke

University College Dublin | UCD · Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

Purpose A topic currently receiving significant academic and practitioner attention is called evidence-based management. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that this approach is sometimes over-sold and may be a fad. Additionally, evidence-based management fails to fully recognize the importance of tacit knowledge, what Kahneman calls system 1....

Some fear that we humans are causing such environmental disruption as to endanger life as we know it. In this essay one part of this big picture is explored. To put things in a larger perspective we look back at two-plus billion years of history. This introductory diversion may help show that our present concern relates to a very tiny slice of hist...

1. Ethical Business Strategy? Is ethics truly a legitimate topic within strategy? One needs to carefully look at “levels of analysis.” By looking at business ethics using a microfoundations lens, we see that for strategic issues containing ethical implications, organizations must look to individuals. Organizations to not make decisions considerin...

Daniel Kahneman describes two ways humans decide. System 1 uses intuition, feelings. System 2 follows steps, “thinks.” Evidence-based management seems in line with system 2, the rational fact based approach, not giving sufficient credit to system 1, instinct, feelings. Decision makers should take into account facts, evidence, when making decisions,...

with 5 people on three continents writing a possible journal paper? NEVER AGAIN. It finally made it into print but what a pain. Part of a panel discussion organized by Charles Wankel

Bill Gates predicted more change in the next 10 years than in the past 50. Experts agree, we must expect change. In the area called Human Resource Management (HRM) however, we are not convinced that Gates is correct. We show that the HRM area has undergone massive change in the last 50 years, change that will be hard to match. But other information...

book review of Wlodkowski, R., & Ginsberg, M. (2017). Enhancing adult motivation to learn: A comprehensive guide for teaching all adults (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Beijing Jeep great example of brilliant long term strategic thinking. But it failed. Facts help explain but the real reason was emotional reaction of the Chinese side: "they do not respect us! I will give you an example....

Innovation is important. Creativity is a necessary prelude to innovation. Academics and professionals need to pay more attention to creativity. One reason for inadequate innovation is the lack of attention to creativity. A related issue appears to be systematic stifling of creativity. Business schools should be preparing tomorrow's leaders for an e...

Innovation is important. Creativity is a necessary prelude to innovation. Academics and professionals need to pay more attention to creativity. One reason for inadequate innovation is the lack of attention to creativity. A related issue appears to be systematic stifling of creativity. Business schools should be preparing tomorrow’s leaders for an e...

We propose a new way to categorize innovation. We see two different and distinct types of innovation, types that to date have not been explored in the literature. We categorize the observed innovations as soft and hard. Sometimes innovation for sustainability starts with PEOPLE. We call this SOFT innovation. Sometimes green innovation goes hand-in-...

Essays on social responsibility call the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) “by far the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative.” We look at two avenues to encourage responsible business behavior. First we look at law. Law is not the answer. Second we look at the United Nations Global Compact. We aim to increase awareness of the UN Gl...

United Nations Global Compact: The Unmet Promise of the UNGC United Nations Global Compact: The Unmet Promise of the UNGC disclaimer: This is the authors’ version of the following paper, not including some changes that will appear in the printed publication following final peer review. Suggest not quoting or citing this version. Wait for the actual...

We look at two subtle, even invisible, factors where the Academy of Management (AOM) may unintentionally, inadvertently, even unwillingly, perpetuate gender inequality. We look at publication authorship in two important publications, the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) and the Academy of Management Review (AMR). Then we look at AOM job placemen...

Corruption remains. Misdeeds continue. Punishments if any have been light. Corporations that totally fail to meet accepted standards of conduct should be forced to cease existence. Companies that achieve goals via corruption, cause permanent environmental damage, cause physical pain and death, and violate basic human rights should be subject to a c...

Essays on social responsibility call the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) “by far the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative.” We look at two avenues to encourage responsible business behavior. First we look at law. Law is not the answer. Second we look at the United Nations Global Compact. We aim to increase awareness of the UN Gl...

Business Ethics EDUCATION: Warning, Passion Can Be Contagious Abstract: To improve education we should follow suggestions made by Academy of Management President Anne Tsui and others, and make increased efforts to harness the power of the affective side to help us convey cognitive material. Prof Tsui specifically suggests that we infuse passion in...

What forces can help businesses become more responsible? Corporate conduct impacts society. Corporate misconduct harms society. Three major streams of ideas suggest different approaches to bringing corporations in line with society’s needs: 1) law 2) stakeholders and 3) managerial education. Law has not provided an answer to corporate misconduct. W...

What forces can help businesses become more responsible? Law is a common approach to this issue, but law has not had the desired impact. What of voluntary action by corporations? The most widely known umbrella for corporate good conduct is the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Unfortunately, the UNCG has not had significant impact either. We re...

A key question for organizational theorists is why do organizations act as they do? After decades of efforts to answer this question there is no agreement. Some studies pointed to stakeholder pressures, while some said leaders matters. This study attempts to illustrate seven theories which purport to explain why the firm does what it does, in parti...

Johl Andrews could have relaxed, and continued as a very successful human resource manager of prestige hotels in Asia. He was now early middle aged. He was not parlicularly wealthy, but was financialiy secure. He did not feel that it was time to retire back in his native land. the U.K. But there was the nagging feeling that there might be more to l...

China is widely perceived as having a problem in business ethics. One view holds that elements of Chinese culture tend to encourage unethical business decisions. Another perspective says that China has business ethics issues because its economy is in transition. The unclear rules of the game create opportunity for business ethics problems. The larg...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ask whether ethics can be taught? Can we teach how to make decisions in issues involving ethics? Preliminary results suggest we can. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes how managerial ethical decision making is taught using a tool called the JUSTICE framework. Each letter introduces a decisio...

ABSTRACT: Can ethics be taught? Put another way. how can students be led !o think about ethics, especially in Asia where memorization is favored over thought. Second, how can sense oI community, team learning, be fostered in big classes? Finally, how can ideas of individual participation be encouraged in Asia. especially in big classes? Our univers...

WHAT NEXT for Cathay Pacific? What kind of airline will they be? Who will their customers be? Continue to stay as they are? “Service from the heart and quality”? How to cut costs? And what kind of business will they be in? Case HINTS but does not stress that Cathay may be underemphasizing the world’s biggest aviation growth market. We hope students...

WHAT NEXT for Cathay Pacific? What kind of airline will they be? Who will their customers be? Continue to stay as they are? “Service from the heart and quality”? How to cut costs? And what kind of business will they be in? Case HINTS but does not stress that Cathay may be underemphasizing the world’s biggest aviation growth market. We hope students...

CAREERS OF CHINESE WOMEN: HALF THE SKY, NOT MUCH EARTH Learning approach different here: live cases HBR article, May 2004 by Stephen Denning: Telling Tales Can you describe a cover you saw on National Geographic Magazine, ONE cover? Most people can, and it is …. LOSING GROUND Hu Lixia kidnapped into prostuitution Yan’s nightmares Nina Wong, 4 bill...

This paper reports the results of an empirical study which explores the extent to which career structures have changed. The study examines the influence of technological change, fast-changing environments, manufacturing and increasing globalisation of products and service markets on careers. The study focuses on these issues in a cross-cultural con...

Chinese entrepreneurs are individualistic, and they succeed in a collectivist society

book review McKinnon, Gradual versus Rapid Liberalization in Socialist Economies

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book review

Some may assume that small business management assistance programs such as the Small Business Development Centers, Small Business Institutes, and Service Corps of Retired Executives are somehow "American Exclusives". A look at Ireland shows that the sources of assistance for small businesses in the USA have well developed counterparts there. This p...

Mager, John, and John F. Hulpke. "Social class in a classless society: Marketing implications for China." Journal of International Consumer Marketing 2, no. 4 (1990): 57-88. Article published in 1990 based on observations from the 1980s. Now, December 2015, this article shows how much has changed, and how fast. Questions or comments can be address...

Many people in Hong Kong fear the pending (1997) return of Hong Mong to the "Motherland," China. British rule is known, Chinese rule is hard to predict. Therefore many seek escape routes. People I know in Hong Kong are scrambling to verify their "BNO" status, as British Nationals Overseas, and trying to get"BNO passports. They are trying to get vis...

1988 Hulpke, John F. "How China Views Capitalism in a Socialist Context," presented to Western Economics Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles. At this WEA conference I attended a talk by Milton Friedman. He did not attend my talk. His talk did not mention China, there was no need, no relevance. And China was not exactly a hot topic. That was...

originally presented July 1988. Now, 2015, this paper shows how much has changed, and how fast. A few sentences from the following paper can provide can interesting points. It may be hard to imagine now but in 1988 these ideas were received skeptically. My personal financial advisor was absolutely aghast at my idea of investing in China: "have you...

article for general audiences about impressions gained while giving seminars in China.

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School districts stand accused of overestimating required expenses and underestimating anticipated income. Some would say that districts might want to keep this money hidden from teachers who would be asking that it be spent on salaries. Evidence from 212 budgets of 24 San Francisco Bay Area suburban school districts shows that these school distric...

There has been little research examining the relationship between the Small Business Institute (SBI) and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). In a preliminary survey, we have identified several different types of relationships. A preliminary typology of SBI and SBDC relationships has been developed. Preliminary findings are presented. The...

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