Purpose – The article attempts to study the current status and future prospects of logistics providers in the whole country as well as a comparatively developed Chinese city (Tianjin); reveal the disparities between China and Tianjin, as well as local firms and their foreign counterparts; and...

Purpose – Research indicates that high‐performing firms share common components among their mission statements. The present study aims to begin a search for a similar correlation among academic schools of business. Design/methodology/approach – Content and statistical analyses are used to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of organization leaders, particularly top managers, in building support for and developing behaviors that are consistent with values‐based management, by providing an empirical assessment of the effect of an organization's senior...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add a South African perspective to deliberations on educational approaches in order to promote real responsibility in business. Design/methodology/approach – This is achieved by drawing on broad concepts of African philosophy as well as research and...

Does the top‐level management team make the difference between a company’s success and failure? By using two different assessment tools (developed on the model of the Head‐Heart‐Leg work of the personality) to map the personalities of the members of two management teams, including the...

Today’s successful restaurant manager needs to possess a diversity of talents, abilities, and skills. Presents profiles of successful managerial recruits for quick service, midscale and upscale restaurants in the US. Factor analysis was used to reduce the number of attributes and traits that...

Homes in on the skills gap in the UK, showing that in 1996 one‐fifth of 4,000 employees interviewed believed there was a skills gap. Highlights the 791 employees who believed this who were asked which skills were lacking, and uses a Figure to help explain the results. Refers to the fact that a...

Investigates managerial values as predictors of managerial decision styles. A multiple regression analysis indicated that existential values related positively to a consultative decision‐making style while tribalistic values related significantly to a pseudo‐consultative decision‐making...

An allegorical reply is given to Linda Miller′s article, “Managerial Competences”. “The translating of easy languages argues neither wit nor elocution”. Yet, competence training remains a laudable exercise.