Handbook both reviews existing theory and explores new ground concerning key issues surrounding middle managers' influence on …Contents: Part 1: -- The unit of analysis -- 1. The role of middle and top managers in the strategy process / Xavier … Castañer and Howard Yu -- 2. Functions of the mezzanine / Anurag Sharma -- 3. Some middle managers are more influential than …

game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic … understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems … as, for example, unemployment, the intergenerational transmission of human capital and the response of wages to price and …

and organizational studies angle. It shows both how management theory influenced the world-building in the Game of Thrones … franchise, and also how students, academics and managers can draw on the series to further enhance their understanding of … concepts in human resource management and organization theory. Based on a detailed knowledge of Game of Thrones but grounded in …

business, strategic management, and the wider field of organisational studies. It will also appeal to business managers …