Too narrow a focus on overcoming organisational obstacles such as financial hurdle rates can often obstruct effective evaluation of investment in information technology (IT). To clear the hurdle rates with a minimum amount of organisational disturbance, evaluation procedures are often distorted....

The current lack of awareness of the systemic risks inherent in computer-based information systems is criticized. Cases are presented that demonstrate the adverse consequences (increased complexity and uncertainty, reduced security) of the introduction of information technology (IT). It is...

A decade ago, Burns used the term transforming leadership to describe a type of noncoercive political leadership that engaged people, was morally elevating and, in turn, sparked leadership in them. In applying this concept to organisations, there has been a tendency to broaden the meaning of...

The study of leadership suffers from too many definitions, not too few. Much of this confusion springs from the fact that there are two fundamentally different perspectives on leadership. From these arise three common usages of the word. This article suggests that we recognise this diversity and...

The success of In Search of Excellence (1) underlines the growing awareness among managers of the importance of creating a sense of mission through transforming leadership. Unfortunately, the models still widely used for leadership training do not reflect this development. A notable example is...