Leaders must be able to transform their organisations regularly to deliver long‐term competitive advantage, in an environment where organisational change is becoming more frequent, complex and risky. Failure rates are high because organisations install new systems, processes or practices, but...

Purpose – The reasons for writing this paper are to enable the reader to understand: why delegation and co‐ordination are the core development competencies; how organisations can deliver a competitive edge, i.e. increase their profitability faster than the competition by focusing their...

Purpose – Having worked internationally with senior executives within organisations seeking to restore lost trust, Endaba commissioned independent research specialists, OnePoll, to undertake a study amongst UK employees to establish trust levels within UK plc. This paper aims to outline the...

Purpose – This paper aims to raise awareness that successful businesses of the future will need to pay attention to more than just the traditional economic model. Social and environmental issues need to be considered when setting strategy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses...

Purpose – This paper aims to expand the debate around the catalysts required to develop, promote, implement and maintain effective collaborative practice. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the benefits of business collaboration and partnering, with special reference to the world's...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expand the debate around the catalysts required to develop, promote, implement and maintain effective collaborative practice. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the benefits of business collaboration and partnering, with special reference to...

Under pressure from modern business conditions and practices, technology is being harnessed to help more people learn more things quicker than ever before – thus enabling them not only to do more things but to do new things, and do them better than would have been the case under the...

The small and medium enterprise (SME) sector is receiving increasing recognition and, as part of this, its human resources needs is a comparatively neglected area. This study of 300 companies consisted of a comprehensive investigation of all aspects of human resources. The focus here is on the...