Purpose – The intention of this research paper is to shed light on the key factors influencing the human resource management (HRM) performance of first tier managers (FTMs), and the vital importance that a holistic strategic framework can have in this regard. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The basic purpose of this research is to study the influence selection factors have on the effectiveness of evolutionary change methods in civil engineering companies in Slovenia. Design/methodology/approach – A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches to research...

As more and more organisations need not only be competitive in their internal markets, but need to be globally competitive, these economic changes impact on the content and context within which business education takes place. Company changes in the new millennium will impact on educational...

Creativity underpins innovation; innovation underpins enterprise. In the business world it is enterprises, not ideas or products on their own, that make money. Much attention is given to new product development and to processes of innovation. Indeed, there are increasingly popular techniques to...

Purpose – Between 1997 and 2002, Shell changed the way it organised its advertising activity, switching from a local approach to a global organisation. The transition was significant, given the group's long history of decentralisation. It was also very successful. This paper explores how this...

Purpose – To analyse how differences in decision‐making affected the integration of the R&D functions after Ford's acquisition of Volvo Cars. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is carried out in two steps. Step one analyses which type of approach Ford employed to integrate Volvo...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide a pragmatic example of multi‐stage leadership education model. Leadership education that is multidisciplinary, global, and ethics oriented is a remedy for many of the leadership challenges we are currently facing in the business world....

Purpose – Seeks to explore the responsibilities of the major players in the market‐driven, globally orientated, capitalist system. Should managers and management educators be concerned with the way the system works? If the great guru of management thinking, Peter Drucker, raised fundamental...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that the use of Emotional Intelligence (EI) is proposed as a means to assess how an organization can improve staff performance and productivity (emphasis on leadership), and develop a more effective Human Resources strategy to deal with...

Purpose – Following Polanyi, this paper aims to suggest that the Industrial Revolution marked a break‐point between pre‐industrial society (characterised by integration) and industrial society (characterised by differentiation). Design/methodology/approach – As a conceptual paper, the...