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Middle Management in innovation process in companies
Novák, Adam; Nový, Ivan - In: Ekonomika a managment 2013 (2013) 2, pp. 65-77
Middle management plays substantial role in creating core capabilities, innovation and competitive advantage of … middle management on general aspects of intra-company innovation environment, there are significant differences between … different levels of management in perception of characteristics of innovation processes. Such differences may undermine …
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Equality Law and the Limits of the 'Business Case' for addressing Gender Inequalities
McLaughlin, C.; Deakin. S. - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2011
SRI and with managers in a range of organisations in both the private and public sector. We find that organisations are …
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Improved fallows: a case study of an adaptive response in Amazonian swidden farming systems
Marquardt, Kristina; Milestad, Rebecka; Salomonsson, Lennart - In: Agriculture and Human Values 30 (2013) 3, pp. 417-428
Many smallholders in the Amazon employ swidden (slash-and-burn) farming systems in which forest or forest fallows are the primary source of natural soil enrichment. With decreasing opportunities to claim natural forests for agriculture and shrinking landholdings, rotational agriculture on...
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The Necessity of Implementation of Diversity Management Caused by the Actual Development of Cross-border Labour Mobility in EU
Juraj, Chebeň; Drahoslav, Lančarič; Radovan, Savov - In: Studia Commercialia Bratislavensia 4 (2011) 13, pp. 50-64
The article refers to the problemacy of international labour mobility seen as a response to many changes in political as well as in economical and social development in Europe in the last decade. In the first part of the article there is a short summary of the mentioned development in the area...
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The management of diversity in U.S. and German higher education
Langholz, Marlene - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 25 (2014) 3, pp. 207-226
The research on diversity and diversity management in German organisations has significantly gained relevance over the last years. The reasons for this are socio-political and economic changes that make diversity a highly relevant topic. In higher education, there is currently much discussion on...
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The Necessity of Implementation of Diversity Management Caused by the Actual Development of Cross-border Labour Mobility in EU
Juraj, Chebeň; Drahoslav, LanÄariÄ; Radovan, Savov - In: Studia Commercialia Bratislavensia 4 (2011) 13, pp. 50-64
The article refers to the problemacy of international labour mobility seen as a response to many changes in political as well as in economical and social development in Europe in the last decade. In the first part of the article there is a short summary of the mentioned development in the area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010534084
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Leadership Competencies for Managing Diversity
Visagie, Jan; Linde, Herman; Havenga, Werner - In: Managing Global Transitions 9 (2011) 3, pp. 225-247
The new understanding of diversity involves more than increasing the number of different identity groups on the payroll. An important proposal is that the experience of diversity in an organisation results from pervasive styles of management. This article dealt with the specific paradigms of...
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Diversity of the DAX30 Executive Board Members: Aspiration and Reality
Weinert, Stefan - Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences - 2012
Diversity becomes increasingly important for German companies. Accordingly, the topic stands out prominently in company communications. If diversity has such a high importance it will be assumed that diversity should exist particularly on executive board level. After all, this body leads...
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Culture as an individual process: Deficits of national cultural theories in management of cultural diversity
Lenz, Rainer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Most prevalent theories in cross cultural management reduce the variability of individual relations to one single category, the national culture. Based on the assumption that the national cultural values determine individual behavior the individual’s behavior in different national cultures...
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Vielfalt als Wettbewerbsfaktor nutzen: Diversity Management in Hamburg; Ergebnisse einer Unternehmensbefragung
Klaffke, Martin - Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) - 2008
The study analyses the application of Diversity Management among companies of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and elaborates differences between small and medium-sized as well as large companies. The results indicate that Hamburg companies are not extensively familiar with the concept...
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