Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how Chinese managers perceive and respond to … been collected from experience of a management development programme for Chinese managers in 20 state‐owned enterprises …, and from interviews with 45 senior Chinese managers and officials who had been involved in a United Nations Development …

Carrefour in both Spain and China. Design/methodology/approach – In the form of a case study the paper explains global … acting local” is also pertinent to application in the management of supply chains. Practical implications – Managers may …

routine (operations) > major decision/event > project > adjustment > routine which correspond to the chosen temporal hierarchy … decision‐making process. Attention should be paid to changes that major decisions, events, and projects impose on …

study results will be of immense benefit to managers of construction projects as well as managers of construction …

polarisation. Furthermore, the survey carried out confirms the existence of some effective behaviours of public top managers … to br drawn. Practical implications – The result of this research implies that “ideal” competences of public managers … might differ from those requested for a private manager, especially regarding decision making (more incremental) and …

politicians and managers perceive their relationships and respective roles during the accounting cycle and using multiple cases of … literature, the paper depicts models of interaction between managers and politicians through the analysis of the cases of five … politicians and managers can be depicted in the analyzed cases. Rather, alternatively patterns of sequential or reciprocal …

of efficient and effective public sector managers. Presents a practical, all‐encompassing action model, total stress …

Public managers throughout the world work in an unforgiving environment in which to take risks. Managers face varying … managers is sought in drives to ensure quality in public services. Risk and quality appear strongly inter‐linked, although … concepts, as they are experienced by public managers, through two pilot case studies of managerial practice in the UK, based in …

organizations; and then to create a model for how managers of larger organizations can work to create sustainable health. Design …/methodology/approach – The empirical data were gathered through interviews with managers at different organizational levels and workshops with … four successful organizations, managers should mainly consider doing the following: start measuring and evaluating the …