Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to lament the poor quality of many managers and highlight four key skills that can help to improve their performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper emphasizes the importance of self‐awareness, delegation, communication and organizational...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places...

Purpose – This article aims to highlight major unique Chinese organizational phenomena and delineate associated qualitative methods for exploratory inquiries and to focus on perceived challenges in developing indigenous knowledge in HRD and related management fields....

Different companies have their own polices and practices that are influenced by their national cultures and company environments. Chinese professionals have different working environmental needs based on whether they work in a Chinese‐owned or American‐owned company in China. Two sets of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review Buddhism as a potential reform instrument in the workplace and discuss some obstacles in making that happen. Design/methodology/approach – By the use of literature review and interviews, Buddhism's establishment in the USA is reviewed, a brief...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw the attention to the necessity of knowledge management (KM) among the older workforce and to provide guidelines for human resource (HR) managers on how to engage in this process. Design/methodology/approach – First, characteristics of older...

Purpose – The paper examines how e‐HR has improved human‐resource (HR) management at telecommunications company KPN. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the views of the company's manager of HR systems and information provision on the benefits HR Charter software has...

Purpose – Describes the “tangible culture” approach in promoting culture change, and smoothing the way to successful integration, which consultants and researchers devised to resolve some of the issues IBM faced over the $3.5 billion acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to put forward the view that large, complex companies need a systematic process of decentralizing control to prevent increasing delay, cost and dissatisfaction caused by a lack of empowerment and ability to make decisions. Design/methodology/approach –...