The significance of corporate culture for the practising manager is highlighted, with emphasis on the hidden nature of culture and the importance of growing awareness of it so that its hidden forces can be managed. Having defined corporate culture, the types that may exist and the question of...

With ever greater needs to account for the demands and desires of multiple stakeholders, it is proposed that governance considerations need, as much, to apply to the application of IS/IT challenges as to the whole corporation. The arguments for greater governance attention in the IS/IT arena are...

A study of US female chief executive officers (CEOs) identifies the women as more creative, better qualified, and appointed to the role of CEO at a younger age. Although female CEOs identify the importance of motivation, personal drive and people skills as key reasons for success, they equally...

The personalities, style and job demands of top ranking police officers have never before been seriously analysed. Here, by using a management development survey, key personality characteristics and the management and interpersonal styles of top ranking officers are identified. The views of...

Of general managers in the UK, 74 per cent identify poor relations at board level which seriously impair discussion concerning the future of the organization, thereby leaving the business vulnerable to business and market turbulence.

Presents a study of correlates of divergent vision within, and sensitivity to internal issues by, top management teams across an eight‐country sample of 2,514 top managers. The outcome reveals their importance as well as remarkable similarities. Findings relate, among others, to organizational...

This study is an analysis of client‐consultant relationships centered around a large capital project, specifically in planning to build a self contained steel production plant in a country on the North African coast. The total contract value was £350m ($800m approximately). A number of...

This article attempts to give the western consultant travelling to South‐east Asia an idea of what to expect, of what will and what will not work in terms of consultancy practice.

The management development of top executives is important for the success of the entire business. Attention needs to be focused on their specific business issues and on the quality of their working relationships. Using the comments of chief executives from various different companies helpful...

The Seebohm recommendations assumed that any improvement in the social services had to be accompanied by fundamental administrative reorganisation. The rationalisation that social work activity would be best placed under one roof, generated, not unexpectedly, discussion and research, on...