In today′s rapidly changing and high‐pressured environment, managers need to learn to think more strategically about what they should be doing in their jobs. Shows how managers can take a strategic view of their work by first recognizing the flexibility and freedom in the job and then the...

TRW and the American business sector in general is faced with a crisis that is not only a financial crisis. We are faced with increasing competition and are questioning our ability to respond. We have identified the problem, we have analysed the competition, and now we understand why their...

What are the communications problems which are common in corporate and business films and tapes? Describes anecdotally a number of mistakes often made when corporate America tries to communicate through film or video with an audience. Suggests that business people ask a number of questions...

The development of human capital is critical for firms to gain competitive advantage. However, short‐term, risk‐averse managerial behaviour often produces lower investments in the development of human capital. Short‐term risk‐averse managerial behaviour is often the result of managerial...

Argues that, although cultural differences clearly affect relationships within organizations, tensions are often triggered first by other contextual factors. Presents the findings of a study of foreign acquisitions of US firms, and demonstrates how problems between the two partners most often...

Describes the practical problems that the director of human resources of the North American subsidiary of a French group encountered related to cultural misunderstandings and stereotyping. Specifically deals with the difficulties he experienced when organizing internal training programmes,...

Identifies problems facing MBA programmes, the type of executives sought by businesses, and the roles academic and business institutions need to play in developing the next generation of managers. Views MBA programmes through an input‐output model with the quality of the output (MBAs) a...

Addresses the theme of the internationalization of business practice at a time when research indicates that US firms are providing less training to prepare managers to be internationally effective than are firms in other industrialized countries. Describes a training programme developed for...