Compares the development and characteristics of three groups of highly successful British senior executives – self‐made entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, and a group of intrapreneurs who are members of the family owning the company for which they work, but not the company′s founder. One...

Understanding how to manage the boss requires an awareness of the different types of bosses, their personality and their management styles. Describes six different types of manager: the bureaucrat, the autocrat, the wheeler‐dealer, the laissez‐faire manager, the reluctant manager, and the...

Existing safety management methods have not had the anticipated impact of reducing accident rates at work. This is an introduction to the new behaviour based approach to safety management and quality improvement