Drawing on interviews with HR, finance and marketing directors, this article examines the locus of strategic decision making in organisations, who makes those decisions and the characteristics and competencies of strategic decision makers. The article finds that strategic formulation takes place...

In this work, the authors investigate the role, status and influence of Personnel or Human Resource directors. They offer both theoretical perspectives and case studies, in order to explain the 'politics' of board relationships

Examines the role of 28 personnel directors on the boards of private business and public sector organizations and offers an analysis of their influence and the factors explaining that influence. First, personnel directors adopted a business orientation directly involving them in business...