is not. This paper uses these often paradoxical issues to examine the complexity of strategy and explain why the search …

competences of firms. Today, there is near universal agreement that the competitiveness of firms rests on the (core) competences … of questions yet to be answered by research on competence‐based strategy.  …

This article posits a model to describe a learning process that may be applied to the development of leadership … premise of the model is found in the academic disciplines of science and philosophy as they relate to leadership and learning … theories. The article concludes with a suggested seven‐step method that may be used to enhance leadership development among …

infrastructure, IT technical and managerial knowledge and the integration of IT strategy with firm strategy – on quality performance … of leadership practice on this relationship must be analyzed. Design/methodology/approach – A proposed research model is … performance – rather, one needs complementarity with leadership; and the impact of IT dimensions on quality performance will be …

Management Leadership Program (MLP) to better hone the core competencies of senior directors of administrative units at the …

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the leadership role of first‐line managers in self‐managed production units … leadership development programme. The sample consisted of 38 lower‐level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany … difficulties with their new leadership‐related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are found to be associated with better …