management that emphasises the importance of values and authenticity.  …

China is a country in dire need of management reform. Although the behaviour of people at work is necessarily … influenced by the environment surrounding an organisation, it is more directly affected by the management. After a brief glance … at a chief executive officer of 2,000 years ago — the Emperor Shihuang — four selected cases of management practices in …

Japan's success in the management of its organisations has long been admired and envied by the rest of the western … world. An early “manager” is examined and his example upheld as one of the first exponents of Japanese management practice.  …

creative individual feels frustrated. Such measures as the use of creativity management meetings, brain‐storming sessions …

Action Research (AR) is presented as an interpretive conceptual framework through which an understanding of management … systems can be achieved. The proposed interpretive framework is briefly described and examined as a comparative management … framework. The merit inherent in AR as an interpretive comparative management framework is illustrated through an initial …

Japanese and American management decision‐making patterns are compared. The Daido Steel Company of Nagoya, Japan, was a …

In recent years the concept of the “focused factory” has emerged in the field of operations management, and the …