Advances in computer and telecommunications technology are providing logistics managers with a wide range of strategic … technology. Unless logistics managers take a broader strategic view of their role, these opportunities will be lost and their … companies will fall behind in the face of increasingly intense global competition. Logistics managers who seek innovative ways …

management concern, such as inventory cash flows, which are not currently addressed by marketing managers. Figures are provided … to identify aspects of inventory management that marketing managers can use to improve their market planning.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a wage incentive plan for branch managers of multi‐branch firms. The … contrient interdependence between the branch managers. Findings – The regional variables and the managerial skill variables have … or decrease the relative efficiency and the incentive payments of the branch managers. Practical implications – The …

study results will be of immense benefit to managers of construction projects as well as managers of construction …

National Health Service (NHS) managers as change agents have been given the responsibility for the implementation of … implementation of the reforms. A total of 28 managers from two acute care and one community care NHS Trusts in London were … also what they believed to be their public image. It appeared that managers generally believed that all NHS workers share …

. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses the role of health service managers in the context of the NHS and the political and … economic contexts in which they operate. Practical implications – The challenge faced by senior managers in the NHS, i …

constructed theoretical framework Findings – Fuelled by the “new public management” movement, public managers are forced to act in … managerial behaviour and the professionalism of public officials. Consequently, public managers have acquired personal stakes in … concludes that professional public managers must be judged within the context of the “res publica”. Originality/value – The …

polarisation. Furthermore, the survey carried out confirms the existence of some effective behaviours of public top managers … to br drawn. Practical implications – The result of this research implies that “ideal” competences of public managers …

‐career programmes. It argues that managers need to develop awareness of the different epistemologies and an understanding of their … deliberate linkage of research and teaching can be forged in order to help managers surface and interrogate the knowledge, norms …