Performance management is an increasingly perilous and challenging activity for many firms, and involves understanding the drivers of performance as well as its measurement. Academics tend to see performance in terms of rationality, whereas business leaders tend to interpret drivers of overall...

One of the most significant trends that will affect management education in the 21st century is the relationships that will develop between universities and organizations in the area of employee education. Organizations recognize the importance of graduate management education. One model is for...

Although systems scientists have railed against the classical leadership models for years, they continue to pervade academic textbooks and life in many organizations. This paper adds to that critique by suggesting that the nature of leadership is quite different in highly turbulent environments....

Learning in the 21st century will occur in many different ways. Learning opportunities will arise in places not commonly thought of as learning venues. One such opportunity is the television show Seinfeld. It more vividly and thoroughly addresses the concepts of interdependence and the...

This study explores factors that motivate American Indians to become entrepreneurs and analyzes the results strategies they utilize to build sustainable ventures. Unexpectedly, the factor most cited by the study participants as having the strongest influence on their entrepreneurial career was...

This article utilizes the methodology of evidence-based research to address the research question: Can scholarly literature be extended to develop a positive approach that motivates students and increases the effectiveness of business ethics education? Positive business ethics is defined as an...

This systematic literature review offers a roadmap for firms seeking to increase their competitive advantage through data-driven decision-making. Based on current scholarship in strategy as practice, strategic planning, individual behavior, and business intelligence, this review indicates that...

The last decade has seen a growing interest in market-based approaches to poverty reduction. Since the publication of Prahalad's Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid in 2004, businesses, entrepreneurs, and researchers have investigated ways to tap into this fortune. Many researchers have...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to discuss the factors that influenced the establishment of modern management into the pervasive force it is today. It briefly describes modern management and discusses the reasons for this gap in knowledge in such a critical area. The main analysis of the...