9 Posts found for Author: Sarah Powell

In this issue of Spotlight, Edward de Bono talks to editor Sarah Powell about the development, application and impact of his ideas about thinking and creativity.

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Management, People

In this issue of Spotlight, Professor Henri-Claude de Bettignies speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the development of China as a world power and the opportunities and challenges this offers to western businesses.

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: International – China, People

In this issue of Spotlight, Dick Grote speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the difference between standard performance appraisal and ‘forced ranking’ and the reasons why forced ranking is so contentious.

Content: Article | Authors: Dick Grote, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Human Resources, People

An interview with Professor Nirmalya Kumar of London Business School, focusing on the need for marketers to assume the role of change agents, developing strategic thinking and cross-functional skills. Discusses the decline of marketing as an engine for growth, and the rationale underpinning continuous incremental innovation as opposed to radical market-driving innovation. Reports on the means of benefiting simultaneously from the efficiencies of global … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Nirmalya Kumar, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Change Management, Marketing / Sales

Sam Rovit, a partner in the Chicago office of Bain & Company and head of Bain’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the paradox of the need for M&A in corporate growth and the high failure rate of such operations.

Content: Article | Authors: Sam Rovit, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: People

Nigel Nicholson speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the implications of evolutionary psychology for business.

Content: Article | Authors: Nigel Nicholson, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Professor Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe discusses the transformational imperatives of leadership. Professor Alimo-Metcalfe joined with Dr John Alban-Metcalfe to undertake the largest ever investigation of leadership, and the first to involve a significant proportion of women and individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic group backgrounds, leading to the development of the Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ), a new leadership 360-degree feedback instrument, the success of which led to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Leadership, People

“Rather than a single solution to be imposed everywhere, [spiral dynamics] is a modern evolutionary process whereby different concepts of leadership influence emerge. What this produces is a synthesis of all the different approaches to leadership, management, organization design, motivation and communication. None of them is rejected; rather they are aligned on a ‘scaffolding’ or ‘library shelf’. We use the metaphor of a spiral, an … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Don Beck, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Management, People

Paul Quintas is Professor of Knowledge Management at the Open University Business School (OUBS) and founding Director of the Management of Knowledge and Innovation Research Unit. In this Spotlight, Professor Quintas talks to editor Sarah Powell about the concept of knowledge management and its development, and his role and research in the field.

Content: Article | Authors: Paul Quintas, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Knowledge Management, People