55 Posts found for Source: Emerald Now

In this issue of Spotlight, Professor John Child speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the challenges of establishing successful joint ventures in China.

Content: Article | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: International – Asia, 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

People today…have tried all the other management systems. They are all good in their way but they’re all intended for different people at different levels; once they can achieve the ‘match’, they make all the sense in the world.

Content: Quotation | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Management

In this issue of Spotlight Professor A ‘Parsu’ Parasuraman speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the concept of techno-ready marketing and the implications of techno-readiness for marketers.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, People

In this issue of Spotlight Sir John Harvey-Jones, former chairman of ICI and one of Britain’s best-known industrialists, talks to editor Sarah Powell about the particular challenges and opportunities facing small and family-owned companies, his approach to corporate ‘troubleshooting’, and his views on leadership.

Content: Article | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: People

Igor Filatotchev is Professor of Strategic Management at Bradford University School of Management and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Enterprise in Emerging Markets, University of Nottingham.

In this issue of Spotlight Professor Igor Filatotchev talks to editor Sarah Powell about his research into corporate governance life-cycles relating to initial public offerings (IPOs) in the UK and links between corporate governance and corporate performance. … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Management

Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University from 1959 to 1991, Stanley Hollander’s career in the fields of retailing and marketing spans more than fifty years, first in retailing, then with the Office of Price Administration prior to his move into academia in 1947. Among his many and diverse roles, Professor Hollander was founder and co-chair of the North American Workshops on Historical Research in … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Communication is the key to leadership and I cannot stress how important it is in the leadership process. As previously mentioned, repetition is crucially important. Significant issues need to be stated repeatedly… I believe managers frequently forget to do this. They state things once and assume that the message is received and understood – but often it is not. To my mind, a good yardstick … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Communication

Taina Savolainen, one of Finland’s leading experts in quality management, was recently nominated Professor of Organization and Management at the University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics. Previously she held the positions of Professor of Quality Management at Helsinki University of Technology, Lahti Center and the University of Oulu, Faculty of Economics and Industrial Management.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

It used to be thought that knowledge was only to be found in a select group of experts – today it is more widely recognized that useful knowledge has built up throughout the organization. This article cites the examples of knowledge-sharing systems at Ford, British Petroleum and Lockheed-Martin as illustrative of this changed thinking.

Content: Article | Author: Nancy M. Dixon | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Knowledge Management

As its title suggests, this article presents knowledge management as the new challenge for the 21st century (it was written in late 1999). The authors define the concept and what it involves, and discuss its potential significance for business. They also present a selection of case studies and make recommendations of “best practices.”

Content: Article | Authors: Atefah Sadri McCampbell, Linda Morehad Clare, Scott Howard Gitters | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Knowledge Management

This excellent article starts out with an introduction and a good overview of issues surrounding knowledge management and then proceeds to discuss the results of an empirical study that examined the extents of KM systems operating within sample UK enterprises with respect to each company’s use of teamwork, level of bureaucracy and centralisation of decision making, innovativeness, and the ability to cope with change. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Helen Gabriel, Roger Bennett | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

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

Content: Thought Leader | Sources: Emerald Now, ManagementFirst | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

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Content: Thought Leader | Sources: Emerald Now, ManagementFirst | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training