Based on responses from leaders around the world, the author argues that organisations (and societies) need leaders who understand the importance of considering the whole organisation, who realise that the sum of its parts should be greater than its whole and who
value (and lead) networks that extend beyond the traditional confines.
Industrial placements can play a key role in developing an individual undergraduate’s softer skills, giving the opportunity for experiential learning, which is often sought by
employers when selecting future employees.This article reviews current student industrial placement activity in the United Kingdom, a typical recruitment process and the implications for stakeholders.
Throughout history, there have been managers who are considered examples of what we define as transcendental leadership: leadership that generates leadership. Many have been studied, admired and lauded as models to emulate.
Keywords:Leadership, Culture change, Values, Mission, Management by missions.
Customer services present distinct challenges to management regarding the delicate balance between content and form of service, structure and flexibility, customer and employee rights, and personal and organizational loyalty. This paper discusses the dilemmas involved in maintaining
these forms of equilibrium, based on the author's book "The Service Providers" (Palgrave).
How will work be organized in the future? This paper challenges and explodes many popular myths that limit how we think about the future of work. Grounded in a geographically global focus, it provides not only a critical overview of the array of competing visions but also a radical rethink about the direction of change. The result is to transcend the conventional dominant narratives and to open up the future of work to new possibilities.
Keywords:Work, Future of work, Global view, Continuity, Trajectories, Dominant visions, Alternative visions, Individuals.
The importance of ethics in organizations is indisputable. It is also indisputable that managers fulfill a crucial role in ensuring and enhancing the ethics of their organization. But what exactly is the role of managers? How ethical are they and how can they develop and enhance their personal ethics and the ethics of the organization?
Keywords:Managerial ethics, Managerial integrity, Leadership style, Diamond of
managerial integrity
The dearth of women in senior management positions internationally has been the subject of much debate and research in recent years. Previous studies have highlighted that female managers encounter more obstacles to career progression than their male counterparts.
Keywords:Female managers, Middle management, Ireland, Long hours culture
It is often claimed that work opportunities decline with age, that hiring chances of older persons are poor. We investigate this by collecting questionnaire responses from personnel managers of German manufacturing firms, eliciting a hypothetical hiring decision based on three fictitious candidates.
Keywords:Discrimination, Hiring Decision, Labor market, Labour market, Questionnaire Study
CEO compensation is at the forefront of the current financial crisis and generates intense debates in academic circles (e.g., Bogle, 2008; Kaplan, 2008a, 2008b; Walsh, 2008a, 2008b). In this commentary, we highlight that the lack of a theoretical foundation undermines existing discussions of CEO compensation.
Keywords:CEO compensation, Executive pay, Agency theory, Integrity, CEO pay theory.
