Strategic Management

Contributed to and edited by leading academics, the conceptual and empirical papers included in this significant volume consider how interaction between business associations and government is affected by Europeanization and globalization...

There is no mistaking that inequality in the workplace is still prevalent in the form of salary inequity and unequal representation in leadership and board positions. Too often conversations about inequality can lead to men and women believing they are alike. Women and men are not the same, biologic..

This book describes for leaders why and how to shift their focus from primarily results to both results and behaviors. It helps leaders to see how their singular focus on achieving results is usually done at the expense of creating sustainability of those results -- the unintended consequence of fai..

Each of us pitches ideas every day. Yet we consistently under-estimate how critical it is to recognise the role of the decision maker. By unearthing the true motivation or desire of the decision maker, the author shows how to craft a story or message around it, creating a predictable and repeatable ..

This book analyses the ‘high performance work systems’ that a number of American and European companies have evolved to meet this challenge. It particular, it describes in detail the experiences of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) at their UK manufacturing plant...

With a huge proportion of any organization’s expenditure invested in human resources and economic pressures demanding that companies become leaner than ever, it has never been more important for HR professionals to think and act strategically to turn their people planning into profit. Focusing on HR..

Originally published in 1970. Drawing on his knowledge of business methods in Europe, America and Asia, Ronald Ogden examines the necessity for control in a business and the ways in which it should be exercised in order to obtain the most effective and profitable results...

In today's increasingly diverse, global, interconnected business world, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is no longer just "the right thing to do," it is a core leadership competency and central to the success of business. Working effectively to combat unconscious bias across differences such as gender..

This book explains networks and how managers and organizations can navigate them to produce successful strategic innovation outcomes. _x005F_x000D_ This book provides an actionable set of tools, lessons and recommendations for rewiring the firm toward profitable innovation. Detailed case analyses ar..

Integral Green Slovenia tells the unique story of a society pursuing a newly holistic and green approach to economics. The story is framed by - and demonstrated through - stories of integral communities and organisations on a path of social innovation for sustainability. The books in the Integral G..

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the integral leadership challenges of the twenty first century. The author combines the African philosophy of Ubuntu or Humanness, the cornerstone to African thought and life, with the concept of Integral Leadership, with particular reference to Less..

Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good outlines the roadmap to reinvigorating a skeptical public and demoralized financial services industry by making the case that, contrary to popular misconception, finance is not the cause of the world's problems; in fact, it can provide the solut..