What does a manager do most days? If your answer involves going to meetings, revising budgets, and checking and writing emails, you will greatly benefit from reading about one manager who changed this work pattern.
Widely seen as the key for ensuring quality in corporate governance, the board of directors has been a particular focal point for reform.
Companies seeking to expand their global presence are increasingly entering emerging markets. However, the rules for doing business are not always the same. John Mullins explores ways you can do business ethically wherever you choose to go.
Here is a tricky question: How many living management gurus can you name who did not learn their trade in North America? I have asked many colleagues this question, and it’s pretty hard to come up with a good list. For example, consider the individuals in last year’s “Thinkers 50” ranking list. Most of the obvious non-American names such as Mohammed Yunus, Ratan Tata, and Manfred Kets de Vries actually studied in the US, so they don’t count. By my reckoning, there are only seven who make the cut: Richard Branson (Virgin), Kris Gopalakrishnan (Infosys), Kjell Nordstrom and Jonas Ridderstrale (Stockholm School of Economics), Lynda Gratton, Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones (London Business School). Does this matter? I think it does.
Lord Sebastian Coe, has been at the heart of 2012 Summer Olympics in London from its very beginning, this may qualify as the biggest race of his life
The logic that shapes the first half of your career can leave you trapped in the second half. Managers make predictable mistakes that, despite their technical expertise and stellar performance, can lead high-fliers to fail to rise to the top.
Rajesh Chandy is studying the way that established firms in a given market react when a much larger chain acquires one of them. Such an acquisition, as you might expect, changes how the firms compete — especially in terms of their product mix.
Julian Franks “I’m interested in distressed restructuring: what happens to distressed or even bankrupt companies. You may be unsure about life after death for humans, but there is most surely life after death for companies.”
It’s not a pleasant thought, but another major disaster is going to happen. Nitin Bakshi believes that we can learn from how disasters were managed in the past and find better ways to manage and recover from the next major global setback.
Fujitsu is the third biggest player in the global IT services market. It has a long and distinguished track record as a technology pioneer. Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove gained unique access to examine the art of Fujitsu management.
True or false? After completing the interviews of candidates to fill an open position on your staff, you should first rule out applicants who disclosed any shortcomings. The answer: probably false.
Louise Mors, studied the ways that one global multinational professional services firm utilises informal relationships and networks. How did the firm convert new knowledge into a reputation for innovation, a key to sustaining its competitive advantage?
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