.... Develops a four‐old analytical model which embraces both the practice and theory of MD in the UK and elsewhere. Makes brief mention of attempts to develop programmes for strategic managers, as opposed to more generic, usually operational manager‐oriented, programmes. Examines the relative paucity of advice...

... water molecules will suddenly fly apart and undergo a phase transition into water vapour. Neither phase transition would have any meaning for one molecule alone. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Learning organizations Logic Paradigms Strategic management In the first article I explained...

... is a chaos of delight. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Management theory Organizational philosophy Paradigms Strategic management Writing about management and strategy is mostly a twentieth century phenomenon. But is it based on eighteenth century thinking? Keynes once argued that: ‘The ideas...

... Organizational change Strategic management Strategic planning Systems management Seventy per cent or more of all organization‐wide change programmes ‐ even some of the best designed ones ‐ fail to produce the desired results[ 1 ]. What is going wrong? It may be because the conventional approach...

...James C. Sarros; Joseph C. Santora Describes a study of 104 CEOs in Australia′s top 500 companies. Identifies their reasons for success in times of economic downturn. These reasons and attributes contained both “hard” and “soft” management skills, such as strategic management and interpersonal...