... learning experiences in innovation management in a broad range of organizations. The authors have observed that specific leadership and management practices seem to be strongly related to the success or failure of organizations in building self-renewing innovation environments. Findings...

... Limited 2013 Coaching Organizations Human resource management Employees development Mentoring Back in 2004 I was a relatively new member of a corporate training team and was invited to join a group of colleagues who were about to undertake a coaching and mentoring qualification. My...

...Clinton O. Longenecker; Robert D. Yonker Purpose This article aims to report the results of a study concerning the key performance deficiencies found in leaders in rapidly changing organizations. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 153 middle and front‐line managers from...

... of talent, considering talent and success as distinct and separate enables a more holistic approach to engaging talent and enabling its potential. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a definition of talent which remains a core premise by which organizations seek to define...

... in most organizations which reduces its impact and influence. Worse, many in the learning profession continually apologize for the lack of rigor and discipline, believing that it is too hard or too difficult to manage learning like other lines of business. It is concluded that learning is not any more...

...Steven H. Appelbaum; Frederic Lefrancois; Roberto Tonna; Barbara T. Shapiro Purpose The aim of this paper is to establish what managers need in terms of being acculturated and trained to manage the implications of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on their organizations considering...

...Steven H. Appelbaum; Frederic Lefrancois; Roberto Tonna; Barbara T. Shapiro Purpose To establish what managers need in terms of being acculturated and trained to manage the implications of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on their organizations considering the variables: change...

...Anthony Eve Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for organizations to synchronize the development of the complete project management system. Design/methodology/approach The paper concentrates on the three key areas of development for the project management...

... the forces supporting and constraining organizational candor and secondly, promoting its practice. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds upon existing research that explores the dynamics present in the relationship between the individual and the organization and applies it to the growing...

...Alec Hughes 1998, 18 minutes. Produced by The Media Partnership and available for purchase (£29.38 inc. VAT) from CFL Vision, PO Box 35, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7EX. Tel: 01937 541010; Fax: 01937 541083 Keywords: Technology, Organizations, Computers This video, released last...

...Alec Hughes © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Technology Organizations Computers 1998, 12 minutes. Produced by Business Horizons, Australia and available for purchase (£300.00 plus VAT) from Look Multimedia Ltd, 1 Mortimer Street, London W1N 7RH. Tel: 0171 255 2670; Fax: 0171 255...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Technology Training Organizations Keywords: Technology, Training, Organizations The continuing rapid advancement of technology is bringing more opportunities than ever before to use open learning techniques to achieve corporate and individual...

...Alan Mumford Reg   Revans , Mike   Pedler , Kate   Aspinwall , Nancy   Dixon . ABC of Action Learning . Lemos and Crane , 1998 . £12.99 Learning Improvement Training organizations Development These are three of the first books in a new series...

...Michael Bagshaw The sibling organization is a stage in the development of organizations following the uncertainty created by downsizing and restructuring. People feel the need to invest in self‐preservation, perhaps at the expense of collaborative effort, risk‐taking and shared learning...

... it necessary for people and organizations to understand what kind of “behavioural language” will have an effective impact on fast changing situations and scenarios. So far, what has been going on ? Nowadays, it is getting more and more important for the individual to define his possibility of developing...

... thing that can easily destroy an organization’s quality efforts is by not “practising what you preach”; however, like other theories and philosophies, it is very hard to “live” quality (the author, on completing the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in physics, soon realized that the only thing more...

...Colin J. Coulson‐Thomas Presents some of the findings from a five‐year international study into corporate renewal, learning and transformation programmes. Emerging network and virtual models of organization are making new demands on managers, and placing new issues such as network security...

...Franco F. Civelli Observes that as traditional structures are disappearing, new roles are developing and new professionalisms are required, not only by markets but from society too. Big differences are also noticeable in large and small organizations in the Italian market. Requirements in human...

... strongly reflect Roger Harrison’s descriptions of person and task cultures in organizations. Reflecting elements of both and, at the same time, increasingly incorporating “Generation X‐ers”, an organization which develops an employability culture is more likely a fifth alternative to Harrison’s...

... on management and management style. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Effectiveness Information technology Organizations Organizational performance Project management Risk management Success Despite the enormous amount of resources devoted to the implementation of ever more sophisticated applications...