...J.G. Hunt; B.R. Baliga; M.F. Peterson This article examines top level management leadership and its impact on organisational excellence. An organisational life cycle model of leadership is developed which posits that top level leadership requirements differ across different stages...

... to be successful a Japanese manager is typically forced to alter his behaviour from that of a conformist to a self‐actualiser as his position goes up the promotional ladder. In the American business organisation, the single, over‐riding principle for promotion is the Tokuten principle — the US businessman has only...

...Peter W. Stonebraker The key to effective management in times of tumult is organisation fit — the integration or congruence of the organisation. Tumult increases the need to manage the two major areas of fit more closely — organisation domain and external environment. Fit must be considered...

...David Kolb; Stuart Lublin; Juliann Spoth; Richard Baker Management of change and uncertainty requires that increasingly sophisticated and highly differentiated specialised knowledge be brought to bear on organisational problems and that their specialised viewpoints be integrated into effective...

...H.S. Cranston; G. Flamholtz Once a company has had success as an entrepreneurial venture and has grown in size it must make the transition from entrepreneurship to a professionally managed organisation. The role of management development is believed to be a critical component in this transition...