..., together with intensified collaborations and networking, promise benefits to the overall productivity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Collaboration Strategy Higher education Competition Reputation Upper echelon The second question that needs to be answered by adapting...

... traditional and non‐traditional employees as a choice between strategies of internalization and externalization (Pfeffer and Baron, 1988). Moreover, strategists have argued that contingent employees enable organizations to manage the flow of knowledge more effectively (Handy, 1989). In particular...

... insight into organisational learning and performance, enabling future empirical studies to be carried out to tighten the relationship between the two concepts. The process and findings of this exploratory research will be detailed in this paper. Convergence Strategy Leadership Learning cycle...

... of the inconsistencies evident in their structures, systems and processes. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Management Schools Strategy Teamwork The visitor to the small island state of Singapore cannot fail to be impressed by the public transport system. Air‐conditioned buses ply a myriad routes and link up...

... notion that work is increasingly being done by teams who can perform in a cohesive way. These definitions suggest that teamwork is a collaborative and shared activity that is directed towards a common goal. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Hospitality Human resource management Strategy Teams...

... and the achievement of business purposes. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Manufacturing Organizational design Strategy Teamwork There has been a great deal of interest in teamworking amongst UK manufacturing companies (e.g. Kimberley‐Clarke, Motorola, Baxi, Nissan) seeking to maintain and develop...

... to deliver the product and service, the food service sector is characterised by a wide range of different management styles and human resource strategies. Owners and managers of restaurants need to balance the need for profit and customer satisfaction against the need for greater employee retention...

... arguments, comments will be made about possible managerial approaches to this complex problem. There is general agreement that the concept of performance is somehow linked with the process of organizational strategy, but confusion about its exact meaning. The Oxford Paperback Dictionary[ 1...