Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to investigate organizational development projects considered as ways of implementing new methods – technologies and ways of organizing work in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical study presents four organizational...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to investigate organizational development projects considered as ways of implementing new methods – technologies and ways of organizing work in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical study presents four organizational...

Management in organizations has a common focus on achieving goals in the most productive, efficient way. Many managers use teams as powerful tools in focusing on and achieving goals. It has been claimed that everyone in an organization belongs to one or more teams. In parallel to the development...

This paper presents the findings of a survey on the use of the Japanese practice of 5‐S for workplace organisation in the UK. The research methodology was to review the literature, conduct a survey using a questionnaire, follow‐up the questionnaire with a series of semi‐structured...

Total quality management (TQM) has taken hold in the Western world. Organizations are either adopting or contemplating adoption of TQM programmes before they fully realize what they are getting into. Seeks to lift some of the veil on TQM. The TQM concept is described or defined in terms of what...

Reviews research on men and women in management and looks at the differing standards expected. Most of the existing research has been done in the USA but Europe and some parts of Asia are now taking on these studies and research areas. Shows how women have a better relationship as managers than...