The strategic importance of managing organizational culture has been a central theme in organizational literature over the past two decades. But relatively little attention has been given to the impact of culture change initiatives on managers. This paper reports on the impact of a programme of...

The strategic importance of managing organizational culture has been a central theme in organizational literature over the past two decades. But relatively little attention has been given to the impact of culture change initiatives on managers. This paper reports on the impact of a programme of...

[Extract] Established as a family firm in 1954, the Singapore Commercial Bank (SCB) had grown sufficiently by 1978 to be publicly listed. With a fully paid-up capital of S$50 million by 1985, the founding family retains financial control and several of the family's members are active on the...

This article documents and analyses the organization of work and human resources management in ten manufacturing plants in Malaysia and three plants in Japan. Each of the plants carries out specific tasks within an emergent international division of labour surrounding two Japanese multinational...

This paper argues that much of the current motivation for the study of organizational culture is fuelled by research which finds an association between culture and performance as well as by studies which suggest that culture is comparatively easily changed. However, much of the research upon...

Money politics and poverty are intertwined ordeals that stand against democracy in most African countries. In the case of the Nigerian state, the effort of avoiding the practice of vote buying and vote selling remains an effort that continually beckons for serious and conservative attention....

This study explored the concept of globalization and neo-imperialism, discussed imperialism and the scramble for Africa, examined globalization as the contemporary stage of imperialism, and assessed neo-imperialism and its implication for Africa. These were with a broad view of investigating...

COVID-19 has accelerated in transition to a more fragmented world order in which the future organizing principles of the international system are unclear. Analysis of the Post-COVID world tends to focus on one of two poles. For some, the pandemic is a crisis that will reorganize the decks and...