Purpose – The aim of this study is to determine the nature and extent of the threat of global maritime piracy. The cost of global piracy has been estimated at USD15-25 billion, reaching an all-time high in 2011, remaining an ongoing threat to world trade and contributing to high commodity...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the delivery of corporate objectives in customer service in the training of employees in a cultural context at odds with the proposed training outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – A training program created to encourage collaborative and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the barriers to the implementation of a software system for managing job task analysis and competency‐based training in a large organization in the State of Kuwait. Why, in spite of many positive selling points, was this system rejected...

In the devolved legislative assemblies of Scotland and Wales the proportion of women representatives is approaching parity. This is in marked contrast to Westminster where one in five MPs are women. In this paper we explore the extent to which the masculinist political cultures characterising...

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Introducing, explaining and contextualising current leadership concepts, this text cross-references each of the entries to provide a clear definition, an explanation of historical usage, and lays out practical issues and examples from the contemporary world