The paper considers the need for an evolution in managerial skills in the twenty‐first century, and considers the required change in the nature of business schools and management development. Considering the history of management development in the UK and overseas, the paper uses the case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the epistemology of benchmarking and identify methodological elements of a theory of benchmarking. Design/methodology/approach – A thematic approach is applied to origins, primal and functional definitions of benchmarking. Findings –...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the mainstream theories of corporate governance in an attempt to suggest that their underlying assumptions and ideologies are misplaced and ought to give way to an emerging pluralistic view of the governing process in order to understand any governance...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the response in the UK, the USA and China to the need to provide effective protection in law to disgruntled minority shareholders. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws upon official comment and case law across the three jurisdictions...

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a critique of corporate governance in China. Design/methodology/approach – The critique is based upon a literature review and secondary data sources. Findings – The Chinese Government has made efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of corporate...

Purpose – This article provides a critical appraisal of the relevance of conventional management inquiry to management, and a proposal to use the critical management paradigm to develop genuinely relevant management studies. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses the relevance of...

One of the key dilemmas facing senior managers is IT investment. Much rides on it, yet it often fails to deliver. The usual cause of failure is cited as “human error”. Yet senior managers are perhaps expecting too much of IT managers, who are often technologists forced into management (in...