Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how financial risk is managed and commercial decisions are made within a successful UK livestock market. Design/methodology/approach – An autoethnographic approach is used, in which the researcher is both active participant and reflective...

Argues that empowerment facilitated by the development of personal power in staff is an important attribute for job satisfaction and longevity, and is an important element in the creation of effective learning organizations. In contrast to this, the main focus of management educators, trainers,...

Two understandings of “conflict” are derived from a multi‐cultural East‐West experience: as a fundamental threat in which conflict is normally avoided, and as competitive games in which conflict is associated with confrontation and negotiation, and is sought after. Suggests that it is...

Philosophical reflection is a reflection of a school’s organizational structure. This study employs formal and computational methods to examine closely the culture/structure duality in the Frankfurt School’s formation and fragmentation over several decades by examining the homology between...