This article critically examines issues of gender in relation to the ‘professionalization’ of management, with particular reference to the National Health Service (NHS). It focuses on the Master of Business Administration (MBA) qualification and the role this plays in professional...

This article examines the structures and relationships being formed between regional, sub-regional and local levels of governance. It highlights how traditional methods for the delivery of regeneration, based on Weberian formalization, centralization and bureaucratic procedures, are being...

<title>Abstract</title> The purpose of this article is to present an empirical, descriptive contribution to the literature on stakeholder management in the area of local government decision making. The research presented here examines the web of interactions, inter-connections and influences on local...

<title>Abstract</title> This article aims to contribute to stakeholder theory by comparing the arena in which public managers make decisions. The description is based on a cross-national investigation carried out in England (2002) and in Brazil (2006). It offers descriptive and normative contributions about...

<title/> A consideration of the previous articles in this themed edition shows a growing recognition of the need to address regeneration management skills in order to implement the important regeneration agenda. Gaps in such skills include leadership especially in the context of the multi agency and...

P<sc>otluka</sc> O. and L<sc>iddle</sc> J. Managing European Union Structural Funds: using a multilevel governance framework to examine the application of the partnership principle at the project level, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Multilevel governance is utilized within the context of European Union Cohesion Policy on the...

This article examines the structures and relationships being formed between regional, sub-regional and local levels of governance. It highlights how traditional methods for the delivery of regeneration, based on Weberian formalization, centralization and bureaucratic procedures, are being...

The importance of rural transport in addressing social exclusion has been acknowledged for some time. We report and comment on one particular case in North Yorkshire, a predominantly rural county in England, of how state, non-state and third/societal sectors worked together to market and improve...