Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on research carried out at the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reflects on two factors: the context of the Department within the...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Management Decision, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Global Business & Economics Review, published by and copyright Inderscience Publishers.

The article defines the concept of the “power‐added” manager as a manager with exceptional competence and expertise in relation to their engagement with both knowledge and people, and links this concept to strategic leadership. Three areas of competence characterise the power‐added...

Purpose – The article seeks to open the debate on the nature and role of wisdom in organisations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper conducts a review of the diverse writing on wisdom in the literatures of philosophy and psychology, and gathers in a number of passing references to...

Purpose – This article aims to define and explore the nature of wisdom, managerial wisdom, organisational wisdom and wisdom management. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on some of the diverse writings on wisdom, and explores the relevance of wisdom in the context of knowledge...