Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Lynne Sedgmore, CBE, Executive Director of 157 Group UK. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent interviewer. Findings – Lynne Sedgmore, CBE, is executive director of the 157 Group UK and...

Organisational learning and learning organisations have become topics of great interest to HRM in the 1990s, but the conceptual basis for understanding corporate learning is fragmented and the empirical basis of many influential models limited. In particular, the roles of leadership and...

The paper presents Spectral Management Theory as well as its applications to managerial and learning styles to a wide audience ‐ management trainers, human resource managers and general managers who have an interest in managerial development and organisational learning. The spectral approach...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to report a case study investigating how organizational identity evolves during institutional change within a UK building society. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs an inductive case study, which is appropriate for examining such change...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of expletives and swearing in the workplace. It proposes to challenge leadership style and to suggest ideas for management best practice. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies and qualitative analysis were applied, methods that...