Examines the challenges of leading and managing in a networked, learning organization context. Provides theoretical prescription as to how middle managers might be motivated and assisted to operate effectively in such contexts. Includes real‐world illustrations of etwork‐type organizations.

Analyses four firms to determine if they develop the ability to be selective and to determine what factors have the greatest impact on discrimination. Discrimination skills involve the ability to discriminate or to discern differences among decision situations and to choose appropriate...

Looks at human resource management (HRM) and in particular how it is used in Mexican literature. Also examines the Thatcherite approach, with regard to declining international competitiveness, in seeking labour market reforms to try and realign competitiveness from Asian economies. Labour market...

Synthesizes the ideas of the “transformational change” and “learning organization” literature. The concept of the action learning organization is presented as a bridge between learning and transformation as it involves collaborative questioning by organizational members of their own...

Advances the argument that Western management must increasingly decode the organizational and cultural features of Japanese‐style management – if managerial conflict is to be reduced in joint ventures, subsidiaries, mergers, and relocations – and if Western management is to consider...

Discusses feasibility, desirability and value of Japanese management strategies in a Western context. Major Japanese companies are at the leading edge in refining management strategies, techniques and styles, for example, with regard to having a long‐term perspective and the continuous...

The Leontief Input-Output Exploration of Romania's Operational Programme Human Capital: Impacts and Implications for GDP Growth -- Exploring the Dynamics of Knowledge Ecosystem: A Systematic Literature Review -- Study on the Interactions between Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy and Financial...