This paper studies the relationship between leadership as an activity of business process management (BPM) and company performance. Business process data about leadership and business processes in SMEs were collected via questionnaires on the population of 3007 SMEs in Slovenia. Aspects of...

We study how managerial practices of school principals affect student performance and aspirations. We link administrative data on secondary Italian students to the management scores of their school principals in 2011 and 2015 based on the World Management Survey methodology. The frequent...

It is not possible for a formal employment contract to detail everything an employee should do and when. Informal relationships, in particular trust, allow managers to arrange a business in a more productive way; high-trust firms are both more profitable and faster growing. For example, if they...

The family business is one of the world economy's leading drivers, playing a significant role in countries' economic and social development. Portugal is a country very dependent on this type of companies, which makes this study important, not only for discussing the problem in this scientific...

With the advertising industry and practice changing significantly in the last decade, it is likely that the existing management practices in advertising agencies also need some transformation. Through exploring management innovation principles and practices, novel practices might be applied by...

Personale Versorgungsbetriebe bieten personalintensive Dienstleistungen an, auf die ihre nicht unbedingt selbst zahlenden Kunden angewiesen sind und teilweise sogar einen Rechts­anspruch haben. Es handelt sich um personenzentrierte Dienstleistungsbetriebe mit einer gewissen Größe und...

Egyre több publikáció hangsúlyozza a családi vállalkozások professzionalizálásának fontosságát. Jelen tanulmányban arra a kérdésre keressük a választ, hogy milyen erőforrás- és képességváltozásokon megy vagy kell keresztül mennie egy közepes méretű családi...

In den Vorständen und Aufsichtsräten großer Unternehmen in Deutschland waren im vergangenen Jahr erneut mehr Frauen vertreten als zuvor. Gleichwohl ließ die Dynamik insgesamt wieder nach. Das gilt insbesondere für die Vorstände, wie das neueste DIW Managerinnen-Barometer zeigt. Nachdem es...

The estimation of the basic tendencies of the development of enterprises in the hospitality industry in national and global scales wass carried out. Professional and qualified staff is the prerogative of any business, including hotel, because it is able to demonstrate the level of high-quality...

A tanulmány családtudományi elméleti keretben vizsgálja a családi vállalkozások utódlása során működő kapcsolati szabályozási folyamatok, ezen belül a közelség, a differenciáció, a kölcsönösség, az érzelmek és az időperspektívák szabályozásának jelentőségét az...

The upward trend in women's representation on executive and supervisory boards of major companies in Germany continued in 2022, although the overall momentum has slowed yet again. Growth on executive boards in particular has slowed, as the most recent DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer shows:...

The upward trend in women’s representation on executive and supervisory boards of major companies in Germany continued in 2022, although the overall momentum has slowed yet again. Growth on executive boards in particular has slowed, as the most recent DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer...

In den Vorständen und Aufsichtsräten großer Unternehmen in Deutschland waren im vergangenen Jahr erneut mehr Frauen vertreten als zuvor. Gleichwohl ließ die Dynamik insgesamt wieder nach. Das gilt insbesondere für die Vorstände, wie das neueste DIW Managerinnen-Barometer zeigt. Nachdem es...

n the context of stakeholder-oriented management approaches, "stakeholder management" has gained importance in many companies. At the same time, stakeholder concepts as management approaches should also have an impact on structures and processes in companies in order to ensure the efficiency and...

Managerial competencies are seen these days as essential sources of attaining a competitive edge for all managerial levels from low, and middle up to senior managers. The study then aimed to determine the effect of managerial competencies on the employees’ trust in management. To deepen the...

The aim of this book is to give basic strategies and skills for successful time management. We cover four areas – definition of time management, goals, planning and prioritization, time management for business and time management for balancing life. We give many tips and tricks in this book....

This paper uses new data to study school management and productivity in India. We report four main results. First, management quality in public schools is low, and ~2σ below high-income countries with comparable data. Second, private schools have higher management quality, driven by much...

Organizational change initiatives are often undertaken to update major business structural components or practices to meet the evolving needs of a changing industry. Unfortunately, explicit emphasis on the importance of truth and buy-in is missing from most, if not all, change initiatives....

The motivation for the research was the suddenness of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unavailability of health measures (well-established treatment and vaccination) at the beginning of 2020, which caused an uncontrollable increase in the incidence of disease worldwide and high mortality. The...