Strategic Direction: Volume 27 Issue 2

Does social media have a place in workplace learning?

This paper sets out the arguments for the use of social media as a tool for learning in the workplace.

Sustainable leadership: Leading business, industry and local government towards a sustainable future

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Destiny for destinations: Why a strategic approach to tourism works best

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of tourism on the local environment

Facing up to Facebook voyeurs: Is it right for employers to check your postings?

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Jamie Oliver at Sainsbury's: Analysis of a brand alliance

Reviews an article on celebrity endorsement and brand alliance

Advertising enters the virtual world: Opportunities have been exploited to the full

Presents how advertising is being developed for use on the internet

Concerns overcome as leadership flourishes: No shying away from or ignoring the doubters

Describes the delivery of a development program for a British university's top 60 leaders, with the use of strategic improvement idea groups.

What every woman doesn't want: Ignored, patronized and yet trusted: women in management today

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Words of wisdom help in merger: Seeking the best of both worlds

The purpose of this paper is to show how mergers can be accomplished with minimum disruption and a positive outcome.

Interview with Omar Ismail, People Development Director: Interview by Juliet Norton

The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Omar Ismail, a development coach and trainer with a significant wealth of senior level experience. Today he is a…

Getting the construction industry back on its feet

Social innovation: let’s hear those ideas

Project Governance

Banking technology in a bold climate (the demand for new technology to cope with the demands of the financial institutions of China)

Social networks? Legal problems?

Diary

Integrated strategic partnerships between business and not-for-profit organisations: a case study from New Zealand

Competitive horizon

Virtually insecure (Internet data privacy)

Beyond corporate environmental management to a consideration of nature in visionary small enterprise

Building an academic library fundraising program “from scratch”

Communication skills and accounting: do perceptions match reality?

Measurement of supply chain relationships, fact or fiction?

The consultant conundrum (the importance of hiring the right consultant to the success of a project)