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The search for great leadership
Over a third of all executives and nearly half of junior managers say that the quality of leadership in their organization is poor, according to new research entitled Leadership…
New catalysts for creativity
Two thirds of executives believe that creativity is the key to gaining and sustaining competitive advantage in today’s global business environment, according to recent research…
Eurotunnel travels the company‐council route
Can company councils ever replace trade unions in the collective‐bargaining process? Do such forms of non‐union representation make trade unions unnecessary, or do they simply…
Siemens takes a grass‐roots approach to knowledge management
Siemens, once noted for its bureaucratic and hierarchical approach to business, has adopted a grass‐roots and “bottom up” approach to knowledge management, which has transformed…
Communications at times of crisis: the Rover experience
Throughout the turbulent recent history of UK carmaker Rover, culminating in parent BMW’s sale of the company for £10 to the Phoenix consortium in May 2000, internal…
The HRM consequences of cellular manufacturing at Dowell Remcraft
Companies introducing cellular manufacturing have concentrated on such technical issues as classification methods, the design of the workflow sequence and the physical arrangement…
Swiss Re New Markets shapes up for the future
Reinsurance and financial‐services organization Swiss Re has repositioned its alternative risk resources after a radical reorganization. Strategic imperatives included…
Action learning improves Oxford University Press
Action learning – often seen as only a tool for personal development – was the way chosen to open up the culture, sharpen up service provision, increase revenue and reduce costs…
Training puts Ravenscroft on target for growth
A new program of vocational training is helping a UK plastics company to achieve its five‐year target of trebling in size. Underpinning the aim of Ravenscroft Plastics, of…
Pod transforms learning at K. Stevens
The East Midlands factory of K. Stevens (Leicester) Ltd has become the first in the UK to introduce a brightly‐coloured “pod”, which could transform learning in the workplace. The…
Executives “plug in” to electronic commerce
A global electronic‐business course, delivered over the Internet, is helping to provide managers with an understanding of how electronic commerce is changing the way they think…
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