Archive for the: 'Management' tag

Leaders and managers. What’s the difference and does it matter?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

The post is written for students of leadership although professional managers and others with leadership responsibilities may also find it useful.

“Leaders and managers. ...Read Full

Learning About Ourselves Using Technology

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

At an academic level, behaviour refers to, “the actions of an organism or system, usually in relation to its environment, which includes the other organisms...Read Full

The World Cup, Workflow and Working Creatively…

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

The World Cup daytime TV scheduling has thrown a lot of the world’s workforce out of kilter.

Short of inventing mystery illness, arranging for a ‘convenient’...Read Full

The Moral Hazard of Short Term Attitudes

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

In the fields of political science and economics, you will commonly see discussion of the “Principal-Agent Problem” (also known as agency dilemma) which deals...Read Full

Learning Lessons from Crisis

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Just two days after Haiti’s earthquake, Leonel Fernández, the president of the neighbouring Dominican Republic, ordered a helicopter to fly him over the border...Read Full

Kerry Jenkins

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Outside directors serve various functions on the board of directors. They can provide advice to the board and management, relationships or connections to third parties,...Read Full

Ian Roberts

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The research will analyse the process of strategy formulation, planning and execution as the firm nears or reaches the apogee of its retrenchment and moves...Read Full

Rupert Murdoch & the “Art” of Management

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Forbes magazine recently ranked Rupert Murdoch as the 7th most powerful person on the world.

Ranking ahead of Murdoch were Barack Obama, Hu Jintao, Vladimir Putin,...Read Full

God of the Guinea Pig Pets

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Being a father brings duties of many kinds, but perhaps the least welcome so far has been the role of gravedigger. Five times now I...Read Full

A non-’quant’ view on financial crisis lessons

Friday, November 6th, 2009

This article argues that in learninghow to handle risk so as to avoid a recurrence of the financial crisis, it is more important to attend...Read Full