Open science

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 39-41
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Open Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose of this paper This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings There are relatively minor disagreements such as whether to put milk in cups before or after the hot tea (answer: before). There are more serious disagreements such as Brexit, which has split the UK down the middle. But when it comes to sheer, visceral, instantaneous vitriol, nothing comes close to the reaction people have when someone turns the air conditioning up or down in an open plan office. One can predict that while one half of the room are eternally grateful for the “blessed relief”, the other half will turn apoplectic with anger at the worsening conditions. There rarely seems to be a happy medium. Practical implications Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. What is original/value of paper? The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Successful introduction of workplace change

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-41
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Workplace Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Employee response to any transition to open-plan offices can be hostile. Firms can guard against such negative reactions by involving all members in the change process and developing and sustaining an organizational culture that place strong value on communication, collegiality and inclusiveness. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Towards more effective strategy execution

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Strategy Execution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Efficiency in both planning and implementation impact on the overall performance of any strategy. Execution is often below standard though, particularly where public sector firms are concerned. But strong leadership can provide the necessary guidance and serve as a driving force to effectively align all the other key components and significantly improve the outcome as a result. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Keeping mum: how firms put a “monstrous” spin on pregnancy

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Few women of child-bearing age go into an interview without being aware that, for the people on the other side of the table, there is an elephant in the room. That creature is, of course, the question of whether that interviewee plans at any time soon to start a family. Employers might find a glittering prospect snatched away from them at any moment because of the calls of motherhood. When public health discourses are held in Anglo-American cultures, pregnancy and motherhood are put on a pedestal. But this is not the way things appear to those organizations that stand to lose, temporarily or permanently, the services of these paragons. For them, motherhood is a messy, inconvenient and even disgusting and monstrous business. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Breaking the retail rules

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 32-34
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
Massive Point ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds his/her own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – The UK TV sitcom “Open All Hours” is a truly terrible example of convenience retailing. The situation is that of a corner shop in Northern England run by a cantankerous middle aged man with a pronounced stutter, who variously abuses, gossips about or tries to flatter his customers. Inventory is massive, point of sale technology primitive, and as the title suggests, opening hours are long. Hilarity ensues. Practical implications – This study provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and an easy-to-digest format.

Organizations, gender and learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-27
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Organizations need to use, create, and share knowledge to gain competitive advantage. Many organizations are traditionally based on a male culture. This means that men are seen as the “norm” and women as the “other.” Women, thus, feel excluded and their voices, opinions, and knowledge go unheard. This can be detrimental to successful organizational learning. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Angry young men and women

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Simon Linacre
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Aggressive Male ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Portrayals of superiors in film or on television are rarely positive. Think about it for a second. The cliche of the boss or supervisor is of an aggressive male, barking orders at employees, showing barely any humanity and never satisfied by anything his charges do for him. Alternatively, there is the stereotypically “hard-assed” woman boss who is similarly unyielding or sometimes the other end of the spectrum is used, and a boss is shown to be slightly deranged or so ineffectual as to be rendered irrelevant by their subordinates. Practical Implications Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Decentralized platforms and human relationships

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Platform Ecosystems ◽  
Shared Context ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper concentrates on three design dimensions surrounding the formation of robust platform ecosystems like Uber and Udemy, namely: governance decentralization, shared context, and engagement. All these contribute to embedding trust and connection to a platform, by facilitating human relationships forming through them. Knowledge sharing and collaboration are core facets of building-in ever-increasing layers of innovation, and at one extreme platform governance could be completely decentralized, although this risks destabilizing the benefits of the other facets. Managers can gain plenty of commitment by involving many actors in decisions, without leaving the platform like a ship without a rudder… directionless. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Is consumer choice a bad thing?

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 26-28
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Food Retailing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Discount Retailers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Since the Millennium, one of the key trends in European food retailing has seen the rise and fall of major supermarket chains. While still immensely profitable and successful, the likes of Tesco and Carrefour have been unable to replicate early huge gains in this period as smaller, cheaper and more nimble retailers have begun to steal market share. In particular, the UK has seen two classic market phenomena with the rise of Tesco as the biggest retailer sweeping all before, only for a combination of changing buying habits and increased popularity of discount retailers to decimate the market share growth of Tesco and other major operators in the “squeezed middle”. Practical implications – Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Building an innovation strategy for SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Born Global ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Growing Pains ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsIt is a truism to say that all firms were small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) once. Even born global giants like Facebook were an SME as they grew from the college dorm to employing a few people. Often companies such as Facebook do not stay SMEs very long, but for that brief time they went through the same growing pains of every firm as it employs its 50th person. Although some, of course, rarely get above 50 people, and many others go just as fast the other way and go bust.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Framing the social media puzzle

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 25-27
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Balance Strategy ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings How can you balance strategy and innovation? Whether addressed directly or not, firms have to answer this question every day in the myriad of decisions they make on both fronts. For strategy, it is about where to focus resources, which markets to enter, and how data can be interpreted to drive business growth. For innovation, it is about market research, experimenting with minimal viable products, and meticulously going through user feedback to drive forward constant product improvements. Each feed off each other for direct, each relies on the other to deliver clarity, and ultimate success. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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