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.

Innovation lessons in the dynamic art of smart city branding

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-35
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Creative Climate ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
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 conceptual paper concentrates on the capacity of creativity and innovation to convincingly influence the strategic branding of a city as “Smart.” Providing a participatory creative climate generates innovation, which in turn builds competitive advantage in a city that can valuably serve business-building, tourism, and individual aspirational lifestyle agendas. This creativity reinforces a city's ecosytem-like capacity to manage uncertainty as it adapts to the changing demands of the people it attracts for varying lengths of time. 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.

Localized learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Localized Learning ◽  
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 his/her own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings One of the more light-hearted interpretations of how to define organizational culture is to simply say. “It’s the way we do things around here”. This is illuminating and frustrating in equal measure, as while it does contain a kernel of truth - understanding how and why people take the positions and actions they do is central to the question of culture – it is also rather glib and is simply true of everywhere you might ask that question. It also points to a certain wariness and even defiance on behalf of the people answering the question in such a way, as if to challenge the newcomer into accepting how their world operates, and that it is never going to change. Practical implications This 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.

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.

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.

Follow my leader?

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business School ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Psychological Profiles ◽  
The People ◽  
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 Given that the study of management can trace its modern roots all the way back to the establishment of the first business school by Henry Wharton in Pennsylvania in 1881, there are some aspects of it that can frustrate and concern professionals in equal measure. One example of this that will be common to anyone who has spent time in the classroom is around leadership, and how much time and effort is taken up by case studies, psychological profiles, and theory about people who are in the minority in most businesses. What about the people who actually do the jobs that earn the revenues? 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.

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.

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.

Where there’s smoke there’s – litigation

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
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 – The case study illustrates the complex paradigm that interlinks economic and human rights obligations of states on one side of the spectrum and property rights and social responsibilities of tobacco companies on the other. 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.

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