Flexible working and the family

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Context Factors ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Usa ◽  
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 Family-friendly work perception (FFWP) is an important issue for employees. This research investigates FFWP in six countries (Bulgaria, Denmark, Japan, Russia, South Africa, and the USA), looking at demographic factors (age, gender, marital status, etc.) and work context factors (hours worked, type of employer, etc.). It is found that demographic factors vary among countries, but work context factors remain universal. Self-employed workers have higher affinity with FFW practices than other types of workers. 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.

Dynamics of succession planning for Indian family-owned businesses: learning from successful organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Budhiraja ◽  
Ujjwal Kumar Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Succession Planning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indian Family ◽  
Succession Plan ◽  
The Family ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the process and challenges faced by Indian family-owned businesses (FoBs) during succession planning and examine the recent advancements in succession planning of successful Indian FoBs. Design/methodology/approach The authors make use of recent developments in terms of succession planning by FoBs to prepare their impartial comments and summary. Findings It is evident that India has the third highest number of FoBs after China and the USA. The challenges for these organizations during the transition of the ownership to the next generation start from finding a competent family member to manage the conflict between the family and the board. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insight into leading FoBs in India for creating a systematic and robust succession plan in their respective 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.

Food consumption and manufacturing output

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Author(s):  
Graham Cole
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Healthcare Costs ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
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 Recent decades have witnessed growing concerns about obesity and serious medical conditions. These issues are especially prominent in the USA. One significant consequence is a stronger commitment toward improving health in the workplace. It is widely accepted that positive correlation exists between employee well-being and productivity. The reverse is also true though. Chronic disease among the workforce invariably affects the organization’s ability to compete with its rivals. An inevitable rise in healthcare costs further heightens the negative fallout. 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.

Profiling the competencies of lean management professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 45-47
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Management Professionals ◽  
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 the advertised job profiles of lean management professionals in the USA, UK and Germany, with the aim of providing a framework of commonly required competencies. Comparing results between the three countries reveals both similarities and differences in skill preferences, for example US-based companies are far more focused on project administration, and German companies place low priority on leadership skills. 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.

What goes up and what goes down

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 7-9
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
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 For many young managers and strategists, few of them will realize just how mighty Japan and its firms were in the 1990s. As the world’s second biggest economy, it saw many of its firms lead their industries in both size and innovation – Toyota and Sony being just two examples – so that they genuinely threatened to overtake the USA and its preeminence. Indeed, when Toyota finally overtook General Motors as the world’s biggest car manufacturer, the effect was felt through Detroit and beyond. Further stories about the similar rise in the price of Tokyo real estate became legendary as well – for example that the well-heeled district of Ginza in central Tokyo was worth more than the whole of California. 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.

Can universal leadership exist across borders?

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Societal Culture ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Managerial Traits ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Good Manager

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 the similarities and differences between effective and ineffective managerial traits in companies operating in the USA and Mexico, and with cross-border employees. The results reveal that there are far more similarities than differences in employees’ assessment of effective and ineffective management behavior in the two countries. However, when a manager from one country manages an employee from the other country certain behaviors should be actively adopted to optimize the effectiveness of the working relationship. Consequently the wider societal culture is not the definitive factor that determines what a good manager looks like. 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.

Striking a balance

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Specific Occupation ◽  
Opposite Gender ◽  
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 Despite increasing gender equality at home and in the workplace, there remains a satisfaction gap in terms of work-life balance, with women continuing to perform the greater share of childcare and home responsibilities as well as taking on paid employment. Government family-friendly policies aim to aid employees to achieve a satisfactory balance. Despite self-selecting roles to suit pay and flexibility needs (especially in careers in which the opposite gender is traditionally dominant), this article demonstrates that a gender gap persists, and can be dependent on the specific occupation. 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.

Returning to work after maternity leave

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hiring Managers ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Returning To Work ◽  
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 Despite increasing diversity and inclusion in the workplace, subtle subconscious biases and neosexist viewpoints persist, especially toward women returning to work following a maternity career-break. Hiring managers may view such women negatively; they perceive them to be less committed due to the challenges of working while balancing family responsibilities. Organizations offer various family-friendly initiatives such as support programs to help women return to work and maintain a work-life balance. Completing a support program helps to provide more information about skills and abilities following a break, which can help reduce ambiguities and discriminatory views when evaluating a woman’s resume. 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.

Tall order for the NBA in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Yao Ming ◽  
Tough Question ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review 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 Who has been the biggest sports star to emerge from China in the past century? For many countries, this would be a tough question, given the sheer variety of sports played and number of talents to grace the international stage. From Australia? Rod Laver, Don Bradman and David Campese would all be in with a shout. For France? Zinedine Zidane or Michel Platine were both huge. For the USA? Well, where do you start – Michael Jordan, Joe Montana or Babe Ruth were all massive stars for its three major sports. From China? Well that is actually a straightforward one – Yao Ming was a huge international sports star (in more ways than one). And what all these people had in common was that they were hugely marketable assets for their sponsors. 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. 10;

Finding the right force to improve police leadership

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Police Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
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 impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – This paper examines different kinds of leadership – the transactional and the transformational (which typically is displayed by more charismatic, open-minded bosses), via data from a survey of police officers in the USA. A leadership challenge model created by the authors captures aspects of both kinds of leadership. 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.

How total reward packages were impacted by Greece's recession

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Employee Benefit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Total Reward ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Impact ◽  
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 explores the impact of employee benefit reductions during Greece's 2012-2015 recession, which a third of survey respondents experienced. Recession-driven employee benefit cuts negatively affected women more than men, as women value benefits like childcare allowances the most highly. This introduces a diversity and inclusion dimension to recessionary impacts. A way of attracting and retaining female talent building and maintaining a self-managed rewards system with enough flexibility to suit employees' life priorities, regardless of their gender. Overall, private insurance like health insurance was the most valued benefit, followed by family friendly benefits. 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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