More women on Indian boards: moving beyond mere regulations and tokenism

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atul Arun Pathak ◽  
Anish Purkayastha
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
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 independent writers who add their own impartial comments and place the articles in context. Findings – In patriarchal societies such as India, there is great reluctance to allow women to take up leadership roles. Although the benefits of gender diversity in board composition are understood by organizations, there is limited progress. The government, companies and women who are potential board members all need to coordinate and work together towards solving this issue in the long run. Research limitations/implications – Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Social implications – 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.

Spotting golden nuggets of innovation-ready human capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 17-18
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
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 concentrates on the impact that different forms of human capital have on the board of directors’ strategic activity and vision for their enterprise. The results reveal that innovation can be fueled most reliably by retaining the company founder on the board of directors and by seeking and retaining for the longer term board members with scientific and technological expertise. 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.

Managing change or changing management?

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 33-35
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Leadership Team ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managing Change ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Collaborative Sessions ◽  
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 Does a leadership team actually lead in any meaningful way? This is not a trick question – or at least, it is not meant be. Rather, it is an attempt to dig down into our understanding of leadership as it is commonly experienced in firms the world over. For the vast majority of managers, they are told they are part of the leadership team, and will no doubt attend well-meaning collaborative sessions on defining their company’s values or adopting shared ways of working. However, when it comes to actual leading, the focus will still be on the CEO, chair, and senior board members of the organization. They do the “real” leading – bosses make decisions, they delegate tasks, and ultimately they succeed or fail on what the business achieves with them at the top. 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.

Metaphors of women as leaders

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
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 Women have made great advances in leadership roles over the past decade; however, there are still many challenges to be faced and overcome before there is equality with men. The labyrinth metaphor is a useful one, as it represents the challenges and opportunities women may face along their career path, not just at a single point. 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.

Fail to (strategically) plan, plan to fail

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Customer Focus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
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 It was once de rigeur to state that your corporate strategy had the customer at its heart; that your organization was, indeed, “customer-focused”. Then a customer focus became essential to every living and breathing part of the organization, even to the extent that they became partners and even board members, so as to ensure their every whim was catered for through sales, marketing and product development. If you didn’t have a customer focus, you were so out of touch you practically deserved to fail. Customer focus became as natural for an organization as living and breathing to the human body, which business writers and marketers were so fond of creating analogies with. 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.

Getting women into leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Gender Imbalance ◽  
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 Women currently in leadership roles believe that demand-side strategies are best placed at changing the current gender imbalance in leadership roles across the board. 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.

Gender diversity in the boardroom

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Monitoring Process ◽  
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 Firms can improve corporate performance by increasing the number of female representation in the boardroom. Potential exists for smaller firms to maximize their impact by holding more frequent board meetings to help enhance the monitoring process and safeguard against conflicts of interest arising. 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.

How Phillips saw the light

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Freak Show ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The One ◽  
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 The problem with developing a reputation of being something of an oracle in the business world is that all of a sudden, everyone expects you to pull off the trick of interpreting the future on a daily basis. Like a freak show circus act or one-hit wonder pop singer, people expect you to perform when they see you, and they expect you to perform the thing that made you famous, even if it is the one thing in the world you don’t want to do. And when you fail to deliver on these heightened expectations, you are dismissed as a one trick pony, however good that trick is in the first place. 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.

Negotiation and corporate strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Organizational Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Consistent Approach

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 Negotiation is a key tool in delivering competitive advantage but requires a clear and consistent approach closely linked to organizational strategy. 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.

Blending global and regional planning in multinationals

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Central Planning ◽  
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 Blending global and regional planning is important for multinationals. Within a central framework, local offices should have input. Different regions will approach this in different ways, but regional planning needs to be in-synch with central planning cycles. 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.

The importance of corporate political strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Political Strategies ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Corporate Political 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 There is a substantial body of research on corporate political strategy, but most is theoretical, lacking empirical evidence, and is widely geo specific. More research needs to be done in clarifying the field, and developing new ideas for emerging markets. 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.

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