Managers are currently exhorted by 'gurus' to adopt new management thinking in the face of
obvious rapid change and uncertainty. In essence, the new thinking advocates shifting from …

Presents a fresh and humane view of the manager in the workplace. This non-prescriptive
text explores the manager as a person, rather than an institution, with values and ethics …

There is a growing literature which suggests that the 1980s witnessed significant, even
unprecedented changes in the management of organizations. This paper contributes to that …

An employee's-eye view of what makes a great boss—and how you can become one
Whereas most books on managing people approach the subject from the perspective of a …

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abstract This comparative study of top executives' work aimed at examining the stability of
top managerial behaviour reveals a relatively different pattern of behaviour compared with …

Until the early 1980s, the non-fiction 'bestsellers' lists in the USA and the UK were largely
dominated by books which documented the lives of celebrities; by investigative journalism …

Managing in Britain and Germany compares British and German managers' behaviour and
views of their work, and seeks to explain the differences. Based on a two year comparative …

Concurrent with the increasing complexity of the field of management, the need to re-
examine the foundations from which its theories have advanced has become ever more …

During the twentieth century, much of the discussion about managerial behaviour centred on
the difference between management functions and manager roles, with much of the debate …