There's a talent war on, and people are the greatest asset. They are at the heart of corporate strategy, and every manager knows that people management is too important to leave to HR. Likewise, HR managers know that if they can't show how their department contributes to corporate strategy and success, their function can easily be outsource...ReadMore

Management models - love them or hate them, they're at the heart of management thinking and practice. They have two main purposes: to provide a framework for improving business performance; and to confuse the uninitiated with buzzwords and acronyms.

You've heard of balanced scorecards, CRM, just-in-time and SWOT? How about the Deming cycle, parenting advantage or socio-technical organizations? Even if you have, can you describe them clearly and do you know how you can use them in y...ReadMore

choose the right people for the right roles and create a winning team that consistently performs. Have you ever wished you could do everything? Be organized, full of ideas, a great diplomat, a natural leader, a thorough researcher and a great salesperson? It's a tall order. But, if you've created a great team made up of people with all these qualities then there's no need for every single member to have every useful ability or skill. It's far easier to overcome problems when everyone is worki...ReadMore

The growing awareness of the crucial role that knowledge can play in gaining competitive advantage has lead businesses to confront how to build competitive business strategy around a firms intellectual resources and capabilities, and how to define and guide the processes and infrastructure for managing organizational knowledge.

Knowledge Management and Business Strategies: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research provides researchers and practitioners fundamental business and ma...ReadMore

Today there is hardly any company that can claim that it is not involved in international business (IB). A huge body of literature is available on international business, but there are very few publications on the most important aspect of IB, namely negotiations.

The purpose of this book is to enhance our understanding about the impact of culture and communication on international business negotiations. Consequently to explore the problems faced by Western managers while doing busi...ReadMore

The issue of care giving is highly pertinent to government thinking and legislation at present in both the UK and the US, and is of central importance to organizations seeking to adopt family friendly policies and practices. While much has been written about care giving, little empirical evidence has been presented in which to ground the debate. This book looks at the relationship between care for dependents, and career progression using primary empirical comparative data based on UK and US e...ReadMore