Do human resource management practices actually work? This timely and engaging volume examines the links between people management practices and organizational performance. Focusing on the…

Getting what you want – even if you are the boss – isn’t always easy. Almost every organization, big or small, works among a network…

This popular text effectively explains and justifies the use of the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, occupations, organizations, management and…

This popular text effectively explains and justifies the use of the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, occupations, organizations, management and…

Corporate branding and communication is big business. Companies throughout the world invest millions in strategies which aim to reinvent their profile in subtle yet important…

Conducting business across national borders is nothing new; the Knights Templar were banking internationally as long ago as 1135. But modern globalization processes raise different…

What role do values play in organizational life? How do they shape the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational change? This volume examines what we actually…

It is widely held that the successful management of knowledge resources within industry creates value. However, how this value is created is less clear. This…

In this profoundly important text, Elizabeth McMillan shows how the insights of complexity science can allow today’s managers to embrace the challenges and uncertainty of…

The collapse of Barings’ Bank was a commercial catastrophe that resonated worldwide, showing what kind of secrets can lie behind an apparently successful organization.…