Behavioural and interpersonal skills most often cited as essential for successful knowledge management (acquisition). Unfortunately, little is known about the roles played by leadership in the process of knowledge acquisition. ...

The objective of this paper is to empirically examine through an industry survey the influence of various leadership styles and behaviours on the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation – innovativeness, pro-activeness ...

Knowledge has been identified as one of the most important resources that contribute to the competitive advantage of an organisation. The problems associated with poor leadership and interpersonal skills manifest themselves ...

Purpose – This paper examines the relationship between organisational creativity, productivity and the underlying dimensions that foster quality function deployment (QFD). Methodology – A total of 359 usable questionnaires ...

Quality function deployment (QFD) methodologies, as opposed to traditional quality approaches, are most often cited as essential for advancing the competitive advantage of an organisation. Unfortunately, little is known ...

Knowledge is seen as central to process, product innovation and improvement, to executive decision making and to organisational adaptation and renewal. The problems associated with unreliable and difficult access to the ...

Since the start of the recent financial crisis, the salaries of CEO's have constantly made headlines and the issue of management compensation has taken center stage in the public arena. For example, Barack Obama, the US ...

Purpose – Examines the relationship between the dimensions of self-leadership behavioural-focused strategies, job satisfaction and team performance. It also evaluates the extent to which job satisfaction mediates the ...

This book provides a fundamental, yet comprehensive, coverage of Operations Management. It will serve the instructional needs of business, engineering and technology students. The book not only covers the principles and ...

Since the start of the recent financial crisis, the salaries of CEO’s have constantly made headlines and the issue of management compensation has taken center stage in the public arena. For example, Barack Obama, the US ...