Business Strategy Series: Volume 8 Issue 5
Table of contents - Special Issue: Focus on Human Resource Development
Understanding success: economics and human nature
Julie VerityThe purpose of this article is to raise issues about how managers think strategically. Specifically, it concerns issues about the appeal of relatively simple, economic concepts at…
Placing organizational learning in the context of strategic management
Peter Trim, Yang‐Im LeeThe purpose of the paper is to place organizational learning within the context of strategic management and to explain why it is important that senior managers view training and…
Developing emerging leaders: a new solution to an old problem
Stephen XavierThis article argues that current approaches to leadership development are ineffective and proposes a new model for developing both individuals and future leadership teams…
Driving cultural change through behavioral differentiation at Westinghouse
Terry R. BaconThis article describes the successful application of behavioral differentiation in transforming the culture of a large engineering‐oriented company as it strived to become more…
The five essential practices of a talent multiplier
Susan Cantrell, James M. BentonThe authors set out to determine which human capital processes and practices were most strongly related to company financial performance.
Is your sales force a barrier to more profitable pricing … or is it you?
Tom Nagle, John HoganThe article seeks to discuss how and why it is possible to motivate a sales force to follow the guidelines of a consistent pricing policy that promotes profitability and increases…
How “winning” boards contribute to corporate growth
Colin Coulson‐ThomasThis article summarizes findings relating to the conduct of directors and boards from a continuing investigation into why some companies are so much more effective than others at…