With the growing acceptance of logistics and supply chain management as critical business concerns, there is an emerging realisation that more investment is needed to develop appropriate managerial skills and competencies. This paper explores the challenges for management development that arise as organisations seek to bridge the gap between current capabilities and those required for future su...

Çalışmanın amacı, Üst Kademe Teorisi (Upper Echelons Theory) kapsamında, firmaların en üst kademe yöneticisi konumundaki CEO (Chief Executive Officer) veya genel müdürlerin kariyerleri boyunca kazandıkları deneyimlere dayanarak, yönetsel becerileri açısından genelci mi yoksa uzman mı olduğunu ve sektörlere göre bu özelliklerin nasıl dağılım gösterdiğini ortaya koymaktır. Araştırma BIST 100 Ende...

Grounded in the Experiential Learning Theory and expertise research, this study examines the processes of experience-based learning, i.e., acquisition of skills and knowledge from direct experience, at different career stages of different types of IT professionals. A qualitative research method was used to compile a series of case studies on the basis of theoretical replication to answer this r...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that good district management practices can improve health system performance and conversely, that poor and inefficient management practices have detrimental effects. The aim of the present study was to identify factors contributing to inefficient management practices of district health managers and ways to improve their overall efficiency. METHODS Nine...

To solve problems in business practice, the manager needs to have a wide range of skills. The contribution evaluates use managerial skills selected EU companies find what managers consider important, which them they and how much time devote them. A questionnaire survey provided necessary data. target respondents were randomly at all levels management. results show reserves using company can be ...

The goal of this chapter is to qualitatively investigate the managerial unlearning process during promotionPromotion from senior managerSenior manager executive officerExecutive officer, based on upper echelons perspectiveUpper perspective and leadership pipeline modelLeadership model, using interview data 46 officersExecutive officer.

Career Concerns and the Acquisition of Firm-Specific Skills by Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné and Olivier Cadot This paper studies compensation schemes that can motivate a worker to acquire nonverifiable firm-specific skills, when the acquisition process is also one of learning about managerial talent. At the beginning of the employment relationship, the worker encounters opportunities to enhance he...

emerging technologies such as biotheraputics are widely view as the source of new types of competitive advantage. despite their huge potential gaining advantages from these technologies requires adopting different types of managerial skills and insight than those utilized in the context of incremental improvements. this makes established firms particularly vulnerable to the challenges of these ...