{"title":"Diversification: When to and When not to","authors":"Ian D. Turner","doi":"10.1177/174578660501600304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660501600304","url":null,"abstract":"Is diversification good or bad for your company? Does it destroy or add to shareholder value? And what types of diversification are appropriate to different companies? Ian Turner answers these questions and gives some practical tips for managers considering a diversification strategy.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124604293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Euro Zone and the Development of the Corporate Debt Market","authors":"R. Mills","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600201","url":null,"abstract":"The European Union has recently expanded to include many former Eastern Bloc countries. This has lead to a decrease in average GDP per capita, but an increased overall market. The impact of this expansion (positive or negative) is still unclear and in this Manager Update, Roger Mills explores the consequences of this expansion, with a particular focus on the Corporate Debt Market.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"351 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115421807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB)","authors":"Richard McBain","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600203","url":null,"abstract":"What makes employees go the extra mile? To work longer hours if their organisation needs them to? To behave ethically even when there are real opportunities and benefits from taking advantage of their company? And what makes them take care of their fellow workers? In this Manager Update, Richard McBain explores the concept of these Organisational Citizenship Behaviours (OCB) and outlines what organisations can do to encourage them.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"218 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131654067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethically Minded Marketing","authors":"S. Foreman","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600202","url":null,"abstract":"How can reputation impact customer behaviour? And what can a company do to improve its reputation? Is corporate responsibility a costly addition to the marketing process, or can it be a source of competitive advantage? In this Manager Update, Susan Foreman answers these questions and suggests that strategies that put customers at the centre of these processes are more likely to be successful.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115069521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating Sustainable Advantage","authors":"Ian D. Turner","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600204","url":null,"abstract":"How can organisations develop and implement strategies that are successful and sustainable over time? How can they avoid adopting strategies that will dissipate their advantage? In this Manager Update, Ian Turner reviews literature that suggests that a focus on human and technological resources holds the key to sustainable advantage.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134450345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accounting, Finance & Executive Compensation","authors":"R. Mills","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600102","url":null,"abstract":"Is the misuse of stock options the cause of corporate failures such as Enron or WorldCom? Or are they a major factor in the success of tech Giants such as Microsoft? And if so, how can they be used properly and misuse prevented? In this Manager Update, Roger Mills answers these questions as well as shedding new light on the issue of executive compensation.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"44 9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123887172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing Customers and Information for Improved Performance","authors":"S. Foreman","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600103","url":null,"abstract":"Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a buzz word in marketing. Each year more and more is spent on software-based systems for managing customer relationships. Yet there is growing evidence that many of these systems do not add value and that many may in fact harm customer relationships. Susan Foreman reviews this evidence as well as providing useful pointers to how CRM can be implemented successfully in organisations.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116464882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering the Linkages between Hrm and Organisational Performance","authors":"Richard McBain","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600104","url":null,"abstract":"HRM systems are costly investments, but how can they add the most value and how can managers know they have invested in the correct solutions? This Manager Update answers these questions, as well as explaining the process of how HRM systems can impact on performance.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132175312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Leaders Make a Difference","authors":"Ian Tuner","doi":"10.1177/174578660401600105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401600105","url":null,"abstract":"Do leaders impact the performance of organisations? Should managers invest in developing leaders internally or recruit from the outside? And what is the value of charisma in a leader? In this Manager Update, Ian Turner draws on the latest research to answer these questions and in doing so offers practical tips for managers.","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125376563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Resources Management","authors":"Richard McBain","doi":"10.1177/174578660401500403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/174578660401500403","url":null,"abstract":"There has long been interest in other inteliigences than the 'traditionai' iQ, but the term 'emotionai intelligence', first coined by Salovey and Mayer [1] and subsequently popularised by Daniel Goleman [2], has particularly captured the imagination of many researchers and practitioners. This probably reflects increased interest in the role of emotions within organizations, and the widespread view that personality and IQ alone are not sufficient to explain variations in employees' performance. Yet, simultaneously, the construct of El also generates an equal measure of disdain from some researchers. This Manager Update will consider recent research into the emerging construct of El and will address key issues including whetherthere is a need forthe construct, whether it can be measured adequately, whether it is useful for understanding or predicting performance and leadership effectiveness and, finally, can it be developed?","PeriodicalId":102537,"journal":{"name":"Henley Manager Update","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128166955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}