Purpose – The primary purpose of this paper is to fill the research gap regarding the evolution o... more Purpose – The primary purpose of this paper is to fill the research gap regarding the evolution of managerial processes within (largely family) diamond industry firms, especially over the past seven decades. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data were gathered from interviews with 100 managers in the diamond industry in Israel, together with data from Israeli Government, industry and academic sources. Findings – Over the recent life cycle of the diamond industry, with its changing structures and dynamics, participant firms have evolved through seven stages of engagement, from one based on trust and personal connections to more impersonal, standardized connections that exist today. Research limitations/implications – In seeking to tell the story of industry participants as a group, the differences in behaviours between the family firms and the non-family firms have not been explored. This should be the work of future research, which, if aimed at teasing out the results of this study, may help shed additional light on the strategic processes that occur within family firms. Practical implications – Although the firms examined in this study were from one industry (and an arguably narrow cultural base), their development over time was not dissimilar to the experience reported in other industries and cultures. This suggests that the components of the evolution of the strategic process that ensues within family firms may be generalizable throughout cultures. In the absence of kin relationships, the importance of trust in their dealings cannot be overstated. Originality/value – The findings demonstrate how one group of participants in the global diamond industry has responded to the changing economic, social and political contexts of their operations, where trust and personal connections have been replaced by more impersonal, standardized dealings.
The purpose of this chapter is to consider managerial leadership styles in Australia and how Aust... more The purpose of this chapter is to consider managerial leadership styles in Australia and how Australian myths and legends may have shaped them.
We examined Confucian moral philosophy, primarily the Analects, to determine how Confucian ethics... more We examined Confucian moral philosophy, primarily the Analects, to determine how Confucian ethics could help managers regulate their own behavior (self-regulation) to maintain an ethical standard of practice. We found that some Confucian virtues relevant to self-regulation are common to Western concepts of management ethics such as benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Some are relatively unique, such as ritual propriety and filial piety. We identify seven Confucian principles and discuss how they apply to achieving ethical self-regulation in management. In addition, we examined some of the unique Confucian practices to achieve self-regulation including ritual and music. We balanced the framework by exploring the potential problems in applying Confucian principles to develop ethical self-regulation including whistle blowing. Confucian moral philosophy offers an indigenous Chinese theoretical framework for developing ethical self-regulation in managers. This is relevant for managers and those who relate to managers in Confucian-oriented societies, such as China, Korea, Japan, and Singapore. We recommend further research to examine if the application of the Confucian practices outlined here actually work in regulating the ethical behavior of managers in modern organizations.
Home-based telework is a growing phenomenon with great potential to affect employees' psy... more Home-based telework is a growing phenomenon with great potential to affect employees' psychological well-being. Although prior studies show both positive and negative effects on work-family interaction, conclusions are limited by the way telework, well-being, and work-family interaction have been modeled. The authors present a conceptual framework that describes telework as a multidimensional phenomenon and separates the effects of the home environment from those of distance from the organization. Propositions concerning work-family interaction are developed from P. Warr's (1987) model of the environmental antecedents of well-being, prior telework studies, and the work-family literature. Spillover between work and nonwork domains of well-being is discussed, and suggestions for future research on this complex issue are presented.
Examines the use of faculty-directed management consulting projects as a core educational experie... more Examines the use of faculty-directed management consulting projects as a core educational experience in an Australian MBA programme. Presents evaluations of the utility of such an approach from both the client and student viewpoint. Examines some of the difficulties, particularly ...
Human resource planning has been characterized as the 'process of analyzing an organ... more Human resource planning has been characterized as the 'process of analyzing an organization's human resource needs under changing conditions and developing the activities necessary to satisfy those needs' (Walker, 1980: 5). In other words, it is about 'planning to ensure the ...
In New South Wales, Australia, in July 1987, the category of professionals required to report sus... more In New South Wales, Australia, in July 1987, the category of professionals required to report suspected cases of child sexual assault to the Department of Family and Community Services was extended to include teachers and other school professionals. This paper reports on the impact of the process associated with the enactment of the new mandatory reporting requirements on the reporting behavior of the new mandatory notifiers. There was a significant increase in the number and proportion of reports of suspected sexual assault received from teachers. At the same time there has been no change in the quality of teachers' reports, as measured by the percentage of reports which are verified on assessment.En Nouvelle Galles du Sud (Australie), en juillet 1987, on a augmenté au Département des services communautaires et familiaux le nombre des personnes ayant l'obligation de dénoncer les cas probables de sévices sexuels à l'égard d'enfants. L'objet du présent rapport est l'impact de ce changement sur le comportement des nouveaux notificateurs obligatoires concernant la dénonciation des cas d'abus sexuels. Le nombre des dénonciations a augmenté de façon significative, notamment celles provenant des enseignants. En même temps, il n'y a pas eu de changement dans la qualité des rapports envoyés par les enseignants comme on pouvait le constater d'après le pourcentage des cas avérés. La discussion porte sur les implications de ces observations pour l'identification et l'assistance à davantage de victimes de sévices sexuels.En New South Wales, Australia, se incluyeron los maestros y otros profesionales escolares, en la categoría de profesionales obligados a reportar casos sospechosos de abuso sexual del niño al Department of Family and Community Services (Departamento de Servicios a la Familia y la Comunidad). Este artículo reporta cual fué el impacto del proceso asociado con el nuevo reportaje obligatorio en el reportaje de los nuevos profesionales obligados a reportar. Se encontró que hubo un aumento significativo en el número y la proporción de los reportes por parte de maestros de casos sospechados de abuso sexual. Al mismo tiempo, no hubo cambios en la calidad de los reportes, cuando esta fué medida por el porcentaje de reportes verificados en el curso de las investigaciones. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados para la identificación y la ayuda a los niños victimas del abuso sexual.
ABSTRACT Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on some aspects of pedagogy in management history, ... more ABSTRACT Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on some aspects of pedagogy in management history, using Boyer's model of scholarship as a framework for consideration. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on Boyer's model of scholarship, this paper considers how one might apply the notion of the “scholarship of representation” to one's teaching efforts in management history. Findings – Satisfied that one's conceptions of the past are developed in ways that, as far as possible, make them useful in creating one's future, one then needs to represent those conceptions in a meaningful way. This paper considers some of the issues of which those seeking to represent those conceptions must be cognisant. Originality/value – Learning from the lessons of management history depends, at least in part, on the quality of the scholarship of representation, which should be a combination of transmission and transformation.
Home > Journal of Management History > Volume 14 issue 2 > Manag... more Home > Journal of Management History > Volume 14 issue 2 > Management history in other places... ... Icon: Abstract. Icon: Backfiles. Icon: Print. Icon: Reprints & permissions. ... Purpose This paper has been written to promote a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary approach to ...
Purpose – The primary purpose of this paper is to fill the research gap regarding the evolution o... more Purpose – The primary purpose of this paper is to fill the research gap regarding the evolution of managerial processes within (largely family) diamond industry firms, especially over the past seven decades. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data were gathered from interviews with 100 managers in the diamond industry in Israel, together with data from Israeli Government, industry and academic sources. Findings – Over the recent life cycle of the diamond industry, with its changing structures and dynamics, participant firms have evolved through seven stages of engagement, from one based on trust and personal connections to more impersonal, standardized connections that exist today. Research limitations/implications – In seeking to tell the story of industry participants as a group, the differences in behaviours between the family firms and the non-family firms have not been explored. This should be the work of future research, which, if aimed at teasing out the results of this study, may help shed additional light on the strategic processes that occur within family firms. Practical implications – Although the firms examined in this study were from one industry (and an arguably narrow cultural base), their development over time was not dissimilar to the experience reported in other industries and cultures. This suggests that the components of the evolution of the strategic process that ensues within family firms may be generalizable throughout cultures. In the absence of kin relationships, the importance of trust in their dealings cannot be overstated. Originality/value – The findings demonstrate how one group of participants in the global diamond industry has responded to the changing economic, social and political contexts of their operations, where trust and personal connections have been replaced by more impersonal, standardized dealings.
The purpose of this chapter is to consider managerial leadership styles in Australia and how Aust... more The purpose of this chapter is to consider managerial leadership styles in Australia and how Australian myths and legends may have shaped them.
We examined Confucian moral philosophy, primarily the Analects, to determine how Confucian ethics... more We examined Confucian moral philosophy, primarily the Analects, to determine how Confucian ethics could help managers regulate their own behavior (self-regulation) to maintain an ethical standard of practice. We found that some Confucian virtues relevant to self-regulation are common to Western concepts of management ethics such as benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Some are relatively unique, such as ritual propriety and filial piety. We identify seven Confucian principles and discuss how they apply to achieving ethical self-regulation in management. In addition, we examined some of the unique Confucian practices to achieve self-regulation including ritual and music. We balanced the framework by exploring the potential problems in applying Confucian principles to develop ethical self-regulation including whistle blowing. Confucian moral philosophy offers an indigenous Chinese theoretical framework for developing ethical self-regulation in managers. This is relevant for managers and those who relate to managers in Confucian-oriented societies, such as China, Korea, Japan, and Singapore. We recommend further research to examine if the application of the Confucian practices outlined here actually work in regulating the ethical behavior of managers in modern organizations.
Home-based telework is a growing phenomenon with great potential to affect employees' psy... more Home-based telework is a growing phenomenon with great potential to affect employees' psychological well-being. Although prior studies show both positive and negative effects on work-family interaction, conclusions are limited by the way telework, well-being, and work-family interaction have been modeled. The authors present a conceptual framework that describes telework as a multidimensional phenomenon and separates the effects of the home environment from those of distance from the organization. Propositions concerning work-family interaction are developed from P. Warr's (1987) model of the environmental antecedents of well-being, prior telework studies, and the work-family literature. Spillover between work and nonwork domains of well-being is discussed, and suggestions for future research on this complex issue are presented.
Examines the use of faculty-directed management consulting projects as a core educational experie... more Examines the use of faculty-directed management consulting projects as a core educational experience in an Australian MBA programme. Presents evaluations of the utility of such an approach from both the client and student viewpoint. Examines some of the difficulties, particularly ...
Human resource planning has been characterized as the 'process of analyzing an organ... more Human resource planning has been characterized as the 'process of analyzing an organization's human resource needs under changing conditions and developing the activities necessary to satisfy those needs' (Walker, 1980: 5). In other words, it is about 'planning to ensure the ...
In New South Wales, Australia, in July 1987, the category of professionals required to report sus... more In New South Wales, Australia, in July 1987, the category of professionals required to report suspected cases of child sexual assault to the Department of Family and Community Services was extended to include teachers and other school professionals. This paper reports on the impact of the process associated with the enactment of the new mandatory reporting requirements on the reporting behavior of the new mandatory notifiers. There was a significant increase in the number and proportion of reports of suspected sexual assault received from teachers. At the same time there has been no change in the quality of teachers' reports, as measured by the percentage of reports which are verified on assessment.En Nouvelle Galles du Sud (Australie), en juillet 1987, on a augmenté au Département des services communautaires et familiaux le nombre des personnes ayant l'obligation de dénoncer les cas probables de sévices sexuels à l'égard d'enfants. L'objet du présent rapport est l'impact de ce changement sur le comportement des nouveaux notificateurs obligatoires concernant la dénonciation des cas d'abus sexuels. Le nombre des dénonciations a augmenté de façon significative, notamment celles provenant des enseignants. En même temps, il n'y a pas eu de changement dans la qualité des rapports envoyés par les enseignants comme on pouvait le constater d'après le pourcentage des cas avérés. La discussion porte sur les implications de ces observations pour l'identification et l'assistance à davantage de victimes de sévices sexuels.En New South Wales, Australia, se incluyeron los maestros y otros profesionales escolares, en la categoría de profesionales obligados a reportar casos sospechosos de abuso sexual del niño al Department of Family and Community Services (Departamento de Servicios a la Familia y la Comunidad). Este artículo reporta cual fué el impacto del proceso asociado con el nuevo reportaje obligatorio en el reportaje de los nuevos profesionales obligados a reportar. Se encontró que hubo un aumento significativo en el número y la proporción de los reportes por parte de maestros de casos sospechados de abuso sexual. Al mismo tiempo, no hubo cambios en la calidad de los reportes, cuando esta fué medida por el porcentaje de reportes verificados en el curso de las investigaciones. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados para la identificación y la ayuda a los niños victimas del abuso sexual.
ABSTRACT Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on some aspects of pedagogy in management history, ... more ABSTRACT Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on some aspects of pedagogy in management history, using Boyer's model of scholarship as a framework for consideration. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on Boyer's model of scholarship, this paper considers how one might apply the notion of the “scholarship of representation” to one's teaching efforts in management history. Findings – Satisfied that one's conceptions of the past are developed in ways that, as far as possible, make them useful in creating one's future, one then needs to represent those conceptions in a meaningful way. This paper considers some of the issues of which those seeking to represent those conceptions must be cognisant. Originality/value – Learning from the lessons of management history depends, at least in part, on the quality of the scholarship of representation, which should be a combination of transmission and transformation.
Home > Journal of Management History > Volume 14 issue 2 > Manag... more Home > Journal of Management History > Volume 14 issue 2 > Management history in other places... ... Icon: Abstract. Icon: Backfiles. Icon: Print. Icon: Reprints & permissions. ... Purpose This paper has been written to promote a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary approach to ...
As Sinclair (2005: 175) suggests, ‘Until we unravel and expose the links between being a leader a... more As Sinclair (2005: 175) suggests, ‘Until we unravel and expose the links between being a leader and enacting a particular form of manliness, then, in gender and racial terms, leadership will remain the domain of a homogeneous elite’.
Still, there is cause for optimism as the dialogue continues, and in the final lines proffered by Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1994) in her Song of Hope: To our father’s fathers The pain, the sorrow; To our children’s children The glad tomorrow.
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Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data were gathered from interviews with 100 managers in the diamond industry in Israel, together with data from Israeli Government, industry and academic sources.
Findings – Over the recent life cycle of the diamond industry, with its changing structures and dynamics, participant firms have evolved through seven stages of engagement, from one based on trust and personal connections to more impersonal, standardized connections that exist today.
Research limitations/implications – In seeking to tell the story of industry participants as a group, the differences in behaviours between the family firms and the non-family firms have not been explored. This should be the work of future research, which, if aimed at teasing out the results of
this study, may help shed additional light on the strategic processes that occur within family firms.
Practical implications – Although the firms examined in this study were from one industry (and an arguably narrow cultural base), their development over time was not dissimilar to the experience reported in other industries and cultures. This suggests that the components of the
evolution of the strategic process that ensues within family firms may be generalizable throughout cultures. In the absence of kin relationships, the importance of trust in their dealings cannot be overstated.
Originality/value – The findings demonstrate how one group of participants in the global diamond industry has responded to the changing economic, social and political contexts of their operations, where trust and personal connections have been replaced by more impersonal, standardized dealings.
Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data were gathered from interviews with 100 managers in the diamond industry in Israel, together with data from Israeli Government, industry and academic sources.
Findings – Over the recent life cycle of the diamond industry, with its changing structures and dynamics, participant firms have evolved through seven stages of engagement, from one based on trust and personal connections to more impersonal, standardized connections that exist today.
Research limitations/implications – In seeking to tell the story of industry participants as a group, the differences in behaviours between the family firms and the non-family firms have not been explored. This should be the work of future research, which, if aimed at teasing out the results of
this study, may help shed additional light on the strategic processes that occur within family firms.
Practical implications – Although the firms examined in this study were from one industry (and an arguably narrow cultural base), their development over time was not dissimilar to the experience reported in other industries and cultures. This suggests that the components of the
evolution of the strategic process that ensues within family firms may be generalizable throughout cultures. In the absence of kin relationships, the importance of trust in their dealings cannot be overstated.
Originality/value – The findings demonstrate how one group of participants in the global diamond industry has responded to the changing economic, social and political contexts of their operations, where trust and personal connections have been replaced by more impersonal, standardized dealings.
Still, there is cause for optimism as the dialogue continues, and in the final lines proffered by Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1994) in her Song of Hope:
To our father’s fathers
The pain, the sorrow;
To our children’s children
The glad tomorrow.