The versatile organisation: achieving centuries of sustainable growth
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Management thinking has been dominated by the image of an organisation structure as a pyramid, during the past century. This has resulted in functional, hierarchical, line management structures, although they can be inflexible and unresponsive to change. Four old organisations are analysed, and a different view of organisations as three-dimensional models of the operational process, is proposed. It is also proposed that an organisation should be seen from a clear philosophical perspective, as democratic, comprising independent units linked by a common set of values.
Publication Name: European Management Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0263-2373
Year: 1997
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The international mobility of French managers
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Companies are increasingly preoccupied with the international mobility of managers. French recruiters today, see adaptability as a necessary quality of a mobile manager. Most managers recruited in France for an international career are French, and their career often begins with their integration into high-potential groups within a company. International groups in France have concentrated on the training of the mobile manager in recent years.
Publication Name: European Management Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0263-2373
Year: 1997
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