This space is for all those who wish to contribute to business & management by embracing our responsibility to become a positive force in solving the burning issues of the 21st century.
We aim to inspire business practitioners to apply their experience to cutting edge business research, and to share breakthrough thinking with the world.
We will focus on topics that contribute to the well-being of the business community and of the planet. Themes include:
1. Business sustainability and ethics
- Embedding sustainability into the core strategies
- Clarifying requirements and examples of truly sustainable products and services
- Developing tools, solutions and measurements to make business sustainable
2. Entrepreneurship and strategic thinking
- Developing entrepreneurial approaches to strategic development (e.g. blue ocean strategies)
- Organizing objectives, resources and decision-making effectively and sustainably
- Improving approaches to ensure effective implementation of ideas and goals
3. Leadership and management effectiveness
- New approaches to develop reflective and courageous leaders (e.g. coaching)
- Developing new solutions for managerial, personal and operational effectiveness
- Exploring effective ways for team and communication effectiveness
4. Alternative business models and new ideas
- Integrating business profitability with sustainability
- New models to ensure effective corporate governance
- Applying emerging ideas (e.g. brand aesthetics, understanding customer satisfaction)
5. Higher business education
- Explore new ways to create powerful and safe learning environments
- Clarify requirements for business schools to prepare future leaders
- Explore and integrate new ideas and concepts to address and deal with future challenges
