Journal of Global Responsibility

Redefining the roles and duties of management

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Title: Redefining the roles and duties of management
Author(s): Laszlo Zsolnai, (Business Ethics Center, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest,
Hungary), Sven Junghagen, (Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy,
Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark), Antonio Tencati, (Institute
of Technology and Innovation Management, Universit Bocconi, Milan, Italy)
Citation: Laszlo Zsolnai, Sven Junghagen, Antonio Tencati, (2012) "Redefining the roles and
duties of management", Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 3 Iss: 1, pp.121 - 133
Keywords: Business as a profession, Curricula, Global responsibility, Management education,
Reflective practice, Responsible management
Article type: Research paper
DOI: 10.1108/20412561211219328 (Permanent URL)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Acknowledgements: Laszlo Zsolnai's contribution to this paper was developed as part of the research
project of the Corvinus University of Budapest Trsadalmi Megjuls Operatv
Program TMOP-4-2.1.B-09/1/KMR-2010-0005. The authors would like to
acknowledge the work of their CEMS colleagues who contributed to the
development of the Future International Manager model reported in Section 2 of
the paper.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the crisis of the business
profession and the role that management education can play in renewing
business management. It is argued that unless future managers demonstrate
that they serve the common good in their daily practice, the legitimacy and
moral standing of the business profession remain questionable.
Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the Masters in
International Management Program of CEMS Global Alliance in
Management Education as a pioneering example of developing reflective and
responsible managers.
Findings The future manager is defined as a reflexive practitioner who is
committed to environmental sustainability, exercises social responsibility,
works with sensitivity toward gender and diversity issues, harmonizes
information and communications technologies with processes and
organizational culture, applies holistic perspective in problem solving,
cooperates with social and political actors, and is engaged in progressive
entrepreneurship.
Originality/value The paper shows that responsibility can be successfully
integrated into a global management education curriculum.
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Workplace diversity management in a multicultural society

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Title: Workplace diversity management in a multicultural society
Author(s): Gloria E. Miller, (Gloria E. Miller is Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
and Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Administration at the
University of Regina, Regina, Canada.), Julie I.A. Rowney, (Julie I.A. Rowney is
Professor, Management of Organizations and Human Resources, in the Faculty of
Management at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.)
Citation: Gloria E. Miller, Julie I.A. Rowney, (1999) "Workplace diversity management in a
multicultural society", Women In Management Review, Vol. 14 Iss: 8, pp.307 - 315
Keywords: Canada, Competitiveness, Equal opportunities, Multi-cultural society, Workforce
Article
type:
Research paper
DOI: 10.1108/09649429910301670 (Permanent URL)
Publisher: MCB UP Ltd
Abstract: This paper reports on an exploratory study into the extent of diversity management
initiatives in organizations in one Canadian city. Diversity management originated in
the USA where it is reportedly being embraced by many organizations and where it
has become the basis of a large consulting business. Although a diverse workforce
and workplace diversity management are often argued to be critical to
organizational competitiveness, little is known about how Canadian organizations
are reacting.
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Management decision making and ethics: practices, skills
and preferences

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Title: Management decision making and ethics: practices, skills and preferences
Author(s): Rosalie Holian, (School of Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Melbourne, Australia)
Citation: Rosalie Holian, (2002) "Management decision making and ethics: practices, skills and
preferences", Management Decision, Vol. 40 Iss: 9, pp.862 - 870
Keywords: Decision making, Ethics, Skills, Top management
Article
type:
Research paper
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210441422 (Permanent URL)
Publisher: MCB UP Ltd
Abstract: This article summarises the findings from a study of practising managers which
explored experiences of and views on decision making about actual ethical issues in
organisations. Data gathering was based on a combination of an intensive case study
of an organisation and in-depth interviews with senior managers and management
consultants from 32 organisations. A rigorous qualitative analysis of the observed
experiences, strategies and responses to ethical issues and problems resulted in
categorisation of skills associated with: judgement, integrity, courage and humanity.
The different ways in which these skills were integrated led to approaches identified
as: legalistic, entrepreneurial, navigation and worried modes. The repertoire of skills
which contributes to selection of these alternative approaches and implications for
the development of ethical decision making practices are discussed.
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Business writing on the go: How executives manage
impressions through e-mail communication in everyday
work life

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Title: Business writing on the go: How executives manage impressions through e-mail
communication in everyday work life
Author(s): Andr H. Caron, (Dpartement de Communication, Universit de Montral, Montral,
Canada), Jennie M. Hwang, (Dpartement de Communication, Universit de Montral,
Montral, Canada), Boris H.J.M. Brummans, (Dpartement de Communication, Universit de
Montral, Montral, Canada), Letizia Caronia, (Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione,
Universit di Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
Citation: Andr H. Caron, Jennie M. Hwang, Boris H.J.M. Brummans, Letizia Caronia, (2013) "Business
writing on the go: How executives manage impressions through e-mail communication in
everyday work life", Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Vol. 18 Iss: 1, pp.8
- 25
Keywords: Business executives, Corporate communications, Digital technology, Impression
management, Mobile communications, Paratext, Self-presentation, Senior management,
Electronic mail, Written communications, Business e-mail
Article
type:
Research paper
DOI: 10.1108/13563281311294100 (Permanent URL)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how business executives
perceive and account for their use of paratextual cues as a means of managing their
professional impressions in business e-mails on their smartphone (i.e. BlackBerry,
iPhone, etc.) and office computer.
Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured, audio-recorded telephone
interviews were conducted with a representative sample of 60 business executives
from various sectors in Canada. The interviews examined executives' typical ways of
writing e-mails for business purposes, both on their smartphone and office computer.
All interviews were transcribed and then analyzed using a mix of quantitative and
qualitative analyses.
Findings This study shows how organizational leaders vary their ways of opening
and closing business e-mails when comparing their smartphone to their office
computer communication. To account for these differences, they routinely use folk
categories that suggest distinctions between formal and informal relationships,
internal and external communication, as well as the recipient's identity and their own.
Hence, executives are aware of the social meanings inscribed in paratextual cues and
even the absence of these cues is frequently used as a cue in itself.
Originality/value E-mailing is a crucial part of contemporary corporate
communications, yet few studies have examined organizational leaders' e-mail writing
practices on their smartphone in relation to their office computer. While executives
might seem very task-oriented in their communication, this study shows that their
everyday e-mail-writing practices play an important role in the co-construction of
professional identities and relationships.

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