Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the principles of talent management (TM) can be leveraged to enhance an organization’s knowledge management (KM) initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – This paper critically reviews the literature pertaining to the emerging concept of TM and specifically that which focuses upon ‘smart talent...
Monthly Archives: June 2011
I recently spent a few days at the Harvard Business School with a group of Deans and Professors from around the globe. The event was a symposium that HBS has run for several years, as a way of reflecting on and improving the field of leadership at a macro level. The focus of this year’s event was “values.” The sticky issue of ethics, of the responsibility...
“The map of Africa as a hopeless collection of failing post-colonial economies is being redrawn before our very eyes. Credit should go to African leaders for their stubborn refusal to accept the future as predicted by others but to seek to change it. As they say, for Africa, the future is not what it used to be.” Go to Source Similar Products: Powered by Uniting...
“The United States has been a leading light in agricultural biotechnology as a platform technology and continues to serve as an important role model for countries around the seeking to address global food challenges. A key source of this leadership has been its commitment to using a science-led regulatory system for determining the approval of new products. The rest...
WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2011 — What if every African nation suddenly learned of a new, untapped benefactor – a frugal individual with keen entrepreneurial sensibilities, who has managed to accumulate billions of U.S. dollars’ worth in savings, and has strong cultural ties to the ancestral homeland? Similar Products: Powered by Leveraging...
“The use of emerging technology and indigenous knowledge to promote sustainable agriculture will require adjustments in existing institutions. New approaches will need to be adopted to promote close interactions between government, business, farmers, academia, and civil society. The aim of this chapter is to identify novel agricultural innovation systems of relevance...
