International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 8 Issue 3

International cultural differences in public sector management: Lessons from a survey of British and Egyptian technical education managers

Andrew D. Brown, Michael Humphreys

Focuses on the problems of transferring western models ofmanagement to other cultures with specific reference to the UK andEgyptian technical education sector. Using Hofstede′s…

Small, high cost countries′ strategy for attracting MNCs’ global investments

Tor Wallin Andreassen

The strategy literature focuses on the firm or industry as the unitof analysis. In the game of “jockeying for positions”through “a process of creative destruction”…

Designing effective management education programmes: Issues and concerns with the Overseas Development Administration project framework

Ita O′Donovan

Arises from a concern with the relationship between providers ofmanagement education programmes and their client groups. Addresses twoissues: what the author considers to be the…

Management skills and senior management effectiveness

Farhad Analoui

Traditionally, the effectiveness of the senior officials within thepublic sector has been disproportionately associated with task insteadof people‐related skills. A study of 74…