Contents: 1. Managing Managers: The Evolving Management Story in Context Adrian Wilkinson, Keith Townsend and Gabriele Suder PART I PROCESSES AVAILABLE TO MANAGERS WITHIN ORGANISATIONAL BOUNDARIES 2. Talent Management: Current Understanding and What We Still Need to Know Anthony McDonnell 3. Perspectives on Problems in Managing Managers’ Remuneration Stephen J. Perkins 4. Managing Managerial Careers N. Bozionelos and Y. Baruch PART II TOPICS CUTTING ACROSS THE ROLES OF MANAGERS 5. The Role of Leadership in Developing the Innovative Manager Elizabeth J. Sander and Arran Caza 6. Managing the Front-line Manager Keith Townsend and Ashlea Kellner 7. Professions and Managers Mike Dent 8. Evidence Based Management: Some Pros, Cons and Alternatives Dennis Tourish 9. Managerial Work Stefan Tengblad and Ola Edvin Vie PART III CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND NEW DIRECTIONS 10. On Solutions to the Crisis in Management Education: Can Business Schools Improve the Effectiveness of Managers? Jon Billsberry 11. The Role of Business Schools in Management Education William Lightfoot 12. Organisational Knowledge and Knowledge Management Daniele Chauvel and Geneviève Poulingue 13. A Manager-centred Perspective on Organisational Work-life Agendas Paula MacDonald and Abby Catchcart 14. Managing Diversity for Creativity and Innovation in a Complex World Renata Kaminska and Béatrice Toustou 15. Managing Managers Across Cultures: Different Values, Different Ethics Terence Jackson 16. Women in Management Robin Kramar 17. Global Comparison of Management Practices Renu Agarwal, Chris Bajada, Paul James Brown and Roy Green 18. Managers in Developing Countries Rabi Narayan Kar, Sumati Varma and Gabriele Suder Index