1. Managing Managers: The Evolving Management Story in Context / Adrian Wilkinson, Keith Townsend and Gabriele Suder -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 Genevieve 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 Beatrice 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.

This book explores the changing role of managers in the workplace.