Traditionally partnerships are based on ambiguous and negotiated relationships amongst professional peers, who are the firm's owners as well as its core producers. But in recent years there has been a growing acceptance amongst partners in large international law firms that they require more explicit forms of performance measurement and management and more hierarchical structures of governance in order to maximise Profits per Partner - the professional partnership is becoming a bit more corporate.

It was this change which prompted researchers from the Centre of Professional Service Firms to study the rise of the management professional and their role in the professionalisation of management in large international law firms.

A roundtable discussion hosted by the Centre for Charitable Giving and the Institute for Voluntary Action, attended by a cross-section of representatives from the voluntary sector, examined the "next steps for the funding and delivery of capacity building". 'Capacity building' is advice or other support which helps organisations to effectively achieve their aims.

This paper outlines the content and process of the experiential workshops that Cass has developed to help build SVTs on its modular executive MBA programmes in Europe and the Middle East.

This article discusses the formation of managerial identity within a public sector setting.