This article examines the origins of facility management as a field of practice that was first developed in the 1970s when the open plan office concept first became popular in the United States. The author focuses on the influence of the furniture manufacturer Herman Miller and its subsidiary, the Facility Management Institute (FMI), on the development of this new field and its rapid professionalization and growth through the latter part of the twentieth century. She argues that FMI played an essential role in the founding of facility management as a dedicated field: defining it, establishing its core values, processes, and methods; and increasing its visibility as a professional discipline. While initially promoted by FMI as a human-centered discipline that emphasized using the workplace to support workers, as facility management increased its influence and organizational position “from broomcloset to boardroom,” it evolved to become a more fiscally minded field that sought to cut costs, outsource services, and leverage space for financial benefit.

Burnout refers to a psychological condition arising from prolonged and ongoing interpersonal stressors, resulting in physical and emotional exhaustion. Its prevalence among healthcare workers has been increasingly recognised as a significant factor affecting their mental health, well-being, performance at work, and professional and personal relationships, as well as the functioning of organisations. In this article we outline the general concept of burnout, its clinical features and measurement. We give an overview of its epidemiology among healthcare workers, and highlight the contribution of individual and organisational risk factors, cultural influences and work–life balance to its emergence and maintenance. We conclude with recommendations for identifying the signs and symptoms of burnout and for providing timely support and evidence-based interventions to reduce harm to both workers and the organisation. Effective management of burnout is key to retaining a healthy and productive workforce, while meeting the challenges of service delivery in healthcare in general and the National Health Service in particular.

Prioritizing invasive species is crucial for managing invasions and mitigating impacts on biodiversity globally, yet most efforts are concentrated in the Global North, with significant gaps in the Global South. In the absence of region-specific assessments, land managers in the Global South often rely on broad global priority frameworks, whose relevance at smaller spatial scales remains uncertain. Robust prioritization frameworks should incorporate multiple dimensions of species distribution and impact in addition to spatial scale. To help fill this gap, we used complementary approaches in this study: herbarium-based and expert assessments to evaluate the distribution and impact of invasive plant species in a biodiversity hotspot in India. We scored species across different dimensions of impact, and generated a composite score that was used to rank and prioritize the invasive species. To understand the concordance of rankings across scales, we compared our regional rankings with national and global rankings for these species. We identified 79 invasive plant species in the Northern Western Ghats and Konkan region, which revealed a 10-fold difference in their spatial extent. Expert assessments indicated that only few species had high scores across the different distribution and impact dimensions, while most had low to moderate scores. The results show that distribution-related dimensions were correlated, but impact-associated dimensions remained independent, highlighting the need to include both in prioritization frameworks. Although most regional species were included in national and global invasive species lists, their priority rankings differed at these different scales. Overall, our study underscores the importance of integrating both distribution and impact dimensions for species prioritization and highlights the importance of local-scale assessments for effective invasive species management.

Mental health concerns are rising for business school academics who cope with increased expectations about job performance. The multiple and concurrent tasks that academics engage in gives rise to feelings of stress and inadequacy that can lead to mental distress. The changing role of academia has created confusion and as sense of panic surrounding job longevity, which has resulted in increased emphasis on well-being in universities. Whilst universities pride themselves as supposedly good work environments in reality many academics are facing mental health issues. This means the joy once evident in academics in a profession they love has changed due to the increased complexities. In this editorial, I discuss the role mental health plays in an academic’s survival in the global educational environment. The consequences of altering work/life resources are examined with the goal of suggesting ways to alleviate mental health issues whilst respecting the privacy and individualisation of academics.

This review explores the potential of circular food resources (CFRs) as animal feed in South Asian countries, with particular attention to dairy production systems. The review examines how CFRs are produced and supplied, identifying barriers to adoption, and evaluating existing governance and management frameworks to enable their integration into dairy feeding systems. A total of 24 research articles published in English between 2000 and 2025 met the selection criteria. Studies were included if they addressed CFRs in relation to feed types, processing methods, revalorization, life cycle assessments, circular economy models, relevant legislation, incentives and barriers to adoption. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify key patterns, trends and gaps in literature using MAXQDA. The review highlights that a large share of organic CFRs comes from private households, supermarkets, the hospitality sector and food industries. However, CFR management is still dominated by uncontrolled dumping and open burning, and only limited quantities are reused as feed, even though they could serve as a potential feed resource for dairy animals. Urban and peri-urban dairy farmers face adoption barriers such as contamination with inorganic materials, lack of regulation, insufficient nutritional, hygienic and safety data, and low awareness of impacts on animal performance. At conceptual level, the lack of integrated frameworks and stakeholder engagement limits the development of circular practices. At governance level, weak regulations and coordination hinder policy support. At management level, insufficient data on nutrition, safety, hygiene and regional availability highlight the need for context-specific evidence. Building on the synthesized findings, the review proposes a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) framework to evaluate the opportunities and risks of integrating CFRs into feeding systems. Transitioning from fragmented efforts to systemic change in CFRs-to-feed will require an interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach, to build resilient and sustainable circular food systems in South Asian countries and beyond.

Community research site finances continue to emerge as substantial topics of concern. Financial management solutions are possible; however, they must be continuously managed and incorporated to realize optimal business quality. The current case study assessed key financial metrics prior to and one year following a clinical research site’s financial review and implementation of improved practices. Financial activity and sustainability metrics were collected and assessed. Staff were interviewed prior to and after the financial review. Results analyzed differences in processes to further elucidate impact and explore best practices. Following review and best practice implementation, the site realized not only an immediate improvement in record management and an increase in revenue realization, but also a substantial increase in 12-month metrics. Fewer visits were performed year-to-year; however, management improvements yielded overall revenue and accrual increases. The site owner and staff members noted a relief and excitement when “Finance is Everybody’s Job” cultures were adopted throughout site departments. Newly established financial processes demonstrated an immediate improvement in site sustainability and, when routinely managed, stabilized monthly finances during lower visit periods. Future studies may assess long-term effects of financial management or analyze each financial component for process refinement and optimization.

Work on the relationship between regulation and bribery suggests that bribes are a joint function of the demands of bureaucrats and the supply of business managers willing to pay them. However, due to biases in measurement, empirical work has concentrated on country-level, demand-side drivers, while research on factors that lead businesses to bribe remains theoretically rich but empirically underdeveloped. We contribute to the burgeoning work on the supply of bribery with a formal model that predicts poorly managed firms may strategically initiate bribes because resource constraints and/or poor service quality necessitate shortcuts in regulatory compliance. To test these theories, we present two connected studies. The first demonstrates that the predictions are consistent with cross-national business survey data. The second, a field experiment, randomly assigned firms to management training courses in Vietnam. Using detailed accounting books, we find that firms in the management course paid monthly bribes less than one-fifth the size ($227 less) of the placebo group, and, consistent with our predictions, had higher levels of regulatory compliance.

Although unique in its effectiveness, lithium shares with other psychotropic medications the potential to induce multiple side-effects that significantly influence tolerability, acceptability and patient adherence. We review the available evidence to provide a contemporary update for clinicians in treating lithium-induced side-effects. Most adverse effects of lithium are either transient or not severe enough to require discontinuation. Distressing side-effects can reduce gradually or become tolerable with a ‘watchful waiting’ approach or, if not tolerated, dose reduction. Side-effects leading to discontinuation may allow for later rechallenge. Side-effects such as stage 5 chronic kidney disease and the syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity (SILENT) merit discontinuation. There is a paucity of studies examining management of lithium side-effects, with most treatments for them based on small samples or case series/reports. Treatments will usually mirror recommended interventions from other treatment settings.

The Journal of Management and Organization (JMO) is the journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. It is an international journal publishing work of global authors but has a distinct Australian and New Zealand heritage based on cultural and social pursuits. This means it is important to highlight how Australian and New Zealand management research has developed over the years and to acknowledge its uniqueness in global academia. This editorial focuses on JMO 2026 in terms of addressing needs to further ponder how values and context influences management research and practice. The role of research contexts and policy are discussed with the goal of enabling a future research agenda that specifically combines an Australian and New Zealand mindset.

As part of the Journal of Management and Organization’s 30th birthday celebration it is important to reflect and consider what is valuable advice. This perspective article is coauthored by a number of academics and brings together their thoughts about value in management practice. An international array of management teachers and researchers provide their advice in the hope of inspiring future generations of management researchers.

This perspective article is to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Journal of Management & Organization. To remember its achievements and to reflect on its successes a number of management academics were quizzed about their thoughts. This helps to identify future growth areas of management interest and to project new developments. By doing so it enables a holistic view about the role of management in practice, policy and society.