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By engaging others in the innovation process, you’ll emerge with superior results and stronger bonds between people.

Content: Article | Author: Rick Maurer | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Growth is essential for a business’ success, and many previous studies have shown that research and development is the key source of internal growth in the long run. But the question is which projects to fund and which ones to stop – which ones are promising and which ones too risky?

Content: Article | Authors: Christoph Loch, Kerstin Bode-Greuel | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Finance, Management

Nutt (management, Ohio State Univ.) has spent 20 years collecting and studying more than 400 decisions made by upper-level management in corporate, government, and nonprofit organizations. Here, he selects 15 decisions that led to debacles and gives the background for each decision, what went wrong, and how the problem could have been approached differently. Through these case studies and other examples, he reveals a number … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Paul C. Nutt | Subjects: History, Management

If you’re serious about building a collaborative company and want to reap the economic rewards from doing so, you have to screen out “lone stars.” Harvard Business School professor Morten T. Hansen explains.

Editor’s Note: I found the sidebar to be of much more interest and value…

Content: Article | Author: Mallory Stark | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

The Office of the Chief Executive, a small group of senior executives who help the CEO run the business, has been used as a management tool for at least a century. During that time, its popularity has waxed and waned, it has served a variety of purposes, and it has even been known by a number of names. Here are some pluses and minuses to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Robert J. Kramer | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Management

not really an interview, but rather a profile of the famous management guru – as viewed by those who have been fortunate to have been mentored by him.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Zero Space, by Frank Lekanne Deprez and René Tissen, is both a thought-provoking argument for truly open organizations–occupying the ephemeral region of their title–and a practical manual for developing them. Lekanne Deprez and Tissen, Amsterdam-based consultants who have separately and together written five previous books, are certainly not the first to suggest that intangibles like knowledge are far more relevant today than tangibles like machinery … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Frank Lekanne Deprez, Rene Johannes Tissen | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Six Sigma is being used in lots of new ways. Critics call the trend dangerous.

Content: Article | Author: Bob Gilbert | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Management, Operations

A six-step guide to the promotion of corporate entrepreneurship and the exploitation of innovation.

Content: Article | Author: Sigvald Harryson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Innovation, Knowledge Management

The vital importance of meaning, the attributes of valuable meaning and how can we apply the understanding of meaning to make your company more successful?

Content: Article | Author: Robert W. Bradford | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Marketing / Sales

This article takes a look at the differences between “single-leader unit” and “real-team” disciplines. It focuses especially on the unique challenges of virtual teams and also considers the pros and cons of collaborative technology (groupware).

Content: Article | Authors: Douglas K. Smith, Jon R. Katzenbach | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Newly hired senior executives don’t need any help, right? After all, they’re getting paid top dollar for knowing their stuff!
The reality is that executives often do need guidance and support when joining an organization. In fact, a recent survey reported that more than 70% of newly hired executives left their jobs within the first two years! These missteps can wreak havoc on subordinates, departments, … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Adena Berkman, Diane Downey, Tom March | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

partner in Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

Sanford is the retired chair and CEO of Bankers Trust (1996). His speech “Financial Markets in 2020,” delivered at a 1993 gathering of central bankers and eminent economists, has become the bible of electronic finance. In it, he spelled out the inevitable shift of financial control away from central bankers and into the hands of consumers. Business 2.0 highlighted Sanford, 61, as one of “The … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management | Industry: Finance / Banking

CEO, Zapata;
this is an article about Zapata’s foray into the Internet arena but along the way it provides a lot of interesting background info on Avie and Malcolm Glazer (his father).

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

You have a tough enough time managing on-site teams. Scatter team members among locations, and it becomes even harder. One IT consultant shares the lessons he learned on the way to success.

Content: Article | Author: Evan Stein | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Project Management

Embedded sensors will enable greater device-to-device communication, fueling economic growth in location-based services and transforming business processes across all sectors.

Editor’s Note: This is one of the elements of the CBI’s Future Scan. Though only an overview, some useful insights and concerns are raised.

Content: Article | Source: CGE&Y Center for Business Innovation (CBI) | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis

The battle plan for the KM czar begins with determining if KM
is the right answer.

Content: Article | Author: Daryl Morey | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subject: Knowledge Management

Here is a simple but powerful rule … always give people more than they expect to get.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Wisdom

This article examines the feud between two management gurus – Bob Kaplan and Tom Johnson. Together, the two developed and introduced the world to Activity Based Accounting and later the Balanced Scorecard (Kaplan). While Kaplan still is preaching these concepts, Johnson has gone on to argue that the troubles that mainstream companies get into are due to the misuse of measurement. Thus, their … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, People