4766 Posts Found

When governance has the texture of service it calls for a like response from those governed.

Content: Quotation | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Companies such as Pan Am provide classic case examples of failure. From examining such cases, current literature has identified four notable areas of failure within organizations. In addition, the authors carried out a survey on front-line supervisors and managers asking what factors they thought contributed to organizational failure. Six of the top causes of failure are presented.

Content: Article | Authors: Clinton O. Longenecker, Jack L. Simonetti, Thomas W. Sharkey | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Leadership, Management

People can’t do what they can’t imagine.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Action, Success / Failure

Now you see it. And then you don’t. The emerging economy that will dominate the next century will be governed by a series of factors or “discontinuities” that managers need to prepare for.

Content: Article | Author: C.K. Prahalad | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Strategy, Trends / Analysis

This article starts off with a dubious and unsupported rail against centralized organizations. Luckily, it soon changes gears and discusses high-performing organizations and the futility of searching for an ideal or perfect organizational structure (the structure must be appropriate for the organization’s vision and values, goals and priorities, skill and experience levels, culture, team effectiveness, etc.) Some general trends that are emerging are … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jim Clemmer | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Sure, you’ve heard of the waterfall development methodology and have probably used it (whether you knew it or not). But how is it used at the enterprise level? Here’s a look at the process, typical deliverables, and what to expect from each step.

Content: Article | Author: Tom Mochal | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Project Management

Emin Civi asks ‘What is knowledge management?’ and ‘Why is it important?’ and discusses issues associated with knowledge and identifies five general steps to knowledge management success.

Content: Article | Author: Emin Civi | Source: ManagementFirst | Subject: Knowledge Management

Until customers of measures and owners of measures get together, what gets measured doesn’t necessarily get managed…What gets rewarded gets managed.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Measurement

Peter Senge argues that it is no accident that most organizations are ‘poor learners’. The way organizations are designed and structured, the ways jobs are defined, and the way we have been taught to behave and think in organizations create fundamental learning disabilities. The disabilities persist in spite of the best efforts of intelligent and committed people. The learning that does take place occurs in … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Rick Sidorowicz | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Executive Chairman of Hoover’s, Inc.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

Founder of Tully’s Coffee (World’s second largest coffee chain)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Food Products/Service

CEO and Founder of IZ.com (Also founded AnchorDesk.com.)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

CEO and Co-Founder of Exterprise, Inc. (Purchased by Commerce One)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

Chairman of the Board, FirstTuesday

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

Core ideology, core values, core purpose, “big hairy audacious goals” and envisioned future – from an HBR feature by James Collins and Jerry Porras.

Content: Article | Author: Rick Sidorowicz | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Strategy

Co-Founder, Vault.com

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, LinkShare, Inc.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

There is strong theoretical support for the idea that flatter structures, organized around work processes rather than functions, may be better positioned to understand customer needs and deliver appropriate brand propositions. There is, though, little empirical evidence identifying which structures best enable companies to do this. This article takes a look at Philippa Hankinson’s study comparing the organizational structures of companies taken from the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Philippa Hankinson | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Management, Marketing / Sales

Shimmy Mehta, Founder and CEO, AngelWish
Samer Hamadeh, Co-Founder, Vault, Inc.
Susan Kish, Chairman of the Board, FirstTuesday
Stephen Messer, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, LinkShare, Inc.
Patrick Spain, Executive Chairman of Hoover’s, Inc.
Todd Williamson, President, CEO and Founder of MusicSteps, Inc.
Manoj Saxena, CEO and Co-Founder of Exterprise, Inc.
Tom Tully O’Keefe, Founder of Tully’s Coffee (World’s second largest coffee chain)
Jesse Berst, CEO and Founder of IZ.com (Also … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: nPost.com | Subject: Management

What if you could give your organization the gift of a magnificent and promising future while also discovering a way for all of its stakeholders to be satisfied in the process? To do so means implementing a new and broader approach that builds on the foundation of an effective organization, namely, its mission and its values. Rather than focusing solely on results, winning companies first … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Ken Blanchard | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Management