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An enormous consulting industry has sprung up promising to help organizations overhaul themselves to meet today’s competitive pressures. Yet far too often, such change efforts fail. The solution, according to best-selling management author William Bridges, lies in identifying, understanding, and working with what he calls organizational character.
Just as people have personalities, Bridges explains, organizations–as well as their component departments, teams, and other work groups–have … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Sandra Krebs Hirsh, William Bridges | Subject: Organizational Behavior

This article examines the work of Ken Wilber, specifically his four quadrants – composed of “individual interior” (upper left), “individual exterior” (upper right), “collective interior” (lower left), and “collective exterior” (lower right).

Content: Article | Author: Tony Schwartz | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Organizational Behavior

Classic entrepreneurs are likely to score high on achievement and autonomy but low on affiliation. They might rank somewhere in the middle on the need for power. Consequently, many entrepreneurs get bored and frustrated and often leave the confines of corporate life-or are moved aside-when their tiny ventures grow into big, bureaucratic businesses.

Content: Quotation | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Personality / Behavior

Heuristics and biases are ubiquitous because they are innate to the human animal. They apply to customers, colleagues, executives, investors and any other category to which we assign human beings.

To better understand how people’s distortions, shortcuts and biases affect how you market to various stakeholders, you should be aware of people’s thinking patterns and perceptual filters, including your own.

Content: Article | Author: Michael L. Perla | Source: MarketingProfs | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Organizational Behavior

Judy Rosenblum has dealt with all of the obstacles that keep companies from getting smarter. Here is her 10-point curriculum for getting smart about learning.

Content: Article | Author: Alan M. Webber | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior | Industry: Education / Training

Social philosopher, management scholar, best-selling author, and radio commentator Charles Handy is an influential voice worldwide. One of the first to predict the massive downsizing of organizations and the emergence of self-employed professionals, Handy has a gift for looking 20 years ahead at ways society and its institutions are changing. The Irish-born, London-based author spoke recently with Leader to Leader during a visit to the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Charles Handy | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Jim Camp’s thinking is that in any conversation, it’s the listener who has the power. “People have a weakness for talking,” he writes, and questions should “invite the adversary to indulge this weakness.”

Content: Quotation | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Negotiation, Personality / Behavior

Here is a collection of 7 files centered on the topic of Employee Commitment & Retention. A couple of these files are useless (e.g. the press release and the overview), but the white paper is quite good (and the presentation a nice complement, though naturally repetitive). Of course, there is some natural self-serving sales efforts sprinkled throughout the white paper, but the good material makes … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Barbara J. Kreisman, Ph.D., Scott J. McLagan | Sources: CEO Refresher, Insights | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Everyone has their own idea of what makes a good leader. But while leadership has long been linked to corporate success, many see it now as a critical boardroom element if public faith in the integrity of business is to be restored. What should business leaders do? Do we expect too much from them? How does academic research help form new models? What style is … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

The leader’s job is not to control an organization, but to employ self-organization.

Content: Article | Author: Margaret Wheatley | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

High-end knowledge workers are a lot like artists: They crave autonomy, resist routine and embrace risk. But that doesn’t mean that companies can’t do anything to improve their performance. Here are five principles for enhancing the innovation and creativity of this critical group of employees.

Content: Article | Authors: Susan Cantrell, Thomas H. Davenport | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Personal and professional issues for those planning to ride the telecommuting wave.

Content: Article | Authors: Nancy Kurland, Terri Egan | Source: Graziadio Business Report | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Retirement generally conjures up images of golf courses and swimming pools, card games and cocktails. But for many people, particularly top-level executives and CEOs, these images are nothing short of a nightmare. In this new Working Paper, Professor Kets de Vries looks at the dark side of retirement, and outlines how individuals and organizations can help ease the process of letting go.

Content: Article | Author: Manfred Kets de Vries | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

B players are the heart and soul of top organizations, says HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong. Here’s why-and what you can do to manage B players better.

Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

The challenge of improving job performance becomes even greater in tough economic times. The solution: an approach to performance improvement that focuses on those workforces vital to business success and financial results.

Content: Article | Authors: Dorothy V. VonDette, Patrick Mosher | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

It’s a familiar scenario: A company brings in a new department head who immediately decides that the way to show leadership is to reorganize. Then a new division head comes on board, or a new CEO, and there are more reorganizations, sometimes several in one month. Yet according to Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli, frequent reorganizations “are like doctors treating patients with antibiotics.” The medication … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

“When it comes to ethics, many myths still exist in the minds of MBA graduates and others in the business world. I want to lay out seven fundamental myths about ethics.”

Content: Article | Author: J. Edward Ketz | Source: SmartPros | Subject: Ethics

From evolutionary biology to discrimination to personal preferences, science and society have offered many reasons for why women have not caught up with men in the workforce. New research suggests that part of the answer lies in the different ways men and women react to the incentive of competition.

Content: Article | Author: Uri Gneezy | Source: Capital Ideas | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business

Nelson and Spitzer deliver an info-packed follow-up to 1001 Ways to Reward Employees (over 1.5 million copies in print). The seven-part presentation covers recognition fundamentals, getting started, organizational programs, common issues, implementation tools, best practices, and selected articles.

Content: Book | Authors: Bob Nelson, Dean R. Spitzer | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

The key to success in medicine is to match the right cure to the right ailment. Similarly, a strategic business initiative is only as good as its appropriateness to the landscape into which it is introduced. In this Working Paper, Professor Steven White proposes a framework for describing this landscape in order to understand better why problems arise, how solutions are generated, and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Steven White | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy