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The new accountability reflects the new reality…a world that is changing rapidly, where information moves at lightning speed, where shared knowledge and wisdom are the true drivers of success, and where cause and effect is not what we think it is.

Content: Article | Author: Brian Ward | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

To have hope, one doesn’t need certainty, only possibility.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Personality / Behavior

Those who can’t laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Personality / Behavior

Ethics investigations can be quite complex and fraught with potential risks. Taking care with them will allow the company to avoid pitfalls in both a legal and human sense.

Content: Article | Author: Bruce A. Hamm | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Ethics

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The sum of operational, executive, and engineering cultures is greater than the corporate whole.

Editor’s Note: offers an interesting summary look at the theories of MIT OD professor Edgar Schein (three cultures) and sociologist Neil Fligstein (evolving historical corporate cultures that match the external environment)

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

Seglin (department of Writing, Literature and Publishing, Emerson College) shows managers how to navigate everyday moral business dilemmas regarding pay, hiring and firing, and other issues, using real-life examples to demonstrate the difference between a “gray area” and an outright misdeed. He discusses the line between lying and posturing, addresses the question of spying on competitors, and tells how to align personal beliefs with business … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Jeffrey L. Seglin, Norman R. Augustine | Subject: Ethics

Do your company communiqués seem to get lost in the void? You need a system of feedback that crosses the T’s, dots the I’s and closes the loops.

Content: Article | Author: Michael Atherton | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Without doubt, the most abundant, least expensive, most underutilized and constantly abused resource in the world is human ingenuity. The source of that abuse is mechanistic, Industrial Age, dominator concepts of organization and the management practices they spawn.

Content: Quotation | Source: ManagementLearning.com | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

An executive team development consultant/coach describes one of his assignments – the challenges faced and the tools used to address them.

Content: Article | Author: Robert A. Goldberg | Source: ManagementFirst | Subject: Organizational Behavior

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Content: Quotation | Source: Unknown | Subjects: Leadership, Power / Authority

The world is becoming a more technical place and we will all have to work with technology and technologically brilliant people.

Content: Article | Author: David West | Source: TheWorkingManager.com | Subject: Organizational Behavior

The dark cloud hanging over the budget process is that people know they will be measured against the plan, so they aim low to increase their chance of success. They plan for mediocrity. The decision to tie rewards to budgets has done more damage to American industry than any decision in history.

The budget process is typically focused on current-period profit and loss drivers, with almost … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Content: Book | Author: Elliott Jaques | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

By imposing togetherness and teamwork across divisional boundaries, companies risk losing the people whose tacit knowledge actually drives growth.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Data has no ethics. Data doesn’t care how it’s used. But the use and misuse of data has become the critical issue for today’s information-intensive enterprise. And now CIOs are working to develop a code for ethical data management.

Content: Article | Author: Scott Berinato | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Ethics, IT / Technology / E-Business

Content: Book | Author: Henry Mintzberg | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Business ethics are about the morally functional nature of our business relationships. Because these relationships are such an important part of daily life, giving them the attention and care they deserve is crucial to an organization’s success.

Content: Article | Author: Bruce A. Hamm | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Ethics

Here are the five naked truths about women in business. Together they add up to one big message: The future of business depends on women.

Content: Article | Author: Margaret Heffernan | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Women in Business

In the wake of all those corporate scandals, B-schools are emphasizing ethics and responsibility. It’s a sea change in business education.

Editor’s Note: Also see “What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples? Readers Respond” by HBS Working Knowledge:
Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Merritt | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Ethics, MBA Related