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Why do people help one another at work? Is it a form of egoism or of altruism? In this working paper, Professors Leslie Perlow and John R. Weeks investigate helping in Indian and American software firms, considering both the motivations behind the action as well as the contexts in which it occurs. Their results may surprise you.

Content: Article | Author: John Weeks | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Janet Hanson, 14-year veteran of Goldman Sachs and founder of investment advisory firm Milestone Capital, described her rocky but ultimately victorious road to success at the Wharton Women in Business Conference held earlier this month. Later in the day a panel of women in international management positions talked about the cultural challenges that still confront businesswomen both here and abroad.

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Women in Business

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Far more people act themselves into a new way of thinking than think themselves into a new way of acting.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, People

A quick look at culture implications of the three primary funding models for startups:
– Self-funding from the entrepreneur’s personal resources and “friends and family”
– Funding from venture capital firms
– Funding from larger corporate and governmental agencies

Content: Article | Author: R. H. Hamilton | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

Content: Book | Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

Identifying, adopting, and exploiting new technologies is a critical part of any firm’s organisational learning, and ultimately, its survival. In today’s fast-paced world, this is a difficult process that raises numerous questions: When should a firm abandon familiar technologies for ones unknown? How does limited information or others’ opinions affect the decision? And what difference do network structures make on innovation adaptation? Andrea Masini and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Organizational Behavior

Everybody likes to be acknowledged and appreciated for their efforts. Or do they? Most companies have a formal way of acknowledging employees with such things as annual award banquets, top sales awards and certificates. There are a couple major pitfalls to these programs…

Content: Article | Author: Jody Urquhart | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Content: Book | Author: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)

In their book, The War for Talent, Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod predict that the crucial force that will make or break firms in the next two decades will be their ability to attract, develop, and retain managers at all levels.

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

Certified public accountants, in many people’s eyes, serve as cops on the Wall Street beat, assuring the accuracy of the financial results reported by U.S. companies. But key components of the audit process – the independence and objectivity of auditors – may be eroding because of the huge fees paid by audit clients for non-audit services.

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Accounting, Ethics

Why is status so important to us? Do we consider it a tool to obtain power or a goal in and of itself? To answer these questions, Bernardo A. Huberman and Professors Christoph Loch and Ayse Onculer ran a human experiment, using a rent-seeking game to examine status and behavior in the US, Hong Kong, Turkey and Germany. Their results may surprise you.

Content: Article | Authors: Ayse Öncüler, Bernardo A. Huberman, Christoph H. Loch | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Resistance is a natural part of change. It protects people from harm. Resistance is not the primary reason why changes fail. It is often the reaction to resistance that creates the problems.

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

Content: Book | Author: Henry Mintzberg | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy

The different priorities that employees have can be described by the acronym MORE – Money, Opportunity, Respect, Experience

Content: Quotation | Source: Unknown | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

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This article takes a look at the differences between organizations that are treated as mechanical systems and those treated as adaptive systems; also considers characteristics of adaptive leaders (term coined by the author).

Content: Article | Author: Charles Albano | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

An interesting look at teams, including a detailed list of needs of both team members and the team as an entity. Also offers a “FAMILY VALUES” acronym:
F – FOCUSED
A – ADAPTIVE
M – MISSION-ORIENTED
I – INVOLVED
L – LED
Y – YOUTHFUL

V – VALUE-ORIENTED
A – ASSESSED
L – LINKED
U – UNIFIED
E – EMPOWERED
S – SATISFIED … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Charles Albano | Source: ON Business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Before you embark on any kind of team development, it is critical that you understand the implications of the differences between teams and work groups. Then the group can proceed with appropriate planning for its own development in concert with what the organization needs it to be.

Content: Article | Author: Marie J. Kane | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior