The Great Game of Business
Content: Book | Authors: Bo Burlingham, Jack Stack | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Antonio Machado (Spanish poet)
To engage in a dialogue first ask a question then listen.
Content: Quotation | Source: Rolling Stone | Subject: Communication
John Locke
The enjoyment of property that [man] has in this state [the state of nature] is very unsafe, very unsecure. This makes him willing to quit a condition, which, however free, is full of fears and continual dangers: and it is not without reason, that he seeks out, and is willing to join in society with others, who are already united, or have a mind to … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: The Second Treatise on Civil Government | Subjects: Motivation, Organizational Behavior
Achieving Harmony and High Performance in the Workplace
The key to creating a stable, productive workplace is to put employees in charge of their own success…The developed steps to get there are geared toward giving employees a clear sense of their personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and consequently, teaching them how those traits can be leveraged to improve both performance and compatibility on the job. To gain this awareness, it is important … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Dinah Daniels | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Top 10 Layoff Mistakes
Wisdom from Ketchum Inside, the workplace communications and change management practice of Ketchum, a top-10 global public relations firm.
Content: Article | Sources: CEO Refresher, Ketchum Inside | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Gossip Poisons Business – HR Can Stop It
“Lies, rumors, and office gossip have always been an entrenched part of the workscape. The office water cooler has long been a place to chitchat about the latest company news and to swap lurid tales . . . Left unchecked, certain kinds of office gossip can lead to serious problems. Employees who perceive that they’re working in a hostile environment might also feel that they … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Samuel Greengard | Source: Work Force Magazine | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations
Content: Book | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Drivers of Organizational Change
Magnitude of Organizational Change
Open to Women?
It was another promise of the new economy: We’d finally move from the old-time rules of the old boys’ network to a workplace based on merit, performance, and skill — a workplace that would be more open to women. Forget about breaking the glass ceiling, the logic went, the new economy would break out of the whole box. That was the promise. Just how well … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: People, Women in Business
If Men are From Mars, How on Earth Does a Woman Get Promoted?
Article takes a look at the results of a Harwich Group study of executive men and women that found significant differences in the perspectives men and women have towards female corporate leaders. Also offered are a few suggestions that women executives feel need to be done within Corporate America.
Content: Article | Author: Thomas M. Murphy | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Women in Business
Organizational factors and knowledge management within large marketing departments (.pdf)
This excellent article starts out with an introduction and a good overview of issues surrounding knowledge management and then proceeds to discuss the results of an empirical study that examined the extents of KM systems operating within sample UK enterprises with respect to each company’s use of teamwork, level of bureaucracy and centralisation of decision making, innovativeness, and the ability to cope with change. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Helen Gabriel, Roger Bennett | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior
Marcus Buckingham Thinks Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem
Marcus Buckingham teaches CEOs how to get the most out of their people and their organizations. His first lesson: Forget everything you think you know about being a leader.
Content: Article | Author: Polly LaBarre | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior
Clemmer Group
Life is change. Growth is optional.
Corollary: If the rate of external change exceeds our rate of internal growth we’re eventually going to be changed.
Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Change Management, Organizational Behavior
You’re Getting the Behaviour You Designed
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
Self Limiting Learning Disabilities
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
Unknown
Money doesn’t have the emotional content of a real motivator. Money is a satisfier, not a motivator. When you don’t have it, it’s all you can think about. But when you have it, you don’t really think about it. Motivation decreases as appetite for money is satisfied.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Money, Organizational Behavior
The Elephant and the Flea
Charles Handy discusses the increasing segregation of the working world into large organizations and independent workers and the associated implications. Also discussed is America’s optimistic spirit.
Content: Article | Author: Pegeen Hopkins | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: International – Americas, Organizational Behavior
Six Fairy Tale Futures for British Business Leaders
Though the title and some of the examples focus on the UK, this short article is really an identification of organizational trends and the associated leadership models needed to deal with them.
Content: Article | Author: Hay McBer | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior
Creating a Strategic Culture
Strategy and culture are arguably the most used and abused words in the business lexicon. So to discuss the creation and sustenance of a strategic culture as a source of competitive advantage is inviting trouble. Yet it is necessary to do so since this notion is a valuable one for strategists. Read on for Kepner-Tregoe’s 12 key drivers to ingrain this strategic culture.
Content: Article | Author: Mike Freedman | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy