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Content: Book | Authors: James A. Belasco, Ralph C. Stayer | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

You must not retain for one instant any man in a responsible position where you have become doubtful of his ability to do his job. This matter call for more courage than any other thing you will have to do, but I expect you to be perfectly cold-blooded about it.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

“Handsomely-bound strategic plans are a dime a dozen, but successfully implemented ones are rare. Similarly, many managers and executives know what they should do to achieve better employee and firm performance, but seem stymied when it comes to execution and action. Why is there such a big disconnect between many firms’ strategic knowledge and their actions? This book, written by two of Stanford University’s foremost … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Authority is 20% given and 80% taken!

Content: Quotation | Subject: Power / Authority

Time, history, and memory become qualitatively different concepts in a world where electronic mass communication is possible… This capacity of electronic mass communication to transcend time and space creates instability by disconnecting people from past traditions, but also liberates people by making the past less determinate of experiences in the present.

Content: Quotation | Source: Time Passages | Subject: Communication

Nothing ever happens between two people until somebody gets excited. If the two “people” are you and your audience, you can be absolutely certain that your audience will not be excited first.

Content: Quotation | Source: Do Not Go Naked into Your Next Presentation | Subject: Communication

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under leadership composed of average human beings.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

If you have a choice of sinning against God or the bureaucracy, sin against God, because He will forgive you, and the bureacracy will not.

Content: Quotation | Sources: Admiral, U.S. Navy | Subject: Bureaucracy

Organizations that that want the benefits of effective followers must find ways of rewarding them, ways of bringing them into full partnership in the enterprise. Think of the thousands of companies that achieve adequate performance and lackluster profits with employees they treat as second-class citizens. Then imagine for a moment the power of an organization blessed with fully engaged, fully energized, fully appreciated followers.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Article uses the concepts of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to discuss group dynamics and ways to foster better communication.

Content: Article | Author: Jocelyn Ryder-Smith | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Top executives should rate their subordinates on loyalty and competence. Those who are more loyal than competent should be fired because they are the dangerous ones. They will stay forever while other more competent, less loyal people will jump ship as problems develop. And the loyal, noncompetent subordinates will “protect” their bosses from the truth. Reality will be too threatening and ugly. When … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

There is no limit to what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Authors of a new study claim vitality, integrity, tolerance, appreciation and latitude are the main elements to measure a healthy workplace. According to the researchers, trust and caring are the two most important aspects of a job. The pair also discovered that managers are the source of most of the problems. They interfere too much, punish or reward workers for results out of their control, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Pamela J. Hopkins, Paul Stepanovich | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

McKinsey & Co. surveyed 6,900 senior executives and young managers from 56 companies to figure out the secret to winning the battle for great people. Here is an excerpt from the report on the seven “talent imperatives” that are essential for winning the war for talent. The seven:
1. Instill a talent mindset at all levels of the organization — beginning … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Sources: Fast Company, McKinsey & Company Inc. | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

The author of the Business Ethics Training and Development Homepage, Robert A. Giacalone, is the Surtman Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at the Belk College of Business administration at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. On this Website, Mr. Giacalone strives to “help organizations understand the complexity of ethics training and development.” The site briefly explains the six components of ethics training including elements such … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Robert A. Giacalone | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)

This article discusses the research by U of Michigan professor Theresa Welbourne, which found that for rapidly growing IPO companies, the initial stock price, stock price growth, and growth in earnings over three years were higher with women executives. The article also provides links to related women in business links.

Content: Article | Author: Katie Dean | Source: Wired | Subject: Women in Business

It is neither right nor safe to act against conscience.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Ethics

The wage gap between men and women still persists, even among Internet Economy employees.

Content: Article | Author: Laura Carr | Source: The Standard | Subjects: Career, Women in Business

In an article on Nov. 13, 2000, in the Financial Times’ Mastering Management series, Wharton legal studies professor Thomas Donaldson looks at the increase in corporate ethics programs throughout the world. Which are the most effective? Do they indeed make a company ethical? Do they improve return on investment and/or customer satisfaction? And what are the consequences of not having a program?

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)