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Blog Post

There's no such thing as balance for leaders

March 23, 2011 1:50pm PDT

Many leaders say that balance is a novel idea, but it's no longer attainable. Executive leadership coach John M. McKee says that without it you are doomed to fail.

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Webcasts

Notre Dame Business Dean Leads Tour To China

March 22, 2011 12:00am PDT

In July 2010, University of Notre Dame business school dean Carolyn Y. Woo traveled to Shanghai to address deans of Chinese b-schools about integrating ethics and corporate social responsibility...

Provided by: University of Notre Dame

White Papers

Spiritual Capacity And Spiritual Leadership In The Improvement Of Working Conditions Of Organizations

March 21, 2011 12:00am PDT

Constant environment changes and the increases in the impact of information technology and communications have brought the human beings to the point of feeling being disorganized and alienated....

Provided by: ICBER

White Papers

Exploring The Relationship Between Leadership Style And Safety Climate In A Large Scale Danish Cross-Sectional Study

March 21, 2011 12:00am PDT

Recent studies provide evidence that high quality management is a determinant for a positive safety climate, but the majority of these studies are predominantly based on small samples from...

Provided by: Roskilde University

White Papers

Privatization Of Knowledge: Did The U.S. Get It Right? (New Version)

March 19, 2011 12:00am PDT

To foster innovation and growth should basic research be publicly or privately funded? This paper studies the impact of the gradual shift in the U.S. patent system towards the patentability and...

Provided by: Munich Personal Repec Archive

Discussion Threads

Three IT leadership challenges and solutions

March 17, 2011 7:19am PDT

Three IT leadership challenges and solutions article root More on Policies... I like you opinion on policies. Many times, techs will hide behind the 'following orders' line, being a robot. I tend...

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Blog Post

Three IT leadership challenges and solutions

March 17, 2011 4:46am PDT

Information Technology management can be a hard job. Scott Lowe provides you with a look at three personnel-related challenges and how you might mitigate them.

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White Papers

Open Plan Schools In Portugal: Failure Or Innovation?

March 17, 2011 12:00am PDT

An open plan school, simply defined, is "A school built to a design which does not include self contained classrooms" (Hamilton, 1976). It has a fewer internal doors and walls than a school with...

Provided by: OECD

White Papers

Assessment And Innovation In Education

March 17, 2011 12:00am PDT

This paper proposes three main ways of combining assessment and innovation: Developing a wide range of performance measurements for both students and schools; rethinking the alignment of standards...

Provided by: OECD

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A Cultural Analysis Of Management Styles: The United States With A New Generation Of Managers In India And China

March 16, 2011 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the outcome of the research represented an interesting difference with both Hofstede's and GLOBE's results. The authors focus is on well educated, highly trained managers from the...

Provided by: Southern New Hampshire University

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A Note On Environmental Policy And Innovation When Governments Cannot Commit

March 15, 2011 12:00am PDT

It is widely accepted that one of the most important characteristics of an effective climate policy is to provide firms with credible incentives to make long-run investments in R&D that can...

Provided by: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Webcasts

The Power Of Regional Sustainable Business Networks - Holly Harlan

March 14, 2011 12:00am PDT

For 10 years E4S has helped business and organizational leaders in Northeast Ohio discover the possibilities and put sustainability to work. Learn about its "Connect, Learn, Do Sustainability"...

Provided by: GreenBiz Group

White Papers

A High Performance Scalable QoS Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

March 14, 2011 12:00am PDT

A Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) consists of a set of mobile hosts capable that form a temporary network on the fly without using any fixed infrastructure. The nodes operate both as hosts and...

Provided by: Islamic Azad University

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Financial Stability: 'Collective Responsibility' Will Not Work

March 9, 2011 12:00am PST

Is the 'Euro crisis' closer to a resolution? Europe's leaders have promised to find by the end of this month a comprehensive package, not only to end this crisis, but also to preserve the...

Provided by: Centre for European Policy Studies

Discussion Threads

Introverted employees make the best leaders

March 8, 2011 5:56am PST

Introverted employees make the best leaders article root Confirming thesis paper I did an MS thesis paper on whether or not personalty type was correlated with successful business...

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Whitepapers

IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino software--Connect, create and collaborate, your way

March 8, 2011 12:00am PST

Read the white paper to see how IBM Lotus Notes and Domino software empowers users to take action, create and share knowledge and collaborate with teams. And discover how this new kind of desktop...

Provided by: IBM

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Conference To Explore U.N. Millennium Development Goals

March 8, 2011 12:00am PST

In 2000, the United Nations estimated that more than a billion people worldwide lived in extreme poverty, a condition that organization described as "Abject and dehumanizing" - translating into...

Provided by: University of Notre Dame

Case Studies

Attracting New Customers With Highly-Interactive Instructor-Led Virtual Classes

March 7, 2011 12:00am PST

Business professionals take AMA instructor-led seminars to learn about business issues and topics that range from project management and finance to critical thinking, leadership and time...

Provided by: SumTotal Systems

White Papers

Common Employee Selection Tools: Trends And Recommendations

March 4, 2011 12:00am PST

Employee selection is the starting point for effective Talent Management. A strong employer brand can be a true competitive differentiator for an organization. Building a strong brand starts with...

Provided by: Omni Leadership