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People Power - The Real Engine Of Any Business
Nov 2010
Good people are crucial to business success. Finding them, managing them, inspiring them and then holding onto them are among the most important challenges a good business leader faces. How you...
Provided by American Express
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Good Listeners Get Great Advice
Sep 2010
To succeed in business, you must learn to be a good listener. And then you should learn to bounce every idea you have off numerous people before finally saying, "We'll give this one a miss," or...
Provided by American Express
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The Key To Workplace Success: Be An Energizer
Nov 2010
Most small businesses only have a handful of employees. What is the most important quality to determining these employees' success? Is it dedication? The ability to work well with others?...
Provided by American Express
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Building Philanthropy Into A Business
Oct 2010
Building a business is not necessarily enough. One of the goals may be to create a business that allows you to give back to your community. Philanthropy can be built into the structure of your...
Provided by American Express
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8 Tools Your Virtual Team Shouldn't Live Without
Oct 2010
In a remote office, things that those who are rooted in a corporate environment take for granted are more elusive: The author is talking about the critical stuff like communication and...
Provided by American Express
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6 Reasons To Have More Fun At Work
Sep 2010
Why are you in business for yourself? The reasons vary: To make more money, to have more freedom, to be challenged, because you have a great idea - the list could go on and on. And the author bet...
Provided by American Express
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Listening: A Key To Creating Change
Oct 2008
Numerous reports of organizations creating change clearly demonstrate that it is possible. But for the most part, it is argued that this kind of change is a byproduct of adverse circumstances...
Provided by Generative Leadership Group
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The Importance Of Trust To Organizational Success
Sep 2009
It is a direct result of leaderships' focus on the employees and the trust that they build with tile employees. By focusing in on the needs of the employees and building trust with them, they...
Provided by Resource Development Systems
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The Importance Of Culture To Organizational Success
Sep 2009
Research over the past few years is showing that this primary focus on financials might also be detrimental to the organization's overall future success. In their book, "Built to Last," James...
Provided by Resource Development Systems
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The Organizational Benefits Of Coaching: A Case Study
Jan 2010
The 2006 employee survey results showed that one needed to substantially upgrade the people-management skills of the managers, Rita Ennis, PHH Arval's North American senior vice-president of human...
Provided by Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA)
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Rules Of Engagement: The Industry's Health Depends On Truly "Engaged" Employees
Jul 2009
Employee engagement goes beyond mere job satisfaction. In today's economy, employees might be "Satisfied" with just having a job. But true engagement is a higher level of commitment and dedication...
Provided by TRACOM Group
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Shared Services Talent Management: Lessons From The Masters
Jun 2010
Talent management, the management of individuals and workforces toward achieving improved performance, is among the most critical components to the Masters' success. In fact, the research...
Provided by Accenture
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The Best Ways To Keep Your Employees Happy
Jan 2010
A business becomes successful because it knows what types of priorities are the most important and how to put them there. The establishment of any kind of company can be an overwhelming task, but...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Recruiting America's Military Elite To Lead Your Organization
Jan 2010
Major organizations across the U.S. have focused on recruiting former military leaders for years, well aware of their unique abilities to lead a company to success. These recruiting programs are...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Are Team Building Events Effective For Large Groups?
Jan 2010
Sometimes you are faced with organizing team building events for large numbers and by large numbers we mean groups of one hundred delegates plus. The question is, will any team building event be...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Want To Learn Lessons From Those Who Have Struggled And Succeeded With Organizational Effectiveness?
Jan 2010
Striving to address organisational effectiveness can be a desperately slow process. Best practice suggests use of internal improvement teams and use of the continuous improvement principle. These...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Searching For The Starting Point To Create The Effective Organization?
Jan 2010
The benefit of making your organization an effective organization is clear. By focusing on your customers and delivering quality and value, you build a more profitable business for yourself. The...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Developing Effective Organization - How Can I Ensure That Each Employee Is Effective?
Jan 2010
Developing an effective organization is one of those tasks that never end. Just when you think that you are getting there, the goalposts move, and you have to engage again. All of this activity...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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A Descriptive Model Of Managerial Effectiveness
Jan 2009
This study was designed to help understand what effective managers really do. Unlike previous research on managerial effectiveness, a diverse sample (N = 78) of managers was directly observed in...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Webcasts
HR Expert On "Fat Cat" Compensation: World Business Forum Interviews
Jan 2010
Human Resources Expert Bill Conaty addresses the topic of nurturing leaders, and how to foster a true meritocracy and build organizational vitality.
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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SW: Smart Work IBV Study video
Dec 2010
The organizations that outperform today distinguish themselves through their approach to work, response to change, data gathering and use of technology. Look at this study and video to find out...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Enabling Efficient, High Output Teams through Web Conferencing
Mar 2010
Based on in-depth interviews with Web conferencing users, this new Wainhouse Research white paper explores the value of Web conferencing for catalyzing team interaction and collaboration.
Provided by Citrix Online
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The Power of Virtual Collaboration in Project Management
Oct 2010
Watch this on-demand Webinar to hear Terrence Gargiulo, president of MakingStories.net, share stories of how companies use virtual collaboration technology to address these challenges and...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Sustainability For Manufacturers: Driving Profitability And Growth
Mar 2008
Sustainability is an increasingly common theme in the business and trade press, at conferences, and in everyday conversation. This white paper encourages manufacturers to integrate sustainability...
Provided by Autodesk
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Instant Messaging: The Business Opportunity
Dec 2007
Market analysts confirm that use of IM is exploding in companies, growing at double the rate of email when it enjoyed similar novelty. Even firms that have tried to banish IM applications from...
Provided by NetIDme
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Designing, Administering, And Utilizing An Employee Attitude Survey
Dec 2009
Employee attitudes and the inclusion of their opinions and suggestions are most important in today's global and competitive work environment. In the American business environment, we are dealing...
Provided by Nova Southeastern University
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The Conflict Between Work And Family Roles: The Effects On Managers' Reliance On Information Sources
Oct 2009
Decisions made by managers in response to common workplace events often have important consequences. These decisions can include dealing with issues related to personnel, resources or procedures....
Provided by Georgia Southern University
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Planning And Projecting Critical Human Resource Needs
Oct 2009
The U.S. Army Reserve struggles with retention and faces difficulties with soldier turnover. The intent of the study was to assess key psychological variables such as optimism and hope to...
Provided by University of Houston
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The Role Of Leadership Between The Employees And The Organization: A Bridge Or A Ravine? -An Empirical Study From China
Mar 2010
The relationship between the leaders and members, not only affects employee performance, but also can affect the relationship between employees and organizations. To explore the impact of LMX on...
Provided by Academic and Business Research Institute
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Fragrance In The Workplace: What Managers Need To Know
Jul 2009
It took decades for the workplace to acknowledge the dangers of smoking and to recognize the deadly effects of exposure to second-hand smoke. Once acknowledged, it was a few more years before the...
Provided by Loyola University
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Webcasts
Winning With Value
Jan 2011
Too many companies focus on just the cost of software systems, rather than look at the business value they generate. That may not be surprising given the complexities of trying to assess the value...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Revising Management Fundamentals
Jul 2009
For the second year running, IESE hosted a workshop dedicated to sharing new ideas that may lead to a revised understanding of management fundamentals from a humanistic perspective. IESE Prof....
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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The Effect Of Organizational Change On Team Creativity, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment
Feb 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of team creativity, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work performance under the impact of an on-going organizational...
Provided by National Chung Hsing University
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An Empirical Investigation Of The Existence Of Organizational Typologies
Jan 2010
This paper presents the findings of analyses of the database of twenty-one organizational value characteristics sampled through surveys from three professional organizations, direct marketing,...
Provided by Western Connecticut State University
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Leadership Style And Organizational Commitment: The Moderating Effect Of Locus Of Control
Feb 2010
The existing management and leadership research has demonstrated separately the effects of leadership style and locus of control on organizational commitment. However, researchers have not yet...
Provided by Regent University
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The Influence Of The Leadership Practice "Challenging The Process" On Perceived Organizational Support
Feb 2010
Leadership is a hot topic and of critical importance in today's economy. Bennis (1988) suggests that leaders learn best from leading in through adversity. They create the climate of the...
Provided by Reinhardt University
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White Papers
Automated Clientless Endpoint Management (CEM)
Dec 2009
Imagine if you could monitor all of your endpoints 24/7 and instantly know about any potential threat or non-compliance issue. You could view in-depth and accurate data about the event, analyze it...
Provided by Promisec
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Whitepapers - Video
IBM Pulse 2011 - The Premier Service Management Event
Jan 2011
As the software, systems, and services of a smarter planet become more interconnected, innovation in your organization requires visibility, control and automation. Pulse 2011 is the Premier...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analytics And The Smarter Consumer
Mar 2010
For retailers and consumer products companies, the customer has always been critical to the business. Now, if anything, the balance of power has shifted even more. Consumers are getting smarter....
Provided by IBM
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The Essential Need To Improve Presentation Skills Within The Workplace
Jul 2009
A recent study by the CBI identified that the British economy wastes over £40 billion a year because of poor management and poor communication. In 2001, Microsoft commissioned a survey from 20,000...
Provided by College of Public Speaking
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Keeping Your Cool When The Customer Gets Hot
Jul 2009
A day in at the office can be filled with joy and satisfaction or it can be frustrating and stressful. When things go wrong, some people lose control. Holding emotions in check and reacting...
Provided by American Management Association
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Webcasts
Today's Leadership Challenge: Long-Term Survival And Competitiveness
Dec 2007
A new study shows corporate leadership is failing to focus on the key factors necessary to remain sustainable over time. The stark reality of modern business is that the average corporation has a...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Staff Training And Development: A Vital Tool For Organisational Effectiveness
Dec 2008
The need for improved productivity has become universally accepted and that it depends on efficient and effective training is not less apparent. It has further become necessary in view of...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Leadership Styles And Organizational Effectiveness In Multinational Firms - A Study Of Selected Organizations
Jan 2008
The paper tries to find the Leadership styles and Organizational Effectiveness in Multinational firms in selected Organizations. The study aims at investigating the relationship between various...
Provided by Jamia Millia Islamia
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What Makes An Organization Effective?
Aug 2008
ONE HAS HEARD THE WORDS, one may have even said the words "Organizational Effectiveness", but what does it mean to be an effective organization? It feels like a good thing to be or to strive for;...
Provided by M. Beacon Enterprises
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The Evalation Of Organizational Effectiveness
Aug 2007
A key issue in evaluating organizational effectiveness in delivering the Long-Term Strategic Framework's (LTSF's) objectives is the difficulty in attributing development results to one particular...
Provided by Asian Development Bank
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Organizational Effectiveness And Capacity: The Critical Role Of Organizational Health
Jun 2009
The effectiveness and functional capacity of any organization is determined by two major elements. The first of these is Organizational Structure, and this has traditionally provided the basis for...
Provided by Fisher & Associates Solutions
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Organizational Effectiveness And Managements Public Values: A Canonical Analysis
Aug 2007
Canonical correlation analysis of manufacturing firm data demonstrated that organizational "Competence" (executive ratings of organizational performance and executive turnover) was not strongly...
Provided by University of Texas at Arlington
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Knowledge Management And Organizational Effectiveness; Considering Applications For Leadership
Dec 2009
This paper explores the change of the organizational environment from a structured production model, bureaucracy to an information based organization which is directed to mange knowledge. Moreover...
Provided by Global Internet Marketing
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Governance And Organizational Effectiveness: Toward A Theory Of Government Performance
Oct 2007
The idea that performance - producing good results - should be the ultimate test of how well governments are fulfilling their obligations to citizens and their representatives remains robust...
Provided by Public Management Research Association
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Authority Structure And Organizational Effectiveness
Aug 2008
An important factor in the ability of an organization to achieve its goals is its authority structure. If goals and authority structure are incompatible, goals may be modified to the extent that...
Provided by UNC Wilmington
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Save Money: Increase Organizational Effectiveness
Oct 2008
Bottom line productivity is the measure of success and effectiveness for many organizations. For schools it means increased student achievement and for businesses it means increased profitability....
Provided by DLC Consultant
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Work Redesign Model: Improving Organizational Effectiveness
Feb 2010
The decision to execute the concept of work redesign is challenging. It must involve top management who are visionary, persuasive, and consistent. The need for work redesign may be initiated by...
Provided by University of Iowa
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Organizational Effectiveness: Discovering How To Make It Happen
Jan 2010
Organizational effectiveness is critical to success in any economy. In order to achieve increased and sustainable business results, organizations need to execute strategy and engage employees....
Provided by Right Management
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Why Performance Management Works Better When The Process Is Automated
Jun 2009
Research indicates that many employees are often confused and unclear about what their jobs really are. The inability or unwillingness of managers to develop a performance framework that includes...
Provided by ReviewSNAP
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Top Ten Things To Look For In A Managed Service
Mar 2010
Using managed services allows your own people to focus on core and strategic projects. But you need to trust a third party organisation with a service you could have delivered internally. This...
Provided by MLL Telecom
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CRM On The Go Integrates The Organization - Boosts Success
Jan 2010
Generally group cohesiveness is the 'adhering' to or in simple terms the cooperation and feeling of harmony between group members. Cohesiveness is important in group decision-making and goal...
Provided by crminfoline.com
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Driving Organizational Success With Effective Goal Management
Jan 2010
Goal management is about more than just the annual assigning of goals and reviewing of employee performance. It's about getting every employee to use and develop their talents, skills and...
Provided by Halogen Software
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Want To Create Organizational Health And Effectiveness In Your Business?
Jan 2010
If one would optimize the business for organizational effectiveness or facilitate total organizational health/poise for ultimate high performance, what first steps would one take?.....A critical...
Provided by OD Synergy
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Insightful Organizational Assessment And Focused Organizational Leadership
Jan 2010
Advancing the business for long-term transformation requires insightful organizational effectiveness assessments or surveys. Through effective organizational assessments one gets the...
Provided by OD Synergy
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Embracing Government 2.0: Leading Transformative Change In The Public Sector
Mar 2010
Organizations use traditional Internet, or Web 1.0, techniques for 'out of network' behaviors (Kobza, 2008). Using this network metaphor, organizations build relationships by creating and pitching...
Provided by Grant Thornton
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Improving Organizational Performance Management Through Pervasive Business Intelligence
Mar 2009
Evidence of the competitive value of Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions is growing. Fact-based decision making is spreading throughout commercial, nonprofit, and public sector...
Provided by IDC
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Nine Best Practices For Effective Talent Management
Jun 2009
Organizations know that they must have the best talent in order to succeed in the hypercompetitive and increasingly complex global economy. Along with the understanding of the need to hire,...
Provided by Development Dimensions International
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Webcasts
The Study Of Success
Jan 2010
An organization's values are often the core of that company's individual blueprint for success. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, feels very strongly about valuing each employee's unique personality...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
What Makes The Employee Tick?
Jan 2010
The concept of employee motivation differs vastly across all industries and corporate entities. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, believes that inspiration is the evolution of motivation. Using his...
Provided by American Express
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Surviving The Early Years
Jul 2010
Pandora is an online music recommendation provider launched right as the dot-com bubble burst in March 2000. So, what did founder Tim Westergren and his young company do? "We kind of improvised...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Savvy Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Apr 2008
Concern with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is growing like a wildfire. In 2006, about 10 percent of assets under management in the United Stated - an estimated $2.3 trillion out of $24...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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How Entrepreneurs Regulate Stakeholders~ Emotions To Build New Organizations
Sep 2007
this study explores how entrepreneurs regulate emotions of their ventures' stake holders, and how much emotions regulation affect the founders' ability to create new organizations. The authors...
Provided by INSEAD
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CEO Turnover And Relative Performance Evaluation
May 2008
This paper examines whether CEOs are fired after bad firm performance caused by factors beyond their control. Standard economic theory predicts that corporate boards filter out exogenous industry...
Provided by Stanford University
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Maximizing The Benefits Of Shared Data: Sharing Transactional Databases Across Organizations While Preserving Privacy
Jul 2008
Firms often share point-of-sale data with their business partners so they can identify and exploit underlying patterns of purchasing behavior for mutual benefit. However, sharing data can result...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
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Whitepapers
Business Intelligence:A Guide for Midsize Companies: Improving Your Company's Efficiency and Effectiveness, No Matter Its Size
Jul 2010
Your company's focus has been on streamlining operations, acquiring customers, increasing revenues and profitability, and outpacing the competition. And while your company has continued to improve...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Participation Input And Participation Equality Within Cross-Cultural Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Environments
Jan 2010
The current study measured the influence of national culture, anonymity levels, and technological support (CMC and non-CMC) upon participation input and participation equality within and between...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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The Role Of Explicit And Tacit Knowledge In Process Improvement
Nov 2007
This paper empirically examines the role of knowledge creation mechanisms in process improvement projects. Using scales adapted from the knowledge management literature, the author collected data...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
The Cost Of Bad Behavior: How Incivility Is Damaging Your Business
Jul 2009
The corporate world has an incivility problem, and it's getting worse. One text during meetings, spread rumors about colleagues, fails to respond to e-mails, leave messes for the next person to...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
The Service Recovery Paradox: Dispelling The Myth
Sep 2009
Service failures happen, and most are less dramatic than the Titanic disaster. However, even seemingly small failures can lead to customer dissatisfaction if they are not well addressed by the...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
The $4 Trillion Question: How To Judge Mutual Fund Managers
Jan 2010
New research suggests that mutual fund managers are best evaluated by looking at the company they keep. Suppose an individual chooses a mutual fund manager with a stellar three-year history and...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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White Papers
It Pays To Be Civil
Sep 2008
At the extreme end of the continuum, employee misbehavior can culminate in workplace violence and even homicide. But such extreme behavior is rare. Incivility, on the other hand, is common. The...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Building Sustainable Organizations: The Human Factor
Jan 2010
Although most of the research and public pressure concerning sustainability has been focused on the effects of business and organizational activity on the physical environment, companies and their...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Reading The Org Chart: What A Firm's Structure Can Tell Us
Oct 2009
When marketing competencies are more critical to the firm's success than any other function, the firm might benefit from a central marketing group. An important difference between the two...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Post-Transition China
Apr 2010
Economic activity in China, and indeed anywhere in the world, is embedded in, and shaped by, a complex web of societal factors that in their entirety form what is known as a 'Business system'. The...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
The Conflict Between Work And Family Roles: The Effects On Managers' Reliance On Information Sources
Oct 2009
Decisions made by managers in response to common workplace events often have important consequences. These decisions can include dealing with issues related to personnel, resources or procedures....
Provided by Georgia Southern University
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White Papers
Planning And Projecting Critical Human Resource Needs
Oct 2009
The U.S. Army Reserve struggles with retention and faces difficulties with soldier turnover. The intent of the study was to assess key psychological variables such as optimism and hope to...
Provided by University of Houston
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White Papers
The Role Of Leadership Between The Employees And The Organization: A Bridge Or A Ravine? -An Empirical Study From China
Mar 2010
The relationship between the leaders and members, not only affects employee performance, but also can affect the relationship between employees and organizations. To explore the impact of LMX on...
Provided by Academic and Business Research Institute
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White Papers
Fragrance In The Workplace: What Managers Need To Know
Jul 2009
It took decades for the workplace to acknowledge the dangers of smoking and to recognize the deadly effects of exposure to second-hand smoke. Once acknowledged, it was a few more years before the...
Provided by Loyola University
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Webcasts
Winning With Value
Jan 2011
Too many companies focus on just the cost of software systems, rather than look at the business value they generate. That may not be surprising given the complexities of trying to assess the value...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Revising Management Fundamentals
Jul 2009
For the second year running, IESE hosted a workshop dedicated to sharing new ideas that may lead to a revised understanding of management fundamentals from a humanistic perspective. IESE Prof....
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
The Effect Of Organizational Change On Team Creativity, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment
Feb 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of team creativity, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work performance under the impact of an on-going organizational...
Provided by National Chung Hsing University
-
White Papers
An Empirical Investigation Of The Existence Of Organizational Typologies
Jan 2010
This paper presents the findings of analyses of the database of twenty-one organizational value characteristics sampled through surveys from three professional organizations, direct marketing,...
Provided by Western Connecticut State University
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White Papers
Leadership Style And Organizational Commitment: The Moderating Effect Of Locus Of Control
Feb 2010
The existing management and leadership research has demonstrated separately the effects of leadership style and locus of control on organizational commitment. However, researchers have not yet...
Provided by Regent University
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White Papers
The Influence Of The Leadership Practice "Challenging The Process" On Perceived Organizational Support
Feb 2010
Leadership is a hot topic and of critical importance in today's economy. Bennis (1988) suggests that leaders learn best from leading in through adversity. They create the climate of the...
Provided by Reinhardt University
-
White Papers
Automated Clientless Endpoint Management (CEM)
Dec 2009
Imagine if you could monitor all of your endpoints 24/7 and instantly know about any potential threat or non-compliance issue. You could view in-depth and accurate data about the event, analyze it...
Provided by Promisec
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Whitepapers - Video
IBM Pulse 2011 - The Premier Service Management Event
Jan 2011
As the software, systems, and services of a smarter planet become more interconnected, innovation in your organization requires visibility, control and automation. Pulse 2011 is the Premier...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analytics And The Smarter Consumer
Mar 2010
For retailers and consumer products companies, the customer has always been critical to the business. Now, if anything, the balance of power has shifted even more. Consumers are getting smarter....
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Essential Need To Improve Presentation Skills Within The Workplace
Jul 2009
A recent study by the CBI identified that the British economy wastes over £40 billion a year because of poor management and poor communication. In 2001, Microsoft commissioned a survey from 20,000...
Provided by College of Public Speaking
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White Papers
Institutional Pressures And Organizational Characteristics: Implications For Environmental Strategy
Nov 2010
A broad literature has emerged over the past decades demonstrating that firms' environmental strategies and practices are influenced by stakeholders and institutional pressures. Such findings are...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
A Positive Approach To Studying Diversity In Organizations
Sep 2010
This paper used to distinguish between positive findings in diversity research and a positive approach to studying diversity. The author first review and integrate research on diversity from...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Trends in Virtualization and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Nov 2010
This whitepaper summarizes the results of a recent survey of 156 respondents responsible for the Microsoft Exchange email and messaging infrastructure in firms with 500 or more employees....
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Finances Management System In The Enterprise
Dec 2010
In the article the authors are taking the attempt of analysis of conditioning of the financial operations of the enterprise in the system recognition in small production enterprises. Finances...
Provided by World Business Institute
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White Papers
File-Sharing And Copyright
May 2009
The advent of file-sharing technology has allowed consumers to copy music, books, video games and other protected works on an unprecedented scale at minimal cost. In this paper, the authors ask...
Provided by Harvard University
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White Papers
Driving Team Effectiveness
Aug 2009
As companies restructure, downsize, and reinvent themselves, the new roles being created tend to be team-oriented. Organizations are becoming flatter, leaner, and more agile. A prominent feature...
Provided by Korn/Ferry International
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White Papers
Authority Versus Persuasion
Jun 2009
This paper studies a principal's trade-off between using persuasion versus using interpersonal authority to get the agent to 'do the right thing' from the principal's perspective. It shows that...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Technology, Identity, And Inertia Through The Lens Of "The Digital Photography Company"
Aug 2008
Organizations often experience difficulty when pursuing new technology. Large bodies of research have examined the behavioral, social, and cognitive forces that underlie this phenomenon; however,...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
The Dynamic Interplay Of Inequality And Trust - An Experimental Study
Oct 2007
The authors study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. They find that...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Techniques For Facilitating Effective e- Collaboration Meetings
Aug 2010
As e-Collaboration becomes pervasive all are learning more about the human aspects of using technology to work in groups. This paper provides ideas and proven techniques for making your meetings...
Provided by Grouputer
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White Papers
Strengthening Civil Society's Accountability For Results: The Opportunity Of Comparative Constituency Feedback
Dec 2008
This paper will present some innovative new ways in which citizen organizations1 gather feedback from the constituents of their development interventions in order to build stronger relationships...
Provided by United Nations Public Administration Network
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White Papers
Agency Costs, Mispricing, And Ownership Structure
Apr 2010
Standard theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Case Studies
ePartners Revs Into High Gear For Richard Petty Driving Experience
Jul 2007
With headquarters in Harrisburg, N.C., and more than 20 worldclass racing venues, Richard Petty Driving Experience puts thrill seekers behind the wheels of 600- horsepower Winston Cupstyle stock...
Provided by ePartners
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Case Studies
United Capital Uses CenterView To Communicate Effectively
Dec 2007
United Capital needed a better way to track revenue and other vital data. In the past, the management team had contacted each of the field offices every week for financial reports. The primary...
Provided by CORDA Technologies
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Case Studies
Washington's Division Of Child Support Meets Mandates Through Up-To-Date Reporting
Dec 2007
The Washington State Economic Services Administration Division of Child Support (the Division) tracks federal and state requirements for child support payments. Continue displaying information...
Provided by CORDA Technologies
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White Papers
Managing And Enforcing Compliance With EU Law: The Perspective Of The EU Commission
Apr 2009
Studies on EU policy-making generally disregard the key role played by the Commission as an enforcement agent responsible for the instigation and continuation of infringement cases. Furthermore,...
Provided by Utrecht University
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White Papers
Making Change Your Business:Building Effective Organisational Change Capabilities
Apr 2009
A typical organization faces a significant challenge created by the projects it runs, whether they are focused on cost reduction, process redesign, mergers, restructuring, or a large IT...
Provided by Changefirst
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White Papers
Avoiding The Consequences Of Repeated Misconduct: Stigma's Licence And Stigma's Transferability
Jan 2010
Contributing to the literature on stigma and re-legitimating, this paper examines two ways organizations may dampen the penalties associated with admissions of misconduct. Using a matched sample...
Provided by University of California, Berkeley
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White Papers
Human Resource Practices And Organizational Commitment: A Deeper Examination
Dec 2007
This paper examines newer conceptualizations of HRM practices in the HR-Performance Relationship as well as newer conceptualizations of commitment. Juxtaposing these categories of HR practices and...
Provided by ILR School, Cornell University
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White Papers
Dispositional Effects in Intra-Organizational Influence Tactics: A Meta-Analytic Review
Sep 2006
The authors' conducted a meta-analysis to test dispositional antecedents of intra-organizational influence tactics used. The antecedents tested included self-reported measures of impression...
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Charismatic Leadership Development: Role of Parental Attachment Style and Parental Psychological Control
Sep 2006
Despite the importance of charismatic leadership on individual and organizational outcomes, there has been little research examining the development of charismatic leaders. The study presented in...
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Gender Differences in Social and Emotional Skills and Charismatic Leadership
Sep 2006
The relationships among leader gender, social and emotional skills, and charismatic leadership were examined from a dataset of 108 senior leaders and 325 of their direct followers in numerous...
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Designing and Evaluating e-Learning in Higher Education: A Review and Recommendations
Sep 2006
In the past decade, there has been tremendous growth in the availability of college and university courses taught entirely online. This paper reviews issues that impact the effectiveness of such...
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From Transactional to Transcendental: Toward an Integrated Theory of Leadership
Sep 2006
This paper explores the spiritual dimensions of leadership by setting forth a theory that both integrates and extends the transactional and transformational theories of leadership. Specifically,...
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Developing Communities of Leaders: Outcomes of a Statewide Initiative
Sep 2006
Community leadership programs are the most common approach to leadership development in the United States and traditionally emphasize community education and professional networking. Directors and...
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Top Executive Background And Financial Reporting Choice: The Case Of Goodwill Impairment
Feb 2011
The authors study the role of executive functional background in explaining goodwill impairment choices. They focus on top executives (CEOs and CFOs) whose employment history includes experience...
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