Organizational Jazz
While diagraming the structure of an organization is relatively easy, describing and influencing an organization’s culture is challenging.
Organizational Behavior
Self-Control at Work
It is estimated that we allocate approximately 25 percent of our waking hours, about four hours a day, managing our impulses.
Leading from Character Strength
Leaders need to examine their effectiveness at managing virtuous behavior to add value to organizations. Virtuousness is not only important from a humanistic point of view in workplace settings, but helps drive important organizational outcomes.
Justice in Ethics Programs
Ethics programs have arisen in response to outcry over the perceived unethical behavior of American business. The rapid response is encouraging, though issues have emerged.
Bridging the Complexity Gap:
Globalization, information technology, economic and political instability, and climate change create a level of interdependence requiring a new kind of leadership.
Implementing Intrapreneurship:
A myriad of positive organizational effects, including strategic renewal, business revitalization, and new venture creation, have been attributed to intrapreneurship. If appropriately implemented, it is possible for intrepreneurship to help organizations gain a sustainable competitive advantage.
The Ethics of Ethics Programs
Ethics programs are most effective when they flow out of a culture that values practicing business legally and ethically. However, there are a number of ethical issues which are themselves raised by ethics programs that demand more visibility and thought if these programs are to be ultimately effective.
Transorganizations: Managing in a Complex and Uncertain World
Management in a connected, interdependent, and information intensive world requires new thinking and innovative approaches. The increasing interdependence and complexity of organizations and institutions call for transorganizational thinking.
Positive Organizational Scholarship and Practice: A Dynamic Duo
This article explores positive organizational scholarship (POS) and presents three strategies toward fostering positivity in your business practice.
The ABC’s of Effective Feedback
The ABC model offers a three-step process for providing and receiving feedback effectively.
Improvisation as a Way of Dealing with Ambiguity and Complexity
Work is becoming less formalized, more complex, and more improvisational.
Strategies for Leading through Times of Change
Leading change is difficult. This article is for anyone who struggles with introducing a new idea into an organization.
Domestic Partner Benefits in the United States
This article presents the general issues surrounding a U.S. employer’s decision to offer employee benefits to the domestic partners of current employees.
Recognizing Organizational Culture in Managing Change
The purpose of this article is to examine how organizational culture influences the likelihood of success for change strategies, and to provide tools for the reader to apply within his or her organization.
Where Do Older Workers Go?
This article shows how employment options for older workers continue to evolve and public opinions of older workers and their employment options vary substantially by country.