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- the combined beliefs, values, ethics, procedures, and atmosphere of an organization. The culture of an organization is often expressed as "the way we do things around here" and consists of...
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- Why Corporate Culture Matters (and What You Can Do to Make a Better One)
- Strong corporate cultures outlast the influence of even the strongest leader. When Steve Jobs leaves Apple, it will be the culture of the company he has helped create that will determine its future success. Why is culture so important? Harvard Business School professors Jim Heskett and W....
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- Blowing Up Business As Usual
- At some companies, employees skip meetings, set their own schedules, and take unlimited vacation time. Surprise: They also get more done.There's no shortage of approaches to organizational and performance management — from balanced scorecard and total quality management to management by walking around and rightsizing, just for starters. One of...
- Articles 2008-09-26
- Corporate Culture
- The dictionary meaning of culture is: "the moral, social, and behavioral norms of an organization based on the beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of its members." Every organization has its own unique culture or value set. Most organizations don't consciously try to create a certain culture. The culture of the organization...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How to Get Results From Your Team
- Ten tips from the creators of the Results-Only Work Environment, from their book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It. 1. Make meetings optional. Let people evaluate their need to participate. If they know they can make better use of ...
- Articles 2008-09-26
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- When One and One Make One | BTalk Australia
- (17min 52) The last year has set a new record for the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Australia. Putting two companies together can be a long and complex process, with the potential for lots to go wrong. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Reducing and Managing Workplace Absenteeism
- Productivity loss due to absenteeism is a serious and growing challenge. In the United States, the annual cost to employers for time lost due to accidents is almost $100 billion, and other unscheduled worker absences costs even more. Absence management is a growing body of knowledge and experience that managers...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- QUIZ: Assess Your Sales Team's Culture
- Every sales teamn has a "culture" that defines how employees are supposed to behave. The easiest way to understand that culture is to examine the metaphors that team members habitually use. For example, sales reps who constantly compare business to a "battlefield" will react more vigorously...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Why Microsoft+Yahoo Won't Fly.
- Here's a case where I think everyone else has got it wrong. The media seems to be positioning Microsoft's hostile takeover of Yahoo as an admission on the part of Microsoft that they've lost their competitive edge. And Google, clearly worried, is making anti-trust...
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- If You're Gay, Should You Say?
- If You're Gay, Should You Say?who is more judgemental here?Two thoughts:1) Sexuality - even in the cloak of tolerance - has no place in a job interview. 2) The writer leaps to the conclusion that because the candidate "hunts, drives a truck and did not attend college" he is...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- How to Sell an Idea
- Got an idea that could kick your career into overdrive? Confirm That You and Your Idea Are a Credible Match GOAL: Make sure an appropriate messenger will deliver your message. Selling ideas is not like selling products. With a product, customers...
- Articles 2007-03-19
- Leadership and innovation
- McKinsey research reveals a wide gap between the aspirations of executives to innovate and their ability to execute. Organizational structures and processes are not the solution. Like short skirts, innovation has traditionally swung into and out of fashion: popular in good times...
- Articles 2008-10-23
- Observations & Opportunities: Safety Culture & Safety Management Leadership
- The August 17-18, 2004, benchmarking activity with Bath Iron Works BIW provided the NASA review team with an excellent case study of corporate transformation to a strong safety culture accomplished by changing employee behavior. Beginning in 1987, BIW recognized that safety was a key element in efforts to become more...
- White papers 2004-10-22
- Management tips to help operators achieve success
- LEAN AND MEANINGFUL:A New Culture for Corp orate America, Roger E. Herman and Joyce L. Gioia, 387 pages, Greensboro, N.C.: Oakhill Press, $27.95.The authors are a team of strategic business futurists who concentrate on trends in the workplace and work force. They are certified management consultants who show corporate leaders...
- Research articles 1998-08-10
- Exiting Cubicles And Igniting Creativity: The Effects Of The Organizational Climate On Innovation In The Workplace
- The current marketplace is one of changing demands and expectations. To succeed, products must not only be cost effective but also innovative, requiring creativity for their conception. This new "knowledge based economy" is placing challenges on management to foster innovation in the workplace, nurture intellectual capital, and avoid stifling creativity...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Planning Internal Marketing
- While most companies allocate resources to understanding and communicating with their external customers, few make the same investment in time, energy, and money in communicating with their internal customers—their employees. Internal communications is traditionally viewed as the sole province of the Human Resources department, but it's essential to recognize the...
- Articles 2007-11-21
- Survey Summary: How Managers and Execs Rate Their CEOs
- Survey Summary: How Managers and Execs Rate Their CEOsRE: Survey Summary: How Managers and Execs Rate Their CEOs"truth be told"Bigwig BiasedI wonder how much differently this survey might have turned out if 75% of the respondents were the rank-and-file.RE: Survey Summary: How Managers and Execs Rate Their CEOsSurprising? Hardly…....
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Time To Build Your Dream Team
- Poor hiring decisions and haphazard personnel strategies can hurt the organization. Article states that one should start looking for top IT talent because the economy has started bouncing back. Hiring is a process, not an event. This is the first step in creating a talent-driven culture. Hiring the best shouldn't...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- SuccessFactors Research: Mergers And Acquisitions
- In uncertain economic times, many companies will be acquired by those on the offense looking for deals in the troubled market, or will be forced to make defensive mergers in order to remain solvent. In this chaos companies often lose track of their most important asset - people. When companies...
- White papers 2008-10-15
- How to Plan a Merger
- Once, the most common way to grow a business was to hire talent and expand gradually. Today what used to be called "merger mania" is simply business as usual. Determine Whether an Acquisition Makes Sense for Your Firm ...
- Articles 2007-09-07
- Give Your Employees a $1,700 a Year Raise, Free
- Give Your Employees a $1,700 a Year Raise, FreeFear...My employer won't even consider part time tele-commuting, too afraid employees will lose productivity. Granted, some workers cannot work from home due to their job function. But there are many data processors, support people, etc. who would benefit from part-time...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
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