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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
- Groups, Teams, And Corporate Culture
- Groups are formed when two or more people come together and work in cohesion towards attainment of common goals and objectives. The group becomes a team when the individual members develop complimentary skills and develop interdependency towards attainment of the common goal. Corporate culture is the set of values, beliefs,...
- Presentations 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
- Training Programs And Team Building Exercises Change The AIAA Workplace Culture
- Companies often face problems in building a motivated, educated, and effective work force to enable a dynamic working environment. Experts suggest that the process calls for inducing change in the corporate culture by making the work more ‘process oriented' rather than focusing on products of organizations. The method will provide...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- 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
- 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
- Looking For a New Job: The Pros and Cons
- Do you dread Monday mornings, cringing at the prospect of returning to a job you hate, feeling tired, stressed, and unmotivated just thinking about it? If you don't find joy or satisfaction in your work, it may be time to quit—after thinking it through. Even if you're tempted to hand...
- Articles 2007-10-17
- 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
- Southwest Airline Executive Maintains Firms Unique Corporate Culture.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Nov. 5--Top executives at Southwest Airlines Co. constantly field two questions about the future. Who will succeed the airline's longtime chairman and chief executive Herb Kelleher, now 69 years old? And will the carrier's rapid expansion wind up destroying the close-knit, team-oriented culture ...
- Research articles 2000-11-05
- Inside Oakley: Executive Team Includes Newcomers, Fixtures; CEO Making Own Mark Within Cultish Culture
- Corner Offices Richard Shields got a crash course in Oakley Inc.'s commando corporate culture in his first few months on the job. Four guys in ski masks jumped him at his desk. Shields, the Foothill Ranch-based company's chief financial officer, was blindfolded and handcuffed. Then he was led...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- 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
- 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
- Court told 'tribal' team was responsible for false NAB forex trades.
- Byline: Daniella Miletic May 10, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The National Australia Bank NAB foreign exchange team under Luke Duffy has been described as "tribal". According to Duffy's testimony to the Victorian County Court on 10 May 2006,...
- Research articles 2006-05-10
- It's The B Team's Time To Shine
- From the executive summary: ‘For many years now, American business culture has fostered a form of star worship that even a Hollywood agent might find excessive. Starting in the early 1980s with the first waves of corporate re-structuring that sent millions of company men and women into the streets, the...
- White papers 2003-09-08
- RAD Approach Gives Real Estate IT Team Quick Reflexes
- THE IT TEAM at Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services PRERS, Valhalla, N.Y., prides itself on its ability to react to change as swiftly as a dot-com, despite being part of a giant corporate culture. PRERS is a subsidiary of Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest financial...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
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