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- 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
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- Organizational Controls as Enablers and Constraints in Successful Knowledge Management Systems Implementation
- Many current implementations of organizational knowledge management, although based on the most advanced information technologies, are hobbled by the pervading organizational controls. Such information systems related organizational controls could spell the success or failure of organizational management initiatives despite application of latest groupware and collaboration software. This paper fills the...
- White papers 2003-01-04
- ARC INTERNATIONAL, MIKASA CREATE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.(Arc International and Mikasa organizational management)
- SECAUCUS, N.J.-Tabletop giants Arc International and Mikasa have announced a new organizational structure in North America under the leadership of Jean-Rene Gougelet, the newly appointed chief executive officer of both companies. SECAUCUS, N.J.-Tabletop giants Arc International and Mikasa have announced a new organizational...
- Research articles 2003-04-21
- Organizational, Management Reforms Needed for NASA's Technology Transfer Efforts; Academy Panel Proposes Improvements
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Technology transfer should be a core element of NASA's mission, but organizational changes, budget difficulties, lack of program focus and a significant increase in privately funded research and development require tWASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Technology transfer should be a core element of...
- Research articles 2004-12-14
- Useful Commute: Why Conventional Management Wisdom Is Flawed
- Many managers try to apply common wisdom to everyday challenges. Organizational management expert Jeffrey Pfeffer explains why this can lead to poor business choices. For more on Pfeffer's unconventional approach to management, see our BNET Book Brief video on his book "What Were They Thinking?" by BNET...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- The Future of Innovation Management; Hamel and Bryan Speak
- Gary Hamel and Lowell Bryan offer similar perspectives on the future role of management in their respective books, "The Future of Management" and "Mobilizing Minds" (co-authored by Claudia Joyce). Each calls for organizational change so managers an direct employees with the same innovative energy that is devoted to product development -- minimizing complexity and harnessing every...
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Hate HR or IT? Here's How to Stop Dysfunctional Organizational Behavior
- Organizational conflict occurs in every company. It destroys morale and affects operating performance. And when it's targeted at support functions like HR, IT or finance, it's disruptive and counterproductive to any organization, big or small. Contrary to what you might think, there's nothing normal or inevitable about this sort...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning: Fundamental Concepts for Theory and Practice
- This paper investigates several issues regarding the nature, domain, conceptual foundations, and practical challenges of knowledge management and organizational learning. The paper first identifies and contrasts two fundamental philosophical orientations to knowledge management - the personal knowledge orientation and the organizational knowledge orientation - and illustrates the distinctive kinds of...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Are You a Management Imposter?
- Are You a Management Imposter?Are You a Management Imposter?I would agree that this is a very subjective topic; however, time is usually the litmus test. Repeated short coming and/or failures would lead one to conclude whether this were true or not.Management Imposter gets caught and learnsTrue Management Impostures are discovered...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Organizational Achievement & Leadership
- Organizational achievement is a yardstick to measure the success of an organization in managing change. There are three tools used in achieving such success. They are strategic planning, organizational development, and organizational learning. Strategic planning is imperative in proactively managing change. Organizational development focuses on participative management in carrying out...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Information Systems And Creativity Management In The Media And Advertising Industries: A Critical View
- Literature has started to point out the increasing importance of creativity in organizational context and a positive relationship with organizational performance. While there is ample literature on the use of Information Systems IS to support the management of other drivers of organizational performance, the relationship between IS and creativity management...
- White papers 2004-05-19
- Toward a Model of Effective Knowledge Management and Directions for Future Research: Culture, Leadership, and CKOs
- Organizational culture, organizational leadership, and Chief Knowledge Officers CKOs each play important roles in overcoming human barriers associated with knowledge creation, transfer and sharing. This paper examines three key components of organizational culture: cooperative involvement, trust and incentives. In addition, the impact of organizational leadership on knowledge management as well...
- White papers
- Rensselaer researchers developing model to predict organizational response to extreme events; FEMA, Coast Guard responses to Hurricane Katrina help researchers simulate how organizational characteristics improve or impede emergency management.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-3 November 2006-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Rensselaer researchers developing model to predict organizational response to extreme events; FEMA, Coast Guard responses to Hurricane Katrina help researchers simulate how organizational characteristics improve or impede emergency managementC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03112006 Troy,...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- Organizational Longevity And Technological Change
- This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on organizational longevity published in the organizational change management. The issues of researching and writing about organizational longevity are described and the content of the special issue is related to a theoretical perspective that focuses on the nature of technological,...
- White papers 2000-01-27
- Simplicity-Minded Management
- The Idea in Brief Big companies have always been complex. But to cope with new challenges such as globalization, they've increased their complexity--with proliferating products, tangled reporting relationships, and duplicated processes. They've become unwieldy, ungovernable, and...
- Articles 2008-01-02
- Transforming The Balanced Scorecard From Performance Measurement To Strategic Management
- For effective management of a work process, it is imperative to measure it. Measurement provides an insight into the dynamics of the process and, therefore, facilitates the management of the same. The Balanced Scorecard BS is a comprehensive framework that translates the organizational vision and strategy into a coherent set...
- White papers 2001-03-04
- Performance-Driven Learning: Putting The Horse Before The Cart To Lead Organizational Growth
- The concept of "Performance-driven learning" is key to successfully managing employee development that impacts the organization's bottom line and gains the highest return on the learning and development investment. e-Learning has made a comeback, in part because many organizations are recognizing the inherent need to link learning to other areas...
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Conceptualization and Management of Communication Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Three Guatemalan Organizations
- "This study investigated employees' and supervisors' conceptualizations of organizational commitment and communication satisfaction in three Guatemalan organizations. The study also examined differences and similarities in participants' views of management strategies based on levels of commitment and satisfaction. Self-administered surveys with open-ended questions were used to collect data. The content analysis...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Managing Organizational Culture And Change
- The focus of this presentation is upon managing organizational culture and change. The main objective is to describe how organizational culture helps management achieve its objectives and understand how cultural symbols, rites, ceremonies, heroes, and stories are used to sustain an organization's culture. There are various shills which help in...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Learning Objectives For Organizational Change
- Organizational change is important to usher in long-term success in an organization. A change entails realignment of organizational systems and processes. Managing change involves institutionalizing the philosophy of change in the organization. Effective change management entails creating a definitive vision and managing the transition to the desired future state. The...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
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