Topic: Management
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Managing Organizations As Learning Portfolios
Metaphors and images are powerful tools that mirror and shape how we perceive and interact with the world. The presumptions we carry about people,…
Large-Scale Projects as Complex Systems: Managing “Scope Creep”
C.Northcote Parkinson’s now famous adage, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” may be overly optimistic. Unfortunately, work tends…
Leading Innovation: A Five-base Game
Over the last several years, the concept of innovation has increasingly been recognized as a key factor for business success. Where in the past,…
Manage by Means, Not Results
Etion line may churn out three different car models in 10 different colors. Sounds inefficient, doesn’t it? At the very least, Toyota’s shop floors…
Working in an Unhappy Place: Reengaging Disaffected Employees Through Conflict Resolution
Why can’t we all just get along?” asked Rodney King famously, echoing the sentiments of many of us who have at some point or…
A Systems View of the Economic Crisis
One of many recent articles on the current financial crisis noted that it could only have occurred because so many people were willing to…
Whom Do You Trust?
There’s something about trusting people — and having people trust us — that is exciting. It’s a part of human nature to give and…
Organizational Politics: Using Your Power for Good
What do you think of when you consider corporate politics? Do you think of backstabbing, gossip, and self-interest, or do you think of alliance…
Learning to Create New Knowledge
For many people, the purpose of pursuing organizational learning is to create new knowledge for competitive advantage. Although researchers and managers alike often assume…
Stimulating “Leaderful” Change in a Senior Management Network
Chief administrators from enterprises within the educational sector are lamenting what has been called “the perfect economic storm,” caused by the unfortunate confluence of…