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Leadership And Crisis Management In Modern Organizations, Chris D. Bellamy May 2015

Leadership And Crisis Management In Modern Organizations, Chris D. Bellamy

Dr. Chris D. Bellamy

Leadership in modern organizations is complex. This research identifies how leaders in modern organizations can effectively deliver results through crisis management, while maintaining organizational culture. The author addresses leadership through organizational culture, the actions leaders must take, corporate policies and practices. In addition, this research directly contributes to leading organizations through crisis management and maintaining organizational culture today.


Best Strategic Practices For Small And Medium-Sized Procurement Organizations, Peter O'Reilly May 2015

Best Strategic Practices For Small And Medium-Sized Procurement Organizations, Peter O'Reilly

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Presentation discusses best practices, goals and objective, and strategies, and for small and medium-sized procurement organizations.


Best Strategic Practices For Small And Medium-Sized Procurement Organizations, Peter O'Reilly Apr 2015

Best Strategic Practices For Small And Medium-Sized Procurement Organizations, Peter O'Reilly

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Presentation discusses best practices, goals and objective, and strategies, and for small and medium-sized procurement organizations.


New Ventures: Control Of Risks Through Strategies, Simone Kelly, Raymond Mcnamara Mar 2015

New Ventures: Control Of Risks Through Strategies, Simone Kelly, Raymond Mcnamara

Ray McNamara

This paper uses case studies and interview data to explore the relationship between control and new venture success/survival. A model of the new venture control process is distilled and explored in six new venture cases. The control processes were traced through an examination of the everyday language of venture principals to determine a grounded lower order model. Integrating these models into contingency theory locates strategic risk reduction choices as the crucial link between contingent variables and organizational control packages. In this sense the process of organizing is seen as a tiered process of risk reduction: successful firms analyze and control …


New Ventures: Control Of Risks Through Strategies, Simone Kelly, Raymond Mcnamara Mar 2015

New Ventures: Control Of Risks Through Strategies, Simone Kelly, Raymond Mcnamara

Simone Kelly

This paper uses case studies and interview data to explore the relationship between control and new venture success/survival. A model of the new venture control process is distilled and explored in six new venture cases. The control processes were traced through an examination of the everyday language of venture principals to determine a grounded lower order model. Integrating these models into contingency theory locates strategic risk reduction choices as the crucial link between contingent variables and organizational control packages. In this sense the process of organizing is seen as a tiered process of risk reduction: successful firms analyze and control …


Organizational Leaders’ Experience With Fear-Related Emotions: A Critical Incident Study, Al Barkouli Jan 2015

Organizational Leaders’ Experience With Fear-Related Emotions: A Critical Incident Study, Al Barkouli

Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses

This study used the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) to better understand how organizational leaders experienced fear-related emotions. Through semi-structured interviews, fifteen executive leaders, mainly chief executive officers (CEOs), shared their experiences in response to threatening, risky, or dangerous incidents. In addition to a phenomenological understanding of the experience, participants illuminated the role that fear-related emotions play in leader decisions, how these emotions influence leader-follower relationships, the impacts of fear-related emotions on leaders’ health and well-being, and the ways leaders managed their experience with fear-related emotions including the role courage played. Leaders often faced threats, risks, or dangers (stimuli) from within …