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Evaluating Strategic Leadership Development Programs, Felicia Littlejohn

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

Companies that lack an in-depth understanding of leadership development program evaluation may invest in a program that achieves suboptimal results. However, there is no generally prescribed framework for the evaluation of leadership development programs. Thus, the purpose of this action research paper is to provide the basis for vetting leadership development programs based on their organizational fit and investment value, training methodologies, workplace development approaches, coaching and development support, and targeted business outcomes.

Stronger Together: Building Nonprofit Resilience Through A Network With A Shared Mission And Organizational Humility, Haley M. Woznyj, Oscar J. Stewart, Tammy E. Beck

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Nonprofit organizations increasingly face surprising and disruptive shocks, beyond financial setbacks, that challenge an organization's operations, long-term survival, and success. To continue to execute their mission, nonprofits must be resilient. Despite the importance of resilience in nonprofits, more research is needed to understand the factors that build organizational resilience and how leaders can help promote resilience. We conducted a qualitative case study, consisting of 23 interviews with organizational members and key partners, fieldwork, and archival information, of a documented resilient nonprofit organization. Our findings suggest that leaders can enhance resilience by gaining access to resources through collaboration, which is in …

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 8, Number 1, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this issue:

• Reminder: Our Name
• Dr. Jim Plummer
• Rev. Dr. Valerie Andrews
• Dr. Bibi R. Khan
• Strategic Leadership in the Press Again
• Dr. Joy Azikiwe
• Mark Pisacane
• Dr. Scott Koerwer
• Rev. Sung-Won Paek
• Uploaded 2021 DMgt Dissertations
• DMGT Candidates and Dissertation Topics
• Photo Gallery

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 7, Number 3, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• DMgt Final Semester of Classes
• Doctoral Candidates, Advisers and Dissertation Topics
• Dean Shelly Osagie’s Announcement
• Student Scholarship
• Faculty Scholarship and Practice
• DMgt Doctoral Candidate Opens Korean Consulting Firm
• Career Advancement

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 7, Number 2, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Annual Mike Jackson Systems Lecture
• Uploaded Community Scholarship and Research
• Dissertation Support Group
• Jim Plummer Tries His Hand at Politics
• Emerging Challenges for Healthcare Leadership
• Global Education
• Entrepreneurial Endeavor
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Virtual Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
• Contributions to Global Education: Our Alumni
• DMgt Candidate Dissertations
• DMgt Learners Approaching Dissertation

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 7, Number 1, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Sustaining Our Memory
• Greetings from Bahrain
• Anniversary Honors
• Dissertation Proposal Update
• Invited Speaker
• Sharlene Goldfischer Update on Health
• Q2 SCOUTs I&D Award
• Tom Guggino Conducts Presentation Skills Workshop
• Research Project with Jefferson Neurology
• Scholarship and Practice
• DMgt Candidate Dissertations
• DMgt Learners Approaching Dissertation

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 6, Number 5 (Special Issue), Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• 2020 Reflections

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 6, Number 3 (Special Issue), Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Upcoming Events for our DMgt and PhD Communities

Metacritiques Of Upper Echelons Theory: Verdicts And Recommendations For Future Research, Brett H. Neely Jr., Jeffrey B. Lovelace, Amanda P. Cowen, Nathan J. Hiller

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

After more than 35 years, Hambrick and Mason’s upper echelons theory (UET) stands as one of the most influential perspectives in management research. However, as the literature and its attendant reviews have become more numerous and specialized, discussion of the fundamental conceptual and methodological critiques leveled against research utilizing the UET perspective has grown fragmented. As such, the first aim of the present review is to identify and synthesize a set of common critiques levied against UET research. In doing so, we unpack important nuance within each critique while establishing a common vocabulary to facilitate greater consistency in how these …

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 6, Number 2, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• End of the Ideal Doctorate
• Pandemic Scholarship
• Coronavirus Coping and Responding
• Coronavirus Contributions
• Dissertation Proposals and Defense
• Commencement 2020: Congratulations to our Doctoral Candidates
• Congratulations to Tom Guggino
• Congratulations to Professor John Pourdehnad
• Congratulations Scott Koerwer, Cohort 1
• Congratulations to Jim Plummer, Cohort 2
• Congratulations Syed Kazmi, Cohort 4
• Congratulations to Jay Combs-Harris, Cohort 7
• Congratulations to John Ervin, Cohort 6
• Congratulations to Andrew Braverman, Cohort 6
• Research from the Spring 2020 Class of DSL 712
• Faculty Scholarship

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 6, Number 1 (Special Issue), Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Community
• Wicked Problem
• Jefferson Containing System
• Leadership Doctorates Strategic Approach
• Continuation of Learning
• Your Stakeholder Contributions
• Attending Class
• Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
• Going Forward
• Leading Ideas

Ceo Scanning Behaviors, Self-Efficacy, And Sme Innovation And Performance: An Examination Within A Declining Industry, Rajiv Nag, François Neville, Nikolaos Dimotakis

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Studying the CEOs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the US metalcasting industry—an industry that has been steadily declining for several years—we develop a theoretical model to examine how CEO scanning behaviors in the form of scanning intensity and proactiveness influence self-efficacy, which in turn influences firm innovation and performance. We extend theory and research by (a) demonstrating of the role and influence of SME CEOs over firm innovation and performance in declining industries, (b) illustrating how scanning provides social learning opportunities for CEOs that enhance their levels of self-efficacy, and (c) showing that self-efficacy mediates the effects of …

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 5, Number 4, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Program Re-Envisioning
• Faculty Award
• 3rd Annual Applied Research Methods Learning Exchange Conference
• Wilkes-Barre Project
• Annual Meeting and Call for Papers
• Jefferson Digital Commons
• 2019-2020 DSL Dissertation Candidates and Titles
• Horse and Carriage Project
• Community Updates and Scholarship
• At This Holiday Season

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 5, Number 3, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Welcome New DSL and CSL Learners
• Jefferson Ackoff 100 Celebration
• Wilkes-Barre Project
• Book on Decision Making in Complex Contexts Thanks Jefferson Leadership Faculty
• Digital-Life-Design Conference
• Vienna Workshop
• Designing a PhD Program in Istanbul
• Student-Learner Scholarship

What Can Ai Do For You?, Andrew Braverman, Jarrod Combs-Harris

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Student Papers

Simply put, most organizations do not know how to approach the incorporation of AI into their businesses, and few are knowledgeable enough to understand which concepts are applicable to their business models. Doing nothing and waiting is not an option: Mahidar and Davenport (2018) argue that companies that try to play catch-up will ultimately lose to those who invested and began learning early. But how do we bridge the gap between skepticism and adoption? We propose a toolkit, inclusive of people, processes, and technologies, to help companies with discovery and readiness to start their AI journey. Our toolkit will deliver …

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 5, Number 2, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Dean's Report
• Jefferson’s 195th Graduation Ceremony
• Jefferson Leadership Doctorate 2nd Annual Graduation Social
• Successful Defense Announcement
• Commencement Reflection
• Docendo Discimus
• 2019 Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Global Health
• DSL Strategic Planning and Consulting
• Russell L. Ackoff Centennial
• PhD in Complex Systems Leadership
• Community Updates and Activities
• DSL Digital Communities and Documents
• Upcoming Conferences and Events
• SCPS DSL / CSL on Both Campuses
• Americanada Day Celebration

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 5, Number 1, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Dean's Report
• Student Reflection 1
• Student Reflection 2
• Doctoral Student and Adjunct Faculty
• Complex Adaptive System Projects
• Upcoming Conferences and Events
• DSL Community Milestones and Professional Updates
• DSL Summer Classes
• Ackoff 100 Celebration
• Proposed PhD in Complex Systems Leadership UPDATE
• Thinking and Talking, but Not Yet Formulated
• Tell Your Colleagues About Our Information Sessions!
• DSL Commencement

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 4, Number 4, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Our New Dean
• Jefferson DSL Welcomes Cohort #7
• Student Reflection
• International Thanksgiving 2018
• 2nd Annual DSL Applied Research Methods Conference
• Call for Papers for the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
• DSL Community Milestones and Professional Updates
• 2019 Planning According to the Academic Calendar

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 4, Number 3, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

Jefferson Strategic Leadership Newsletter reports information relevant to the Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) Doctor of Management Program in Strategic Leadership (DSL) and its community including personal and professional events and accomplishments, new practices, research, opportunities, and suggestions.

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 4, Number 2, Larry M. Starr Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

Jefferson Strategic Leadership Newsletter reports information relevant to the Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) Doctor of Management Program in Strategic Leadership (DSL) and its community including personal and professional events and accomplishments, new practices, research, opportunities, and suggestions.

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 3, Number 4, Larry M. Starr Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

Jefferson Strategic Leadership Newsletter reports information relevant to the Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) Doctor of Management Program in Strategic Leadership (DSL) and its community including personal and professional events and accomplishments, new practices, research, opportunities, and suggestions. You are encouraged to forward the Newsletter to friends and colleagues to expand awareness and to brand yourself as a community member. You are also invited to recommend people or organizations to be added to the mailing list. Contact Jefferson Strategic Leadership Newsletter by emailing starrl@philau.edu.

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 3, Number 3, Larry M. Starr Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

Jefferson Strategic Leadership Newsletter reports information relevant to the Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) Doctor of Management Program in Strategic Leadership (DSL) and its community including personal and professional events and accomplishments, new practices, research, opportunities, and suggestions. You are encouraged to forward the Newsletter to friends and colleagues to expand awareness and to brand yourself as a community member. You are also invited to recommend people or organizations to be added to the mailing list. Contact Jefferson Strategic Leadership

Organizational Democracy And Organization Structure Link: Role Of Strategic Leadership & Environmental Uncertainly, Naveed Yazdani

Business Review

This theoretical paper focuses on the issue of implementing democratic principles in modern day organizations facing turbulent and changing environments around them. The paper captures the notion of participatory style of management through the construct; organizational democracy. It traces the origin of this construct from theories and philosophies of political democracy. The paper also briefly describes the notion of economic democracy and why it failed to succeed in the face of partial success of political democracy. The underlying question which the paper raises is the role of organization structure and strategic leadership style in the successful implementation of democratic principles …