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Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 5, Number 2, Larry Starr, Phd
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
The Double-Edged Sword Of Jurisdictional Entrenchment: Explaining Human Resources Professionals’ Failed Strategic Repositioning, Kurt Sandholtz, Daisy Chung, Isaac Waisberg
The Double-Edged Sword Of Jurisdictional Entrenchment: Explaining Human Resources Professionals’ Failed Strategic Repositioning, Kurt Sandholtz, Daisy Chung, Isaac Waisberg
Faculty Publications
To protect themselves against deskilling and obsolescence, professionals must periodically revise their claims to authority and expertise. Although we understand these dynamics in the broader system of professions, we have a less complete understanding of how this process unfolds in specific organizational contexts. Yet given the ubiquity of embedded professionals, this context is where jurisdictional shifts increasingly take place.Drawing on a comparative ethnographic study of human resources (HR) professionals in two engineering firms, we introduce the concept of jurisdictional entrenchment to explain the challenges embedded professionals face when they attempt to redefine their jurisdiction. Jurisdictional entrenchment describes a condition in …
The Employee Engagement Framework: High Impact Drivers And Outcomes, Amena Shahid
The Employee Engagement Framework: High Impact Drivers And Outcomes, Amena Shahid
Publications and Scholarship
For the prior two decades, employee engagement has been a subject of interest both in academic research and among managers. Organizations have invested vital resources in promoting employee engagement since employee engagement is identified as a critical driver of organizational performance. Engagement adds distinctly to an organization’s performance, driving to gains in quality, customer satisfaction, and long-term monetary results. In a world that is evolving both regarding the global essence of work and the diversity of the employees, engaged employees may be a core of an ambitious resource. Companies promoting employee engagement will achieve organizational goals effectively. Several employees look …
A Guide To Leadership Development At A Company, Bridget Nobiletti
A Guide To Leadership Development At A Company, Bridget Nobiletti
Senior Honors Projects
Leadership development is essential for companies because it drives a company’s effectiveness in reaching its goal and promotes growth among employees, causing them to want to stay with the company. Knowing how to develop employee leadership is complex because it is largely dependent on the individual and their role within the organization. I interviewed leadership professionals and human resource professionals who have experience in leadership development to guide my research. I broke up management into three categories and found that the different segments of management need different skills in order to be effective at their jobs. The first step to …