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Keynote Address: How Does An Academic In This Field Get Published?, Tom William Lee

Academic Conference on Good Business

Tom Lee, Professor of Management & Organization, Associate Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs, Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle

Recipient of 2015 Herbert Heneman Jr. Award for Career Achivement from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management

Alone And Unafraid: Observations On Functional Leader Intervention In Decentralized Organizations, Marc W. Miller

TAC Talks

Today’s organizations whether political, non-profit, or commercial have adjusted their way of thinking to fit the twenty first centuries atmosphere of instantaneous information and shifting market places. As such these organizations have had to adapt and think in this fluid space becoming more decentralized in their characteristics, entrusting crucial decisions to empowered leaders. However, when, where, and why do these leaders chose to act within their organizations? This has led me to ask the question under what circumstances, at what points, and at what times, in a decentralized organizations’ process can leaders most effectively assert their authority so as to …