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Introduction To Reviews And Research Of Note, Devi Akella Jun 2011

Introduction To Reviews And Research Of Note, Devi Akella

Organization Management Journal

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Organizational Behavior And Work: A Critical Introduction Fiona M. Wilson Oxford University Press, Oxford, 3rd Edn, 2010, 390pp., Paperback, Sambhavi Lakshminarayanan Jun 2011

Organizational Behavior And Work: A Critical Introduction Fiona M. Wilson Oxford University Press, Oxford, 3rd Edn, 2010, 390pp., Paperback, Sambhavi Lakshminarayanan

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Introduction To The Teaching & Learning Section, Steve Meisel Mar 2011

Introduction To The Teaching & Learning Section, Steve Meisel

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Sustainability, Leadership, Ethics And Aesthetics Usher In The Spring For Omj, William P. Ferris Mar 2011

Sustainability, Leadership, Ethics And Aesthetics Usher In The Spring For Omj, William P. Ferris

Organization Management Journal

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Introduction To Current Empirical Research: Examining Sustainability, Donald E. Gibson Mar 2011

Introduction To Current Empirical Research: Examining Sustainability, Donald E. Gibson

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Revisiting The Behavioral Matrix For Leadership And Team Development, Kathleen Kane Mar 2011

Revisiting The Behavioral Matrix For Leadership And Team Development, Kathleen Kane

Organization Management Journal

The Behavioral Matrix functions on a variety of levels, as: an introduction to self-awareness; a team building exercise; an ice breaker; an introduction to individual differences; or an opening exercise to a course or leadership development program. This exercise can be adapted for a variety of participants in college courses: undergraduate and graduate, as well as for executive and corporate training. Behavioral styles are categorized on a matrix with two axis. The four quadrants created by the intersection of the axis yield four different categories: Controller (formal/dominant), Supporter (informal/flow-with), Analyzer (formal/flow-with), and Promoter (informal/dominant). Specific guidelines for using the exercise …


Influences On The Organizational Implementation Of Sustainability: An Integrative Model, Kent D. Farfield, Joel Harmon, Scott J. Behson Mar 2011

Influences On The Organizational Implementation Of Sustainability: An Integrative Model, Kent D. Farfield, Joel Harmon, Scott J. Behson

Organization Management Journal

Multiple forces in the 21st century have propelled businesses into confronting conditions that challenge their own and the world’s sustainability. This paper illuminates the factors influencing companies to implement sustainability practices. It validates an integrative model of the effects that external influences, foundational organization enablers, decision drivers, and inhibitors had on both sustainability implementation and organizational performance. Using data from a worldwide survey of 1514 managers, we showed how external forces for sustainability and support from organizational leaders to create an enabling foundation are likely to translate into decision priorities, implementation of sustainability practices, and perceived performance improvement. We also …


What Poetry Brings To Business, Steven S. Taylor Mar 2011

What Poetry Brings To Business, Steven S. Taylor

Organization Management Journal

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Jenny Jan’S Dilemma: Applying The Principles Of Resource Dependence Theory To Vendor Selection Negotiations, Pamela G. Schwalb, Rose M. Leavitt, John E. Barbuto Jr., Michele Millard, Robbe Peetz Mar 2011

Jenny Jan’S Dilemma: Applying The Principles Of Resource Dependence Theory To Vendor Selection Negotiations, Pamela G. Schwalb, Rose M. Leavitt, John E. Barbuto Jr., Michele Millard, Robbe Peetz

Organization Management Journal

This paper describes an original exercise developed to apply resource dependence theory (RDT) in an interesting and educational series of role plays. The exercise creates simulated negotiations between a fast-food sandwich shop and various supply vendors, where student actors representing these entities experience the dynamics between dependence and power. Complete theoretical background on RDT is followed by step-by-step instructions and processing information. Pre- and post-assessments, student reactions, and a photo-ready hand-out of the activity are also provided.


Introduction To Reviews And Research Of Note, Devi Akella Mar 2011

Introduction To Reviews And Research Of Note, Devi Akella

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Understanding Corporate Life, Kathryn Toelken Mar 2011

Understanding Corporate Life, Kathryn Toelken

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Business Schools: Ethics, Assurance Of Learning, And The Future, Bruce Warren, Susan D. Sampson, Erin Mcfee Mar 2011

Business Schools: Ethics, Assurance Of Learning, And The Future, Bruce Warren, Susan D. Sampson, Erin Mcfee

Organization Management Journal

This paper reviews the teaching of business ethics at 70 of the top ranked business schools in the United States and internationally as determined by Business Week magazine. Interviews were conducted with deans, associate and assistant deans, directors and faculty with a survey instrument focusing upon ethics in the curriculum, modifications to the ethics curriculum, and assessment of learning.


Connective Leadership: The Chief Nursing Officers' Relationship With Staff Nurses, Mary Ellen Clyne Jan 2011

Connective Leadership: The Chief Nursing Officers' Relationship With Staff Nurses, Mary Ellen Clyne

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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