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Making Managers Account For Diversity, Judith H. Katz, Roger Gans Nov 1998

Making Managers Account For Diversity, Judith H. Katz, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Overwhelmingly, people who work in organizations cite their managers as having the greatest influence both on the quality of their work and the quality of their work-life. Managers also exert tremendous influence over the success or failure of organizational change initiatives. This article suggests that organizational change efforts have greater chances for success when managers are held accountable for practicing and modeling the behaviors required of the change initiative. The article describes a model system of accountability enacted in a composite organization and the effects on employee retention, job satisfaction and customer-service quality.


What Makes A Good Manager?, Frederick A. Miller, Roger Gans Mar 1998

What Makes A Good Manager?, Frederick A. Miller, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Managers have enormous influence over the work-life experience, productivity and job satisfaction of the people they supervise. While much is often said about the importance of cultural sensitivities, focus group interviews suggest cultural sensitivity is not as important to workers as whether their manager treats them fairly and enables them to do their best work. This article reports on the results of scores of focus-group interviews regarding five things managers do that are most likely to alienate their direct reports and five characteristics people most appreciate—or would like to see—in their managers.


Erratic Residents Purple Finches Cause 'Pink Sparrow' Winter, Jessie Maye Smith Mar 1975

Erratic Residents Purple Finches Cause 'Pink Sparrow' Winter, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Wren Well Known For Bursts Of Song, Jessie Maye Smith Oct 1974

Wren Well Known For Bursts Of Song, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Observers Busied By Migrant Flights, Jessie Maye Smith Oct 1974

Observers Busied By Migrant Flights, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Oft-Hunted Pheasant Latecomer To America, Jessie Maye Smith Sep 1974

Oft-Hunted Pheasant Latecomer To America, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Brainy Crows Entitled To Boldly Superior Airs, Jessie Maye Smith Sep 1974

Brainy Crows Entitled To Boldly Superior Airs, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Identifying Warblers Not Easy In Autumn, Jessie Maye Smith Sep 1974

Identifying Warblers Not Easy In Autumn, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Norther Brings Area Influx Of Wild Fowl, Jessie Maye Smith Sep 1974

Norther Brings Area Influx Of Wild Fowl, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Flight Masters Visit, Prior To Mexico Trip, Jessie Maye Smith Aug 1974

Flight Masters Visit, Prior To Mexico Trip, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


U.S. Pact With Japan Protects 189 Species, Jessie Maye Smith Aug 1974

U.S. Pact With Japan Protects 189 Species, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Birds Join In Salute To Girl Scout Camp, Jessie Maye Smith Aug 1974

Birds Join In Salute To Girl Scout Camp, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Dakota Site To House Bald Eagle Grounds, Jessie Maye Smith Jul 1974

Dakota Site To House Bald Eagle Grounds, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Nature Center Stroll Good For 48 Species, Jessie Maye Smith Jul 1974

Nature Center Stroll Good For 48 Species, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Nature Center Group Lines Up Field Trips, Jessie Maye Smith Jul 1974

Nature Center Group Lines Up Field Trips, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Not All Bird Nests Fit Popular Concept, Jessie Maye Smith Jun 1974

Not All Bird Nests Fit Popular Concept, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Owl Disc Calls Up Quartet Of Warblers, Jessie Maye Smith May 1974

Owl Disc Calls Up Quartet Of Warblers, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Depredations Feared From Parakeet Influx, Jessie Maye Smith May 1974

Depredations Feared From Parakeet Influx, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Brazos Bend Site Birders Bonanza, Jessie Maye Smith May 1974

Brazos Bend Site Birders Bonanza, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


53 Species Make Endangered List, Jessie Maye Smith Apr 1974

53 Species Make Endangered List, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Loss Of Most Of Mulberry Crop This Season Severe Blow To Birds, Jessie Maye Smith Apr 1974

Loss Of Most Of Mulberry Crop This Season Severe Blow To Birds, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Bird Stories Woven Into Easter Narrative, Jessie Maye Smith Apr 1974

Bird Stories Woven Into Easter Narrative, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Bird Watcher Baffled By Cries In The Night, Jessie Maye Smith Apr 1974

Bird Watcher Baffled By Cries In The Night, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Plans For Steel Shot On Bird Hunts Eyed, Jessie Maye Smith Mar 1974

Plans For Steel Shot On Bird Hunts Eyed, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Pair Find Inca Doves On Farm Near Fw, Jessie Maye Smith Mar 1974

Pair Find Inca Doves On Farm Near Fw, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Gulf Trip Cures Itch To View Other Fowl, Jessie Maye Smith Mar 1974

Gulf Trip Cures Itch To View Other Fowl, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Two Types Of Grebes Observed During Weekend Field Trip At Benbrook, Jessie Maye Smith Feb 1974

Two Types Of Grebes Observed During Weekend Field Trip At Benbrook, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Traveler Follows Gray Whales To Baja California, Sees Wandering Tattler, Jessie Maye Smith Feb 1974

Traveler Follows Gray Whales To Baja California, Sees Wandering Tattler, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Sumps Said To Be Oil And Water Traps For Animals, Jessie Maye Smith Feb 1974

Sumps Said To Be Oil And Water Traps For Animals, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.


Purple Martin Time Close To Winging In, Jessie Maye Smith Feb 1974

Purple Martin Time Close To Winging In, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.