strategy+business Managing with the Brain in Mind by David Rock from strategy+business issue 56‚ Autumn 2009 reprint number 09206 Reprint features special report 1 by David Rock Naomi Eisenberger‚ a leading social neuroscience Managing with the Brain in Mind researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)‚ wanted to understand what goes on in the brain when people feel rejected by others. She designed an experiment in which volunteers played a
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MANAGING RESISTANCE TO CHANGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As it goes in the popular saying‚ “There is nothing permanent in this world except change.” In any organization‚ change is inevitable! This 6-letter word will determine the organization’s direction; either to success or leads to failure. For any organization going through this process‚ resistance to change will be the very first problem that the Change Manager will have to address and come up with systematic planning and solutions. That’s why it’s
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Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler Harvard Business Review Reprint 89509 HBR SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1989 Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler I n Brazil‚ where paternalism and the family business fiefdom still flourish‚ I am president of a manufacturing company that treats its 800 employees like responsible adults. Most of them—including factory workers—set their own working hours. All have access to the company books. The vast majority vote on many important
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Social-Technical Perspective: A solution for Managing Information Overload In my opinion‚ organizations are likely to find better solutions thru informational overload using technical and social systems. Information overload has an ability to cause negative effects on an organizations performance. Within‚ technical and social systems there are a collection of complex components that solve problems within that system. Knowledge management uses the combination and utilization of technology at every
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In a merger‚ cultural differences are more vital to overcome then fighting for equal power or profits. (Harford‚ 2003) The marriage of Alcatel and Lucent was never going to be easy. To some extend the merger was a good business step. Lucent ’s with its wireless business nicely complemented Alcatel ’s global image and its prowess in fixed-line and broadband. However their cultural differences were among many challenges that Alcatel-Lucent had to face during the merger. One was hierarchical and
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MANAGING A SCHOOL EFFECTIVELY Changing role of the school principal The techno century’s Leadership - From Principals to CEO (Chief Education Officer) Abstract The techno century’s principalship - From Principals to CEO (Chief Education Officer) The role of the principal is multi-faceted. The techno century’s principalship in its epitomized role is about ensuring the relevance of aims‚ content‚ practices‚ and outcomes of formal education to digital generation. In accepting this coveted role
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Managing Organizational Change Zaid Mulki AWR‚ 1 Business Administration Spring 2010 Page Contents Abstract 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Definition of Organization Change 5 3. Types of Organizational Change 5 3.1. Strategic Change 5 3.2. Structural Change 6 3.3. Technological Change 7 3.4. Behavioral Change 8 4. Change Process 9 4.1. Kurt Lewin 9 4.2. The Change Implementation Model 10 5. Obstacles to Change. 11 6. Managing Change 12 6.1. Commitment 12 6.2
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Leading and Managing Conflict Resolution Conflict is created from differences between individuals‚ institutions or even countries. It usually happens when people disagree over desires‚ideas‚ motivations‚ or values. Sometimes the extent of these differences can ignite a fire that points to an underlying source of the real issue. These issues can be needs that were not met earlier and triggers a sense of disconnect or lack of value for that individual. Everyone needs to feel a sense of security
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MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL Lectures setting assessment: David Hall/Dr. Rajendra Kumar Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 LITERATURE REVIEWS 4 I- Definition of People Management 4 1. What is Personnel Management (PM)? 4 2. What is Human Resource Management (HRM) 4 3. The differences between PM and HRM 7 II Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) 8 1 What is Strategic Human Resource Management? 8 2 How does Human Resource’s function add incremental value to performance of Business as business
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Strategies for Managing Stress Every day people describe their lives as intense and stressful. There are many causes of stress such as job related‚ family‚ and financial. However‚ there exist multiple types of stress. Nonetheless‚ stress levels can vary from one individual to the next and remains to be a challenge definitively. According to Colella‚ Hitt‚ and Miller (2006) "stress can be defined as a feeling of tension that occurs when a person assesses that a given situation is about to exceed
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