Conflicts & Conflict Management
Definition of 'Conflict' It helps if we first define what we mean by 'conflict' Conflict is an expressed struggle between at least two parties, both of whom perceive interference from the other towards achieving their goals A conflict can only exist when both parties are aware of... More...
Leadership - Presentation Skills
Introduction Presentations and reports are ways of communicating ideas and information to a group. But unlike a report, a presentation carries the speaker's personality better and allows immediate interaction between all the participants. A good presentation has: Content - It contains... More...
LEVERAGING POWER AND POLITICS
The challenges faced by strategic leaders in implementing complex and long-range consequential decisions demand that they be sophisticated with respect to issues of leadership, power and influence. The changes that are shaping the nature of work in today's complex organizations require... More...
Organizational culture
Organizational culture can loosely be defined as the shared assumptions, beliefs, and "normal behaviors" (norms) of a group. These are powerful influences on the way people live and act, and they define what is "normal" and how to sanction those who are not "normal." To a large degree, what we... More...
Strategic Leadership and Decision Making
The Environment of Strategic Leadership and Decision Making What is a strategic decision, and how is it different from other types of decisions? The Character of Strategic Decisions Strategic decisions are far reaching and consequential for the organization and typically... More...
Basic Management Skills ( Part 2 )
How to Build Quality into your Team Quality is primarily viewed in terms of corporate culture, multi-departmental ad-hoc task forces and the salvation of entire companies. This article, instead, will view these ideas as they might be applied by a Team Leader with a small permanent... More...
The Strategic Leader as an Individual
DEVELOPING STRATEGIC LEADERS Times of great change create an enduring need to do more leader development, more often. Sullivan and Harper DEVELOPMENT An excellent concept of development comes from George B. Forsythe's article "The Preparation of Strategic Leaders." Forsythe argues... More...
Strategic Leadership and Decision Making-FRAMING PERSPECTIVES
FRAMING PERSPECTIVES "You're wrong to say that you see nothing else. You see everything, although you may not be able to interpret it." Munoz didn't budge from where he was; he merely indicated the painting with a movement of his chin. "I think it comes down to points of view. What we have... More...
Teams and Decision Making in the
ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS The U.S. defense industry helped win the Cold War. Now it is engaged in another tremendous challenge: winning the peace. Every U.S. citizen has a stake in the future of the industry, which has played a vital role in modern life. It helped... More...
Teams and Decision Making in the Strategic Environment
CREATING AND MANAGING TEAMS Despite America’s individualist ethos, American managers appear to have an insatiable appetite for information about teams. Since the mid-1980s, there has been an exponential growth in the number of articles published on teams in the workplace. The internet... More...