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Preparing for High Impact Change: Experiential Learning and
Practice provides an overview of change processes for teaching,
facilitating, and coping with change. Tested high-impact exercises
in the book will prepare change leaders at all organizational
levels to deal with the myriad of challenges inherent in the
process of organizational change. Effective organizational change
involves a combination of understanding, learning and unlearning,
and practiced behaviour as part of the underlying
conceptualization, formulation, and implementation processes. The
book presents a series of exercises that promote self-learning and
developing readiness for change, from preparing people for change,
understanding and managing resistance, and coping with
change-related obstacles to seeking buy-in for the change. Emphasis
throughout the book is placed on developing change-related
competencies. This book is a resource for understanding aspects of
change, from theory to practice, for consultants, educators,
students and practitioners such as corporate training and
development personnel.
This innovative textbook provides a systematic approach to
developing practices of perception, reflection and inquiry to
facilitate sound ethical action in organizational settings. Now in
its second edition, Donna Ladkin's Mastering Ethics in
Organizations invites readers to reflect and experiment on ethical
behaviours with targetted activities in unique organizational
contexts. Key features of the second edition include: A
step-by-step approach to developing ethical astuteness Brand new
case studies on companies including Volkswagen, Amazon and Boeing
Art-based pedagogical material, including unique storytelling
approaches through mythology and film Guided and informed
discussions about contemporary ethical issues concerning the use of
social media, artificial intelligence and human-centred design.
Offering curated contextualized insights into the field, this
textbook will be ideal reading for MBA business ethics courses, as
well as Masters courses in leadership. It will also benefit
Continuing Professional Development audiences dealing with ethical
situations.
The communication and leadership secrets of Amazon founder Jeff
Bezos and how to master them, from Carmine Gallo the bestselling
author of Talk Like TED. Jeff Bezos built Amazon. A dreamer who
turned a bold idea into the world's most influential company, a
brand that likely touches your life every day. As a student of
leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way
Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch and present. He
created a scalable model that grew from a small team in a Seattle
garage to one of the world's largest employers. The Bezos Blueprint
by Carmine Gallo reveals the communication strategies that Jeff
Bezos pioneered to fuel Amazon's astonishing growth. As one of the
most innovative and visionary entrepreneurs of our time, Bezos
reimagined the way leaders write, speak and motivate teams and
customers. The communication tools Bezos created are so effective
that former Amazonians who worked directly with Bezos adopted them
as blueprints to start their own companies. Now, these tools are
available to you. 'Carmine Gallo examines more than two decades of
Bezos letters to reveal the writing and communication strategies
that should be taught to everyone with a story to tell' - Marc
Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix
In this timely book, Evan Douglas examines the limitations of the
current models of entrepreneurial motivation. He proposes an
expanded general model of entrepreneurial intention, which
integrates both commercial and social entrepreneurs, and explicitly
examines the motivation to innovate. In this new, integrated model
of entrepreneurial intention, he explores the asymmetric data
relationships and interdependencies of these four motivations that
operate to result in multiple equally-valid pathways to
entrepreneurial action. To discover the alternative configurations
that culminate in entrepreneurial intention, Douglas advocates
fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, which complements
traditional correlational methods and exposes additional
information about individual motivation that is suppressed in
sample-level correlational analysis. Innovative and insightful,
this book is an excellent primer for higher-degree and academic
researchers interested in what drives entrepreneurial actions.
Public sector researchers developing entrepreneurial
infrastructure, incubators and support services will also benefit
from Douglas's exciting new model.
New Zealand (NZ) offers an astonishing story regarding its Covid-19
response. This book argues that NZ offers lessons for business and
management actors across various geographical and political
contexts in the world. In this book, we draw attention to problems
and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic from a functional
management and organisational perspective. In particular,
contributors explore centralised and decentralised decision-making,
the notion of economic growth, well-being on a national level and
on a personal level, and business recovery and how NZ's exporting
and internationalisation strategies have been affected by Covid-19.
The intricate complexity of globalised supply chains, the
consequences of low levels of buffer in optimised outsourcing and
offshoring agreements and the criticality of 'non-critical' labour
for the seamless functioning and organisation of society are also
examined. Finally, the contributors explore the NZ Covid-19
response's geopolitical significance beyond the Pacifica/Oceania
region. In so doing, they illuminate how the NZ experience can
offer insights and learning for business and management in other
countries. This book will be key reading for business and
organisational scholars interested in international business,
internationalization and the geo-political and business
implications of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Managing and
organizing are now central phenomena in contemporary societies. It
is essential they are studied from a variety of perspectives, and
with equal attention paid to their past, their present, and their
future. This book collects opinions of trailblazing scholars
concerning the most important research topics, essential for study
in the next 15-20 years. The opinions concern both traditional
functions, such as accounting and marketing, personnel management
and strategy, technology and communication, but also new
challenges, such as diversity, equality, waste and cultural
encounters. The collection is intended to be inspiration for young
scholars and an invitation to a dialogue with practitioners. The
book's contributions are written by well-established scholars. Each
is a leader in their field and will remain important figures for
the next twenty years and beyond. Each chapter starts with a short
summary of the present situation but focuses on the future of the
discipline. The contributors cover practically all subfields of
what is called business administration, or management and
organization studies and include contain topics that are new, such
as invisible organizations or encounters between art, popular
culture and organizing. Outlining the future and the state of the
art, this comprehensive and innovative book is an essential
resource for students and academics seeking to be at the forefront
of future research in management and organization studies.
Contributors include: Y. Benschop, T. Beyes, F. Cochoy, F. Cooren,
H. Corvellec, J. Costas, A. Diedrich, M.-L. Djelic, G.S. Drori, C.
Grey, M. Kornberger, M. Kostera, W.J. Orlikowski, M. Parker, P.
Quattrone, C. Rhodes, S.V. Scott, J. Smolinski, J.-S. Vayre
'An intriguing study of the minds of some of rugby's greatest
leaders' - Tom English, BBC Sport An Official Licensed Product of
the British & Irish Lions A British & Irish Lions tour
presents one of the greatest challenges in sport. Rugby is a game
that rewards creative expression, toil, teamwork and a
never-say-die attitude. It can be joyful, vibrant and beautiful.
Equally, it can brutally expose human flaws and frailties - even
more so in the hugely pressurised environment of a Lions tour.
Every team, no matter how talented, will find itself in dark and
difficult situations both on and off the field; the successful ones
are those with a leadership group that can navigate these
challenging moments. In Legacy of the Lions, former Lions captain
Gavin Hastings draws on his own experiences in the famous red
jersey and interviews other greats of the game - including, among
many others, Sam Warburton, Warren Gatland, Paul O'Connell, Brian
O'Driscoll, Martin Johnson, Finlay Calder and Sir Ian McGeechan,
plus a selection of their illustrious opponents, such as Kieran
Read, John Smit and John Eales - to explore how to forge a
successful team in this most rarefied of environments, the
difficulties they each encountered and what leadership lessons they
learned. Inspiring, humorous and illuminating, Legacy of the Lions
casts a unique light on leadership, team-building and elite
performance and reveals a new perspective on touring with - and
playing against - The British & Irish Lions in the modern era.
'Developing Directors' is essential reading for chairmen and
directors, consultants and trainers charged with the task of
developing dynamic boardroom teams to lead the organisations of
today. It provides practical advice on identifying the qualities,
competencies and approaches needed for greater directorial
contribution.
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller
The secret to leading growth is your mindset Snowflake CEO Frank
Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in
enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO
ever after leading ServiceNow and Data Domain to exponential growth
and the public market before that. In Amp It Up Leading for
Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and
Elevating Intensity, he shares his leadership approach for the
first time. Amp It Up delivers an authoritative look at what it
takes to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale.
Slootman shows that most leaders have significant room to improve
their organization's performance without making expensive changes
to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model--and they
don't need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. What they
do need is to align people around what matters and execute with
urgency and intensity every day. Leading for unprecedented growth
means declaring war on mediocrity, breaking the status quo, and
making conflicted choices daily, all with a relentless focus on the
mission. Amp It Up provides the first principles to guide that
change, and the tactical advice for organizing a company around
them. Perfect for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers,
and leaders of all kinds, Amp It Up is a must-read resource for
anyone who seeks to unleash the growth potential of a company and
scale it to heights they never thought possible.
Donna Ladkin gives us an entirely novel and creative approach to
thinking about, and importantly, doing and teaching ethics. The
book is practice-based in the best sense of the word, using
meditation and other attention techniques to enhance awareness,
inquiry, and ultimately ethical insight at the personal and
organizational levels. It is accessible to students at all levels
of learning, with exercises that will generate personal insights.
At the same time, it is grounded in a wide range of sources, both
philosophical and managerial, that enhance the credibility of its
approach. This book will enhance the ethics and the lives of people
who read it and practice its approaches.' - Sandra Waddock, Boston
College Carroll School of Management, US'This book guides students
and practitioners through the building blocks of ethical practice.
It provides readers with an opportunity to reflect on their beliefs
and develop skills they need to competently resolve the thorny
ethical problems of organizational life. Ladkin grounds her
discussion in virtue ethics and the ethics of care but never lets
the philosophic theories weigh it down. The book offers an
intellectually sound, friendly, and helpful take on the practice of
organizational ethics.' - Joanne B. Ciulla, University of Richmond,
US With the use of exercises, reflective prompts and case studies,
Mastering the Ethical Dimension of Organizations offers a
practice-based approach to developing the skills critical to
responding ethically to organizational dilemmas. Starting from the
premise that ethical issues within organizations rarely come
'packaged', this book encourages an understanding of ethics beyond
organizational compliance systems or codes of conduct. Instead, it
argues that our ability to respond ethically requires ethical
perception, moral imagination and discernment akin to aesthetic
judgement; capabilities it fosters through a clear, programmed
approach. Engagingly and accessibly written by a leading
communicator in the field, this book will be essential for
postgraduate students of business, management or leadership. Human
resource management professionals, corporate responsibility
managers and those in other organizational roles will also find
this to be an insightful resource.
A legendary performance coach shares his simple, proven, and fun
methods for cultivating motivation and keeping it. To be productive
and optimistic about our personal and professional lives, we want
to feel that we can understand and influence what is happening
around us today, and that we have a reliable insight into what will
happen tomorrow. We also require a rich, supportive, and secure
social life. As more of us work remotely and the frequency of our
in-person contact decreases, this desire for connection and trust
has only become more important; the social drive is so strong that
our body temperature drops when we feel excluded. To satisfy our
psychological needs in today's professional world, we must pursue
them consciously and purposefully-but unfortunately, most of us
don't know how to do so effectively. Instead, we waste our time on
ineffective coping strategies that often make us feel even worse.
The true solution to becoming happier, healthier, and more
productive is to become intrinsically motivated: To stop wasting
time on activities that don't really contribute to our careers or
our company's success, eschew the dog-eat-dog culture of modern
business, and find ways to take pleasure in what we do-and to do it
well. Motivation by Stefan Falk is a comprehensive guide to
achieving this goal. Filled with methods and techniques he
developed at McKinsey & Company and through 25 years as a
senior executive and performance coach working with elite athletes,
top executives, special operators in the armed forces, and leaders
from all walks of life, this book will revolutionize your approach
to success at work and beyond. Published as Intrinsic Motivation in
the United States.
HOW TO ENSURE YOUR PERSONAL IMPACT HELPS RATHER THAN HIJACKS YOUR
CAREER Your 'personal brand' can be one of your greatest strengths
in business, but if you fail to define and manage it effectively,
it can also be one of your biggest weaknesses. This book will
enable you to: * Define your personal brand in a meaningful way *
Understand how to manage your image so that it aligns with your
personal brand * Identify the six key factors which will help
ensure you always look good * Avoid the most often seen 'image
wreckers' at work * Understand the seven worst habits of
unsuccessful personal brands * Maximise your personal impact
through your non-verbal and verbal behaviour Everyone has a
personal brand, so why not invest in yours now? -- "This
comprehensive guide is full of down-to-earth, achievable advice and
any professional who is serious about their career and wants to
achieve their full potential should read it and act upon it. "I can
promise you you'll see results straight away, although the lessons
will last a lifetime." Julia Campion MFIC, Managing Director, First
Impressions Image Consultancy Ltd.
As we grapple with how to respond to some of the world's most
pressing problems, there is growing global interest in 'social
innovation' as a potential solution. But what exactly is 'social
innovation'? And how can it help us to think about problems such as
inequality, poverty and climate change? Danielle Logue theorizes
social innovation as a contemporary manifestation of the historical
tensions between 'economy' and 'society' and the simultaneous
pursuit of economic and social progress. Going back to the
historical work of Adam Smith and his discussion of markets and
morality, the author draws on organizational and management theory
to present three theoretical lenses for understanding social
innovation. These lenses include theorizing social innovation as
social value creation, capture and distribution; social innovation
as polysemous; and social innovation as institutional change. She
then considers some of the current issues confronting social
innovation in practice and the challenges for organizations in
'doing good' and 'being good'. This generative introduction is
targeted at graduate and doctoral students, as well as
non-specialist academics. It aims to stimulate further discussion
and analysis by providing a comprehensive understanding of social
innovation and a choice of frameworks when examining complex and
wicked problems and the organization and management of efforts to
solve them.
Este libro es una coleccion de lecciones y anecdotas personales que
han formado la carrera en el servicio publico del general de cuatro
estrellas y anterior Secretario de Estado Colin Powell. En el
corazon de este libro se encuentran las "13 reglas", notas que el
ha acumulado en su escritorio, y ahora son base de sus
presentaciones de liderazgo en todo el mundo. Las reglas cortas y
sencillas de Powell como "enojate y luego superalo" y "comparte
credito" salen a la luz al revelar historias personales que
presentan y amplian sus principios para el liderazgo efectivo:
conviccion, trabajo duro, y sobre todo, respeto por otros. En el
trabajo y en la vida, Powell escribe "es el gesto humano lo que
cuenta". Una convincente narrador, Powell comparte las parabolas
tanto humoristicas como solemnes que ofrecen sabios consejos sobre
como triunfar en el lugar de trabajo y mas alla. "Confia en tu
gente", aconseja mientras delega pequenas responsabilidades
presidenciales a dos ayudantes principiantes. "Haz lo mejor alguien
esta viendo", les aconseja a aquellos que recien estan comenzando,
al recordar su propio trabajo de verano cuando era adolescente
enviando cajas de soda. Powell combina el conocimiento que ha
ganado al servir en los altos rangos de la milicia y en cuatro
administraciones presidenciales, asi como tambien las lecciones
aprendidas de una crianza dificil en el Bronx y su entrenamiento en
ROTC. El resultado es un retrato poderoso de un lider que es
prudente, modesto y agradecido por las contribuciones de cada una
de las personas con las que trabaja. Este libro de Colin Powell
esta hecho para inspirar, conmover y sorprender a los lectores.
Profundo y revelador, es un brillante y original modelo de
liderazgo.
This book addresses the different kinds of businesses launched by
entrepreneurs and explains why their differences are so critical
for our understanding of entrepreneurship. While entrepreneurs
create a wide variety of businesses, overwhelming emphasis has been
placed on explosive growth firms such as Facebook, Google, Amazon,
Uber and Airbnb. Although important, these businesses represent
less than one percent of start-ups. The book distinguishes four
types of new ventures: survival, lifestyle, managed growth and
aggressive growth. Underlying characteristics of each type are
investigated, together with the resources, skills and capabilities
necessary for their success. Issues that arise based on this
typology are explored, including reasons why ventures of one type
rarely change to become another, and how entrepreneurs determine
which they should pursue. In addition, the authors introduce the
'portfolio' concept, where the need to develop a balanced mix of
venture types is emphasized. The principal audiences for What Do
Entrepreneurs Create? include entrepreneurship educators, scholarly
researchers, public policy developers, economic development
professionals, and community organizations striving to foster
entrepreneurial activity.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. This Advanced Introduction provides a cutting edge review of
employee engagement, illustrating the theories and key instruments
for research that underpin the field and its antecedents and
consequences. It translates the science into practice by offering
recommendations on how to build an engaged workforce and how to
socialize and engage newcomers. Key features include: A
state-of-the-art review of the field, including an overview of
potential methodologies for measuring employee engagement Informed
and insightful discussions of different engagement targets and
referents and strategic employee engagement A keen awareness of
international variations in employee engagement. This book offers a
critical research agenda for researchers in business and management
hoping to develop their research in organizational settings. It
will also benefit managers and other practitioners in overcoming
common problems and developing an engaged workforce.
The most definitive management ideas of the century, all in one
place. Harvard Business Review is the foremost destination for
smart management thinking. Now, at its 100th anniversary, this
commemorative volume brings together the most influential ideas
since its inception. With an introduction written by editor in
chief Adi Ignatius, HBR at 100 features business publishing's most
influential voices on innovative topics, including: Michael E.
Porter on competitive strategy Clayton M. Christensen on disruptive
innovation Tim Brown on design thinking Linda A. Hill on being a
first-time manager Daniel Goleman on emotional intelligence Erik
Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee on artificial intelligence Robert
Livingston on racial equity at work Amy C. Edmondson and Mark
Mortensen on psychological safety Robert B. Cialdini on the science
of persuasion W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne on blue ocean
strategy Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad on strategic intent Peter F.
Drucker on managing yourself Whether you're a longtime reader or
you're picking up an HBR volume for the first time, this book
offers all you need to understand the most critical ideas in
management.
This book was previously titled, "The Way We're Working Isn't
Working."
"Be Excellent at Anything "is one of those rare books with the
power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.
Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger,
faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work,
undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75
percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every
day. "Be Excellent at Anything "offers a groundbreaking approach to
reenergizing our lives so we're both more satisfied and more
productive--on the job and off.
By integrating multidisciplinary findings from the science of high
performance, Tony Schwartz, coauthor of the #1 bestselling "The
Power of Full Engagement, "makes a persuasive case that we're
neglecting the four core needs that energize great performance:
sustainability (physical); security (emotional); self-expression
(mental); and significance (spiritual). Rather than running like
computers at high speeds for long periods, we're at our best when
we pulse rhythmically between expending and regularly renewing
energy across each of our four needs.
Organizations undermine sustainable high performance by forever
seeking to get more out of their people. Instead they should seek
systematically to meet their four core needs so they're freed,
fueled, and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every
day.
Drawing on extensive work with an extra-ordinary range of
organizations, among them Google, Ford, Sony, Ernst & Young,
Shell, IBM, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Cleveland
Clinic, Schwartz creates a road map for a new way of working. At
the individual level, he explains how we can build specific rituals
into our daily schedules to balance intense effort with regular
renewal; offset emotionally draining experiences with practices
that fuel resilience; move between a narrow focus on urgent demands
and more strategic, creative thinking; and balance a short-term
focus on immediate results with a values-driven commitment to
serving the greater good. At the organizational level, he outlines
new policies, practices, and cultural messages that Schwartz's
client companies have adopted.
" Be Excellent at Anything "offers individuals, leaders, and
organizations a highly practical, proven set of strategies to
better manage the relentlessly rising demands we all face in an
increasingly complex world.
This timely book offers a review of the current research and
literature around creating a healthy organisation. Providing an
informative guide of the field, it presents cutting-edge
international research, which addresses the key areas of
consideration for organisations as well as the areas in which they
need to challenge organisational perceptions and innovate. Chapters
present both theoretical and practical guidance, covering important
topics such as diversity, health and safety, organisational
perceptions and learning, and explore the psychological advantages
and unique challenges of developing a healthy organisation.
Explaining how to use evidence-based practice to develop, implement
and evaluate change at different scales and paces, the authors
focus on the organisation, the individual, or a combination of
both. It highlights the importance of context and process in
interventions and the value of locally tailored interventions for
the sustainability of practice. This will be a helpful read for
management scholars wishing to gain a better understanding of the
nature of healthy organisations. Written in a transferable style,
it would also assist government officials, policy makers and
management of any sector in both developed and emerging economies.
Hierdie uitgawe van die titel bevat riglyne vir elke komponent van
ekstensiewe wildboerdery. Dit is omvattend herstruktureer en
bygewerk om die nuutste beskikbare inligting weer te gee. Daarby is
daar etlike nuwe hoofstukke, onder andere oor bemarking, boogjag,
groensafari's en nog meer. Die titel is reeds gevestig as die
primere handleiding vir studente en wildboere. Daarbenewens is dit
'n uitstekende algemene inligtingsbron oor talle wildsoorte in
Suid-Afrika.
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