Leadership & Organization Development Journal
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Mediating Interpersonal Conflict in Organizations: Minimal Conditions for Resolution
Tập 3 Số 1 - Trang 11-16
This article discusses the minimal conditions that must be present in order for movement towards resolution of interpersonal conflict to occur, and brings into question earlier assumptions about the amount of skill a person functioning as a third party mediator must possess in order to be effective.
The Durability Factor: A Systems Approach to Managerial Endurance
Tập 13 Số 4 - Trang 14-19
Argues that covert activity determines the durability of the
manager. Applying systems theory, dissects both organizations and
managers to determine what makes them effective over time. Paralleling
knowledge of organizational success with managerial success, uncovers
similarities which have direct implications for understanding business
effectiveness.
Seeing and Believing Management Productivity
Tập 3 Số 1 - Trang 2-4
If all human beings were motivated in the same way, the job of management would be relatively easy. Of course we do not all see the world in the same way. Perception is what we see, and attitudes are what we think about what we see. There are two views of perception: a macro, or organisationally influenced view, and a micro, or individually oriented view of the perceptual process.
Technical note: a study of Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory
Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 113-116
This study empirically tested Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory (SLT) among 151 senior executives within service and manufacturing businesses of a large Fortune 100 company. SLT focuses on the interaction of the leader’s behaviour and follower readiness to determine leader effectiveness. SLT suggests that the appropriate level of task and relationship behaviour is the one that “......
Emotional Logic and Decision Making: The Interface between Professional Upheaval and Personal Evolution (1st English ed.)
Tập 27 Số 5 - Trang 416-418
Empowerment within the UK construction sector
Tập 23 Số 6 - Trang 333-342
The feasibility and success of empowerment are to some extent determined by factors relating to the culture and structure of the industries within which organizations are embedded. The UK construction industry is an example that has a unique socio‐technical context, some aspects of which seem well‐suited to empowerment strategies. However, despite support for empowerment, it has not yet been unive......
Managing Professionals in Multidisciplinary Teams: A Case Study from Psychiatry
Tập 14 Số 6 - Trang 12-16
Addresses what “management” means in a
multidisciplinary professional team. Looks at one particular profession
– psychiatry – in which multidisciplinary teams are common
and often problematic. Considers some of the issues that arise in the
management of such teams, and particularly the tendency for competing
professionals to wish to colonize each others′ area of operation.
Proposes that the key to......
The relationship between charismatic leadership behaviors and organizational commitment
Tập 21 Số 1 - Trang 30-35
This article reports on a study to measure the relationship between the six leadership behaviors identified by Conger and Kanunago and the two organizational commitment components identified by Porter and Smith. A total of 245 respondents from six organizations in south‐eastern USA participated in the study. Pearson correlations of the factors from the two scales were computed and revealed tha......
MRP Systems: Using New Technology in Manufacturing
Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 26-29
Material Requirements Planning systems are complex and sophisticated and can bring about great changes; they have much to offer manufacturing industry but must be carefully implemented.