Can the loss of an integrative and humanistic approach to management be to blame for the recent economic crisis? According to the authors of this paper, meaningful and holistic management can help address the major management challenges that managers confront in today’s social and economic crisis. They refer to a 2010 IESE symposium, ‘Facing the […]
Subject: Management Theories
Culture Club: Coaching by Values for Corporate Success
Success in business is no longer about simply becoming bigger or richer than one’s competitors. It is about being able to deal with increasing levels of complexity, including the management of that which is core to our human nature, our values. In the 21st century’s global arena, and in the wake of corporate scandals, wars, […]
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Leading Complex Projects through Collaboration
Collaboration has turned traditional leadership and project management on its head in recent years. In this Idea we examine how leaders and managers can benefit from a collaborative model for implementing complex projects in organizations. In traditional project management, each phase of the project is dealt with thoroughly before moving to the next. Collaboration, however, […]
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Evidence, Facts and Intuition in Decision Making
Decision-making is perhaps the essence of management, and much attention continues to be focused on how to do it better. In this Idea we consider whether managers are making the facts-based decisions they seek to make. There is research that suggests that evidence is not as frequent an input to a decision process as suggested […]
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Aligning the Organization to Let Leadership Happen
Stepping away from the traditional, overwhelming lists of ideal characteristics for leaders, let’s examine how leadership actually happens. The ‘whole system’ perspective in this Idea, show us that leadership happens in the interactions and exchanges among people with shared work. Specifically, we can highlight three outcomes those interactions should yield: making direction, alignment, and commitment […]
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