Idea posted: September 2021

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School    University College London    Warwick University Business School    University of Victoria Peter B. Gustavson School of Business   

Craft was long seen as a primitive form of work organization rendered obsolete by the Industrial Age. However, the concept of craft is making an energetic resurgence, influencing the making…

Idea posted: November 2016

Institutions: University of Utah David Eccles School of Business   

Most people multi-task because they think they can do it well — and that they will acquire the rewards of multi-tasking, such as saving time and being less bored with…

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Queensland University of Technology Business School    Cranfield University School of Management   

The best companies are expected to model, if not to develop themselves, innovative new management practices. This expectation is known as the ‘institutional norm of progress’, and companies that use…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford    King's College London    Warwick University Business School   

Transforming academic research from pure knowledge into real-world business or organizational practices is challenging for a wide variety of reasons. Time is an issue. Business unit or organizational leaders have…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: SDA Bocconi School of Management    University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management   

Organizational design theory studies the formal structures of an organization; network research focuses on informal structures — the informal interactions and relationships ‘behind the chart’. Giuseppe Soda of Bocconi University…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

Executives and managers are inundated with management theories, philosophies and models, many of which offer contradictory advice. One dilemma they face is whether to grant employees autonomy or to use…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: IE Business School   

The traditional, hierarchical structure of organizations is diminishing as we work our way through the 21st century. Business is fast-paced and unpredictable; we cannot rely on things the way we…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Much of the recent research into leadership seems to note the same thing: current leadership theories are lacking something, or limiting in their conceptualization. Elaborating on this, the author of…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Maastricht School of Management   

What can classical Chinese philosophy teach the West about leaders and leadership? A lot, according to the author of this paper; Western leaders can, amongst many things, learn how to…