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Too Much of a Good Thing: Collaborative Overload
Idea posted: May 2018
Institutions: Babson College The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
In the 21st century interconnected, global, cross-functional, flat-hierarchy, silo-busted world of business, collaboration and teamwork are viewed as one of the foundational pillars of success, at both the organizational level…
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Understanding Follower Attitudes Helps Decipher Leadership Success
Idea posted: November 2017
Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School University of Surrey Business School Aston University Business School University of Bath
What makes a good leader? The answer is often given in the context of the leader’s impact on followers — a natural response since the effectiveness of a leader is…
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Why You Need to Mend Any Poor Relationships With Your Employees
Idea posted: September 2017
Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School
The quality of the relationship between a leader and a follower or subordinate can have a major impact on the satisfaction and happiness, and ultimately the performance of that subordinate.…
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Bridge-Building CEOs Unite Divided Management Teams to Succeed
Idea posted: September 2017
Institutions: University of St. Gallen Henley Business School
Diverse backgrounds on top management teams (TMT) can lead to the creation of knowledge-based faultlines. These faultlines are the result of top managers clustering into TMT subgroups based on shared…
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Leader-Team Member Relationships 2: Impact Job Satisfaction, Trust and Empowerment
Idea posted: September 2017
Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School University of Liverpool Management School University of Exeter Business School ALBA Graduate Business School Durham University
The theory of leader-member exchange (LMX) focuses on the quality of the relationship between a leader and individual members of his or team, and how that relationship affects overall performance…
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Leader-Team Member Relationships 1: Impact on Performance
Idea posted: September 2017
Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School Aston University Business School University of Surrey Business School ISCTE Business School
Leader member exchange (LMX) theory is a theory that assesses leadership based on the relationships between leaders and followers (rather than the specific traits or behaviours of leaders). Thus, for…
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Supervising Projects Despite Limited Time and Expertise
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School Stockholm School of Economics HEC Paris
A company in the facility engineering industry took on a large and complex project that presented both technical challenges and was subject to legal regulations that affected customer requirements. Unfortunately,…
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Why Flat Information Structures Enable Creative Thinking
Idea posted: May 2017
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Creativity occurs when pieces of information are put together in novel and useful ways. ‘Information’ here is used broadly, and includes objects, symbols and facts. This broad concept of information…
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Innovation and the Pros and Cons of Close Personal Relationships
Idea posted: September 2016
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University University of Amsterdam Cranfield University School of Management University of Leuven
An organization’s activities can be divided between exploitation — the day-to-day operations of the organization as well as strategic planning and implementation — and exploration — acquiring and using new…
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