Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School    University of St. Gallen   

Most organizations are split into different business divisions that all report to a corporate office. This office houses the CEOs and other corporate functions, such as HR, finance and IT.…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: IMD   

In the quest to achieve global efficiency, often companies find themselves faced with a dilemma: how can they manage the various processes needed to run a global organization, yet keep…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business    University of Illinois College of Business    University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management    IE Business School   

Investments in IT account for a large proportion of corporate discretionary spend and leaders need to understand the likely impact of such investments before allocating resources to it. The amount…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Wilfrid Laurier University    Hong Kong Polytechnic University    University of Texas, San Antonio   

More than just an assigned period for eating, a lunch break is an opportunity for employees to engage in various types of activities, from socializing with friends and colleagues to…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford    University of Nottingham   

In Aristotle’s great work the Nicomachean Ethics, happiness (eudaimonia) is not a feeling so much as a state — and a state with a distinctly moral dimension. Synonymous with ‘living…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: EMLYON Business School   

Scholars have identified different approaches to the management of uncertainty in the entrepreneurial process. The ‘classic’ model is ‘focused commitment’. The argument in this stream of research is that making…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Egon Zehnder International   

Discussing her return to PwC as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2012, Carol Sawdye said she would be spending much of her first year on the job focused on “change…

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: IESE Business School   

One way that organizations ensure that they accomplish certain objectives is through management control systems. These systems reward and promote employees according to certain criteria, in order to achieve goal…