practices of disempowerment, and processes by which people and communities struggle for control over their lives and environments. A Brief History of Theories of Power This chapter makes no pretension to survey all the existing literature in the field of the theories of power. It begins with a historical survey of thought about power in the social sciences, relating only to the most prominent theories. Further on, a number of theories that contain elements suitable to the development of a theory
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the existence of gender bias in organizational policies and practices may suggest that they have no power to determine their own success. For the purpose of this paper, I am interested in further exploring Women in Leadership The past two decades have seen notable progress for women in corporate America, as most forms of obvious gender discrimination have been eliminated and many companies have invested in women’s advancement initiatives and organizational change programs (Browne, 2013).
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wide scope, why organizations often have a difficult time capturing exactly what it is they mean when they strive for creative outcomes—or how to know when they have achieved them. Current definitions of cognitive creativity (e.g., scientific or organizational) typically describe the construct as involving “the generation of novel behavior that meets a standard of quality or utility” (e.g.,
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Running Head: Leadership and Supervising Influence in Human Service Programs Leadership and Supervising Influence in Human Service Programs Leadership and supervision in the Human Service field is about the person who assigns roles, organizes, schedules, and makes the final decision on behalf of the organization. The Alfred Kadushin model of supervision has influenced many great leaders to follow his approach to supervising others. Learning team B, will discuss the three different roles of
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socscinet.com/bam/humres Talent management: A critical review Robert E. Lewis ⁎, Robert J. Heckman Personnel Decisions International, USA Abstract If the volume of literature in the popular and practitioner press is any guide, practitioners in the field of human resources are now primarily in the business of talent management. But what is talent management and what basis does it have in scientific principles of human resources and management? In this paper we address this question by reviewing problems
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knowledge is a key activity for today’s specialized workforce. The efficient and effective transfer of experiences, insights, and know-how among different experts and decision makers is a prerequisite for high-quality decision making and coordinated, organizational action (Straub & Karahanna, 1998; Rosenthal & ‘t Hart, 1991). Situations of such deliberate (interfunctional) knowledge transfer through interpersonal communication or group conversations (Gratton & Goshal, 2002, Tsoukas 1996) can be found in
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An Analytical Study of Executive Stress Management in Selected Industries Of Thane District. RESEARCH PROPASAL Submitted to BHARATI VIDYAPEETH’S INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT ,PUNE. For the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management Under the Department of Human Resource Management IMED, PUNE. By Mrs. Saili Satyendra Narvekar Under the guidance of
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Management and organizational theory Instructor: Elijah Levy, Ph.D. Email: elijah_levy@redlands.edu thelevylaunch@yahoo.com Cell number: 562-2230-3334 I have been teaching at University of Redlands since 1992 in the school of business—teaching in the undergraduate and graduate MBA and Masters of Arts in Management program (MAM). My doctorate degree is in clinical psychology and I am an interdisciplinary thinker—enjoying the synthesis of philosophy, psychology, sociology and
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Arthur G. Jago University of Missouri—Columbia Leadership depends on the situation. Few social scientists would dispute the validity of this statement. But the statement can be interpreted in many different ways, depending, at least in part, on what one means by leadership. This article begins with a definition of leadership and a brief description of 3 historically important theories of leadership. The most recent of these, contingency theories, is argued to be most consistent with existing
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The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research Author(s): Scott Shane and S. Venkataraman Source: The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 217-226 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/259271 . Accessed: 15/07/2014 10:10 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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