This slide presentation describes the origin, approach and deliverables of course Org. Dynm.633, on “Leadership from … the Middle” (LftM). Course participants were middle managers taking responsibility without authority for producing results … organizational challenges and realities and then in designing an idealized leadership approach in class. Between classes students …

.The literature review covers areas that releates to how managers responded to change in areas of leadership, culture, structure and … Bellville was used as a case study, and focus was primarily with first line managers at the call centre. The motivation for the … providers. The ultimate objective of the study is to provide generic guidelines of how managers should respond to change on …

understanding trust and commitment building mechanisms through effective leadership. The trigger to allow willingness of former …

two cases studies to highlight some of the benefits of collaboration. The key role of leadership in the two cases is noted … different forms of ownership and governance. Collaboration supported by creative leadership can give small firms a competitive … innovative edge, small businesses seeking to be innovative need to understand the importance of leadership and collaboration …

manager. Furthermore, we hypothesize that optimistic managers embody positive leadership—employing a strengths-based approach … productivity of their employees. In a cross-sectional study of 86 employees and 17 managers in an Information Technology (IT …) organization, positive leadership correlated with employee optimism, engagement, and project performance. When we looked at a …

transitional period.The goal of this research paper is to explore the attitude of managers of rapidly growing companies toward … changes and conflicts and to examine those managers‘ styles of management and conflict handling. Thus the phenomenon of … leadership in changes and undergoing conflict situations is defined. In order to achieve defined goal, the author pursued four …

on the firm or industry but is reflective of the strength of the beliefs held by managers. This implies that the "black …

Conduct an exploratory study on operationally focussed managers within a South African company, using both quantitative …

transformational leadership on team processes and innovative outcomes in research and development (R&D) teams. Design …/methodology/approach – Data are collected by surveying 34 teams that totalled 178 participants. Surveys measured charismatic leadership style …, team identity, cooperative strategies and team innovation. Findings – Results reveal the importance of managers assuming a …