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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 …
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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 …
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on the firm or industry but is reflective of the strength of the beliefs held by managers. This implies that the "black …
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Conduct an exploratory study on operationally focussed managers within a South African company, using both quantitative …
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This article describes a programme of practice-grounded empirical management research set within an NHS Trust Hospital in the UK that was conducted as part of an HRD Professional Partnership of the kind advocated by Jacobs (1997). The research was concerned with identifying the criteria of...
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Before this study took place, the social psychology perspective of Attributiontheory was yet to be fully utilised in South African research within themaintenance error landscape.Attributional approaches see the person on the street operating like a scientist,obtaining information from his or her...
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should be of interest to managers in companies considering enhanced disclosure policies, regulators considering mandating …
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Lean manufacturing has been widely adopted by many production companies. Apart from the operational difficulty associated with conversion from a traditional, functional based operation, adoption of Lean manufacturing involves significant organizational transformations. It requires formation of...
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Abstract The examination of the behavioural responses of the reciprocal first name exchange as a policy in firms in Nigeria was the main objective of this research. It was also the intent of this empirical work to highlight the challenges and issues of the transferability and applicability of...
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This paper is reviews accident causation, prevention and occupational health and safety (OHS) management as an opportunity for improving organisational performance. A theoretical framework based on a periodization scheme is introduced first. This is then used to examine theoretical and practical...
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