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Aligning business leadership development with business needs: the value of discrimination
Bailey, Catherine; Clarke, Martin - In: Journal of Management Development 27 (2008) 9, pp. 912-934
state of business leadership development (BLD) and to identify directions for innovative future practice. The first of two … politics in the execution of BLD and the positive effect of individual leadership in moderating the effectiveness of the …
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Choose an HR star for competitive edge
Whitaker Shimko, Barbara; Swift, Marshall S. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 9, pp. 616-625
because of their generally applicable skill sets. However, this is a new, confrontational leadership role that HR personnel …
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Participation as the key to successful change – a public sector case study
O’Brien, Geraldine - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 23 (2002) 8, pp. 442-455
Public sector reform has focussed attention on how different models of change can contribute to organizational metamorphosis. Traditional “top down” approaches are unlikely to achieve the necessary change. Instead, using a case study of an Irish public sector organization, this article...
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Utilizing organizational culture gap analysis to determine human resource development needs
Brown, F. William; Dodd, Nancy G. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 19 (1998) 7, pp. 374-385
The effectiveness of the Competing Values Framework (CVF) as a means to determine human resource development needs was examined. Members of the board of directors and all full‐time employees of a Cooperative assessed the current status of the organizational culture and the nature of culture...
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Implementing decentralised reform in local government
Jones, Robert - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 12 (1999) 1, pp. 63-77
This article presents a longitudinal case study of the methods employed by the general managers of two leading Australian local authorities in an attempt to introduce decentralised reform into their organisations. The article commences by detailing the nature of the respective general...
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Butting heads and headlines
Dutkiewicz, Jan; Duxbury, Linda - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 1, pp. 98-116
prescriptions for effective change leadership (traditionally confined to single leaders) apply to a situation and organization where … that the generally accepted best practice of change leadership does not necessarily apply to a newspaper environment and … existing normative leadership theories, seeks to explain why this is the case, and makes numerous suggestions for further study …
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Acciona: a process of transformation towards sustainability
Arenas, Daniel; Fosse, Jeremie; Murphy, Matthew - In: Journal of Management Development 30 (2011) 10, pp. 1027-1048
Purpose – This teaching case seeks to explain the main aspects of Acciona's sustainability strategy and the process of transformation of the company after the new CEO took office in 2004. It also aims to present some possible difficulties of maintaining such strategies in the new economic and...
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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue values strong leadership culture
Lewis, Natalie - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 7, pp. 27-29
leadership programme that has driven positive change in the organization. Design/methodology/approach – The paper details the … bespoke leadership‐development plan created by leadership and change‐management consultant SFL, which involves workshops to … translate the core messages, followed by additional workshops for supervisory managers to develop their leadership skills in …
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HR should be buried and then given a seat on the board
Bridle, Paul - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 18 (2010) 1, pp. 5-7
. Findings – Advances the view that the leadership of an organization needs to involve HR and encourage it to make an … – Argues that the board or leadership of an organization needs to value the strategic role HR plays and stop imposing …
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The 100 days that transformed HSBC Argentina
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 18 (2010) 2, pp. 6-9
Purpose – Aims to inspire and support leaders wanting to change the culture of large and complex organizations by describing how and why HSBC in Argentina went through 100 days of intense activity, significantly changing the culture of more than 6,000 employees. Design/methodology/approach –...
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