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Lloyd, Bruce; Trapp, Roger - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 20 (1999) 6, pp. 332-336

Bruce Lloyd in discussion with Roger Trapp, author of Blunder Boss: How Britain’s Bosses are Failing You. In his book the author argues that there is too often a serious mismatch between what executives say and what they do. This is particularly relevant when those at the top maintain...

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OD for Managers: Some Fall‐out from Empirical Results

Cahoon, A.R.; Rowney, J.I.A. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 7 (1986) 1, pp. 15-16

. The needs of managers at various levels in the hierarchy differ and one method for all management is not effective. Needs … of managers are identified here by level, and appropriate OD strategies based on these findings suggested. …

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Strategic Mentality

TenDam, Hans W. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 7 (1986) 2, pp. 27-32

Strategic mentality is the individual ability of managers to think, decide and act strategically. This requires the …

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A Survey of Differences in Communication between Managers and Subordinates

Marshall, Verena; Cacioppe, Ron - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 7 (1986) 5, pp. 17-25

There is a significant difference in the perception managers have regarding the level of communications they have with … their subordinates and the level of communication subordinates perceive they have with their managers. Managers in the … private sector do not communicate more with their employees than managers in the public sector. Nor do private employees …

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Participatory Decision Making in Review

Pollock, Marcy; Colwill, Nina L. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 8 (1987) 2, pp. 7-10

Should managers share their decision‐making power? Do managers who alow their subordinates to participate in …

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Corporate Culture — Why Managers Should be Interested

Gorman, Liam - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 8 (1987) 5, pp. 3-9

The significance of corporate culture for the practising manager is highlighted, with emphasis on the hidden nature of culture and the importance of growing awareness of it so that its hidden forces can be managed. Having defined corporate culture, the types that may exist and the question of...

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LINGUISTIC HOMOGENEITY IN CORPORATE MANAGEMENT GROUPS

Berrey, Carol - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 9 (1988) 2, pp. 23-26

A corporate organisation, because it exists in a climate characterised by uncertainty, ambiguity and a need for accurate communication, tends to choose a new organisation member on his/her perceived similarity to group social norms. One of the most important of these is language. Since...

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INTENTIONAL CHANGES OF MIDDLE MANAGERS: DIAGNOSING AND IMPROVING THE ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT CLIMATE

Walfisch, Shulamith; Posluns, Elaine - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 9 (1988) 6, pp. 11-16

Thirty middle managers of a teaching hospital were interviewed about their intentional changes as managers — both … managers. Changes were categorised into: intradepartmental, personal growth and development, environmental, and leadership … represented by the number of managers who chose this area of change and by the direction of the change in leadership style …

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How to Improve Team Management

Margerison, Charles J.; McCann, Dick - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 10 (1989) 5, pp. 2-42

Effective team management can be the difference between success and failure in business. This monograph provides some practical ideas based on experience to enable you, the manager, to develop your team and improve its performance. The Team Management Systems approach to developing effective...

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Do Organizations Have Feelings?

Albrow, Martin - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 19 (1998) 7, pp. 400-400

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