Fast changing economic environment has led exporting to be evolved as one of the fastest growing economic activities in the recent times. However, in this highly competitive global era exporting firms have to overcome several barriers in achieving superior performance in the international...

This research study tries to understand the relevance of four dimensions (viz., support, team-building, goal emphasis and help with work) of Leadership incorporated by Likert (1967) to identify and classify System 1 to 4 by conducting intensive study of six organizations in India. Data,...

A number of leaders have been able to bounce back from major scandals. These include such political personalities as Barney Frank, Bill Clinton, David Vitter, and Mark Sanford. Clearly, a big scandal does not have to result in the end of one’s career. Currently, two well-known disgraced New...

Much can be learned from negative leadership, possibly even more than from positive leadership. This paper examines the statements of one of the world’s most notorious leaders, Adolf Hitler, to see what can be learned about leadership. An examination of these quotations will make it quite...

High Performance Work Systems are generally considered to have a positive impact on workers’ well-being. But is this actually the case? This classroom-material will discuss this question from the point of view of “End of Fun”, a controversial and widely-discussed book by Judith Mair...

Increasingly competitive global markets and accelerating technological changes have increased the need for people to contact via electronic medium to have daily updates, the people those who could not able to meet face to face every day. Those who contact via electronic medium i.e. Virtual Team,...

Exporting has evolved to be one of the fastest growing economic activities in recent times. Increased interest in exporting can be attributed to changing economic conditions across the world viz. growing liberalization, integration and global competition, etc. However, in this highly competitive...

The world where the quality of health care provided by the nursing professionals is falling day-by day, clinical training seems to be the only way to improve the skills, abilities, and knowledge of the nurses. The nursing profession is a practice-oriented discipline where clinical training plays...

Although most owners and managers would like to think they have complete control over every aspect of their business, they are wrong; there is always something going on which they don't know. Unfortunately employee theft is a common occurrence in companies that often goes unnoticed for lengthy...

This research is conducted to study human resource management (HRM) practices in the public sector and investigate the association of HRM practices with the organizational efficiency. For this purpose, primary data has been collected through questionnaire from 62 employees working in a state...