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Diamante, Thomas; Giglio, Leo - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 15 (1994) 2, pp. 13-17

Diversity‐based intervention strategies require congruence with the culture of the client system. Achieving congruence demands the questioning of topic definition, method of implementation, programme content and the stated bottom‐line intent of the programme. Practitioners are advised to...

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In Search of Structural Excellence

Martinsons, Aelita G.B.; Martinsons, Maris G. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 15 (1994) 2, pp. 24-28

Ideal organizational structures are subjectively based on specific sets of organizational and external factors. Begins with a review of structural alternatives and identifies the need for a contingency‐based approach. Changes in corporate structure may be needed as a result of internal...

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The Influence of the Perceived Styles of Leadership on a Group of Workers on their Attitudes to Work

Savery, Lawson K. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 15 (1994) 4, pp. 12-18

commitment from the individual and also higher job satisfaction. Suggests, therefore, that managers should made as much as they …

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The “Heart, Head and Hands” of Transforming Leadership

Nicholls, John - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 15 (1994) 6, pp. 8-15

to be three main ways in which managers may exercise leadership. Two of them are specific to the manager′s nominal … people, giving them an energizing vision. All managers must exercise strategic and supervisory leadership of the head and … hands – otherwise they are mere administrators. Good managers go further and inspire people with the heart – rendering their …

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Performance Determinants for Senior Managers: Rhetoric or Reality?

Vilkinas, Tricia; Cartan, Greg; Piron, Sophie - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 15 (1994) 6, pp. 24-32

senior managers. The study compares current findings in management competences (referred to here as performance determinants … the literature has focused on middle management rather than on senior management. Sixty‐six CEOs and senior managers in … model identifying the performance determinants for senior managers. …

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Leadership and developmental interventions for dysfunctional workers

McClure, Lynne; Werther, William B. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 16 (1995) 1, pp. 17-22

Specific types of dysfunctional work behaviours form an identifiable pattern that can be uncovered through a needs analysis and addressed by a multi‐dimensional, five‐step developmental effort. Includes a framework for these behaviours, an outline development intervention, a case study and...

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Individual influence in organizational change

Nielsen, Warren R.; Saccoman, John L.; Nykodym, Nick - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 16 (1995) 1, pp. 35-39

on leaders and managers and their roles in organizational change. Specific characteristics of leaders which enable them …

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Women in project management: entry into a male domain?

Gale, Andrew; Cartwright, Susan - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 16 (1995) 2, pp. 3-8

Deals with the under‐representation of women in management and project management. Discusses the issue of women as a “special case” critically. Draws on recent research relating to work patterns of men and women. Argues that women′s advancement and participation in project management is...

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Issues facing organizations when implementing formal mentoring programmes

Forret, Monica L. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 17 (1996) 3, pp. 27-30

Formal mentoring programmes are a recent innovation in organizations. Describes interviews with managers of five …

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Approaching the millennium: transforming leadership education for stewardship of the planet’s resources

Berry, Anthony J. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 18 (1997) 2, pp. 86-92

the idea of managers acting as agents of capital whose task is then to be the agents of economic efficiency. This idea …

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