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Organizational Capacity for Change
What is Organizational Capacity for Change? Organizational capacity for change (OCC) is the overall capability of an organization, to prepare for, or to respond to, an increasingly volatile and changeable environment. Every person has a...
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Operations Management
What is Operations Management? Operations management is an area of management concerned with designing and controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods or services.
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Network Effect
What is a Network Effect? In economics, a network effect is the phenomenon by which the value or utility a user derives from a good or service depends on the number of users of compatible products. Network effects are typically positive,...
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Managerial Grid (Management Grid)
Managerial Grid, Management Grid. The managerial grid model is a self-assessment tool by which individuals and organizations can help identify a manager's or leader's style.
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Management Decision Making
What is Management Decision making? In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be either rational...
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Management by Objective - Explained
What is Management by Objective? Management by objectives, also known as management by planning, was first popularized by Peter Drucker in his 1954 book The Practice of Management.
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Logical Incrementalism
What is Logical Incrementalism? This approach focuses on the strategic management process that the strategies are not formed, but they come into existence as some long term plans which are made once in a while.
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Lewin's 3 Stage Process of Change
What is Lewin's 3 Stages of Change in an organization? Kurt Lewin developed a change model involving three steps: unfreezing, changing and refreezing. The model represents a very simple and practical model for understanding the change...
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Levels of Organizational Culture
What are the levels of organizational culture?
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Level 5 Leadership
Level 5 Leadership. Level 5 leadership is a concept developed in the book Good to Great. Level 5 leaders display a powerful mixture of personal humility and indomitable will.
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Leader Decision Making
What is Leader Decision Making? How does leader decision making fit into behavioral leadership study?
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Laissez Faire - Management Theory
What is Laissez Faire approach to management? The term Laissez-faire is of French origin and translates to “letting people do as they choose.” This leadership style is the complete opposite of micromanaging. Laissez-faire leaders allow...
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Positive Deviance Model
What is the Positive Deviance Model? Positive deviance is an asset-based improvement approach. At its core is the belief that solutions to problems already exist within communities, and that identifying, understanding, and sharing these...
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Making Sense of ISIS
Historian Nile Green (UCLA) describes how adopting the model of religious economy allows us to make better sense of the difference between all manner of violent and non-violent religious sects.
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Anthony's Framework for Managerial Activities - Simplest Explanation Ever
Anthony's Framework explains how decisions are made in an organisation. It is also used for the study of Management Information Systems (MIS)
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Robert L. Dilenschneider - Focus and Leverage
Robert L. Dilenschneider formed The Dilenschneider Group in October, 1991. Headquartered in New York and Chicago, the Firm provides strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies and leading families and individuals around the...
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Against the Iron Law of Oligarchy
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes his belief that classical Athens is a counter-example to the so-called “Iron Law of Oligarchy”.
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Revising
Revising explores the important elements of the revising step of the writing process.
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Examining Networks
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes a network form of social organization and governance.
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Digging Deeper
Historian Nile Green, UCLA, describes why the notion of a “Clash of Civilizations” between the West and the Islamic world is inappropriate, while describing how the model of “religious economy” can help us improve both understanding and...
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A Notable Exception
Stanford University classicist and political scientist Josiah Ober describes his motivation to use Classical Athens as a counterexample to Robert Michels’ theory of “the iron law of oligarchy” of political organisation.
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World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization identifies organizations that contribute to interaction among individuals and nations by reviewing functions of the World Trade Organization.
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Neuroscience, Eventually
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector relates her personal career trajectory of beginning as an electrical engineer before eventually becoming a specialist in computer vision and neuroscience.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Laurie Guyon - What, Why and How to Use Technology
Laurie Guyon is an Integration Specialist for Schuylerville Central Schools in New York. She is a Common Sense Educator, Google Educator, Apple Teacher, Buncee Ambassador, Seesaw Ambassador, Nearpod Educator and PioNear, Flipgrid...