Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

Jones’ offer was rescinded when she refused to get rid of her dreadlocks, a hairstyle that the firm deemed a poor fit for its culture. In this example, organizational culture and the legal system mutually reinforce the idea that non-Eurocentric hair is unprofessional. Now, let’s look at a different visual cue.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2012

e) The institutions that were first to adapt OD as part of their workplace culture. Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid looked at the role of management in integrating concern for people with concern for productivity, using a system-wide approach. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Read more.]. Read more.].

Development 68

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2018

On the other hand, critics demand stringent requirements for transparency and vilify a “move fast and break things” culture. Who should be involved in decisions regarding business impact, regulatory compliance, technical approach, and even ethical values when companies integrate machine learning into business operations?

Data 28

Data System Intellectual Property Ethics 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” It’s easy to read such stories as revealing of leaders’ character and their impact on popular culture. But leaders ultimately reflect the culture of their times. And Zuckerberg is just a leading character in a culture—in tech and beyond—that celebrates the unprepared overachiever.

Efficiency 41

Efficiency Conference Culture Productivity 41

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

For many working parents and for the organizations that employ them, remote work is a go-to move for increasing work/life balance, productivity, and retention. But that same lack of traditional workplace boundaries has the potential to erode your motivation and productivity (are you really at your best getting a late start, in sweatpants?).

How To 28

How To Efficiency Ethics Productivity 28

Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

Skinner (1904-1990) took the Russian Ivan Pavlov’s salivating dogs to the next (human) level, theorizing that we are not making free-will decisions at all, but are products of what he called ‘stimulus/response-driven operant conditioning’. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. His principle: what gets rewarded gets repeated.

Development 58

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

There is evidence that the Egyptian culture during the time of the Pharaohs had what we would call ‘consulting engineers’, whose job it was to go around to the major construction projects and make sure they were ‘on time and under budget.’ The legends I heard are probably as true as any myths of cultural foundation.

Development 77

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 27, 2012

Marvin Weisbord, my long-time ODN colleague and friend (also steeped in the Lewin/Lippitt school), shared his research with me both in his marvelous book, Productive Workplaces, and in personal conversations. Many of his new ways of seeing things were put to work in a single, well-documented change project that began in 1939.

Development 86

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

Then, in March, South Korea’s president, Park Geun-hye, was removed from office , in part because of accusations that she helped a friend, Choi Soon-sil, pressure companies into making donations to nonprofits controlled by Choi and gave her access to secret government documents. Redemption in Guilt Culture. financial crisis.

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Government Culture Nonprofit Financial 28

Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 26, 2012

All of these approaches recognized that an employee’s productivity and creativity have more to do with the way the job was designed and the system around that employee than with the characteristics of the person, something the Tavistock Institute had seen and highlighted in their earlier coal mine studies much earlier. Read more.].

Management 61

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 14, 2012

.” NOTE: Most of what I have learned about Frederick Taylor I received from my long-time OD colleague, Marvin Wseibord, both in personal conversations and from his marvelous book, Productive Workplaces. No one in our long chain of OD ancestors is as controversial as Taylor. Consulting Engineer. a Specialty.

Development 54

Development Efficiency Organizational Development Nonprofit 54

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

In a paper recently published in American Politics Research, we document and analyze this phenomenon, which we call the federal spending paradox. The state-level spending paradox we observe is not a simple product of economic irrationality. that rely more heavily on federal money. The CCES asks questions that measure these views.

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