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Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 4 (1999) 2, pp. 62-62

Looks at the millennium bug with regard to the human resources facility. Ponders whether some highly skilled staff will try to move jobs ‐ especially if the staff are poached by other companies ‐ as the IT shortage grips. Looks at morale and motivation and training plus effects on individual...

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A Quest for Ethical Decision Making: Searching for the Holy Grail, and Finding the Sacred Trinity in Ethical Decision‐Making by Managers

Luca Casali, Gian - In: Social Responsibility Journal 3 (2007) 3, pp. 50-59

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify what ethical framework(s) small business managers use in making … developed and validated to profile the ethical style of managers. From this tools can be further developed for self …‐assessment or by organizations wanting to profile the ethical styles of their managers. …

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Corporate social reporting in Malaysia: a case of mimicking the West or succumbing to local pressure

Amran, Azlan; Siti‐Nabiha, A.K. - In: Social Responsibility Journal 5 (2009) 3, pp. 358-375

Malaysian managers on CSR by using Institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper attempts to explain the local … CSR trend by interviewing senior managers from selected companies who have been identified as good reporters. The …

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Sensemaking of managers' ethical work orientations

Reis, Christina - In: Social Responsibility Journal 6 (2010) 1, pp. 143-155

Purpose – Regarding managers' sensemaking of ethical content, this paper aims to help understand how managers come to …/methodology/approach – The method used was a qualitative approach that analyzed 23 in‐depth interviews conducted with managers in various … settings. Findings – Three categories of ethical sense‐making orientations were identified: the proactive managers; the …

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Making mentoring work

Tabbron, Alison; Macaulay, Steve; Cook, Sarah - In: Training for Quality 5 (1997) 1, pp. 6-9

experience of best practice organizations using mentoring and draws on a feasibility survey of managers in a 10,000 strong global …

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Designing effective employee training programmes

Hughey, Aaron W.; Mussnug, Kenneth J. - In: Training for Quality 5 (1997) 2, pp. 52-57

Describes the elements of a successful employee training programme. Explains the distinction between training and education, along with a discussion of why “soft skills” training initiatives are less effective than skills‐based approaches. Discusses the critical role of the training...

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Implications of complexity and chaos theories for organizations that learn

Smith, Peter A.C. - In: The Learning Organization 10 (2003) 6, pp. 321-324

In 1996 Hubert Saint‐Onge and Smith published an article (“The evolutionary organization: avoiding a Titanic fate”, in The Learning Organization , Vol. 3 No. 4), based on their experience at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). It was established at CIBC that change could be...

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We will teach you the steps but you will never learn to dance

Turner, Jane; Mavin, Sharon; Minocha, Sonal - In: The Learning Organization 13 (2006) 4, pp. 398-412

managers in unlocking or inhibiting individual learning. In “Scriptorg” individuals are trapped in a cycle of “not learning” or … highlight the significance of managers in inhibiting individual learning in organization and reinforces that practitioners … of managers, consequently enabling individuals to dance. …

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Measuring organizational learning capability in Indian managers and establishing firm performance linkage : An empirical analysis

Bhatnagar, Jyotsna - In: The Learning Organization 13 (2006) 5, pp. 416-433

managers of public, private and multinational organizations and establish the link between OLC and firm performance. Design …/methodology/approach – The data were collected from a sample of 612 managers randomly drawn from Indian industry, using a questionnaire survey …. Findings – Organizational capability perception for the managers of the IT sector and of multinational firms was the highest …

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Managing intentionally created communities of practice for knowledge sourcing across organisational boundaries : Insights on the role of the CoP manager

Garavan, Thomas N.; Carbery, Ronan; Murphy, Eamonn - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 1, pp. 34-49

negotiation of shared meaning and manage power issues within the CoP. These strategies were shared by the four managers who …Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore strategies used by communities of practice (CoPs) managers when … identified a number of specific strategies CoP managers use to develop trust, facilitate collaboration, facilitate the …

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