WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN discusses the dreaded possibility that a crisis might strike a nonprofit group. Defining a crisis as an event which threatens the existence of the organization, When Bad Things Happen to Good Organizations goes on...
Organizational behavior
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Author:Mayer, StarrSummary: -
Author:Silber, Lee, Chapman, Andrew, Krall, LindaSummary:Imagine a workplace where employees don't complain about problems but instead work together in idea-generating clubs to present positive solutions. The Wild Idea Club will help you get there there, by providing managers with an easy,...
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Author:Brafman, Ori.Summary:What's the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, Craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women's rights movements? After five years of research, Ori Brafman and...
- Author:Koch, Charles G.Summary:
This groundbreaking audiobook outlines strategies used by leaders and employees of Koch companies to apply Market-Based Management (MBM) to get results. The MBM approach to management integrates theory and practice, and provides a...
- Author:Sutton, Robert I.Summary:
Dr. Robert Sutton spent years studying a phenomenon that almost everyone has experienced and/or participated in, while on the job: that breed of coworker specifically tasked with making work more difficult for everyone around them. Here...
- Author:Jantsch, JohnSummary:
Jantsch illustrates his three-point system for helping business leaders develop long-lasting and profitable relationships between employees and customers.
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Author:Goodrich, LauraSummary:Surely you’ve experienced something like this: you buy a red car, and suddenly red cars appear everywhere. Why? Because you’re focusing on red cars—and you get more of whatever you focus on. But much of the time, consciously and...
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Author:Ross, RandySummary:When it comes to qualities such as passion, enthusiasm, energy, and creativity, the majority of the American workforce could be described as "severely lacking." Too many people just go through the motions, viewing work as something they...
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Author:Baker, Mila N.Summary:Our leadership models are stuck in an Industrial Age, top-down mentality. But in our complex, data-drenched, 24/7 world, there is simply too much information coming from too many different directions too quickly for any one leader or...
- Author:Bartow, Tom, Rudy, Matthew, Selk, JasonSummary:
With a combined fifty years of experience building, managing, advising, and troubleshooting teams, Jason Selk and Tom Bartow now reveal the common DNA that links the highest performing teams. It takes collective mental toughness to win...
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Author:Katz, Judith H., Miller, Frederick A., Deese, WillieSummary:Your people might be your organization’s greatest assets, but their interactions with one another are what determine the quality and the quantity of their contributions. Few organizations know how to generate the sense of excitement,...
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Author:Clegg, StewartSummary: -
Author:Vollmer, ChuckSummary:Today, this engine has stalled. The decade of the 2000s lost one million American jobs, whereas the previous three decades averaged approximately 20 million new jobs per decade. If the next decade, the 2010s, generates only marginal...
- Author:Gargiulo, Terrence L.Summary:
Terrence Gargiulo and Dr. Gini Graham Scott present 24 short stories designed to help listeners navigate a world full of dishonest and petty characters. Entertaining and thought-provoking, these stories offer blueprints for managing any...
- Author:Tracy, BrianSummary:
Tracy shows managers how to super-charge their efforts to maximize their employees' output. He presents simple, easily adaptable strategies for motivating and inspiring employees so that productivity and success spread naturally...
- Author:Coleman, James SamuelSummary:
Suggests a new approach to describing both stability and change in social systems by linking the behavior of individuals to organizational behavior.
- Author:Lieberman, David J.Summary:
Lieberman invests listeners with surefire, efficient success methods that illustrate how to acquire what's desired before they--and their businesses--lose out on the deal.
- Author:Schipounoff, NathalieSummary:
Vous entrez au bureau à reculons, boule au ventre et angoisse au coeur. La cause de ces désordres : votre boss, avec qui la relation a mal démarré. Ou s’est envenimée.
À vous de le dompter ce boss nocif qui vous stresse, vous...
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Author:Henman, Linda D.Summary:There’s little room for error in today’s global economy. It does not allow for mediocrity; the rules and players have changed; and ordinary simply won’t work anymore. If companies don’t have the best products and services and the top...
- Author:Goldratt, Eliyahu M.Summary:
In Beyond The Goal, Dr. Goldratt elaborates on his profoundly influential theories in a straightforward, practical, and pragmatic presentation designed to help you put these powerful ideas to valuable use. Speaking with the brilliance...
