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Classical models of managerial leadership: trait, behavioural, contingency and transformational theoryWhat is leadership? Here Michele Erina Doyle and Mark K. Smith explore some of the classical models of leadership. In particular they look at earlier approaches to studying the area via the notions of traits and behaviours, and to what has become known as contingency theory. From there they turn ...
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Hierarchical Growth « Bulldozer00's BlogI’m currently in the process of reading Donella Meadows’s Thinking In Systems . Donella says that successful hierarchical systems grow from the bottom up, one layer at a time. In the case of a human-made system of humans, as an assembled group of people becomes successful at what it does, it ...
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Netflix Culture « Bulldozer00's BlogI’m constantly scouring the landscape for companies with cultures that stand apart from the herd (moooo!). Via my e-friend Byron Davies’ discovery, I’ve just added another gem to my list: Netflix. Here’s the link that triggered the addition: Netflix Culture . It’s a simple, unadorned (content ...
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FT.com / Companies / Oil & Gas - ‘Rogue broker’ blamed for oil spike‘Rogue broker’ blamed for oil spike The startling spike in oil prices to their highest level this year on Tuesday was caused by a rogue broker who ...
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Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an IdiotPortrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot By Bruce Schneier Wired News June 14, 2007 The recently publicized terrorist plot to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport, like so many of the terrorist plots over the past few years, is a study in alarmism and incompetence: on the ...
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American Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process | Design & Innovation | Fast CompanyAmerican Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process Designer Dustin Curtis was so disgusted with the American Airlines Web site that he redesigned it, and posted the results as an open letter to the company . Guess what? One of AA's designers responded with a long ...
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CQ Politics | Keeping Alive the Dead’s Business ModelKeeping Alive the Dead’s Business Model When the surviving members of the Grateful Dead met recently with President Obama in the Oval Office the conversation reportedly centered on the neatness of the president’s desk and the history of the White House. The pleasant “no ties and no ...
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The Institutional Yes - HBR.orgThe Institutional Yes How Amazon’s CEO leads strategic change in a culture obsessed with today’s customer. Amazon.com was born of strategy. The story has often been told of how founder Jeff Bezos, working in a quantitative analysis group at an investment firm, spotted an opportunity to sell ...
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Op-Ed Contributor - How the Internet Got Its Rules - NYTimes.comHow the Internet Got Its Rules Bethesda, Md. TODAY is an important date in the history of the Internet: the 40th anniversary of what is known as the Request for Comments. Outside the technical community, not many people know about the R.F.C.’s, but these humble documents shape the ...
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Video: Merlin's Talk, "Toward Patterns for Creativity" | 43 FoldersMerlin Mann - “Toward Patterns for Creativity” - Macworld PULSE Here’s a video of my presentation, “Toward Patterns for Creativity,” from earlier this month at Macworld, here in SF.
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