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Goal setting for managers
Effects of a merger on the human organization
With the formation of the new company, management is in an excellent position to define and build the kind of climate that will result in organizational excellence. And the creation of a climate for excellence may be the key to profits in the future.
The future of international managers: The managers' viewpoint
The care and feeding of MBA's
Hiring MBA's represents an investment at a significant risk level, and data on the firm's historical experience with MBA investments should be maintained and evaluated. The characteristics of the MBA which count toward performance should be discovered. The authors suggest several: maturity measures, quantitative orientation, educational specialty, attitude toward work.
The public administrator's dilemma: Containing conflict
The public sector is in the same situation that labor‐management relations was in during the middle thirties—but one big difference is this: in the 30s, the government pressured business leaders to choose the road to accommodation; in the 70's, it is pressuring public administrators to exert more force and authority to keep students, minorities, welfare clients and other groups out of the decision‐making orbit.
The dimensions of leadership style
Few people ever appraise their personal qualities and behavior patterns. Nor do they stop to examine the challenges and requirements of the broad array of managerial possibilities open to them. This means that managers seldom match their ambitions and abilities. The discipline this paper offers toward recognizing your leadership profile is the important first step to intelligent career‐planning.
The co‐worldly executive
The traditional American executive lived in the world of the company; the world of his family life was expected to reflect company priorities. But men are less willing now to pay high personal costs for corporate success, or to limit their private lives (or even their career potentials) to the demands of a single company. This new ethic of co‐worldliness will require companies to learn to deal with new kinds of values and loyalties.
Repugnance for “menial jobs”
A man's sense of well‐being and meaningfulness in work is not so much a matter of external circumstances—the kind of job he has—as it is of his deepdown belief that he is a worthy human being. If he lacks that, any job can seem dissatisfying and “menial.” Executives may suffer from this (or related behaviors) as much as assembly‐line workers.
The analysis of impasse procedures in public sector negotiations
Why is it that some school districts are able to reach settlement by themselves while others require outside help? Some differences may be ability to pay, union strength, identity as a leader or follower district, political climate, and the sophistication and experience of union and board in bargaining.