People don't stop being people at work. Conflict unfortunately is inevitable. But organizational conflict theory says there are several varieties of conflicts within an organization--inter-personal ...

In an era when many organizations struggle with employee engagement and rapid change, Charles Handy’s management theories offer enduring insights into building resilient, purpose-driven companies. The ...

Companies have been forced to change their corporate cultures and their standards of operation. The change has been forced on them by globalization of markets and competition, growth of immediate ...

Widely regarded as one of the most influential management experts in the early days of classical management theory, Mary Parker Follett developed foundational concepts that redefine how organizations ...

Sixty years ago, social psychologist Douglas McGregor developed two different theories — Theory X and Theory Y — about how managers perceive employees. Theory X managers are authoritarian. They ...

da Silva Lopes, Teresa, Mark Casson, and Geoffrey Jones. "Organizational Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization Theory and Business History." Journal of International Business ...

Many times over the past few decades, I have discussed theories as to how people should function within the organization we all know as a fire department. But just what is an organization? All fire ...

When you think of a psychologist, what images come to mind? You might envision someone with a doctoral degree counseling patients in a serene office. Maybe your mind conjures pictures of a researcher ...