by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are Life-Long Learners? Life-Long learners are those who seek or pursue information and understanding throughout their lives. That is, acquisition of knowledge is a driving force. What are the Attributes of Life-Long Learners? Andersen (2019) identified four...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the Theory of Constraints? The Theory of Constraints, proposed by Goldratt, claims that a change to most of the variables in an organization will have only a small impact on the global performance – on the bottom line. Theory of Constraints provides a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is a Community of PracticeA community of practice is a work-group structure that functions as an alternative structure to a formal committee. Generally, involvement with a community of practice is voluntary in nature. The members share a common interest or...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Downsizing?Downsizing refers to actions taken by an organization to streamline its operations, often combined with layoffs, in order to cut labor costs by reducing the size of the company. Reasons for Downsizing? A downsizing strategy can be considered for 2...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are the Six Leadership Styles?Goleman,Boyatzis and McKee (2002), introduces six leadership styles. To properly understand the six leadership styles based upon the human communication / interaction concept of resonance. Good leaders are effective because they...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the Iceberg of Management Change?The Change Management Iceberg, proposed by Wilfried Krüger, addresses organizational change by examining how managers deal with barriers.According to Krüger, using an iceberg metaphor, explains that many change managers only...