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IESE Insight. Issue 1. Second quarter 2009
IESE InsightMagazine REV-1-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Decision Analysis, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe launch edition of the IESE Insight review offers four visions to help managers deal with situations of uncertainty in business. Santiago Álvarez de Mon (IESE) explores the keys to embracing uncertainty, helping managers to increase their ethical capital. Rita McGrath (Columbia) presents a portfolio of opportunities that managers can employ to create conditions for internally generated growth. George Westerman (MIT) and Richard Hunter (...Starting at €22.00
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Nothing Is Impossible
IESE InsightArticle ART-1651-ELeadership and People ManagementThe famous story of how a rugby team beat the odds after their plane crashed in the Andes continues to inspire millions. Thankfully very few will ever have to face a situation as extreme as that one. But over the past year, many have certainly had their mettle tested as they found themselves dealing with their own unexpected crises. Crash survivor Nando Parrado gives a powerful testimony of his 72 days on the mountain and explains how his teammat...Starting at €8.20
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Knowlton Roberts II (B): Epilogue
Isabella, Lynn A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1026-ELeadership and People ManagementThis second part of the two-part case updated from the Knowlton Roberts case series (UVA-OB-0737 and 0738) provides an epilogue to the manager’s ultimate decision of whether or not to take a new job. His decision and how it is communicated to his boss and his boss’s reaction are the meat of the B case.Starting at €5.74
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Knowlton Roberts II (A)
Isabella, Lynn A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1025-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is an updated version of the Knowlton Roberts case series (UVA-OB-0737 and 0738). The case is best used as a vehicle to understand another person’s point of view and to see what happens when points of view are misunderstood or misinterpreted. The A case presents a series of situations and interactions that require consideration of why each person acted as they did. The role of untested assumptions and leaps to conclusions also feature p...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 13. Second Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-31-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIESE's Rafael Andreu and Josep M. Rosanas make seven key recommendations to move us toward a more humanistic model of management. Claudia Peus (TUM School of Management, Technische Universität München) looks at some humanistic leadership principles underpinning successful organizations, and offers guidelines for managers on the factors that are hugely important for managing organizational change initiatives effectively. Michael Pirson (Fordham Un...Starting at €22.00
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Writing a Manifesto for Better Management
Andreu Civit, Rafael; Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaArticle ART-2127-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, StrategyThe litany of institutional, market and leadership failures that precipitated one of the worst economic crises in modern history is staggering. Yet efforts by policy makers and business leaders to improve matters have so far fallen short of whats truly needed, and do little but tinker at the very edges of the economic system. This article makes seven key recommendations to move us toward a more humanistic model of management, placing human value...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Under Pressure: Communication Is Key
Pin Arboledas, José RamónArticle ART-2271-ELeadership and People ManagementLet's not kid ourselves: crises happen, even with contingency plans in place. And it's in high-pressure situations like these when true leadership is tested. Citing numerous case studies, the author provides a guide to help managers lead their companies when the unthinkable happens. It starts with taking responsibility and assembling the ideal management team for the crisis at hand. This means communicating in a personal way, with transparency, c...Starting at €8.20
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Changing Contexts for Reputation Management
Rubin, James R.Technical Note DARDEN-BC-0249-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note surveys some of the shifting considerations in play as chief communications officers (CCOs) have come to see reputation as a useful umbrella concept for managing the many activities that form perceptions of their large organizations. Primary among these is the alignment of internal and external communications to achieve a coherent and consistent message.Starting at €8.20
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Think You Have Power? Check Your Perceptions
Brion, SebastienArticle ART-2453-EDecision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementThough talk of power makes some people uncomfortable, there's no doubt that it is vitally important in organizational contexts to influence others, perform your job and attain goals. Drawing upon extensive research from the field of organizational behavior and psychology, the author identifies six steps to gain power -- meaning control over some valued resource upon which others depend -- and then use that power for good, or for "pro-social ends....Starting at €8.20
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Bringing Your Stakeholders Together to Transform Your World
Krawchuk, FredArticle ART-2501-EStrategyThough large, diverse communities of people have always had to find ways to work together to tackle common challenges, the phenomenon of "multistakeholder collaboration" is becoming more important than ever, as the world grows increasingly interconnected and complex. This is especially true for companies that find themselves having to balance the disparate and often conflicting needs and interests of their multiple stakeholders. In this article, ...Starting at €8.20