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Developing the Logos-Based Persuasive Speech (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Neill, ConorTechnical Note DPON-110-PBKnowledge and CommunicationThis note describes the preparation of the Logos-Based Speech for the IESE Managerial Communications course. It is a persuasive speech that uses reasoned argument as the primary basis for moving the audience to take action.Starting at €8.20
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The Matrix Organization: Basic Aspects, Problems, Competencies, and Tools (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Lavezzolo, Sebastián E.; Rodríguez-Lluesma, CarlosTechnical Note DPON-122-PBLeadership and People Management, StrategyThe matrix structure is envisioned as a way to overcome the limitations of functional and divisional organizational models, making the best use of each of them while also avoiding their main flaws. We identify a matrix organization fundamentally by recognizing two or more dimensions, implementing a dual reporting system with responsibilities assigned to functional and production departments, pertaining to customers or markets, where matrix manag...Starting at €8.20
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Healy Hudson: e-Sourcing Solutions (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sachon, MarcCase P-1019-PBInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBased in Munich, Bavaria, the company is a pioneer in the world of e-procurement. It has developed an online purchasing system for the Business-to-Business sector. In the fall of 2000 it is selling two e-commerce products: Impact Ordering and Impact Sourcing. The former is a simple electronic catalog ordering system; the latter is designed for the sourcing of complex goods.Starting at €8.20
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Some Basic Personality Concepts (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Ribera Azorín, AlbertoTechnical Note DPON-65-PBLeadership and People ManagementThis technical note brings together some fundamental notions of the psychological and psychopathological aspects of the personality. The concepts mentioned are the following: personality, temperament and character. Personality features or disorders, and a "continuum" through ideal, normal and pathological features.Starting at €8.20
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Effectiveness and Leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-50-PBLeadership and People ManagementAn examination and discussion of the relationship between leadership and effectiveness, starting out from the assumption that leadership and results are bound up together. In the first place it examines the obstacles, principally related to the style of individual management, which a director must overcome to do their job effectively and in order to focus on how to maximize personal and executive effectiveness, and concludes with reflections on w...Starting at €8.20
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The Roots of Leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-109-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn this note we approach leadership, first, from the point of view of the myths that obscure the reality. We then look at the characteristics of people who have followers, given that leadership becomes a solitary exercise if it has no impact on other people. Second, we illustrate those characteristics through the story of the Persian king Cyrus, as depicted by Xenophon in his Cyropedia, a work which the world's foremost management scholar, Peter ...Starting at €8.20
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Conflict Management (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Wilkinson, Helen; Cardona Soriano, PabloTechnical Note DPON-53-PBLeadership and People ManagementThis technical note is intended to help develop the competence of conflict management. We all know from experience that conflict is a fact of life. And it is not always a bad thing. On the contrary, it can be very positive and stimulating, provided it is kept within certain limits. There are two dimensions to any conflict: rational and emotional. Problems arise when emotional harmony is disrupted. Conflict is a dynamic phenomenon and goes through...Starting at €8.20
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Challenges for New Managers (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-60-PBLeadership and People ManagementBecoming a manager usually means achieving a professional and social position that brings with it certain rights and privileges other jobs cannot offer. The position gives money and rank, but more importantly it also entails obligations and responsibilities. It is important to understand that these obligations and responsibilities are the essential part of management, while money and rank are just the derived benefits. As in other professional ma...Starting at €8.20
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The basis of coaching: Reflections of a coach (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein, Guido; Pereira J.; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTechnical Note DPON-57-PBCorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementThis note is based on the considerable experience of a coaching professional and introduces a powerful personal advisory tool for improving performance in management posts. It is intended to be clear, useful and succinct: it does not cover every detail and provides no statistical evidence, yet it should serve as a practical introduction to coaching.Starting at €8.20
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Self-Management: Self-Knowledge, Self-Control and Self-Esteem (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Ribera Azorín, AlbertoTechnical Note DPON-16-PBLeadership and People ManagementThis note addresses the growing interest in self-management training. It argues that the foundation on which self-management is built is self-knowledge; the tool used to acquire it is self-control; and the lever used to promote it (which must be used with caution) is self-esteem. The note concludes by suggesting that courses at business schools should included the study of philosophical anthropology on their curriculumsStarting at €8.20