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Negotiating Across Cultures (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Mehta, Kandarp; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note NEGN-3-PBLeadership and People ManagementThis technical note talks about the nuances of negotiating in a multicultural setting. The note describes the reasons for cultural differences in negotiations. It draws heavily on Jeanne M. Brett's seminal work Negotiating Globally, which in turn draws on research done mainly in cultural psychology.Starting at €8.20
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Intrategy: A basic dimension of corporate culture (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla Albiol, NuriaTechnical Note FHN-323-PBLeadership and People ManagementThis technical note coins a new term, 'intrategy', to refer to the study of the company's internal environment and processes in order to enhance the unity of the organisation, ie the commitment of those who work in it. It also introduces a new model for diagnosing the culture of business organisations in order to facilitate change management.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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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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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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Personal leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Chinchilla Albiol, Nuria; Torres, Maximilian B.Technical Note FHN-344-PBLeadership and People ManagementSelf-leadership -the way a person leads himself- is absolutely essential in order to be able to lead others. We have also seen how self-leadership is nourished by competencies such as self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, proactivity, time and stress management, personal and professional career management, and affective maturity (as the fruit of evaluative learning, obtained through resolving intermotivational conflicts).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
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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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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