Henry Mintzberg is a Canadian management theorist who focused on what managers actually do at work. He described 10 everyday roles that managers play, grouped into three types: working with people ...

The speech was rich in ideology, inspiration and practicality, whichresonated with the ...

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 ...

Traditional leadership was based on control and supervision. Leadership 4.0, by contrast, is defined by its ability to manage ...

The human relations management theory emphasizes employee well-being, motivation, and teamwork as key drivers of productivity ...

In 1964, the Department of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management created the field’s first doctoral program—and we’ve been leading in innovation ...

Whether they are motivating employees, making decisions, allocating resources or negotiating deals, managers are vital for business. Managers have been an integral factor for business success since ...

Interviews with fifty failed startup managers reveal that most collapses stemmed from weak leadership, not poor ideas. The ...

Classical management theory was introduced in the late 19th century. It became widespread in the first half of the 20th century, as organizations tried to address issues of industrial management, ...

High-growth firms (HGFs) refer to businesses that achieve rapid growth in terms of employees or revenue. Based on the established definition, HGFs are businesses with at least 10 employees and annual ...

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