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Practice intelligence and the problem with Business School learning

Practice Intelligence

Why management and leadership development should be focussing on practice intelligence.   Fourteen years ago this year Henry Mintzberg published his book ‘Managers not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development‘, in which Mintzberg challenged the prevailing view that the recipient of the MBA was by default not only […]

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#Leadership #Leadership Development #Management #management development #practice intelligence

How we collude to not resolve the paradoxes leaders and managers create

Paradoxes in organisations

How managers and leaders create paradoxes at work  Messages and orders from leaders and managers create a world of meaning in organisations. Often however the messages managers and leaders unintentionally send out frequently create a paradox i.e. inconsistencies, uncertainties and ambiguity that defy or counter the prevailing logic within the organisation. These in effect, create […]

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#Leadership #Management #Paradoxes

How managers develop emotional intelligence and apply it: New study

How managers develop emotional intelligence

How managers develop emotional intelligence is a critical question for organisations and anyone involved in management development.  A new (this research briefing was sent to members in July 2017)  meta-analysis of over 25 years of research on the emotional intelligence of managers answers some important questions about emotional intelligence and its development in managers. Intelligence […]

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#emotion regulation #emotional intelligence #emotional literacy #How managers develop emotional intelligence #Management #managers

Organisational wrong-doing: Being bad is different in different cultures

organisational wrong-doing

Organisational wrong-doing: Being bad in different cultures A recent study looking at attitudes towards five forms of information abuse made a fascinating and accidental discovery about how different cultures perceive organisational wrong-doing. The researchers uncovered that there are significantly different perceptions of organisational wrong-doing (perceptions of being bad) depending on where you come from…   […]

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#Management #organisational wrong-doing #Research

Tensions faced by leaders: The inherent conflict and tension that exist within manager’s and leader’s roles

Tensions faced by leaders

Tensions faced by leaders: An interesting paper, about the tensions faced by leaders in health care scenarios shows some really useful constructs for leaders and managers in other contexts. The study found that there are often perceived differences between the aims of different parts of managers jobs. In this case between the aims of the […]

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#Leadership #Management #Tensions faced by leaders

A model for coping with the paradoxes of management

coping with the paradoxes of management

Coping with the paradoxes of management A significant part of management actually entails how to manage the paradoxes and dilemmas presented in daily organisational life. Coping with the paradoxes of management is a core skill when trying to deal with competing and often diametrically opposed priorities that abound in organisational life. A new model just […]

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#Coping with the paradoxes of management #decision-making #Management #Paradoxes

The Oxford Review – Downloads – Copies of the Monthly Oxford Review

Oxford Review Back copies

Get back copies of the monthly Oxford Review:   The very latest evidence, thinking and research across the areas of Organisational Development, Organisational Change, Leadership, Management, Human Resource and Human Capital Management and practice, Learning and Development and Coaching. The Oxford Review is a monthly journal containing jargon free, practical and useful research briefings. No […]

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#coaching #Human capital #Human Resource Management #Leadership #learning and development #Management #Organisational change #organisational development #Research Briefings #The Oxford Review

The Key to Lean Management, and a lesson for any manager

The key to lean management

A new study looking at communication styles in successful and failed lean change events across a range of motor vehicle manufacturers is quite instructive and useful. So what is the key to lean management?   The essential factor of lean management The researchers from universities in Sweden and Canada observed the daily work practices in […]

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#communication styles #Culture shock #Lean management #Management #positive engagement #the key to lean management

The Oxford Review Volume 1 Number 1 (January 2016)

Oxford Review Vol 1 No 1 2016

In this edition: The connections between organisational culture, leadership style, organisational learning and innovation capability. Developing organisational ambidexterity – the implications for HR, L&D and OD. Why professionals agree to things that go against their professional beliefs. How you cope with uncertainty predicts how see the world Does the reputation of your organisation make any […]

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#autonomy #Beliefs #communities of practice #creativity #emotional intelligence #employee dissent #employee performance #ethics #High Performing Teams #Human Resources #ideas #Innovation capability #intolerance of uncertainty #job satisfaction #leadership style #learning #learning and development #Management #organisational ambidexterity #Organisational culture #organisational development #organisational learning #organisational performance #Organisational reputation #performance #Professional values #psychological contract #responsibility #social group #social status #Team work #The Oxford Review #Workplace adaptability

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