Management Style and Employee Morale
In any organization, the style of supervision can have a tremendous impact on morale. An autocratic, punitive management style tends to cause many employees to simply do what they're told, often with great resentment. A more participative management...
Managerial Skills and Functions
While there is a wide range of general skills required of nearly all managers, there are some differences in emphasis from one level of management to another, from supervisory or operating level managers up through senior, top level managers.
Managerial Challenges
Regardless of their level within an organization, managers virtually without exception find their jobs to be a uniquely challenging mix of the frustrating and the rewarding. Unlike the popular image of the manager as someone who spends his or her ti...
Matching the Individual to the Organization
The first step for a prospective employee to take in assessing whether he or she is a good fit for an organization is understanding his or her own values. It's critical to choose a line of work and to find a company whose values are consistent with ...
Managing Change Case Study: Fluor Corporation, The
The Fluor Corporation was for years one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world, employing close to forty thousand people. But by the mid 1980s, faced with crippling financial losses following the collapse of its engineeri...
Values, Goals, and Employee Morale
The values an organization stands for can exert a strong influence on morale. Unfortunately, many companies profess to value one type of behavior, but actually reward behavior that is very different and represents very different values.
Financial Controls and Budgeting Case Study: Santa Anita Racetrack
In addition to its pari-mutuel betting system and satellite wagering network, Santa Anita operates several dining facilities and shops, as well as an equine hospital and a large number of barns and stables. Each of these operations requires financia...
Working With Other Departments
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about other departments with which those in the Department of Labor must often collaborate, including the Department of Education and the Treasury Department. Secretary Reich cite...
Women at Work
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris explains that, in the early twentieth century, two-thirds of native-born White women worked exclusively in the home, while African-American women tended to work outside the home in greater numbers.
Voices of the People: Party Affiliation in Europe and the United States
Europeans tend to have a stronger attachment to their political parties, in part because they are sharply divided along social class or religious lines. Many European countries have labor or social democratic parties specifically aimed at the less a...