Organizational Dynamics articles from June 1993

Organizational Dynamics archives from June 1993

The role of workplace flexibility in managing diversity. (includes related articles)
June 22, 1993... It's already a familiar refrain in recent management literature: The workforce of the future will include more people of color, more women, more new immigrants, more special-needs employees - in short, more diversity than the current norm. It...

Personal growth training: snake oil or pathway to leadership? (includes related articles)
June 22, 1993... In our race to adopt new training techniques, we need to stop and ask if what we are doing really makes sense. I peer over edge of the cliff, trying to be logical. The harness to which I am attached seems sturdy. I have just watched several...

Managing to communicate, communicating to manage: how leading companies communicate with employees.
June 22, 1993... Faced with recession, increased global competition, and restructurings, U.S. businesses are making major organizational changes to shore up productivity in every aspect of their enterprises. These practices may be beneficial for the...

Managing the metaphors of change.
June 22, 1993... For most leaders and change agents, one seven-word expression has become synonymous with resistance to change: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" On the surface, it's a straightforward, rather blunt statement of fact and advice: "Don't mess...

A conversation with Charles Dull. (vice-president and chief quality officer of Aid Association for Lutherans) (Interview)
June 22, 1993... For this conversation piece, Organizational dynamics editor Fred Luthans has chosen what he calls "a total quality management practitioner." Luthans explains: "I felt it would be interesting and insightful at this point to get an in-depth...