June 2007 - Posts

• How to spot the liar
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: October 2006 TELL-TALE SIGNS Ten research-based tips for detecting liars from their demeanour (your results may vary) 1 Remind the subject that the stakes are high. If they have something serious to gain or lose, they are...

• Spot the liar
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: October 2006 Author: John Morrish Mendacious colleagues - whether within or wiithout the company - don't sport a long nose, alas. It can be harder than you think to spot someone who is trying to sell you a pup. The American...

• Book review: My Big Idea, by Rachel Bridge
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: October 2006 Author: Emma Barnes Baby food or green grass, it's not just product or money that inspires entrepreneurs, says Emma Barnes, it's how they do it (My Big Idea, Rachel Bridge, Kogan Page £14.99) I can't...

• Book review: The Leader on the Couch
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: October 2006 Reviewer: Stefan Stern You might have thought the answer beyond you, but this book could provide the insight you need into the psychological health of your leader, Stefan Stern reports. (The Leader on the Couch...

• Brain Food: Mind your manners - Holding a job interview
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: October 2006 Know what you want. Define the post and the kind of person you need. This will save wasting everyone's time and help you plan decent questions. Don't wing it. Sharp candidates will be put off by a shoddy...

• Finding your innovation fulcrum
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Business Strategy Review, Autumn 2006 Date: October 2006 Reviewed in World Business Finding your innovation fulcrum, Mark Gottfredson and Luca Caruso, Business Strategy Review, Autumn 2006 Companies that limit their product lines to the most profitable...

• Enhancing creativity through 'mindless' work: a framework of workday design
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Organization Science Date October 2006 Reviewed in World Business Enhancing creativity through 'mindless' work: a framework of workday design, Kimberly D Elsbach, Andrew B Hargadon (Organization Science, Vol 17 No 4, July-August 2006)...

• Human Capital: rival knowledge
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Science Date: October 2006 Review: Morice Mendoza Tanya Menon, Leigh Thompson & Hoon-Seok Choi, Management Science, August 2006, Vol 52, No 8 All businesses encourage staff to share ideas. But a series of studies conducted with...

• The transcultural manager: to succeed across borders requires more than a few words of a foreign language - it needs an authentic interest in other cultures.
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Author: Karl Moore To succeed across borders requires more than a few words of a foreign language - it needs an authentic interest in other cultures. More than ever before, senior executives and managers are required...

• Trusted connections: Technology is driving a renewed appreciation of the importance of networks as an essential part of business success.
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Author: Karen Stephenson Technology is driving a renewed appreciation of the importance of networks as an essential part of business success. In any organisation there are two parallel universes. First, there...

• The alpha male syndrome (Harvard Business School Press)
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Author: Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson, Harvard Business School Press If this complex set of characteristics becomes unbalanced, legendary strengths can turn into destructive flaws. Human history is the story...

• In Figures: The economics of happiness
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Greater affluence does not appear to lead to greater contentment, but where on earth is the happiest place to live? 1 MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING Despite being more than twice as rich as their counterparts 50 years...

• On Communications: Reputation on the line
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Author: Tom Kowaleski Achieving a good reputation is a process of accumulation, stability and endurance, and the CEO is responsible. A great debate in reputation management circles has always been about what constitute...

• On Management: Working for large corporations does not make us happy and has led to disengagement and a loss of motivation
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Author: Corinne Maier Working for large corporations does not make us happy and has led to disengagement and a loss of motivation. Happiness at work. How to motivate your team. Managing a team while getting the...

• Security in a changing world
  	Friday, 29 June 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: June 2006 Beating the hackers, bots and phishing attacks requires the recognition that threats come from within as well as without. Ron Condon helps clean up your computers. Every two years, the DTI surveys a thousand companies...