Explores the writer’s learning about open space technology ‐ from a first experience of it ‐ and also shares some of the content and conclusions of a session offered during an…
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Explores the writer’s learning about open space technology ‐ from a first experience of it ‐ and also shares some of the content and conclusions of a session offered during an open space event. Describes the session entitled: “Is current management development appropriate for future roles in organizations?” Explains that one of the key observations was: “What has to be managed is changing”, which provides an exciting or daunting prospect depending on your perspective as a management developer. Outlines other conclusions from the session which focused on the future emphasis and direction of management development and the implications for the role of developers. These were reached through discussions on some of the trends in society, and through the sharing of knowledge and experiences within the group in an open space way. Concludes that the discussions were exciting and stimulating, and the conclusions offered provide a starting point for further exploration of the topic of management development, and for endorsement of the principles of open space as an energizing force to begin the journey.
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Whenever you run a course where you want the outcome to be a shift in perceptions, attitudes or beliefs (name a course that doesn't) you can use the Repertory Grid Technique…
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Whenever you run a course where you want the outcome to be a shift in perceptions, attitudes or beliefs (name a course that doesn't) you can use the Repertory Grid Technique (Repgrid) as a pre/post test to measure the extent of the shift. Even if, like me, you are primarily involved in designing and running skill courses where the outcome can be spelled out and observed in behavioural terms, the Repgrid can be used to establish whether underlying attitudes have shifted to align with newly acquired behavioural skills. This article will show you how to use the Repgrid as a way of validating any course. Rather than run the risk of confusing you by chopping and changing between different courses I shall confine my description to how I use the Repgrid to validate one particular course. The course is designed for ICL salesmen with the overall objective of getting them to be more interactively skilled. I shall not bore you with a blow by blow description of the course because it isn't relevant to this article. We only need to highlight the start and finish because that is where the Repgrid is used.
Peter A.C. Smith and Judy O’Neil
Many organizations now utilize action learning, and it is applied increasingly throughout the world. Action learning appears in numerous variants, but generically it is a form of…
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Many organizations now utilize action learning, and it is applied increasingly throughout the world. Action learning appears in numerous variants, but generically it is a form of learning through experience, “by doing”, where the task environment is the classroom, and the task the vehicle. Two previous reviews of the action learning literature by Alan Mumford respectively covered the field prior to 1985 and the period 1985‐1994. Both reviews included books as well as journal articles. This current review covers the period 1994‐2000 and is limited to publicly available journal articles. Part 1 of the Review was published in an earlier issue of the Journal of Workplace Learning (Vol. 15 No. 2) and included a bibliography and comments. Part 2 extends that introduction with a schema for categorizing action learning articles and with comments on representative articles from the bibliography.
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Simona Giorgi, Margaret E. Guider and Jean M. Bartunek
We discuss a recent effort of institutional resistance in the context of the 2008–2011 Apostolic Visitation of U.S. women religious motivated by Vatican concerns about perceived…
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We discuss a recent effort of institutional resistance in the context of the 2008–2011 Apostolic Visitation of U.S. women religious motivated by Vatican concerns about perceived secularism and potential lack of fidelity among Catholic sisters. We examined the process of and women’s responses to the Visitation to shed light on the institutional work associated with productive resistance and the role of identity and emotions in transforming institutions.
At a time when the male leadership can be blamed for leading the church to a state of crisis – a time when the voices of women are needed more than ever – even the modest roles accorded to female clerics have come under attack. The specific reasons for the investigation are unclear (or, more probably, not public), but the suspicion, clearly, can be put in the crassest terms: too many American nuns have gone off the reservation.
– Lisa Miller, Female Troubles, Newsweek, May 27, 2010
At a time when the male leadership can be blamed for leading the church to a state of crisis – a time when the voices of women are needed more than ever – even the modest roles accorded to female clerics have come under attack. The specific reasons for the investigation are unclear (or, more probably, not public), but the suspicion, clearly, can be put in the crassest terms: too many American nuns have gone off the reservation.
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In the novel, The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers probes the American malaise through the longings of a young adolescent girl. Twelve‐year‐old Frankie no longer sees the…
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In the novel, The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers probes the American malaise through the longings of a young adolescent girl. Twelve‐year‐old Frankie no longer sees the world as round and inviting as a school globe. No, the world is huge and cracked and turning a thousand miles an hour. Indeed, the world seems separate from herself. In the midst of chaos, Frankie sees her brother's upcoming wedding as a chance to feel connected, to feel that she matters. The story focuses on Frankie's efforts to be a “member of the wedding,” as she recognizes, “they are the we of me.”
Margaret Heffernan, Brian Harney, Kenneth Cafferkey and Tony Dundon
While an established stream of research evidence has demonstrated that human resource management (HRM) is positively related to organisational performance, explanations of this…
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While an established stream of research evidence has demonstrated that human resource management (HRM) is positively related to organisational performance, explanations of this relationship remain underdeveloped, while performance has been considered in a narrow fashion. Exploring the relevant but often neglected impact of creativity climate, the purpose of this paper is to examine key processes (mediation and moderation) linking high-performance human resource practices with a broad range of organisational performance measures, including employee performance and HR performance.
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The paper draws on a People Management Survey of 169 HR managers from top performing firms in the Republic of Ireland.
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The findings provide general support for the role of creativity climate as a key mediator in the HRM-performance relationship. The impact of HPWS on performance is judged universal with little evidence of variation by strategic orientation.
Practical implications
Sophisticated HRM is found to directly impact a range of organisational performance outcomes. Creativity climate provides an understanding of the mechanisms through which such impact takes effect. Organisations should develop a clear and consistent HR philosophy to realise HR, employee and organisational performance.
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The paper offers a more intricate understanding of the key factors shaping both the operation and impact of the HRM-performance relationship. Creativity climate offers an important vehicle to better understand how the HRM-performance relationship actually operates. The paper also highlights the potential of examining multiple organisational performance outcomes to offer more nuanced and considered insights.
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Since the late eighteenth century, American men have supported women's equality. (see Kimmel and Mosmiller, 1992). Even before the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls…
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Since the late eighteenth century, American men have supported women's equality. (see Kimmel and Mosmiller, 1992). Even before the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York heralded the birth of the organized women's movement in 1848, American men had begun to argue in favor of women's rights. That celebrated radical, Thomas Paine, for example, mused in 1775 that any formal declaration of independence from England should include women, since women have, as he put it, “an equal right to virtue.”(Paine, [1775] 1992, 63–66). Other reformers, like Benjamin Rush and John Neal articulated claims for women's entry into schools and public life. Charles Brockden Brown, America's first professional novelist, penned a passionate plea for women's equality in Alcuin(1798).