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Will Pres. Obama stay connected with his YouTube generation supporters?
Organization and strategy expert says, yes he can!
Dec. 31,
2008 -- Olin Business School professor Jackson Nickerson says, "ChangeCasting" is the best way for presidents and CEOs to build trust, create understanding and enact change with all of their constituents and employees. Nickerson's ChangeCasting is a new web-based approach to communication that allows executives to lead and accelerate change within their organizations. It opens up a two-way street between the corner office and employees at every level of a company.
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Bad behavior is bad business
WUSTL business professor says Imus incident shows importance of workplace civility
May 14,
2007 --
The recent firing of radio personality Don Imus reveals a new trend in business: bad behavior won't be tolerated on the job. A business professor at Washington University in St. Louis says firms can head off workplace incivility by preventing those with power from going unchecked. More...
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Making R&D more cost effective
New framework for developing and supporting products could improve profitability as much as 30 percent
March 5,
2007 --
In dating — as in business — you don't want to be looking for a date when you're desperate; you want to find one before you become desperate. Business professors at Washington University in St. Louis have found that how firms manage their research and development (R&D) pipelines could mean the difference between always having products in the works and searching desperately for new goods. More...
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Birth-order advantage
Firstborns — under the right circumstances — more likely to be creative
Nov. 9,
2006 --
Expectant parents eagerly await the arrival of their bundle of joy, hoping that they will have the most beautiful and intelligent baby in the world. While parents might not have direct control over brains and looks, new research from a business professor at Washington University in St. Louis finds that parents can influence their firstborn's creativity. More...
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Advancing competitively requires firms to be self-aware and capable to implement plans, business professors say
Business innovation is not dependent on creative people
Oct. 9,
2006 --
American companies continue to grapple with staying competitive in the global economy. Increasingly, companies and business gurus are citing innovation as the key to sustaining American business' strength. What's not clear is what it means for a company to be innovative. Washington University business professors say the best way to infuse innovation into a company is not by hiring creative people, but by managing innovation in a systematic way. More...
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Teamwork: Where the weak help the strong
Professor explains why group projects don't always mean everyone learns
Aug. 3,
2006 --
Group work is the name of the game in many companies. The thinking is that workers will learn more and help each other when they are put into groups composed of people with a variety of expertise. But does this always happen? Some recent research suggests that it may not ... at least not always.
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How to tell if a company has a High IQ
Insider's angle
May 4,
2006 --
There are companies that, like people, are smarter than others. Literally. A business professor at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a way to measure a company's IQ based on how effective it is at innovating. Using data from SEC filings, a professor at the Olin School of Business, computed the IQs of all the publicly traded US firms that engaged in R&D. More...
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Insiders' angle
Employees are most likely to cut corners when they lack clear goals and feel overworked
April 6,
2006 --
The television show "The Office" portrays more truth than fiction. But the consequences of bad management can be more serious than the awkward moments portrayed on the program. Employees get cynical when they endure multiple changes in company strategy and when they are overworked, according to experts at Washington University's Olin School of Business. As a result, people produce work, but they don't care how they produce it. The drive to get things done in today's business environment is so strong that workers start thinking only of short-term gains and ignoring long-term consequences. More...
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New research
How complex, unique business strategies are undervalued
April 3,
2006 --
Successful strategies are innovative. They combine resources or businesses in unique or complex ways that other firms may fail to recognize. Yet research from the Olin School of Business at Washington University finds that the market tends to undervalue companies with complex or unique strategies. The reason: they receive less analyst coverage. More...
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For Expert Comment
WUSTL business professor addresses GM and plight of auto industry
March 23,
2006 --
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Lyda Bigelow, assistant professor of organization and strategy, has little sympathy for the difficulties American car makers are experiencing. She says that American car makers had a long time to work out the pension and benefits problems they're now facing, but the companies failed to do so, even when they had the resources to do so.
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