Reading allies like a book: How smart framing spreads education in India
By focusing on solutions rather than causes, Pratham — a non-profit organization dedicated to primary education in India — has been remarkably successful in motivating donors and volunteers, not to mention the children this program has brought back into classrooms.
Fight or flight: How employees cope with organizational change
In a global marketplace, change isn't just good. For many companies, says Angelo Kinicki, it's necessary.
Want to lure R&D? Investing in tech capabilities trumps financial incentives
Where a multinational corporation (MNC) decides to put its manufacturing and research and development (R&D) facilities is important both for the MNC and for the host country.
The bigger they are: Ethical challenges of the rich and famous
Think twice about accepting a job with an organization headed by a renowned industry captain, a technological wunderkind or a visionary philanthropist, warns an expert who's studied the downside of charismatic leadership.
They're few and far between, but female executives benefit the firms they work for
Carly Fiorina was ousted from her role as CEO of Hewlett-Packard after the merger with Compaq, but that doesn't mean that women can't hold their own in the male-dominated corporate world.
VEBAs: Autoworkers' union shares the risk of rising health care costs
The tentative contract agreement that assigned a role to the United Auto Workers in managing the healthcare costs of its General Motors members was a turning point in the relationship between business and labor — and a sign of things to come in a global economy.
Leadership: Reframe your goals and challenges
An optimistic outlook could be the most valuable gift leaders can give their teams. Suzanne Peterson is an associate professor of management and an expert on leadership.
Spirit of Enterprise Awards: Companies that change lives
The most enduring companies change the experiences — even the lives — of the people they serve. That is certainly true of the six winners of the 2013 Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the W.P. Carey School of Business.
Finding time to lead
Management Professor Suzanne Peterson writes a monthly column on management and leadership in The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. An expert on the behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders, Peterson offers some insights into time management.
Why negotiations fail
Strategic uncertainty, a career focus for associate economics professor Amanda Friedenberg, occurs when the parties in a negotiation don’t know how the others will behave, perhaps because they’ve never negotiated before.