Commentary: Managers Must Lead

Ethical downsizing. Managers must focus on justice and human dignity.

It is vital that leaders and managers focus on justice and human dignity in the workplace when faced with the possible need to downsize. First, administrators should clearly identify the goals of work force reduction, evaluate their importance, and consider whether they could be achieved through other means. Once they have made the decision to downsize, top managers must clearly communicate the...

Three-dozen knowledge-sharing barriers managers must consider

Purpose – Knowledge sharing is the corner-stone of many organisations’ knowledge-management (KM) strategy. Despite the growing significance of knowledge sharing’s practices for organisations’ competitiveness and market performance, several barriers make it difficult for KM to achieve the goals and deliver a positive return on investment. This paper provides a detailed review of current KM and r...

Why the federal government must lead in health care.

Understanding an Overlooked Segment of the Workforce Helps Managers Lead

Managers have formal and official supervisory authority within an organizational hierarchy. As a result, a perennial concern of managers is employee mobility, i.e., the turnover of workers, and the implication of worker mobility for the staffing of critical functions in the organization. Managers in organizations can also be leaders. According to Burns, in his seminal volume Leadership (1978, 1...

Commentary: ISEE Call for Action for Global Control of Lead Exposure to Eliminate Lead Poisoning.

a. Ban the manufacture, import, and export of lead-containing fuels, paints, plumbing fixtures and plastics; b. Vigorously explore replacements for the lead content, wherever possible, in other consumer and commercial products; c. Implement, to the greatest extent feasible, effective procedures to reduce occupational exposure to lead and its compounds, especially in mining, manufacturing and co...