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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

The goal was to optimize the outputs that could be generated from a specific set of inputs. Writers such as Elton Mayo, Mary Parker Follett, Chester Barnard, Max Weber, and Chris Argyris imported theories from other fields (sociology and psychology) to apply to management. Operations Organizational culture' Townes, and Henry L.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

of The People Equation offers this advice for an IDP: “I would recommend that leaders build in one action item that relates to learning an aspect related to the organization’s operations that is outside of the team member’s area of expertise. Developing others is the key competency that distinguishes "leaders" from "managers".

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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. Find time to reflect Strategic leaders are skilled in what organizational theorists Chris Argyris and Donald Schön called “double-loop learning.” Your goal in reflection is to raise your game in double-loop learning.