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5 Core Values For The Workplace

Tim Milburn

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. Business leaders in the United States have shunned talking about values, because they seem to suggest a religious or moral outlook. ” ACCOUNTABILITY. It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES.

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Guest Post: Dilenschneider on Workplace Core Values

Eric Jacobson

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. Business leaders in the United States have shunned talking about values, because they seem to suggest a religious or moral outlook. It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out."

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Why “Company Culture” Is a Misleading Term

Harvard Business Review

Waterman’s In Search of Excellence , that praised the unique management structure and corporate culture of computer then-giant Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Dropping the term “culture” from the lexicon of organizational and corporate consulting and research would be a good step in that direction.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

As anyone with the slightest interest in the consulting business knows by now, the SEC has brought civil charges against Rajat Gupta in the Galleon insider-trading case. Indeed, his lawyer says the ex-consultant lost millions on an investment with Raj Rajaratnam, the central figure in the case.) from 1994 to 2003. billion to $3.4