You're the boss: Should you call all the shots? Pick a course of action, then "sell" your idea to employees? Gather input from subordinates but make final decisions yourself? Let your group solve problems? Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. How to Choose a Leadership Pattern offers strategies for selecting the best approach-depending on considerations such as your values, your subordinates' abilities, and the situation (including the degree of time pressure you're...

This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA. The writings are followed by independent comments and appraisal from different viewpoints, prepared by distinguished experts in management theory, group psycho-therapy and psychology and sociology.

We live in an information age. In both our personal and professional lives, we are consistently bombarded with data in various forms; through our interactions with technologies in our homes and workplaces, we are also constantly generating data. Information has arguably become the most valuable resource of all businesses. With the right data - and the appropriate tools for gathering and processing it - the key to success for any organization seems to be within easy reach. When correctly ut...