In the past 20 years “teamwork” has become so cliché in organizations that every group is now a “team.”
Consultants and managers are constantly looking for improved “teamwork.” I sometimes get called in to work with senior “management teams” after previous attempts have failed to create any more teamwork.
SFU Business graduate Zabeen Hirji-Nowaczyniski was named one of the Top 100 Women by the Women’s Executive Network, as reported in the Globe and Mail.
The litany of corporate downsizing announcements reflects the first response for many managers to negative conditions — batten down the hatches and cut staff in large numbers. Keep reading…
By Michael Parent and Leyland Pitt
Chateau Margaux, the famous Bordeaux first growth, is up there with the very best. Live like a Saint and die, said William Styron in the novel Sophie’s Choice, and “that must be what they make you to drink [sic] in paradise.” Keep reading…
Dr. Reich’s paper, “Managing Knowledge and Learning in IT projects – A Conceptual Framework and Guidelines for Practice”, recognizes that highly uncertain projects require an approach that focuses on learning and effectively creates, integrates and transfers knowledge to develop unique solutions. Keep reading…
by John Peloza
Corporate social responsibilities (CSR) is divided into two camps. One is typified by people with expertise in environmental management, community relations or perhaps the non-profit sector. Keep reading…
Green Web Hosting Coupons has chosen associate professor in management and organization studies, Tom Lawrence’s Outlook for Change website as one of the Top 50 Green Technology Blogs.
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of November 7, 2008
Our Canadian media hit of the week: the Maclean’s 2008 ranking of universities, with SFU sharing the No. 1 spot among comprehensive universities.
Scott Powell and Stephen Spector have won this year’s TD Canada Trust distinguished teaching awards, given annually to two SFU Business instructors.
The following article appeared in the November 17, 2008 issue of Business in Vancouver.