A Simulation for Teaching Skills Relating to Organizational Self-renewal

[Excerpt] This article is about one simulation which we have found to be helpful in teaching managers how to implement change. The function of the renewal process is to enable to firm to cope more efficiently with environmental fluctuations. In perceiving and responding to these external changes, management acts according to its own view of what deserves attention. Such firm characteristics and constraints as resources, personalized objectives of the owners/managers, individual attitudes towards the adoptions of innovations, informal networks and power relationships indicate that the renewal process is difficult to achieve. Thus, renewal is a particularly critical element of the strategic management process and the simulation which we will describe attempts to help managers think about these issues. The name of the simulation is The Change Game. This article addresses four major topics: (1) the learning objectives of the simulation; (2) the key theoretical concepts developed in the simulation; (3) a description of the simulation; and (4) a discussion of some of our experiences in utilizing the simulation

GRBA808: Introduction to Business Strategy

Syllabus for GRBA808: Introduction to Business Strategy for Fall 2018 A Term in online MBA program

GRBA808: Introduction to Business Strategy

Syllabus for GRBA808: Introduction to Business Strategy for Fall 2018 A Term in online MBA program

Relations Between Work and Life Away from Work Among University Faculty

As one aspect of a study on faculty career development, relations between work and life away from work were explored for one hundred and twelve faculty. Analyses focused on the degree to which experiences and/or feelings associated with work directly colored or spilled over to life outside of work and vice versa. Differences by gender and rank also were examined