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ManagementFirst ManagementFirst: Management articles for professionals, researchers, and academics. (Online Articles) http://www.managementfirst.com/ What Bandwagons Bring: Effects of Popular Management Techniques on Corporate Performance, Reputation, and CEO Pay. What Bandwagons Bring: Effects of Popular Management Techniques on Corporate Performance, Reputation, and CEO Pay.: Examines how adopting popular management techniques affects companies. Concludes companies using TQM, teams, and empowerment did not necessarily receive economic benefit. (Online Articles) http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m4035/3_45/68217155/p1/article.jhtml?term=management+science Guide To The Balanced Scorecard Guide To The Balanced Scorecard: Guide explains the balanced scorecard methodology with special reference to application in government. Contains seven chapters of detailed information. (Online Articles) http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/bsc/guide.htm The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders: Rosabeth Moss Kanter explains why organizational change is inevitable and the essential qualities of people who succeed as leaders during change. (Online Articles) http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/summer99/kanter.html How Jack Welch Runs GE How Jack Welch Runs GE: Business Week profile on famous management guru Jack Welch explains how he managed General Electric and gained guru status. (Online Articles) http://www.businessweek.com/1998/23/b3581001.htm#Main Story Guide to Performance Management Guide to Performance Management: Learn about a performance manager's responsibilities, including assessment, referral and guidance. From the UCSD Human Resources department. (Online Articles) http://www-hr.ucsd.edu/~staffeducation/guide/devel.html Don't Let TQM (Total Quality Management) Drain You Dry Don't Let TQM (Total Quality Management) Drain You Dry: Authors explain why companies that have tried total quality management (TQM) have often not received the expected return on investment. In depth survey results are included. (Online Articles) http://www.airacad.com/tqmroi.htm Training Workers In The Workplace Training Workers In The Workplace: Training workers is not always so simple as a classroom lecture and test. We humans aren't practically equipped to consistently absorb and apply information in such an ideal manner. (Online Articles) http://www.mdpme.com/training.htm Assessing Your Organization's Innovation Capabilities Assessing Your Organization's Innovation Capabilities: Provides a framework that can be used to assess an organization's ability to determine whether an organization has the capabilities to implement upcoming changes. (Online Articles) http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/summer2001/christensen.html Work911.com Work911.com: Articles on management and all aspects of work life including communication, conflict and performance appraisal. (Online Articles) http://www.work911.com Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge: Article by Warren Bennis discusses how companies lack leadership, and four strategies to improve corporate leadership. (Online Articles) http://www.triangle.org/resources/leadership/lead-charge/index.cfm A Viable System Model: Consideration of Knowledge Management A Viable System Model: Consideration of Knowledge Management: Author Allenna Leonard indicates that individual and organizational knowledge is difficult to value and therefore difficult to manage, and suggests a method to map management capacities. (Online Articles) http://www.tlainc.com/articl12.htm The Balanced Scorecard and Performance Improvement The Balanced Scorecard and Performance Improvement: Using the balanced scorecard to combine viewpoints of company success. (Online Articles) http://www.organizedchange.com/balancedscorecard.htm Exercising Authority in the Workplace Exercising Authority in the Workplace: The manager's true authoritative role in the workplace: benevolence, subservience, security. By Michael Gaspard. (Online Articles) http://www.mdpme.com/authority.htm TQM And Organizational Change And Development TQM And Organizational Change And Development: Thomas Packard outlines key aspects of implementation of large­scale organizational change which may enable a practitioner to more thoughtfully and successfully implement TQM. (Online Articles) http://www.improve.org/tqm.html Make Performance Appraisal Relevant Make Performance Appraisal Relevant: Winston Oberg identifies the flaws of nine performance appraisal methods, and suggests choice of method depends on desired outcomes. (Online Articles) http://www.unep.org/restrict/pas/paspa.htm