People don't stop being people at work. Conflict unfortunately is inevitable. But organizational conflict theory says there are several varieties of conflicts within an organization--inter-personal ...

Some businesses or organizations are as successful as the leaders the business has to motivate and lead others. Role theory as it relates to organizational leadership is how the leaders and followers ...

An organization, by its most basic definition, is an assembly of people working together to achieve common objectives through a division of labor. An organization provides a means of using individual ...

Widely regarded as one of the most influential management experts in the early days of classical management theory, Mary Parker Follett developed foundational concepts that redefine how organizations ...

Explore Charles Handy’s management theory and how his four workplace cultures shape leadership, motivation and company ...

Learn how Henri Fayol’s management theory shaped administrative principles still used by modern businesses. Explore all 14 ...

The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 379-403 (25 pages) Numerous researchers have proposed that trust is essential for understanding interpersonal and group behavior, ...

Sixty years ago, social psychologist Douglas McGregor developed two different theories — Theory X and Theory Y — about how managers perceive employees. Theory X managers are authoritarian. They ...

Primary care physician recruitment and retention must rely on not only increased financial remuneration, but also on a redesign of workflow and processes. Addressing the mounting primary care shortage ...