Management Theory and Practice - Bulletin Board - August 2012

24.8.2012

Usain Bolt explaining his mission success in London 2012 Olympics to IMD B-School people.
http://mgmtvideo.blogspot.com/2012/08/usain-bolt-sharing-secrets-of-his.html


The editors of MIT Sloan Management Review are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize: Rob Cross, Peter Gray, Shirley Cunningham, Mark Showers and Robert J. Thomas for their Fall 2010 article “The Collaborative Organization: How to Make Employee Networks Really Work.” In the article, the authors discussed how the most effective organizations make smart use of employee networks to reduce costs, improve efficiency and spur innovation.
Article available for free access for some days.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2010-fall/52121/the-collaborative-organization-how-to-make-employee-networks-really-work/


23.8.2012

Social Media's Productivity Payoff
Your employees are active on Social media. Don't worry. The collaboration and communication facilitated by social media technologies help your knowledge workers to innovate and help your organization to grow
HBR Blog post by James Maryika, Michael Chui and Hugo Sarrazin, McKinsey & Co.
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/08/social_medias_productivity_pay.html