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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Middle Manager"”.
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Play and the genesis of middle manager agents
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, 1993.
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The academic middle manager in higher education : perceptions and aspirations
… the knowledge, skills and attributes required by middle managers in higher education institutions and the aspirations of academics to move to a management position. Taking a grounded theory approach to the design of the study and the analysis of the findings, 26 middle managers from three 'post …
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Subjugation and Subterfuge: Struggling with Metrics as a Middle Manager in a UK Business School
… the behaviours and emotions which emerge when middle managers in Higher Education (HE) use metrics as a tool to measure organisational performance. It uses autoethnography as a methodological approach, employing research narratives and reflexive inquiry. These narratives explore …
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"Who endorses ""think manager-think male""? A within-person examination of masculine and feminine leader stereotypes"
… leader stereotypes comes from the think manager-think male paradigm (TMTM; Schein, 1973). In the TMTM paradigm, a common set of adjectives is rated by different groups of participants for how well they characterize men in general, women in general, and successful middle managers; then, …
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Influence of executive turnover on middle management’s vertical codeswitching in South African organisations
Middle managers represent a unique position in the organisation, as they can switch vertically between the contrasting positions of follower and leader. This implies that the middle manager engages in a power play by adopting multiple personas. The objective of this study was to gain an …
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Changing times : the role of the Curriculum middle managers within Colleges of Further Education
… increase in interest of the role of academic middle leaders within education in recent years. However, little research exists on the specific role of curriculum middle managers within colleges of Further Education. This study explores the role of curriculum middle managers within three …
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Corporate Entrepreneurship programs : practices and their implications in developing economies
… is insufficient to provide proper guidance for managers. On the other hand, currently, the knowledge base in this area is incomplete and fragmented. It lacks a coherent structure that would allow organizations to achieve productive outcomes. Therefore, developing an integrated perspective to …
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Leadership Practices of Middle Managers in Selected Secondary Schools in Jamaica
… schools by examining how leadership at the middle tier is conceived and implemented. This focus was predicated on the increasing demand to acknowledge the layers of leadership that exists in schools. Additionally, there is a growing need to direct attention to this tier by building their …
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Middle management and the enactment of masculinity
… this thesis examines the ways in which today's middle managers enact masculinity. Considering the gender-orientated 'ways of being' of a middle manager within a contemporary organisational environment, the research gives equal credence to space, language and the body - termed Locations of …
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Design and testing of a Jewish model for secular leadership as a driver for organizational development and operational excellence in manufacturing
… an organization from the perspective of the middle manager. The paper concedes that 20/20 LEADERSHIP has similarities with elements of other models but that 20/20 LEADERSHIP concepts based in Judaism’s 3500-year history predate these modern models. The thesis explores how coaching, and …
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A Model for Electronic Linkage of Organizational Communication in Large High Schools
… model addressed. Since each teacher acts as a middle manager in large high schools, the computer linkage allows communication to and between any staff member and the administration. Other organizational communication uses or functions are: 1) organizational functions such as curriculum, …
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Nursing by the long stretch of the arm: an exploration of community nursing middle managers' experiences of role enactment within Community Health Partnerships in three regions of Scotland.
… This thesis aimed to explore community nursing middle manager role enactment in managing change within Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) in three regions of Scotland from 2008-2011. Background: CHPs were established to play a key role in shifting care from the acute to the community setting. …
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Peer Influence: A Method to Help Manage Stress
… of this project was to find a difference between middle managers’ and blue-collar workers’ episodic non-work related and work related stress events. The information that was found was to be developed into a “peer influence” program to help prevent the workers from experiencing chronic stress …
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A study of human resource development strategies for how to effectively develop middle managers at global conglomerates to create cross-business collaboration
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms