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Challenges for New Managers (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-60-PBLeadership and People ManagementBecoming a manager usually means achieving a professional and social position that brings with it certain rights and privileges other jobs cannot offer. The position gives money and rank, but more importantly it also entails obligations and responsibilities. It is important to understand that these obligations and responsibilities are the essential part of management, while money and rank are just the derived benefits. As in other professional ma...Starting at €8.20
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Effectiveness and Leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-50-PBLeadership and People ManagementAn examination and discussion of the relationship between leadership and effectiveness, starting out from the assumption that leadership and results are bound up together. In the first place it examines the obstacles, principally related to the style of individual management, which a director must overcome to do their job effectively and in order to focus on how to maximize personal and executive effectiveness, and concludes with reflections on w...Starting at €8.20
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Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and Letters of Intent (LoI) in an Entrepreneurial Context
Wakeling, Nick; Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaTechnical Note EN-13-EEntrepreneurshipThe objective of this note is to provide an introduction to Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Letters of Intent (LoIs). It is not intended to substitute the advice of a seasoned lawyer, but rather to guide students and entrepreneurs on the basics of such documents.Starting at €8.20
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Input-output Curves
Sabrià, Frederic; Prats, Mª JuliaTechnical Note PN-384-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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The Roots of Leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-109-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn this note we approach leadership, first, from the point of view of the myths that obscure the reality. We then look at the characteristics of people who have followers, given that leadership becomes a solitary exercise if it has no impact on other people. Second, we illustrate those characteristics through the story of the Persian king Cyrus, as depicted by Xenophon in his Cyropedia, a work which the world's foremost management scholar, Peter ...Starting at €8.20
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Curvas «input-output»
Sabrià, Frederic; Prats, Mª JuliaTechnical Note PN-384Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota técnica presenta una herramienta para el estudio de procesos de acumulación.Starting at €8.20
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Decide how to Act and Think for Yourself
Vázquez-Dodero de Bonifaz, Juan Carlos; Fraguas Solé, Rafael; Palencia Herrero, Luis; Rosenberg, Michael Steven; Stein Martínez, Guido; Weber, Eric ChristopherTechnical Note ASNN-13-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe complexity and discretionality of management decisions make it advisable to abandon preconceived mental schemes, and, using whatever is good about them, generate one's own "viewing apparatus" for non-technical or highly uncertain issues.Starting at €8.20
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360º Evaluation: More Than a Technique (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-112-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementMany companies aim to provide more detailed information to employees beyond that which is provided directly by their superiors. This aim is often formalized through 360° feedback techniques and processes. The use of these techniques proves that this information can be applied for more than merely facilitating individual development, and raises the question about whether they can also serve for operational decision making. The objective of this te...Starting at €8.20