Organisational Behaviour - All Articles

Diversity may have become a corporate catch cry, but new research shows ignoring differences may be counterproductive. ... read more

The onus is on managers to sort the real contributors from the coasters in a team – and remunerate accordingly, suggests new AGSM research. ... read more

Professor Robert Wood was recently made a Fellow of the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences in Australia at a ceremony in Canberra. ... read more

Wendy Grusin was awarded the Marcus Cohen Award for AGSM instructors. ... read more

Junior Medical Officers (JMO’s) have one of the toughest jobs in the Australian health system. ... read more

Answering the long-standing call for a major new organisational theory, AGSM’s Professor Lex Donaldson has proposed a groundbreaking new theory that is based on statistics, and delivers an objectivist and scientific approach to the study of organisations. ... read more

Organisations need to abandon their emphases on share price and shift their attention and energies to people – their customers and employees – to improve long-term results. ... read more

Optimistic and happier people deliver better results. Organisations can improve performance by playing to the ‘signature’ strengths of individuals, enabling them to work more productively by nurturing greater satisfaction and fulfilment. Optimism is the foundation of resilience, providing a buffer against misfortune and the negative impact of challenging events. ... read more

Leading organisations around the world are recognising that engaging with employees is one of the keys to high performance, and are implementing new human resource policies to facilitate change. ... read more

The Battle of Trafalgar, whose 200th anniversary we celebrated on October 21, is one of the hinges of history – it changed everything. Most people know that the British overcame significant odds to defeat a combined fleet headed by the French. Or more likely they have heard of Lord Nelson’s most enduring naval signal hoisted prior to battle: England expects everyman to do his duty. ... read more

The business world is in the grip of a leadership failure epidemic. The loss of millions and sometimes billions of dollars of shareholder value can be attributed to just a handful of common human flaws, according to recent research. ... read more

It is a fact of corporate life that many companies underperform and that some fail, and fail spectacularly. In many, if not most cases these companies are led by highly intelligent and respected executives who have deep experience and impressive track records. ... read more

Members of AGSM’s community recently attended a Breakfast Briefing given by Norman Drummond at the Kensington campus. Norman has held a wide range of public leadership roles and assumed high responsibility at a comparatively early age within the Church, Secondary and Tertiary Education, Public Sector, the Media and latterly within Business as an Executive Coach and Social Entrepreneur. ... read more

Professor Lex Donaldson’s awareness of his own intellectual journey is reflected in the value he places on teaching. ... read more

Why is it so difficult for organisations to change? As the corporate focus on leadership and organisational change grows more intense, the importance of understanding the real change drivers – people and the social environment - may be lost in the mix. ... read more