How to build company culture
You’ve determined that a particular culture will allow you to execute your business strategy, but how do you build it? Angelo Kinicki has years of research and consulting experience in this area as the Weatherup/Overby Chair in Leadership at the W. P. Carey School.
What is culture and why is it important?
If asked, could you describe the culture of your company? You should, because as management professor and leadership consultant Angelo Kinicki says, culture is important to employee behavior and company performance. Listen to part one of our series on company culture.
Dip in foreclosures is small comfort
Activity in the Phoenix real estate market dropped between June and July, during the summer season when sales are usually up. The reason is that foreclosure-related activity fell once again — dropping below 30 percent for the first time since 2009.
New faculty are experts on cyber security, privacy
Two new faculty members joining the W. P. Carey Department of Information Systems this fall will bring expertise in critical areas of information systems that have been making headlines. Roberto J.
Sine Emptore Nullum Negotium and few new jobs
For decades, visitors to the office of the dean in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University have asked about the Latin words Sine Emptore Nullum Negotium inscribed on a brass plaque on the door.
What do they value? Access as the source of power
Power is something that every leader, every manager and every business owner seeks, and needs, to further their interests.
Mark McKenna lecture in health sector supply chain: Quint Studer's top 10 challenges in execution
Quint Studer is CEO of the Studer Group, a health care consulting firm and recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Phoenix real estate: A market of many stories
The summer resale season in the Phoenix real estate market has been brisk, with about 10,500 single-family homes changing hands in June. And, for the fourth consecutive month, foreclosure-related sales as a percentage of the total market have fallen.
Changing the way we talk about the cloud
"Cloud is cheap, fast and easy! Did we mention fast?!" "No hardware required!" "Why build what someone has already built?" Marketing pitches for cloud solutions sometimes run to hyperbole, creating a communications challenge for IT leaders.
Performance goals for CFOs returning to pre-downturn norms
During the financial crisis and the resulting recession, companies set tough targets for their CFOs, refusing, in some cases, to give bonuses unless companies reported positive earnings, accounting professor Michal Matejka says.