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Use this page to identify relevant business articles on leadership and organizational structures
Threaded Discussion Topics for Week 2:
1. How does the mentor role differ from the facilitator role in an organization? Explain.
2. Discuss how tightening controls on employees can backfire on management.
Handbooks and subject encyclopedias are an excellent way to quickly get an overview of a topic: historical development, theories, seminal ideas and people. Below are listed a couple of our favorites.
Selected articles:
Use these databases to access online reference materials. Get started by clicking a logo below.
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Sample searches:
Explore using some of the following keywords for topics discussed in this week's lectures
Topic 1: Leadership and the Learning Organization
Primary Keywords (broad umbrella concepts): organizational learning, organizational culture, organizational behavior
Secondary Keywords: leader*
Tertiary Keywords: mission, vision, strategic planning
Starter Search: "organizational learning" AND leader* AND (strateg* OR planning)
Topic 2: Organizational Structure
Primary Keywords: organizational structure, organizational culture, organizational behavior
Secondary Keywords: leadership
Tertiary Keywords: assessment, evaluation, outcome, performance, productivity, quality
Starter Search: "organizational structure" AND leader* AND performance
If you're looking for business journal articles, we recommend that you start with one of these library databases:
