Among the subjects that are classified “sensitive” by many companies, middle management is not one of the least. It’s easy to understand that the latter will be widely impacted by the emergence of networked ,”unintermediarized” organizations, what brings legitimate fears. Companies fear the consequences of mid-managers fears and reaction and want to preserve the internal [...]
Entries Tagged as 'middle-management'
Which future for middle managers ?
October 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, social computing
Tags: change·culture·enterprise 2.0·Human resources·management·middle-management·social media·social-software
Generation Y and Boomers : Together They Can
July 30th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management
One more article that adds to the already imposing amount of Gen-Y related things. I (finally) recently came across something really worth on the subject in the latest issue of the HBR, an analysis relying on a survey conducted across 50 multinational companies and that confirms what we’ve been seing on the ground, even if [...]
Tags: baby boomers·generation x·generation y·Human resources·intergenerational mentoring·management·mentoring·middle-management
Re-empowering middle management
November 8th, 2006 · View Comments · Organization & Management
Companies have been experiencing big troubles with their middle management for years. The reason is quite simple: they had to do with a middle management which was disconnected from the field.
They now seem to have learned from that, adopting a new kind of management. As says Auchan (french leading supermarket chain) HR director, “it’s time [...]
Tags: Communities·communities-of-interests·communities-of-practices·enterprise 2.0·management·management-2.0·middle-management
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