The echo of laughter in the corridors of power

Article Abstract:

Asense of humor is not a characteristic usually associated with senior managers. People in high positions are often expected to be heavily serious in the way they look, sound and act, and to create an image of themselves as people with great depth, honor and substance. For people who lack this 'gravitas' characteristic of the traditional executive, the climb to the top can be difficult. High office is sometimes denied to jocular humorists even though they are deeply committed to their organization and have the talent to make it to the senior levels. Talented employees capable of levity should not be discounted as possible candidates for executive positions since it is not always the austere and serious types who possess the imagination and the style required to drive modern organizations toward success.

Evaluation, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Executives, Organizational behavior, Wit and humor, Humor

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People power

Article Abstract:

Many mature corporate organizations fail to properly utilize the creative energies and individual talents of their workers. Many corporate leaders, reared in a business environment that emphasized conformity and order, are ill-prepared for the task of managing the increasing diversity of attitudes that characterize the modern corporation. Any initiative to effect a change in organizational behavior must therefore start by ensuring that top management is cognizant of the necessity of employee empowerment. A program aimed at evolving new corporate values must clearly illustrate the benefits that can be derived from allowing organizational structures to become sufficiently flexible in accommodating the demands of an increasingly individualistic workforce.

Column, Organizational change, Participatory management

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Is there a place for morality in the world of management?

Article Abstract:

Business executives value honesty, but few expect to find it at work. People need to be taught ethical behavior. Harvard University's Lawrence Kohlberg investigated moral development, and he found that people have three stages of moral development. People believe that illicit pleasure is fine if they do not get caught. Morality is inspired by the desire to conform. People begin to establish ethics from a balance of rights and duties. Executives will need to begin to examine the level of moral behavior in the workplace and the decisions they make based on these morals.

Management, Ethical aspects, Corporations, Business ethics

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