Archive for January 2010
Recent research into high and low quality connections between people in organisations has shown the negative effects of micro-management. Low quality connections, that is interactions that people find of little value, most often occur when the interactions are highly prescribed. In such interactions little energy or motivation is generated, little new knowledge or information created. Low quality interactions are likely to occur when managers or supervisors are following prescribed processes and routines: working through standardised checklists or agendas at each meeting.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, change, employee engagement, leadership, management, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, psychology, resistance to change, sarah lewis, strengths-based
Posted in Change, Leadership |
The phenomenon of Micro-finance in the developing world provides valuable insights into people’s attitudes to risk, in particular why seemingly irrational behaviour is in fact perfectly rational once seen within an individual context.
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Tags: ai, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, economics, employee engagement, micro finance, performance appraisal, performance-related pay, psychological economics, psychology, resistance to change, sarah lewis
Posted in Economics |
