Management techniques and organizational silencing: a manager’s account

Organizational Structure: Management techniques and Lessons

The roles of systems engineering, program and project management, and engineering management are continuously blurred and challenged in complex engineering organizations. The demands made of each of these functions can lead to increasing role confusion in otherwise historically well-defined functions. It is important to understand the reasons for existing practices in defining and utilizing the...

Organizational Silence and Organizational Commitment: A Study of Turkish Sport Managers

Background. There is a limited number of studies investigating the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational silence, especially in the sports sector. Objectives. This study aims to examine the effects of organizational silence perception on organizational commitment behaviors of employees in the sports sector in Istanbul. Methods. The participants of this study were 2...

What Is Management and What Do Managers Do? A Systems Theory Account

A Study on Merits and Demerits of Two Main Gene Silencing Techniques in Mice

Background: Transgenic mice are being considered as invaluable tool in biological sciences towards comprehension of the cause of the genetic diseases. Manipulated embryonic stem (ES) cells are used to produce loss-of-function mutant mice. Microinjection of manipulated ES cells into blastocoel cavity, and morula fusion are the two main techniques in producing transgenic mice. So...

Communication Techniques in Adaptive Selling: A Strategic Account Management Approach

We uncover a range of communication techniques used by salespersons across three levels of accounts classified according to their strategic importance to a selling organization. We further distinguish between communication techniques utilized in positive sales encounters characterized by harmonious interaction between buyer and seller, and those used in challenging situations where salespersons...