Alan R. Hamlin, Ph.D.

Readings

Change Management

Issue: Contemporary Styles of Corporate Management

• CEO of the Decade
• How To Build Great Leaders
• The 10 Commandments of Zappos
• New Leadership at Pepsi
• How Merck Healed Itself
• Surviving By Killing Yourself (GE Case Study)
• The Plight of Middle Managers
• Mastering the Art of Disruption
• It's All About the Face-to-Face

Issue: Human Resource Issues

• Get Rid of Annual Reviews?
• House Passes Gay Protections
• Keys To Effective Body Language
• Women Vs. Men At The Bargaining Table
• Swallowing the Cost of Obesity Treatment
• A New Option for Fans of Outsourcing
• Workshop to the World
• When the Thrill is Gone (Burnout)
• American Job Satisfaction at Record Low

Issue: Unions

• The Future of Big Labor
• Labor's New Roll of the Dice
• GM-UAW Talks Break Down
• Democrats Give Unions New Clout
• Strikes Shut Down Parts of India

• Union Leader:  We Are Not Thugs
• New Frontiers in Labor Relations

Issue: International Trade

• China Versus Google
• ECB: Euro/Dollar Exchange Rates
• Learning from Europe
• 50 Million Jobs May Be Lost in 2009
• Second Thoughts on Free Trade
• US Says China Manipulating Currency
• Sarkozy Says Falling Dollar Risks Trade War
• US Attitudes Toward Free Trade
• Free Trade Fears on the Rise
• The Price of Low Prices
• EU at Odds Over Carbon Targets
• Iran's Cola War

Issue: Orient, Occident or Accident? Cross-cultural Attitudinal Differences

• Business Culture Guide:  Dozens of Country Facts/Values
• Laid Off Foreigners Exit Dubai
• Germany To Extend Minimum Wage
• Asian Financial Crisis Deepens
• Why Google is The Best Place To Work
• A CEO Masters Micro-Credit
• In U.S., Corporations Have Social Responsibility
• The End of Europe
• Court Turns Up Heat On Global Warming

Issue: Corporate Relocation and Expansion Issues

• International Isn't Just IBM's First Name
• Managing the Global Workforce
• Procter & Gamble Plant Utah Bound?
• Business Incentives Lose Luster For States
• Where Are All The Workers?
• Where There’s Smoke, There’s Profit- for Beijing
• She’s The Boss: Women Dominate Relocation Industry
• Current U.S. State Dept. Travel Warnings

Issue: Stockholder Assertiveness:

• The Gold-Plated Boardroom
• Directors:  Feeding at the Trough
• Do Shareholder Suits Make Sense?
• Board Shakeups Made Easier
• CEO Losses in Bear Market (use slideshow)
• We are Overpaid  
• Activist Investors NOT Welcome
• Words of Wisdom From Warren Buffet
• Jefferson-Pilot Shareholder Struggles
• Creating the Right Numbers For Executive Pay
• Targeting CEO Compensation
• Study Links Good Governance to Performance
• Can You Trust Your Fund Company?

Issue: Ethical Dilemmas

• How Will You Measure Your Life?
• Why Doing Good is Good Business
• Wall Street's Dark Side
• Wall Street:  It's Payback Time
• Will Madoff's Enablers Get Hard Time?
• Ethics Must Be Global, Not Local
• Animal Morality- Do Humans Have A Lock on Ethics?
• The Power of Revenge and Loathing in Business
• Wal-Mart Sets New Policy on Ethics
• Founders Traits Can Lead To Trouble
• Strong Ethics are Good for Business

Issue: Technology and the Rapidity of Change

• Acer Passes Dell, Chases HP
• Watching the Olympics Via Cellphone
• Electricity in the Air
• Online Burger Promo Goes Viral
• The Disposable Worker
• What Makes Apple Golden?
• Disney To Reach $1B in Internet Sales
• Consumer Vigilantes
• Meet the PayPal Mafia
• 21st Century Anywhere Marketing
• E-Commerce as a Competitive Advantage for Small Business

Issue: Productivity Issues

• Remove the Barriers To Productivity
• At IBM, A Vacation Anytime
• The Tyranny of the Market
• Alternative Performance Reviews
• Coping With Performance Review Anxiety
• In The Land of Women
• First Borns Really Do Have It Harder
• Low Grades for Performance Reviews
• Organizational Culture: Relationship to Uncertainty, Sensemaking, and Organizational Effectiveness

Issue: Downsizing, Re-engineering, Joint Ventures and M&A Activity

• Downsizing With Dignity
• Basics of Organizational Design

• Downsizing 101
• Citigroup Splits In Two
• Verizon's Spin-Off Offensive
• Throwing Out Work Rules at Best Buy
• BofA Buys Merrill, Loses Money, Gets $138B from US
• List of Recent Bank Merger Applications

Issue 12: Government Regulation, De-regulation and Striking the Proper Balance

• The Other Side of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Case
• Varney Selected as Antitrust Chief
• Has Wal-Mart Buried Mom and Pop?
• 7 Sins of Deregulation, and 3 Reforms
• The Death of Deregulation
• Analysts See Merck Victory in Vioxx Settlement
• Recession's Hidden Virtues
• Wal-Mart Workers Win Another $62 Million
• The Need for Regulation For ALL Imports
• Don't Blame the Burgers