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In the chapter “Changing Contours of Organizations and Org Theory” of Organizations and Organizing Scott and Davis discuss the changes that are developing in the area of organization theory. Two examples of change in the field caught my attention and reminded me of a concept from a previous chapter, “From Unitary to Multiparadigm” and “From [...]
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I grew up playing hockey, went to a high school that revolved around hockey and had two sheets of ice on campus, and I continue to play hockey to this day. It wasn’t until I came to college that I realized that hockey wasn’t a popular as I had always thought. With a more open [...]
Filed under: Blog, Class, Fun | Tagged: Crosby, downfall, hockey, markets, NHL, Ovechkin, supply and demand | 22 Comments »
For my previous two posts, I focused on the financial reform and regulatory legislation and securitization’s impact in the Enron crisis. Doing research for both of these posts introduced me to the controversial topic of financial regulation and deregulation. For my final paper I’m focusing on the financial regulation and deregulation that influenced behavior and [...]
Filed under: Blog, Class | Tagged: deregulation, financial crisis, financial legislation, financial regulation, recession, regulation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act | 3 Comments »
In wake of the financial crisis the public is demanding more regulation on the banks and other financial institutions that have put the country’s economy where it is. These regulations range from total transparency with derivatives, breaking up of the “Too Big To Fails” (TBTF), and other restrictions on financial institutions. Anyone can easily see [...]
Filed under: Blog | Tagged: Dodd, Dodd bill, financial crisis, financial regulation, Krugman, Kwak, politics, Reform, regulation | 5 Comments »
One of Enron’s greatest tools for making money and hiding and removing risk from their Annual Report was securitization (sort of). The Enron crisis and bankruptcy brought to light many things about securitization, some good and some bad. It was a wake up call to politicians, businesses, and scholars that securitization though beneficial has huge [...]
Filed under: Blog, Class | Tagged: Bankruptcy Reform Act, enron, post-Enron, section 912, securitization | 4 Comments »
Through my 4 years at Bucknell many of my classes have had class tutorials on how to use the cast amount of resources offered by the Bucknell Library. So I was able to do a little research on my own before meeting with Dot Thompson in order to get myself reacquainted with the databases the [...]
Filed under: Blog, Class, Organization Theory | Tagged: bucknell library, Dot Thompson, library, Org Theory research, research, research by subject | Leave a Comment »
When most people imagine the structure a successful company their first thought most likely is the CEO, then the other chief officers of the company, the rest of the upper management, and then hierarchy that divides the company into subunits (divisions and departments). Some people would expect there to be links between all the divisions [...]
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When arrived in Vienna in early January of 2009, headlines of every newspaper discussed the decline of Iceland’s economy and soon the countries government. The government had become ridiculously overexposed in Baltic and US mortgages after bailing out the top 3 national banks in second half of 2008. During this period of distress the Iceland’s [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Blog, Organization Theory, What is Going On? | Tagged: banking, debt, EU, financial crisis, government, government policy, Iceland, inflation | 4 Comments »
The book I chose was Sites of Antiquity: From Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome by Charles Freeman. Being a Classics minor and huge history buff this book caught my eye. The book is a collection of 50 historical sites from ancient the ancient times of Egypt, Greece, Rome and early Christendom. A short [...]
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Ignoring the labor issues that surround Wal-mart, they have made giant strides in “Going Green.” The articles Wal-Mart’s Environmental Game-Changer and Wal-Mart Going Green And Its Effect both discuss the revolutionary changes that the $401 billion retail behemoth has taken the in the directions to help the environment. Being environmentally friendly has never been a [...]
Filed under: Blog, concepts, Organization Theory | Tagged: environment, Goals, going green, rational system perspective, Wal-Mart | 7 Comments »
On the Freakonomic’s blog the post “Commitment Contracts for Business” talked about Staples’ new “StickK to it!” Business Challenge. Staples has teamed up with stickK.com, a free online commitment program, to offer incentives like business supplies and gift cards to encourage people to complete “all kinds of career-oriented tasks.” This business plan is a perfect [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Blog, What is Going On? | Tagged: business strategy, economics, incentives | 3 Comments »
My post dealt with how Israeli and Palestinian relations have been unstable , but recent efforts from private organizations and political leaders have improved the relationships between these two groups of people. Unfortunately, the US’s attempts to stop the violence have only been rejected. The US needs to reset its strategy at achieving its goal [...]
Filed under: concepts, Organization Theory, Uncategorized | Tagged: compromise, conflict, Middle East, natural system | 1 Comment »
I looked at a post from the OT 2009 class titled Organizational Culture vs. National Culture: The Globalization of McDonald’s. Before even reading the post, the title gave me an idea of what the post’s theme is, but just enough to make the reader interested. The title entices the reader by showing a conflict between [...]
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