Author Archive
An Overview of Organizational Leadership and Management – Walonick
The quest for power has dominated human history. One of the earliest works on the management of power was written by Niccolo Machiavelli, a political advisor to nobles during the early sixteenth century. In The Prince, Machiavelli laid out a set of principles that would help the nobles maintain their leadership and control over the populous.
Causes and Cures of Stress in Organizations – Walonick
Job stress in organizations is widespread. About half of all workers feel the pressures of job-related stress. Extensive research shows that excessive job stress can adversely affect the emotional and physical health of workers.
Organizational Theory and Behavior – Walonick
Classical organization theory evolved during the first half of this century. It represents the merger of scientific management, bureaucratic theory, and administrative theory.
New workshop for consultants, business advisers and OD specialists
Rapidly identify & prioritise the needs of your clients. Users of RapidBI’s Business Improvement Review (BIR), have used the tool to help identify client needs, prioritise actions and provide a way of evaluating outcomes and measuring progress (benchmarking) made. Now the team at RapidBI have taken our accreditation workshop, and integrated it with a client engagement package, forming a powerful 1/2 day interactive workshop
What is Best Practice?
BEST PRACTICE Often in business we hear about Best Practice and Good Practice, but what does it mean? Where and when should we use it? How to generate Best Practice in your organization
The Impact of the Web on Accelerated Learning
Accelerated or brain friendly learning has been increasingly accepted amonst trainers, but are we missing much of this learning via the internet?
Train the Trainer – Infection Control
We often talk about the importance of wearing gloved as part of our infection control Standard Practises (SPs), the use of hand-gel, but we don’t really do infection control. What are infections? how are they spread? What can each of us to to STOP the spread of infection in its tracks? Where are infections being spread in your organisation – they are being spread – but do you KNOW where?
Practical – hands on training for helping to reduce the spread of infections in your organisation or Domiciliary care services
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory
Howard Gardner’s varying approaches to the “Multiple Intelligence Theory” and their relevance to Accelerated Learning Techniques.
The SAVI approach to learning
In Accelerated Learning, the acronym ‘SAVI’ stands for Somatic, Auditory, Visual and Intellectual methods of imparting education. In non-technical terms, it is learning through physical activity, talking and social interaction, listening and watching, and thinking, reflecting (and) analyzing respectively
The brain & learning – what bit does what
Brain research indicates that for effective learning, both body and mind should be involved. The body and brain interacts in two distinct ways.
