{"product_id":"management-and-leadership-what-can-mba-do-in-my-workday-9781733827508","title":"Management and Leadership: What Can MBA Do in My Workday?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatured in \u003cem\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003earticle\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e \"3 Professors Shaping the Future of Business,\" Professor Alex Stajkovic brings his MBA class to life by teaching us how to be more effective managers and how to grow into transformational leaders. Based on decades of empirical research, he shows us how to put sound theory into practice to increase the motivation and performance of our people. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManagement and Leadership are taught in almost all MBA programs. Many schools require these topics in an opening class. Paraphrasing a renowned physicist, Robert Oppenheimer, physics would be really hard if particles could talk. In the study of Management and Leadership, we focus on people. People talk, talk back, and come with different preferences, attitudes, and personalities. Some work less, some work more. Some are more agreeable, some are less open-minded. Some are happy, and some are grumpy. Yet, managers and leaders need to motivate all employees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat power-holders do is often at odds with the best evidence. Learning how to motivate and lead is fundamental to an organization's success. Half-truths \u003cem\u003ede jour\u003c\/em\u003e are dangerous because they can be partly right. However, these myths are misleading often enough to get many organizations into serious trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pocketbook is a straight-forward, easy-to-read reference guide to classic theories in work motivation. Making business choices based on fiery proclamations, flimsy data, and equivocal recommendations leads to questionable results. Evidence-based answers are needed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTolstoy opens up his novel Anna Karenina with this unforgettable line: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganizations must assemble the right mix of ingredients to produce a recipe for success. Misery is more idiosyncratic, but few things in business bring a company down faster than a demotivated workforce antagonized by insolent leadership and ineffective management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn conversations with leaders, a common theme emerges. Many did not have an opportunity to study the psychology of leadership before they found themselves consumed by its demands. They recollect how it was only after their leadership tenure ended that they found time to study the subject that had filled their lives for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do you motivate employees to reach their goals and go above and beyond?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pocketbook, Professor Stajkovic and Sergent use research, stories, history, philosophy, and religion to answer these questions in a to-the-point style that readers and students have come to expect and appreciate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you've taken Professor Stajkovic's class, watched one of his webinars, or read one of his many academic publications, this pocketbook is for anyone who wants evidence-based tips on becoming a more effective manager and inspirational leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSergent, Kayla:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kayla is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Edgewood College School of Business. Kayla conducts research on self-efficacy, confidence, and the interaction of conscious and subconscious goals on cognitive load and performance. She teaches Management and Professional Communications, Organizational Behavior, and Business Capstone at Edgewood College. In addition, she is an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Kayla has given professional talks on Transformational Leadership, Organizational Culture, and Prime and Prejudice. For more information, see her website at www.sergent.biz\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStajkovic, Alex D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Alex is the M. Keith Weikel Distinguished Chair in Leadership at the Wisconsin of School Business. He was recently featured in the New York Times in the article, Three Professors Shaping the Future of Business. Alex conducts research on self-efficacy, confidence, primed goals, and incentive motivators. He teaches courses on leadership and organizational behavior. 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