Ziff and Leadership Institute Host Career Strategies Panel Discussion
Are you looking for a job during these troubled times or considering a
career change but are unsure whether now is the time to do so? These
questions and many others will be answered at "Career Strategies for
Uncertain Economic Times," a panel discussion hosted by The Johnson A.
Edosomwan Leadership Institute and the Ziff Graduate Career Services
Center at the School of Business on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.
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Leadership Institute Presents Award at Academy of Management Conference
 The Leadership Institute presented Pat Sniderman, a doctoral student at the Open University in the
United Kingdom, with an award for best proposal at the recent Academy of Management Annual Meeting. The proposal titled, "The
impact of disconfirming and confirming managerial communication on employee
emotions: The moderating role of employee emotion regulation and
perceived relationship quality," was submitted as part of a professional development workshop (PDW) organized and facilitated by Marie
Dasborough, assistant professor of management.
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Research Update: Decision Making Under Uncertainty
 In his research titled, "Decision Making with Inaccurate, Unreliable
Data,"John Mezias, associate professor of management, discusses
decision making under uncertainty and how to minimize potential for large
errors. Mezias cautions that when faced
with uncertain or unreliable data, managers should be skeptical of their current
assumptions, proceed incrementally, and admit mistakes to mitigate fallout from
bad decisions.
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M. Lewis Temares to Present Keynote in Panama
M. Lewis Temares, the University of Miami's vice president
of information technology and a member of the Leadership Institute, will give the keynote speech at the Advanced Business
Leadership Forum. The forum will be held
in City of Knowledge, Panama on December 3 and 4, and will focus on bringing IT
and business leadership together to form new and innovative business practices
to emerge stronger from the current economic downturn. More Information
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Successful Small Team Leadership
Traditional views of leadership hold that leading a group
and leading an individual should be handled differently. On a basketball team, for example, is it
better to treat individual players differently?
Each player has a different skill level and role on the team. A natural impulse would be to treat the star
player and the bench player differently.
New research from Joshua Wu, an assistant professor of management
at the School of Business, shows that doing so would be detrimental to the team
as a whole. His study, entitled "Consequences of Differentiated Leadership in
Groups," shows that individual-focused leadership used in a team setting
actually decreases overall group efficacy.
If a leader focuses on individual teams members, each member will
identify with the leader differently and ultimately end up destroying the
collective team spirit. This will lead
to reduced team effectiveness.
Consequently, focusing on the group as a whole will lead to greater
group identification and cohesion, resulting in greater overall group
performance.
Wu states that these are only preliminary findings, but
should provide a good springboard for further research in this area. Read More
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White Paper: Ethics in Leadership
The latest research in the Institute's new white paper series explores the relationship between ethics and leadership. Susan P. Mullane, an associate professor and member of the Institute's faculty, details the connection between a sound value system and the ability of the leader to use these values in decision making. |
Nominations Open for
the Best Leadership Books of 2009
If you have read a recently-released book on leadership that
you would highly recommend to others, we want to know the title.
The Leadership Institute is adding to the Leader's Bookshelf
with the Best of 2009, a list of the top leadership books released in
2009. If you would like to nominate a book for
consideration, please e-mail leadershipinstitute@miami.edu. Look for the Best of 2009 in January of
2010.
To see our recommendations for the most influential
leadership books of all time, visit The Leader's Bookshelf.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
James W. McLamore Executive Education Dining Room, 3rd Floor
5:30 p.m. Refreshments, 6:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
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Annual Leadership Best Practices Conference
November 5, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Co-sponsored by the
Leadership Institute, the Leadership Best Practices Conference is designed to
assist public and private sector organizations in creating a strategic
competitive advantage through identifying and implementing leadership best
practices. For more information about this conference or to register visit www.leadershipbestpracticesconference.com
Group rates are available.
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Welcome to UM Leadership Link, a quarterly e-newsletter to keep you informed about
programs and news from the Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute. An
interdisciplinary center of excellence at the University of Miami's School of
Business Administration, the Institute provides leadership development and
consultation for aspiring leaders, managers, professionals and executives and
their organizations. Please send comments and
suggestions to leadershipinstitute@miami.edu.
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ADMINISTRATION
Terri A. Scandura
Academic Director, Johnson
A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute; Dean, Graduate School
Jackie Zelman
Director, Johnson
A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute
M. Lewis Temares Vice President/CIO,IT, Information Technology
Luis Aceituno
Graduate Assistant
FACULTY
William Scott Green
Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
School of Business
Patricia Abril
Assistant Professor, Business Law
Susan W. Amat
Executive Director, The Launch Pad; Lecturer, Management
Anita Cava
Associate Professor, Department of Business Law; Co-director, UM Ethics Programs
Ken Colwell
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs
Cecily D. Cooper
Assistant Professor, Management
Marie Dasborough
Assistant Professor, Management
Christine M. Hagan
Lecturer, Management
Marc Junkunc
Assistant Professor, Management
Barbara E. Kahn
Dean, School of Business
Jeffery L. Kerr
Associate Professor, Management
Andrew Leone
Professor, Accounting
Robert Meyer
Visiting Professor, Marketing
John M. Mezias
Associate Professor, Management
Dhananjay Nanda
Professor, Accounting
Linda L. Neider
Vice Dean of Undergraduate Business Programs
A. Parasuraman
Vice Dean of Faculty; Director, Doctoral Program in Business Administration
Arun Sharma
Vice Dean of Strategic Initiatives
Steven G. Ullmann
Professor and Director, Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy
William B. Werther
Professor, Management
Joshua Wu
Assistant Professor, Management
School of Education
Scot Evans
Assistant Professor, Educational and Psychological Studies
Susan Mullane
Associate Professor, Sport Administration Program
Issac Prilleltensky
Dean, School of Education
Arts and Sciences
Jonathan West
Professor, Political Science; Director, MPA Program
Miller School of Medicine
Vineeth John
Director, JMH Mental Health Hospital Center
Frost School of Music
Shelly Berg
Dean, Frost School of Music
Serona Elton
Assistant Professor, Music Business & Entertainment Industries
College of Engineering
Shihab S. Asfour
Associate Dean for Academics
Tarek M. Khalil
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Vincent Omachonu
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
School of Communication
Sam L Grogg
Dean, School of Communication
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