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Accountability and Responsibility in Management: The Cornerstone of High-Performing Organizations
By Dr. Evelyn Reed, PhD
Dr. Evelyn Reed is a renowned organizational psychologist with over 20 years of experience consulting for Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise lies in leadership development, team dynamics, and organizational effectiveness. She is the author of "The Power of Purpose-Driven Leadership" and a frequent speaker at international management conferences.
Published by: The Management Review, a leading publication dedicated to providing insightful and practical advice for managers and executives across diverse industries. The Management Review has a 30-year history of delivering high-quality content and enjoys a strong reputation for its rigorous editorial standards and authoritative voice within the management community.
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Keywords: accountability and responsibility in management, leadership, organizational performance, team management, employee engagement, ethical leadership, corporate governance, risk management, high-performing teams
Introduction:
Accountability and responsibility in management are not merely buzzwords; they are the fundamental pillars upon which successful organizations are built. A robust framework of accountability and responsibility fosters a culture of trust, transparency, and high performance. Without it, organizations risk stagnation, decreased morale, and ultimately, failure. This article will delve into the critical aspects of accountability and responsibility in management, exploring their implications for various industries and offering practical strategies for cultivating a culture of ownership and high performance.
H1: Defining Accountability and Responsibility in Management
While often used interchangeably, accountability and responsibility are distinct yet interconnected concepts. Responsibility refers to the obligation to complete a specific task or achieve a particular outcome. It is about having the authority and resources to perform a duty. Accountability, on the other hand, is the obligation to answer for the results of one's actions or inactions. It implies being held answerable for the consequences, both positive and negative. Effective management requires a clear understanding and delineation of both roles, ensuring every team member knows their responsibilities and understands the accountability associated with their actions.
H2: The Importance of Accountability and Responsibility in Management for Organizational Success
The impact of accountability and responsibility in management reverberates throughout the entire organization. A well-defined system fosters:
Improved Performance: When individuals are accountable for their work, they are more likely to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and strive for excellence.
Increased Productivity: Clearly defined roles and responsibilities minimize confusion and duplication of effort, leading to enhanced productivity.
Enhanced Employee Engagement: Employees who feel valued and trusted are more likely to be engaged and committed to their work.
Stronger Teamwork: Shared accountability encourages collaboration and mutual support among team members.
Reduced Risk: A culture of accountability minimizes errors and encourages proactive risk management.
Ethical Conduct: Accountability promotes ethical behavior and adherence to organizational values.
H3: Cultivating a Culture of Accountability and Responsibility
Creating a thriving environment of accountability and responsibility requires a multifaceted approach:
Clear Role Definition: Establish clear job descriptions that outline responsibilities and expected outcomes.
Open Communication: Encourage open and honest communication between managers and employees.
Effective Performance Management: Implement a robust performance management system that includes regular feedback, goal setting, and performance reviews.
Delegation and Empowerment: Delegate tasks appropriately and empower employees to take ownership of their work.
Constructive Feedback: Provide regular and constructive feedback, focusing on both strengths and areas for improvement.
Fair and Consistent Enforcement: Ensure that accountability measures are applied fairly and consistently across the organization.
Leadership by Example: Leaders must embody the principles of accountability and responsibility, setting a positive example for their teams.
H4: Accountability and Responsibility in Management across Industries
The principles of accountability and responsibility are crucial across all industries, though their implementation may vary depending on the specific context. In healthcare, accountability ensures patient safety and quality of care. In finance, it safeguards against fraud and risk. In manufacturing, it guarantees product quality and safety. In every sector, a strong emphasis on accountability and responsibility directly impacts the organization’s reputation, profitability, and overall success.
H5: Challenges and Solutions in Implementing Accountability and Responsibility
Implementing a culture of accountability and responsibility is not without its challenges. These include:
Resistance to Change: Some individuals may resist taking ownership or being held accountable for their actions.
Lack of Clarity: Ambiguous roles and responsibilities can lead to confusion and a lack of accountability.
Fear of Failure: A fear of negative consequences can discourage individuals from taking risks or owning their mistakes.
Ineffective Leadership: A lack of strong leadership can undermine efforts to cultivate a culture of accountability.
Addressing these challenges requires proactive measures, including clear communication, training, supportive leadership, and a culture that encourages learning from mistakes rather than punishing them.
Conclusion:
Accountability and responsibility in management are not just desirable traits; they are essential ingredients for organizational success. By fostering a culture that values ownership, transparency, and performance, organizations can unlock their full potential, creating a high-performing environment where employees thrive and the organization flourishes. The journey to establishing this culture requires consistent effort, clear communication, and a commitment to ethical leadership, but the rewards are immeasurable.
FAQs:
1. What is the difference between accountability and responsibility? Responsibility is the obligation to perform a task; accountability is the obligation to answer for the results.
2. How can I improve accountability within my team? Clearly define roles, set SMART goals, provide regular feedback, and consistently enforce consequences.
3. What are the consequences of lacking accountability? Decreased productivity, poor morale, increased risk, and reputational damage.
4. How can leaders promote accountability? Lead by example, provide clear expectations, empower employees, and foster a culture of trust.
5. How can I address resistance to accountability? Open communication, training, and coaching can help address resistance.
6. How does accountability relate to performance management? Accountability is a key component of effective performance management.
7. What role does technology play in enhancing accountability? Technology can provide tools for tracking progress, managing tasks, and improving communication.
8. How can accountability be measured? Through performance metrics, employee feedback, and assessment of outcomes.
9. How can a company create a culture of accountability? By embedding accountability into its values, processes, and systems.
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| accountability and responsibility in management: Accountability: Taking Ownership of Your Responsibility Henry Browning, 2012-01-03 More and more managerial challenges require leaders to be accountable-to take initiative without having full authority for the process or the outcomes. Accountability goes beyond responsibility. Whereas responsibility is generally delegated by the boss, the organization, or by virtue of position, accountability is having an intrinsic sense of ownership of the task and the willingness to face the consequences that come with success or failure. Through this guidebook you will learn how your organization and its leaders can create a culture that fosters accountability by focusing on five areas: support, freedom, information, resources, and goal and role clarity. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Culture Transformation Phil Geldart, 2014-12-12 e;A true culture transformation should outlast the management that initiated it.e; In his latest book, Phil Geldart, CEO of Eagle's Flight, discusses:How and where to startMeasuring the impactThe role of leadershipHow to change behaviorThe importance of convictionWho should do whatThe role of HRand substantially more...The book also includes an action planning workbook with the 30 most crucial questions to address in order to ensure success. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Scaling Up Verne Harnish, 2014 In this guide, Harnish and his co-authors share practical tools and techniques to help entrepreneurs grow an industry -- dominating business without it killing them -- and actually have fun. Many growth company leaders reach a point where they actually dread adding another customer, employee, or location. It feels like they are just adding more weight to an ever-heavier anchor they are dragging through the sand. To make matters worse, the increased revenues have not turned into more profitability, so at some point they wonder if the journey is worth the effort. This book focuses on the four major decisions every company must get right: People, Strategy, Execution and Cash. The book includes a series of One-Page tools including the One-Page Strategic Plan and the Rockefeller Habits Execution Checklist, which more than 40,000 firms around the globe have used to scale their companies successfully. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Accountability: Taking Ownership of Your Responsibility (Portuguese for Europe) Henry Browning, 2019-07-19 This Center for Creative Leadership® publication shows you how your organization and its leaders can create a culture that fosters accountability by focusing on five areas: support, freedom, information, rescources and goal and role clarity. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Ethics and Accountability in a Context of Governance and New Public Management Annie Hondeghem, European Group of Public Administration, 1998 Ethics and accountability have become important themes for modern government, as in most of the countries there is a severe crisis of legitimacy. Increasingly there is a feeling that performance management alone will not solve this crisis. Citizens also expect from politicians and public servants ethical responsible conduct. As to the ethics, however, there is a problem. Governance and new public management have raised new problems which cannot be solved by referring to the traditional bureaucratic ethics. Devolution and decentralisation processes have enhanced the responsibility of public servants. The increase of transparency and openness and the service orientation of public organisations have challenged the traditional values of discretion and equality before the rule. The growing interaction between the public and the private sector have raised the question of integrity. In light of these developments, it is important to update the ethical system, or reversibly, the traditional values of the public service can question some actual evolutions in government. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Accountability Leadership Di Worrall, 2013-08-08 Do you still live In hope that employees will follow through on their responsibilities and commitments? The rules of accountability have changed. With three Awards for literary excellence, Accountability Leadership will teach you what it really takes to lead a high performance culture of accountability and responsibility in today's workplace. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Accountability Rob Lebow, Randy Spitzer, 2002 The authors show how to transform a business by replacing the control and manipulation that typically characterize the workplace with personal accountability. |
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| accountability and responsibility in management: Board Accountability in Corporate Governance Andrew Keay, 2015-05-15 Within corporate governance the accountability of the board of directors is identified as a major issue by governments, international bodies, professional associations and academic literature. Boards are given significant power in companies, and as a consequence it is argued that they should be accountable for their actions. Drawing on political science, public administration, accounting, and ethics literature, this book examines the concept of accountability and its meaning in the corporate governance context. It examines the rationale for making boards accountable, and outlines the obstacles and drawbacks involved in providing for accountability. The book goes on to examine how current mechanisms for ensuring accountability are assessed in terms of fairness, justice, transparency, practicality, effectiveness and efficiency, before discussing the ways that accountability might be improved. Andrew Keay argues that enhanced accountability can provide better corporate governance, helping to reduce the frequency and severity of financial crises, and improve confidence in company practice. As an in depth study of a key element within the exercise of authority and management in corporate entities, this book will be of great use and interest to researchers and students of corporate governance, business and management, and corporate social responsibility. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Self-Handicapping Leadership Phillip J. Decker, Jordan Paul Mitchell, 2015-11-12 Every day, millions of employees watch their leaders sabotage themselves. They watch, they learn, and then they do it, too. Next thing you know, everyone’s lost motivation, and nobody takes ownership. That’s how organizations fail. This book will help you break the vicious cycle of self-handicapping leadership in your organization, stop the excuses, and unleash all the performance your team is capable of delivering. Phil and Jordan reveal how and why people handicap themselves even when they know better. Next, they offer real solutions from their own pioneering research and consulting. You’ll find practical ways to strengthen accountability and self-awareness, recognize the “big picture,” improve decision-making, deepen trust and engagement, develop talent, escape micromanagement, and focus relentlessly on outcomes. Your colleagues can be far more effective, and so can you. In fact, it starts with you–right here, right now, with this book. Many leaders inadvertently create cultures of failure. They model and promote “selfhandicapping” actions, where people withdraw effort or create new problems, in order to maintain their own self-images of competence. Self-Handicapping Leadership shines the spotlight on this widespread and destructive phenomenon and presents real action plans for overcoming it. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Outbound Air Tom Foster, 2015-04-30 With lingering pangs of seller's remorse, Jim Dunbar felt, in the end, that he made the right decision to sell his company, Outbound Air. Everything Jim worked for, during the better part of three decades, was about to go sideways. He pushed open the door to the conference room and instantly became the center of attention. At the head of the table sat the new CEO, Al Ripley. On either side were minions of suits. Jim could smell the starch of white shirts in the room. Crisp, striped neckties reinforced the odor of formality. Al Ripley believed for every management problem, there was a management consultant. His purpose was always the same, cripple the adversary in front and drive them to their knees, even if the conquest was over a nickel in the company football pool. In this tale of deceit and corruption, Ripley creates systemic dysfunction that leaves Outbound Air to twist in the wind. Survival is optional. Outbound Air is a fictional account of a regional airline acquired by an investment group. The story illustrates the adolescent pains of organizational growth as the new CEO takes one mis-step after another. Outbound Air's return from the brink of destruction is a vivid tale of how organizations work. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Accountability: The Key to Driving a High-Performance Culture Greg Bustin, 2014-02-07 Best practices for using accountability, trust, and purpose to turn your long-term vision into reality Accountability explains why the “carrot-and-stick” approach doesn’t work—and describes how to build and sustain a culture based on shared beliefs, positive action, and internal leadership development. The author’s conclusions are based on data resulting from his work with more than 3,000 executives worldwide, plus exclusive interviews with Fortune's Most Admired Companies and Best Places to Work. Greg Bustin has written a monthly bulletin about leadership and accountability that goes to more than 4,000 managers/executives. He speaks about 50 times per year in the U.S., Canada, and the UK and is one of the top-rated Vistage speakers. He also gives workshops and webinars on planning, execution, and accountability to business owners and leaders in the U.S. and Canada. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Hiring Talent Tom Foster, 2013-03 This is the only book on hiring that blends the research on levels of work with the discipline of behavioral interviewing. Every role has a level of decision making, a level of problem solving. The research on levels of work, pioneered by the late Dr. Elliott Jaques, is powerful science. The discipline of behavioral interviewing is the most effective method for its application. This is the only book that puts these two ideas together in a practical framework for managers faced with the hiring decision. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: The Oxford Handbook Public Accountability M. A. P. Bovens, Robert E. Goodin, Thomas Schillemans, 2014-04 Drawing on the best scholars in the field from around the world, this handbook showcases conceptual and normative as well as the empirical approaches in public accountability studies. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: The Accountable Leader Brian Dive, 2008 Management consultant Dive explores the relationship between leadership, accountability, and organizational structure. He argues that the majority of leadership-related problems arise not from ineffective individuals but from organizational structures that lack accountable jobs. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Leading With Emotional Courage Peter Bregman, 2018-07-11 The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 18 Minutes unlocks the secrets of highly successful leaders and pinpoints the missing ingredient that makes all the difference You have the opportunity to lead: to show up with confidence, connected to others, and committed to a purpose in a way that inspires others to follow. Maybe it’s in your workplace, or in your relationships, or simply in your own life. But great leadership—leadership that aligns teams, inspires action, and achieves results—is hard. And what makes it hard isn’t theoretical, it’s practical. It’s not about knowing what to say or do. It’s about whether you’re willing to experience the discomfort, risk, and uncertainty of saying or doing it. In other words, the most critical challenge of leadership is emotional courage. If you are willing to feel everything, you can do anything. Leading with Emotional Courage, based on the author’s popular blogs for Harvard Business Review, provides practical, real-world advice for building your emotional courage muscle. Each short, easy to read chapter details a distinct step in this emotional “workout,” giving you grounded advice for handling the difficult situations without sacrificing professional ground. By building the courage to say the necessary but difficult things, you become a stronger leader and leave the “should’ves” behind. Theoretically, leadership is straightforward, but how many people actually lead? The gap between theory and practice is huge. Emotional courage is what bridges that gap. It’s what sets great leaders apart from the rest. It gets results. It cuts through the distractions, the noise, and the politics to solve problems and get things done. This book is packed with actionable steps you can take to start building these skills now. Have the courage to speak up when others remain silent Be stable and grounded in the face of uncertainty Respond productively to opposition without getting distracted Weather others’ anger without shutting down or getting defensive Leading with Emotional Courage coaches you to build your emotional courage, exercise it effectively, and create an environment in which people around you take accountability to get hard things done. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: The Quest for Responsibility M. A. P. Bovens, 1998-03-12 The search for responsibility in complex organisations often seems an impossible undertaking. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach combining law, social science, ethics and organisational design, Mark Bovens analyses the reasons for this, and offers possible solutions. He begins by examining the problem of 'many hands' - because so many people contribute in so many different ways, it is very difficult to determine who is accountable for organisational behaviour. Four possible solutions - corporate, hierarchical, collective and individual accountability - are analysed from normative, empirical and practical perspectives. Bovens argues that individual accountability is the most promising solution, but only if individuals have the chance to behave responsibly. The book then explores the implications of this approach. What does it mean to be a 'responsible' employee or official? When is it legitimate to disobey the orders of superiors? What institutional designs might be most appropriate? |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Sovereignty as Responsibility Francis M. Deng, Sadikiel Kimaro, Terrence Lyons, 2010-12-01 The authors assert that sovereignty can no longer be seen as a protection against interference, but as a charge of responsibility where the state is accountable to both domestic and external constituencies. In internal conflicts in Africa, sovereign states have often failed to take responsibility for their own citizens' welfare and for the humanitarian consequences of conflict, leaving the victims with no assistance. This book shows how that responsibility can be exercised by states over their own population, and by other states in assistance to their fellow sovereigns. Sovereignty as Responsibility presents a framework that should guide both national governments and the international community in discharging their respective responsibilities. Broad principles are developed by examining identity as a potential source of conflict, governance as a matter of managing conflict, and economics as a policy field for deterring conflict. Considering conflict management, political stability, economic development, and social welfare as functions of governance, the authors develop strategies, guidelines, and roles for its responsible exercise. Some African governments, such as South Africa in the 1990s and Ghana since 1980, have demonstrated impressive gains against these standards, while others, such as Rwanda, Somalia, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sudan, have failed. Opportunities for making sovereignty more responsible and improving the management of conflicts are examined at the regional and international levels. The lessons from the mixed successes of regional conflict management actions, such as the West African intervention in Liberia, the East African mediation in Sudan, and international efforts to urge talks to end the conflict in Angola, indicate friends and neighbors outside the state in conflict have important roles to play in increasing sovereign responsibility. Approaching conflict management from the perspective of the responsibilities of sovereignt |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Managing for Happiness Jurgen Appelo, 2016-06-27 A practical handbook for making management great again Managing for Happiness offers a complete set of practices for more effective management that makes work fun. Work and fun are not polar opposites; they're two sides of the same coin, and making the workplace a pleasant place to be keeps employees motivated and keeps customers coming back for more. It's not about gimmicks or 'perks' that disrupt productivity; it's about finding the passion that drives your business, and making it contagious. This book provides tools, games, and practices that put joy into work, with practical, real-world guidance for empowering workers and delighting customers. These aren't break time exploits or downtime amusements—they're real solutions for common management problems. Define roles and responsibilities, create meaningful team metrics, and replace performance appraisals with something more useful. An organization's culture rests on the back of management, and this book shows you how to create change for the better. Somewhere along the line, people collectively started thinking that work is work and fun is something you do on the weekends. This book shows you how to transform your organization into a place with enthusiastic Monday mornings. Redefine job titles and career paths Motivate workers and measure team performance Change your organization's culture Make management—and work—fun again Modern organizations expect everyone to be servant leaders and systems thinkers, but nobody explains how. To survive in the 21st century, companies need to dig past the obvious and find what works. What keeps top talent? What inspires customer loyalty? The answer is great management, which inspires great employees, who then provide a great customer experience. Managing for Happiness is a practical handbook for achieving organizational greatness. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Delegating Effectively Institute of Leadership & Management, 2007-06-07 With forty well-structured and easy to follow topics to choose from, each workbook has a wide range of case studies, questions, and activities to meet both the individual or organization's training needs. Whether studying for an ILM qualification or looking to enhance the skills of your employees, 'Super Series' provides essential solutions, frameworks and techniques to support management and leadership development. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Punished by Rewards Alfie Kohn, 1999 Criticizes the system of motivating through reward, offering arguments for motivating people by working with them instead of doing things to them. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Extracting Accountability Jessica M. Smith, 2021-09-28 How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing domains of public accountability. The growing movement toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) urges corporations to promote the well-being of people and the planet rather than the sole pursuit of profit. In Extracting Accountability, Jessica Smith investigates how the public accountability of corporations emerges from the everyday practices of the engineers who work for them. Focusing on engineers who view social responsibility as central to their profession, she finds the corporate context of their work prompts them to attempt to reconcile competing domains of accountability—to formal guidelines, standards, and policies; to professional ideals; to the public; and to themselves. Their efforts are complicated by the distributed agency they experience as corporate actors: they are not always authors of their actions and frequently act through others. Drawing on extensive interviews, archival research, and fieldwork, Smith traces the ways that engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries accounted for their actions to multiple publics—from critics of their industry to their own friends and families. She shows how the social license to operate and an underlying pragmatism lead engineers to ask how resource production can be done responsibly rather than whether it should be done at all. She analyzes the liminality of engineering consultants, who experienced greater professional autonomy but often felt hamstrung when positioned as outsiders. Finally, she explores how critical participation in engineering education can nurture new accountabilities and chart more sustainable resource futures. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Winning with Accountability Henry J. Evans, 2008-10 Looking to achieve greater results by creating a high-accountability culture in your organization? This book shows you how! By implementing this Accountability process, you can take your team to new levels of excellence. The practical methods outlined in this book will guide you to increase your personal and organization's success--Book cover |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Healthcare Kaizen Mark Graban, 2018-06-08 Healthcare Kaizen focuses on the principles and methods of daily continuous improvement, or Kaizen, for healthcare professionals and organizations. Kaizen is a Japanese word that means change for the better, as popularized by Masaaki Imai in his 1986 book Kaizen: The Key to Japan‘s Competitive Success and through the books of Norman Bodek, both o |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Professional Accountability in Social Care and Health Roger Kline, Michael Preston-Shoot, 2012-04-24 Many social workers, health care staff and teachers maintain high standards of professionalism, often in stressful and challenging circumstances. However, research also reveals instances where individual practitioners and managers, or whole organisations, fail to act lawfully, ethically and/or carefully. This book addresses just those instances by providing guidance on how to maintain accountable professionalism in tricky what if? situations. Dilemmas are explored using case studies and the mosaic of legal rules and regulatory body requirements for accountable professionalism are also laid out. The book will appeal to students and newly qualified practitioners in teaching, health and social work and their managers. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Ethics in Public Relations Kathy Fitzpatrick, Carolyn Bronstein, 2006-05-03 This is an intelligent book about serious issues in public relations: accountability, responsibility, transparency, loyalty, truthtelling, and fairness. It should be required reading in boardrooms, in PR classrooms, and at the Pentagon. - Jay Black, Editor, Journal of Mass Media Ethics Ethics in Public Relations fills an important need at a time when the credibility of public relations (and some public relations practitioners and public relations firms) is under attack. In a manner that is never preachy or dogmatic, Fitzpatrick and Bronstein have put together a series of essays that have application across the public relations spectrum. They are sure to be informative and instructive both to long-time professionals and candidates for entry-level positions. - Harold Burson, Founding Chairman, Burson Marstellar This book is both highly readable and long overdue. Fitzpatrick and Bronstein have produced a thoughtful, thorough, and very practical look at the ethical dimensions of public relations, not just in theory, but in everyday practice. The essays are sharp, witty, on-point and highly pragmatic. Their examples are relevant, their anecdotes purposeful. Given the state of the profession these days, it′s difficult to see how students of public relations could call themselves current without first reading this smart collection of essays. - James S. O′Rourke IV, Professor and Director, The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, University of Notre Dame Fitzpatrick and Bronstein have for every public relations professional established a foundation to practice advocacy ethically. Practice settings may change, but Fitzpatrick and Bronstein demonstrate that the individual professional has an ongoing ethical imperative to advocate responsibly. Fitzpatrick′s discussion of the PRSA Code of Ethics concept of advocacy (which she helped draft) breaks new and helpful ground, bringing clarity and substance to this crucial ingredient of most public relations practice. - James E. Lukaszewski, Chairman and President, The Lukaszewski Group Inc. Ethics in Public Relations: Responsible Advocacy is the first book to identify universal principles of responsible advocacy in public relations. In this engaging book, editors Kathy Fitzpatrick and Carolyn Bronstein bring together prominent authorities in the field to address theoretic and practical issues that illustrate the broad scope and complexity of responsible advocacy in 21st-century public relations. The collection explores such matters as the fragile line between ethical and legal public relations practices, ethical challenges in building relationships with increasingly diverse publics, the requirements of ethical advocacy online, ethical accountability in organizational settings, the special ethical obligations of nonprofit groups, and ethical mandates in cross-border public relations. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: The Oz Principle Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman, 1998-10-01 The definitive book on workplace accountability by the New York Times bestselling authors of How Did That Happen? Since it was originally published in 1994, The Oz Principle has sold nearly 600,000 copies and become the worldwide bible on accountability. Through its practical and invaluable advice, thousands of companies have learned just how vital personal and organizational accountability is for a company to achieve and maintain its best results. At the core of the authors' message is the idea that when people take personal ownership of their organization's goals and accept responsibility for their own performance, they become more invested and work at a higher level to ensure not only their own success, but everyone's. Now more than ever, The Oz Principle is vital to anyone charged with obtaining results. It is a must have, must read, and must apply classic business book. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: UNHCR and the Struggle for Accountability Kristin Sandvik, Katja Jacobsen, 2016-02-22 Despite the key importance of accountability for the legitimacy of humanitarian action, inadequate academic attention has been given to how the concept of accountability is evolving within the specific branches of the humanitarian enterprise. Up to now, there exists no comprehensive account of what we label the 'technologies of accountability', the effects of their interaction, or the question of how the current turn to decision-making software and biometrics as both the means and ends of accountability may contribute to reshaping humanitarian governance. UNHCR and the Struggle for Accountability explores the UNHCR's quest for accountability by viewing the UNHCR's accountability obligations through the web of institutional relationships within which the agency is placed (beneficiaries, host governments, implementing partners, donors, the Executive Committee and UNGA). The book takes a multidisciplinary approach in order to illuminate the various layers and relationships that constitute accountability and also to reflect on what constitutes good enough accountability. This book contributes to the discussion regarding how we construct knowledge about concepts in humanitarian studies and is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and professionals in the areas of anthropology, history, international relations, international law, science, technology studies and socio-legal studies. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: You Can Change Other People Peter Bregman, Howie Jacobson, 2021-09-22 Discover how to change the lives of the people around you In You Can Change Other People, the world’s #1 executive coach, Peter Bregman, and Howie Jacobson, Ph.D., share the Four Steps to help the people around you make positive change — even if they’ve been stuck for years. The authors rely on over 50 years of collective professional experience to show you exactly what to say to influence those around you for the better. Changing the way you talk will stop you from being perceived as a critic, and turn you into a welcomed and effective ally. You’ll learn how to: Disarm their defensiveness and increase their confidence to act Turn people’s biggest problems into even bigger opportunities Ensure accountability and follow through without making them dependent on you No one wants to be changed; but change and personal growth are critical to success, and more importantly, to a fulfilled life. You Can Change Other People is a must-read for those who want to improve their impact with co-workers, family members, and everyone in between. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Leading with GRIT Laurie Sudbrink, 2015-03-16 Improve yourself – and your workplace – with GRIT Leading With GRIT is a practical and proven guide for transforming the workplace, offering pragmatic insight on value-based strategies that improve the individual and the business. Based on the author's proprietary principles of GRIT – Generosity, Respect, Integrity, and Truth – this book describes how working toward individual improvement produces better organizational results than traditional approaches that focus on collective improvement. Readers are introduced to GRIT with a framework that can be applied in any workplace scenario, and are provided with strategies for applying GRIT to communication and intra-office operations. Each chapter includes activities that assist with implementation, moving beyond the theoretical framework commonly taught in business school to provide a more practical approach to personal development. The principles of GRIT are exactly the sort of instruction leaders are encouraging, and companies worldwide are willing to invest large sums. The approach stands out for its unique, personal approach that melds values-based principles with business concepts to produce spectacular results. This book is the complete guide to GRIT, with an emphasis on practicality. Learn why the principles of GRIT have proven so effective Apply GRIT in communications for better productivity Discover how each person impacts those around them Cultivate a positive, constructive attitude for less stress and more growth GRIT helps readers make themselves and their workplaces happier and healthier, decreasing stress, sparking personal growth, retaining employees, and developing mindful leaders. In essence, Leading With GRIT is a handbook for improving the bottom line by improving the lives and outlook of those who contribute to it. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Management by Results Edward C. Schleh, 1961 |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability Giancarlo Frosio, 2020 This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and state-of-the-art discussion of fundamental legal issues in intermediary liability online, while also describing advancement in intermediary liability theory and identifying recent policy trends. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: The Accountability Advantage Darren Finkelstein, 2021-01-22 ARE YOU WORKING HARD BUT STILL NOT ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS? ARE YOU FEELING SO OVERWHELMED, IT'S OVERWHELMING? DO YOU NEED SOME DIRECTION ON HOW TO GET YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT STAGE? PERHAPS, YOU ARE HIGH-PERFORMING AND SUCCESSFUL AND WANT TO JUGGLE MORE BALLS IN THE AIR AT ONCE? ACCOUNTABILITY IS YOUR SUPERPOWER THAT YOU MUST HARNESS. THAT IS WHY... YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK. The answer is simple. Darren Finkelstein has a simple, game changing 7-step road to accountability process that is easy to follow and will increase the probability of achieving your goals, tasks and promises to a massive 95%. When you know how to become truly accountable, the results will change your life and your business forever. NO more missed goals, NO more broken promises, NO more excuses, blame or finger-pointing. By introducing effective accountability into your organisation, you'll start to notice your business going from strength to strength faster than you ever imagined. And Darren has been in your shoes, and walked this road before Having experienced what it is like when your goals feel more like dreams and desires, sometimes vague, sometimes specific, but always unmet and buried deep in that ever-growing to-do list, Darren will show you how to get on top of your business, instead of getting buried under it. With The Accountability Advantage you will learn how to play your best game. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Judgments of Responsibility Bernard Weiner, 1995-04-14 Presenting a general theory of social motivation, this compelling work integrates research on achievement evaluation, stigmatization, helping behavior, aggression, and impression management. Bernard Weiner examines how responsibility inferences are reached, the manner in which such judgments affect emotions, and the role that cold judgments of responsibility versus hot feelings, such as anger, play in producing both pro- and antisocial behaviors. Ideal for students as well as researchers and mental health practitioners, the book includes experiments for the reader to complete that illustrate the main points of the text. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Ask a Manager Alison Green, 2018-05-01 'I'm a HUGE fan of Alison Green's Ask a Manager column. This book is even better' Robert Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide 'Ask A Manager is the book I wish I'd had in my desk drawer when I was starting out (or even, let's be honest, fifteen years in)' - Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck A witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations Ten years as a workplace advice columnist has taught Alison Green that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they don't know what to say. Thankfully, Alison does. In this incredibly helpful book, she takes on the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You'll learn what to say when: · colleagues push their work on you - then take credit for it · you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email and hit 'reply all' · you're being micromanaged - or not being managed at all · your boss seems unhappy with your work · you got too drunk at the Christmas party With sharp, sage advice and candid letters from real-life readers, Ask a Manager will help you successfully navigate the stormy seas of office life. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Good Authority Jonathan Raymond, 2018 Why is it so rare for people to truly own their work? How can the employee engagement numbers be so bad year after year with no sign of getting better? In this book, Jonathan Raymond invites us to reexamine our assumptions about the role of leaders and how culture change and personal growth actually happen. The idea is as simple as it is radical: personal and professional growth are one thing, not two. Through powerful stories from his time as CEO of one of the most influential business coaching brands, along with the work he's doing with clients today. Jonathan Raymond reveals the good, bad and truly ugly of real life as a leader- from the perspective of someone who's made all the mistakes and reinvented a business (and himself) in the process. Good Authority is full of personal stories of leaders making the changes that matter, the real-life dialogue they're having with their teams and how you can change the conversation you're having with yours.--Page 4 of cover. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Accountability and Social Responsibility David Crowther, Linne Lauesen, 2016-07-20 This book investigates how organizational governance is formed around socially responsible and accountable ways of leadership and management. It provides new insights into various issues regarding business management and governance, and points to ways for businesses to make a real change for the betterment of the world. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink, Leif Babin, 2017-11-21 An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations. From promising startups to Fortune 500 companies, Babin and Willink have helped scores of clients across a broad range of industries build their own high-performance teams and dominate their battlefields. Now, detailing the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult missions in combat, Extreme Ownership shows how to apply them to any team, family or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain, explaining what they are, why they are important, and how to implement them in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership revolutionizes business management and challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win. |
| accountability and responsibility in management: Management Principles P. J. Smit, 2007 Book & CD. To improve on an award-winning book poses a major challenge to its authors. The authors of this book took the challenge head-on by conducting a major research study to determine what exactly the outcomes are that managers at different levels must deliver in contemporary organisations in South Africa, and the rest of Africa. The findings of this study, which dealt with current and near-future management issues, as well as classical and contemporary thinking about management, were used as the blueprint for the updating of this book. After placing management in context, the authors deal with the knowledge, skills and dispositions required of managers to perform the management functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling in a volatile business world. Examples of how the functions are applied in practice are cited throughout the book. These examples refer mainly to South African organisations and situations that managers in South Africa, and Africa, have to deal with to create and sustain a competitive advantage for their organisations. The book endeavours to break down the silo effect of seeing the management functions as separate activities. This is done by continuously placing the management function at hand in a bigger context. This enables learners of management to assess the implications of management decisions on different people, processes, systems and so on that make up the organisation. |
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