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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a strategic issue of great importance to business management nowadays, and top managers play a major role in the design and implementation of CSR policies. Given the significance of perception as a determinant of behavior, the way managers perceive the role of CSR constitutes an interesting research topic, and we carried out an empirical analysis on a sample of 324 Spanish top managers to shed some light on it. The results showed the existence of two different groups of managers depending on the preeminence given to CSR. Although some characteristics of the companies were found to be different between the managers of both groups, the individual features studied did not differ significantly. In general, managers highly valued CSR, which let us expect an increasing of its presence in the strategic decision-making process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The assumption that organizational culture should correspond to business strategy in order to ensure success is valid within limits. Sometimes a culture can be so “strong” as to stamp out dissent, which is essential for spurring innovation and organizational learning. To explore the strong culture trap, it helps bearing in mind that culture is, first of all, a system of shared meanings. A manager’s temptation is to run a puppet show, align the staff, and impose a “right” way of perceiving and understanding the organization and its setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo discurre sobre las características más importantes en un buen jefe en las empresas venezolanas. El autor comenta sobre algunas de ellas, incluyendo la capacidad de sentir (las emociones), la capacidad de pensar y la capacidad de actuar. También se considera la relación entre estas características y la habilidad de motivar a los empleados.

El autor da unas sugerencias sobre reglas básicas en lograr poder durante una negociación. Según el autor, es muy importante que uno sea preparado para la negociación como una manera de influir las otras personas en favor de su opinión. Se incluye varias ideas sobre como estar preparado para una negociación.