Dr. Robert Lussier Trains UG’s Professors of Business Management

Salamanca, Gto., a 20 de enero- Dr. Robert N. Lussier, professor of Springfield College in Massachusetts and business consultant, gave a research workshop to professors of the Business Management degree from Campus Irapuato-Salamanca from the University of Guanajuato. In the workshop given at the Division of Engineering (DICIS), professors learned …

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The 7 Secrets to Boost Your Academic Publication Rates

Publish or perish is a timeless creed for academic institutions. Wouldn’t it be great to know HOW to get published…and more often? Below are 7 secrets to do just that, taken from my book, Publish Don’t Perish, The Top Secrets to Get Published. The book discusses these points in much …

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Video: Dr. Lussier Shares Publishing Secrets on That Business Show 2.0

Dr. Robert Lussier appears as a guest on That Business Show 2.0, and discusses the top secrets to boost academic publication rates; along with how to thrive in the climate of ‘publish or perish’ in academia today! Click below to watch video!  

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Pre-employment Inquiries

On a job application or during an interview, no member of an organization can legally ask any questions that can be used to discriminate against the applicant, unless the questions are bona fide occupational qualifications. A bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) is one that may be discriminatory but is reasonably …

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Foundations of Successful Publishing

Let’s start by discussing the performance formula that leads to successful publishing, followed by some of the myths that some academics have regarding publishing and some of the realities regarding publishing success. The Performance Formula The performance formula applies to all types of performance, or your publishing success stated as …

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Negotiating

Here is my new blog post for January – HAPPY NEW YEAR! Note that it is a follow-up to my last two blogs posts on Conflict Management because when we negotiate we are often in conflict as we tend to disagree and are in opposition. This blog post includes: A …

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Conflict Management Styles

You can use this information to improve your conflict management skills, and/or to teach your students or others. There is also an exercise to apply the appropriate conflict style to conflict situations and six questions to apply the theory to your own personal and/or work-school situation. This information is adapted …

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Teamwork

You can use this information to improve your teamwork skills, and/or to teach your students or others. There is also a self-assessment and an ethical dilemma you can use for reflection or class discussion. This information is taken from my Management Fundamentals: Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development 7e, SAGE 2017. …

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Delegating

You can use this information to improve your delegation skills, and/or to teach your students or others how to delegate. There is also an ethical dilemma you can use for class discussion. This information is taken from my Management Fundamentals: Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development 7e, SAGE 2017. Delegation is …

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Setting Objectives

In this blog, you will learn how to set objectives using a model that you can use, and teach to others at work, to improve performance. Max E. Douglas, Indiana State University, developed a model that is helpful in writing effective objectives. One variation on Douglas’s model, shown in Model …

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