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The Big Big Question: Can My Company, University or Organization Change? Part Two

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Channel: Columbia Business School · 2013 · Science & Technology

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On Friday, November 8, 2013, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics held a research symposium on organizational change, entitled: The Big Big Question: Can My Company, University or Organization Change? Part 2 features a series of research presentations by professors whose work relates to organizational change. Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business and Co-Director, Center for the Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School, presented on the neurological and psychological basis for individuals' resistance to altering the status quo. Joseph Porac, George Daly Professor of Business Leadership at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, presentation focused on the role of bureaucracy in influencing the ability of organizations to change.  Finally, Raymond Fisman, Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise, Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School, spoke on the importance of culture as a tool for understanding social cues and morals in an institutional setting.
 
Moderated by Bruce Kogut, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics and Director, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics Columbia Business School, and featuring Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business and Co-Director, Center for the Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School; Joseph Porac, George Daly Professor of Business Leadership at Leonard N. Stern School of Business; and Raymond Fisman, Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise, Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.

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