From Increasing Gas Efficiency to Enhancing Creativity: It Pays to Go Green

作者: Thomas Li-Ping Tang

DOI: 10.1007/S10551-009-0261-3

关键词: Human resourcesEmerging technologiesMarketingAction (philosophy)Control (management)AnalogyCreativityOperations managementSet (psychology)TemptationEconomicsEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Business, Management and AccountingBusiness and International ManagementArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Law

摘要: What are the common denominators for success when we consider increasing gas efficiency and enhancing creativity in organizations? As an analogy, principles of applicable to organizations: Plan activities advance, allocate sufficient time, resources, set a SMART goal with clear priority focus. Identify talent ourselves others do not fall into temptation following others. Big ideas take time. Maintain momentum, avoid interruptions, incorporate new technologies, information, feedback, modify action achieve goals. We have 100% control our thoughts action. Stop idling, action, it now. If everyone contributes just little, cumulative effect over time can be huge. knowledge, skills, abilities (KSA) doing right things that will benefit humanity whole world, but fail them, is this ethical? We, managers, need focus on what done failed do, change thinking, behavior, accomplish

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