Having covered each of these theories, at least with an introduction but sometimes with multiple posts, I thought it useful to pull them together. Agency – a principal relies on an agent and problems arise (See my post of April 21, 2010: agency theory with 7 references and 1 metapost.).…
The set of philosophical beliefs known as “positivism” holds that objective truth exists, that humans can accurately understand those truths, and that scientific tools best enable us to do so. Measurement, rationality, certainty, and comprehension are neither ironic nor useless terms; they connote reliable and effective beliefs that are backed…
Agencies of the federal government have disclosure obligations that go far beyond what private corporations must do. For example, you can find all sorts of information for outside counsel engaged by the FDIC on its legal department website. You can review the agency’s Outside Counsel Deskbook, Electronic Billing Deskbook, Outside…
talent mgt., June 2010 at 17, contains an extract from a survey of 520 chief learning officers. They gave their views on what hobbles programs to boost informal learning. “Too hard to measure and show ROI” (26%) “Corporate culture hinders flow of information” (22%) “Too nebulous a concept to sell…
An intriguing idea comes from a supplement in the ACC Docket, June 2010 after 32. The supplement describes a number of managerial decisions by the legal team of Coca-Cola in Europe. One change they are discussing is how “to increase efficiency by limiting the number of files created for any…
A supplement in the ACC Docket, June 2010 after 32, describes how the 22 lawyers that make up Coca-Cola Europe’s legal team keep in touch. Located in 10 countries across Europe, they rely on telephone calls, email, video conferences and webexes, monthly lawyer calls, monthly reports, annual conferences, travel (to…
An article in the Acad. Mgt. Exec., May 2005 at 15, devoted much attention to a reward system Siemens put in place to build usage and content of its knowledge management (KM) system. Siemens awarded “shares” to valuable contributions, those who relied on the system, and added value in other…
An article in the Acad. Mgt. Exec., May 2005 at 15, devoted much attention to a reward system Siemens put in place to build usage and content of its knowledge management (KM) system. Siemens awarded “shares” to valuable contributions, those who relied on the system, and added value in other…
A few general counsel relish the klieg lights of panels, quotes, and profiles, but the other 99 percent go about their business without leaving a trace for others to learn. Publicity trails a handful of spokes-GCs, and I have written about several of those whose management initiatives get cited all…
Having read about Collecta.com in Lawtech@alm.com, I searched on it for “law benchmarks”. Instantly the site showed me results for the last three days: blog and Twitter entries plus four retweets of my recent post on the 455 law departments in Release 1.0 of General Counsel Metrics. Let me clarify.…