MBA-5110 v8

Dyer, W. G., & Dyer, J. H. (2020). Chapter 9: Team Building in Temporary, Cross-Cultural, and Virtual Teams. In Beyond team building: How to build high performing teams and the culture to support them (First edition.). Wiley.
Chapter 9: Team Building in Temporary, Cross-Cultural, and Virtual Teams: This chapter focuses on team building with virtual teams.

Bailey, E. (2021, February). Diversity, inclusion, and equality as central organizational tenets: Focusing on DEI helps companies succeed in their industry moving forward. Leadership Excellence, 38(2), 91-92.
This article offers tips on embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into the overall organizational strategy.

Homan, A. C., Gündemir, S., Buengeler, C., & van Kleef, G. A. (2020). Leading diversity: Towards a theory of functional leadership in diverse teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(10), 1101–1128.
This article provides a key review of existing leadership models and proposes an integrated model designed to help leaders identify and address the influence of diversity on team outcomes and work processes, providing a suggested approach to build effective, diverse, inclusive teams.

Lin, C., Officer, M. S., & Shen, B. (2018). Managerial risk-taking incentives and merger decisions. Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, 53(2), 643–680.
This article investigates an organization’s decision to vertically integrate based on the CEO’s preferences. Emphasis is on the role that risk management (including the CEO’s risk preferences) plays in merger decisions.

Uzarski, D., & Broome, M. E. (2019). A leadership framework for implementation of an organization’s strategic plan. Journal of Professional Nursing, 35(1), 12–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.09.007
This article defines strategic planning and the process of developing, implementing, and assessing organizational strategy.