What is Collective Efficacy belief? Collective efficacy refers to the shared belief that through their collective action, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement for all students.

A temporary union between two or more individuals or groups for a common aim or goal. A relatively common practice utilized in multi-party negotiations, used to gain advantage in the negotiation. Coalitions are more common when...

This Video Explains Civil Litigation Intro

What are Drag-Along Rights in a Term Sheet? Drag-along rights, on the other hand, are control provisions that can protect against minority shareholders holding up a deal for the sale of the company. Specifically, it requires a...

Disparate Impact in Employment Discrimination

When effectuating a negotiation strategy, seek to understand the other party's culture. Find out how to show respect in the other culture. Identify cultural nuances, such as perception of personal relationships, physical interaction, and...

What are Intergroup Negotiations? Stereotyping - This is a bias in which one team assumes that all individuals in a group think or will act in conformity with a preconceived notion. Changing identities - Groups are often not static. New...

Innovation Adoption Curve

This video provides a brief overview of how administrative agencies are organized. It explains the differences between executive and independent agencies, describes the structure within these agencies, and discusses the role of judicial...

What is a High-Performing Team? What are the characteristics of the high-performing team? High-performance teams is a concept within organization development referring to teams, organizations, or virtual groups that are highly focused on...

What is Groupthink? Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

What is a Group? What is a Team? What is the difference between a group and a team? A group is a collection of individuals who coordinate their efforts, while a team is a group of people who share a common goal. While similar, the two...

What is Group Structure? The arrangement of individuals and their relationships, both implicit and formalized, in a group, including positions, roles, and patterns of authority, attraction, and communication.

What is Group Cohesion? the unity or solidarity of a group, including the integration of the group for both social and task-related purposes.

What is the GLOBE Project? The GLOBE Project (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Project) is a study of global leadership and organizational behavior effectiveness that spans over 60 countries and cultures.

What is Gestalt Theory? Gestalt psychology, gestaltism, or configurationism is a school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception that was a rejection of basic principles...

What is Generation X (Gen X)? Generation X is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the millennials. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1960s as starting birth years and the late 1970s to early...

What is business funding from equity investors? Equity financing is a popular way for entrepreneurs to raise money for their businesses without acquiring debt. In this form of additional capital, the company owner sells shares to equity...

What ar the 4 Stages of Group Development? Psychologist Bruce Tuckman described how teams move through stages known as forming, storming, norming, and performing, and adjourning (or mourning). You can use Tuckman's model to help your...

Format for Business Interviews

Dr. Kyle Huff explains what is Behavioral Science Theory

What is an Affinity Diagram as it is used in Entrepreneurship? The affinity diagram organizes a large number of ideas into their natural relationships. It is the organized output from a brainstorming session. Use it to generate,...

Activity based costing seeking to allocate costs to specific activities. There are various levels of activity in the organization - unit-based, batch based, product based, and facility based

What is Action Learning? Action learning is an approach to problem solving involving taking action and reflecting upon the results. This helps improve the problem-solving process as well as simplify the solutions developed by the team.