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  1. LadyExecutive

    LadyExecutive Member

    What would be a better way to phrase this as a dissertation topic?

    Violence in the Workplace: Can bad bosses and managers lead an employee to engage in workplace assaults and threats of violence?

    I don't want to use 'bad bosses'.

    Could I say: Violence in the Workplace: Can ineffective management lead an employee to engage in workplace assaults and threats of violence?

    What are your thoughts.

    My other topic is: The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles on Conflict among High-Level Executive Teams in U.S. Corporations.

    Your thoughts?
     
  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    As always, I have no relevant experience, but I do have an opinion :dunce:

    How about this, for the first one:

    The Correlation Between Managerial Incompetence and the Rate of Instances of Workplace Violence

    If I were you, I would see if they allowed emoticons in the title: :chairshot:

    Sounds awesome. I wonder if for a dissertation title the word "impact" needs to be replaced with something more specific?
     
  3. edowave

    edowave Active Member

    Might not sound very academic, but I would definitely pull that dissertation down from the shelf and look through it if I saw that one! :slaphappy:
     
  4. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    How about = Examining the Relationship Between Managerial Skills and Workplace Violence or Examining the Relationship Between Managerial Experience and Workplace Violence

    Incompetence sounds too judgmental and how would you measure it?
     
  5. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I was actually thinking of another word, but couldn't come up with it, so I left it at incompetence. Inaptness? Ineptitude? Inadequacy? Fartknockerism?
     
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  6. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    But the question of "how do you quantify it" comes up.
     
  7. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    You'd measure the number of incompetons with an incompetometer, of course!

    -=Steve=-
     
  8. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I have seen that one go off the chart!
     
  9. perrymk

    perrymk Member

    My opinion and $4 might get you a coffee at Starbucks, but here it is nevertheless.

    Violence in the workplace sounds a little too pop culture for me. Maybe pop culture isn't the right word, but something like that. I recognize it is a serious topic, but it also sounds like it's right off the cover of Newsweek.

    "Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles..." sounds a bit more academic (in a good way). I think if I were hiring someone as a consultant in business this is the background that I suspect would be most relevant and useful. Violence topics, while important, don’t strike me as being as relevant as managerial styles topics.
     
  10. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I had the exact same thought... but then, I'm not the one writing the dissertation :trink26:
     
  11. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    HA:haha:HA:haha:HA:haha:HA:haha:HA:haha:HA

    It has been a while since I have done this, but you, sir, have won this thread, and receive the coveted golden mouse award!

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  12. rickyjo

    rickyjo New Member

    I am partial to PerryMK's suggestion of working emotional intelligence into the title. As I understand it, that would cover the vast majority of management failures without sounding as if you are prepping to grind an ax.
     

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