Five Steps to Foster Workplace Initiative Companies can spur proactive workplace behavior when they  take five steps to build an initiative-friendly climate, new research from the Smith School shows. Employees tend to respond and take initiative when their managers lead by example, provide coaching, allow participative decision making, keep team members informed and show concern.

RESEARCH SHOWS HOW TO STRUCTURE PROCUREMENT AUCTIONS TO INDUCE BETTER BIDDER BEHAVIOR Research By Tunay I. Tunca Individual consumers compete against each other in traditional online auctions. When the bidding stops, the highest price wins. The opposite happens when large-scale buyers use online auctions to procure goods and services for their companies.

SWITCH TO ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SOMETIMES REQUIRES DOCTORS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH COMPUTERS, LESS WITH PATIENTS By Bruce Golden

BODY LANGUAGE, OTHER NONVERBAL CUES INFLUENCE EMPLOYEES’ WILLINGNESS TO VOICE ALTERNATE VIEWS By Subra Tangirala

ONLINE FORUMS PROVIDE  VALUABLE MARKETING DATA, BUT ONLY WITH THE RIGHT FILTERS By Wendy W. Moe

Members of the Smith community recently came together to revise the school’s mission statement. After vigorous discussion and multiple drafts, we agreed on 30 words that guide our programs, initiatives and centers of excellence:

Military veteran Victor Valdez, EMBA ’14, arrived at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 22, 2014. But already the new chief operating officer and managing executive of the agency’s Enforcement Division is looking toward the future.