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Publications

Copies of the following publications are available by writing to mark@macbgroup.com

Saving Succession from Politics and Indifference. Canadian HR Reporter, January 15, 2005

Diagnosing Poor Performance and What to Do About It. Canadian HR Reporter, July 14, 2003.

Organizational Norms — In J.E. Jones and J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.), The 1977 Annual Handbook for Group Facilitators. La Jolla, California: University Associates, 1977.

Organizational Norms Opinionnarie. In J.E. Jones and J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.), The 1978 Annual handbook for Group Facilitators and the Encyclopaedia of Team Development (1987. La Jolla, California: University Associates, 1978.

Organisation Development — Behavioural Science Technology and Managerial Entrepreneurship, Personnel Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, Autumn 1978.

Quality of Working Life — The Idea and Its Application, Labour Canada, 1978.

Trade Union Attitudes and the Continuing Debate on Worker Participation, In George Sanderson and Fred Stapenhurst (Eds.), Industrial Democracy Today. Toronto, Ontario: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1979.

Factors Leading to Team Development — In J.E. Jones and J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.) The 1984 Annual Handbook for Group Facilitators and the Encyclopaedia of Team Development (1987). La Jolla, California: University Associates, 1984.

The Team Development Critique — In J.E. Jones and J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.) The 1984 Annual Handbook for Group Facilitators and the Encyclopaedia of Team Development (1987. La Jolla, California: University Associates, 1984.

Consensus Decision-making — In J.E. Jones and J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.), The 1985 Annual Handbook for Group Facilitators. La Jolla, California: University Associates, 1985.

Behind the Wheel — A Guide to Best Practices for the Planning, Recruitment and Orientation of Bus Operators. The Motor Passenger Council of Canada, Thornhill Ontario, 2002.


The following is a listing of articles, reading notes and case studies MacB makes available to clients who wish to broaden their understanding of "best practices" Human Resource Management and Development.

Transforming Your Workplace: A Model for Implementing Change and Labour-Management Cooperation, Queen's IRC Press, 1999

Employee Peformance and Discipline Problems: A New Approach, Queen's IRC Press, 2000

Individual Employee Performance Management in Union Environments: The Emperor Goes to Abilene, Queen's IRC Press, 2003

Stop Pushing the Punishment Default Button: A Decision Tree for Separating Personal Problems, Mistakes and Errors from True Performance and Discipline Issues, Queen's IRC Press, 2006