Research and Insights Archive

Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations

Doing Research That is Useful for Theory and Practice

Doing Research That is Useful for Theory and Practice

Edward E. Lawler III, Allan M. Mohrman, Susan A. Mohrman, Gerald E. Ledford, Jr. and Thomas G. Cummings, (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
Dealing with issues that cut across all social and behavioral sciences, Doing Research That Is Useful for Theory and Practice is full of practical advice on conducting successful research.

Creating High Performance Organizations: Practices and Results of Employee Involvement and TQM in Fortune 1000 Companies

Creating High Performance Organizations: Practices and Results of Employee Involvement and TQM in Fortune 1000 Companies

Edward E. Lawler III , Susan Albers Mohrman and Gerry Ledford (Jossey-Bass, 1995)
Creating High Performance Organizations offers the most up-to-date results from a unique longitudinal study that has systematically researched the adoption and impact of employee involvement (EI) and total quality management (TQM) practices on the largest companies in the United States.

Designing Team-Based Organizations: New Forms for Knowledge Work

Designing Team-Based Organizations: New Forms for Knowledge Work

Susan Albers Mohrman, Susan G. Cohen and Allan M. Mohrman, Jr., (Jossey-Bass, 1995)
Designing Team-Based Organizations breaks new ground in tackling the organizational design issues related to the implementation of teams, with a specific focus on the new designs required to support the knowledge-work components of organizations.

Large-Scale Organizational Change

Large-Scale Organizational Change

Allan M. Mohrman, Susan Albers Mohrman, Gerald E. Ledford, Jr., Thomas G. Cummings, Edward E. Lawler III; Associates. (Jossey-Bass, 1989)
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the theoretical questions and practical issues organizations face when they undergo a large-scale change — that is, a change in the fundamental character of an entire organization.