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Doing Research That is Useful to Practice: A Model and Empirical Exploration

Drawing from literature on knowledge transfer and cognition, S. Mohrman, C. Gibson, and A. Mohrman, Jr. develop a theoretical model for conducting research that is useful to practitioners. We explore the potential of this model by examining the usefulness of a research project involving ten companies.

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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.

We Can’t Get There Unless We Know Where We Are Going

In this chapter, S. Cohen, S. Mohrman, and A. Mohrman closely examine one set of factors that are critical for knowledge work team effectiveness –how organizations set and communicate direction for teams.

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Learning and Knowledge Management in Team-Based New Product Development Organizations

S. Mohrman, R. Tenkasi, and A. Mohrman, Jr. discuss how configuring organizations into cross-functional new product development teams introduces new knowledge management and learning challenges.

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Accelerated Learning During Organizational Transition

R. Tenkasi, S. Mohrman, and A. Mohrman, Jr. argue that in this world of constant change, the only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization’s capacity to learn.

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An Organizational Learning Framework for Understanding Business Process Redesign: A Case Study From the Financial Services Industry

In this paper, S. Mohrman, R. Tenkasi, and A. Mohrman, Jr. examine one company’s experience with business process redesign coupled with the implementation of a new business strategy, advanced, networked information technology, and organizational design.

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Managing Performance for Organizational Change and Learning

This paper by A. Mohrman, Jr. and S. Mohrman asserts the centrality of performance management in managing the business, defining the individuals’ relationship with the organization, and functioning as a feedback and control mechanism.

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The Discipline of Organization Design

S. Mohrman, A. Mohrman, Jr., and R. Tenkasi discuss how as organizations adapt to rapidly changing and increasingly demanding environments, they find themselves continually transforming themselves.

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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.