Research and Insights Archive

Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations

Network Designs For Sustainable Effectiveness—What Does it Really Take to Get Beyond the Constraints of Hierarchy and Segmentation?, 9/26/2011

To get a glimpse into the network design of the future, Sue Mohrman and Chris Worley shared a framework and case examples from our research on “Organizing for Sustainability.” Guest Speaker: Sally Breyley Parker, President, Currere, Inc.

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Organizing for Sustainability

Organizing for Sustainability

Susan Albers Mohrman & A.B. (Rami) Shani, Editors
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011) A large literature has been generated about sustainability, and many organizations, governments, communities and citizens have focused on it. This first volume of the Emerald series Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness learns from some of the pioneers articulating these challenges and organizing to address them.

Models & Choices for Shared Functions & Services, 4/11/2011

Chris Worley and Sue Mohrman talk about Models and Choices for Shared Functions and Services. They provide models and company examples of how to design shared functions, services and Centers of Excellence.

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Beyond Change Management: From Traditional Phase Models to More Robust Models of Transformation Amidst Chaos, 2/7/2011

Chris Worley and Sue Mohrman highlighted the characteristics of more advanced models of continuous change and transformation suitable in today’s complex and dynamic environments. They noted that many organizations faced with overlapping cycles of changes that may or may not be nicely integrated in a neat and tidy model and that cannot be fully aligned, and also that an organization’s resilience is based on creating and preserving diversity in talent, strategies, and systems.

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Useful Research: Advancing Theory and Practice

Useful Research: Advancing Theory and Practice

Useful Research (Susan Albers Mohrman, Edward E. Lawler III, and Associates (Berrett-Koehler, 2011)) is designed to discuss the legitimacy and importance of conducting useful research to benefit both theory and practice in the field of organizational and management research.

Huron Hospital: Leading with Sustainability to Create a High-Performing System

What do high-performance systems and sustainability initiatives mean to a leader’s role? In this case, Arienne McCracken (CEO) and Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO) introduce a leader, Gus Kious, who took the reins of a poorly performing hospital and describe his actions and successes.

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A Physician First

Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO) and Arienne McCracken (CEO)
Shared leadership does not naturally occur. In the case of Jeff Weisz, Executive Medical Director of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, it reflects his and his team’s understanding that today’s world demands many leaders collaborating to lead an organization to greatness.

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Organization Studies as Applied Science: The Generation and Use of Academic Knowledge about Organizations (Introduction to the Special Issue)

In this introduction to the special issue, Paula Jarzabkowski (Aston), Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO), and Andreas Georg Scherer (University of Zurich) apply philosophical, theoretical, and empirical perspectives to examine the challenges of studying the generation and use of academic knowledge.

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Emotions, Values, and Methodology: Contributing to the Nature of the World We Live In Whether We Intend To or Not

Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO) explains that traditional management research has advocated arms‐length, systematic studies that treat organizations and the people in them as subjects.

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The Organizational Sustainability Journey: Introduction to the Special Issue

Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) share how sustainability has become a prominent topic in the popular press, corporate boardrooms, political arenas, and academia. Conversations and debates about what it is, why it is important, what should be done about it, and how quickly we should act are pervasive.

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Where Counting Counts: Data Document a Dramatic Turnaround in Employee Relations among Accounting Professionals

This paper by Michael J. Fenlon (PwC) and Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) describes PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) situation starting in the early 2000’s, when a serious problem with turnover was costing the firm “approximately $40 million annually.”

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Dealing with Rough Times: A Capabilities Development Approach to Surviving and Thriving

Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) state that during rapid change and extreme threat, steering the ship is not sufficient. Leaders must introduce approaches that tap the energies of employees throughout the organization.

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