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Breaking the Code of Change: The Role of Formal Structure and Process

Mar 6, 1999 | Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

This chapter by Jay R. Galbraith will argue that under many circumstances, the change to formal organizational structures and systems is central to the success of the overall change process.

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The Contexts for Geographically Dispersed Teams and Networks

Mar 5, 1999 | Digital Transformation, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Sue Mohrman discusses how in this era of global integration, electronic connectivity, and network and partner structures, work is with increasing frequency performed and integrated by geographically dispersed, or distributed, teams and networks.

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Rethinking Organization Size

Feb 15, 1999 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Ed Lawler III argues that before we reach the conclusion that large, complex organizations are obsolete dinosaurs and likely to disappear, we need to look much more closely at the advantages and disadvantages of organization size in today’s business environment.

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Designing a Reconfiguration Organization

Jan 1, 1999 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Jay Galbraith states that every company needs an organization which changes as quickly as its business changes. If not, the company is falling behind.

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Building Better Bureaucracies

Nov 30, 1998 | Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness

Paul A. Adler states that colloquially speaking, “bureaucracy” means red tape, over-controlling bosses, and apathetic employees. But large-scale organizations need appropriately designed formalized procedures and hierarchical structure to avoid chaos and to assure efficiency, quality, and timeliness.

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Human Resource Management at Two Toyota Transplants

Nov 29, 1998 | Agility, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Paul A. Adler explains that there is broad consensus that the superlative efficiency and quality performance of Japanese auto “transplants” in the US is in large measure due to their combination of the “lean” production systems and distinctive human resource management practices.

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Collaboration in the Virtual Organization

Nov 28, 1998 | Digital Transformation, Organization Design, Remote Work/Virtual Teams, Sponsor Content

Susan G. Cohen and Don Mankin believe that collaboration is the key to effectiveness in the virtual organization.

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Making Teams Work: Implications for Consulting Practice

Nov 27, 1998 | Employee Engagement, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Susan G. Cohen and Diane E. Bailey discuss how the use of teams has increased dramatically in response to competitive pressures for speed, costs, quality, and innovation.

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Effective Structuring of Product Development Groups: An Information Processing Perspective

Nov 24, 1998 | Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This paper by Paul Emmanuelides and Philip H. Birnbaum-More applies an information-processing approach to the study of product development projects.

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Metaphors and Meaning: An Intercultural Analysis of the Concept of Teamwork

Nov 19, 1998 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

This paper by Cristina B. Gibson and Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn develops a conceptual framework to explain variance in the concept of teamwork across national and organizational cultures.

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Inter-Team Transfer of Knowledge: An Exploratory Study of the Facilitators and Impediments to Sharing Practices Between Teams

Nov 18, 1998 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn and Cristina B. Gibson investigate facilitators and impediments to inter-team transfer of practices using qualitative analysis of multinational interviews and review of literature.

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The Role of Top Management in Large Scale Change: The View From Within

May 8, 1998 | Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Sue Mohrman argues that top management should focus on organizational architecture, on leading the learning process, on providing very clear strategic direction, and on building a new employment relationship.

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