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Avoiding the Corporate Dinosaur Syndrome

May 21, 1994 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

The characteristics that are associated with large corporations becoming dinosaurs are identified. A number of practices are suggested in this paper by E. Lawler III and J. Galbraith that can prevent an organization from becoming dominated by these dysfunctional characteristics.

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New Directions for the Human Resources Organization

Apr 15, 1994 | Compensation and Benefits, Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Talent Management

This landmark book, one of the most cited volumes on the topic of motivation in the workplace, defines Edward Lawler’s basic philosophy: in order to have effective organizations, we must understand how to motivate and encourage effective individual performance.

An International Comparison of Organization Development Practices: The United States and Hong Kong

Mar 14, 1994 | Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This study by Chung-Ming Lau, Gary C. McMahan, and Richard W. Woodman explored culture-bound issues in OD. The results of surveys among major firms in the United States and Hong Kong indicated few major differences in their OD practices, though the usage of specific OD interventions varied.

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The Impact of Schemas and Inquiry Frames on Consultants’ Constructions of Expectations about the Client System

Feb 13, 1994 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This study by Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi, Tojo J. Thachankary, Frank J. Barrett, and Michael R. Manning investigated and supported the view that the consultants’ constructions of positive or negative perceptions and expectations about the client system is an artifact of consultant organizational schemas and inquiry frames.

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Effects of Union Status on Employee Involvement: Diffusion and Effectiveness

Jan 12, 1994 | Employee Engagement, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

G. McMahan and E. Lawler III examined the research literature on union status and employee involvement with respect to two issues: (1) the relationship between the presence of a union and the adoption of employee involvement; (2) the relationship between the presence of a union and the effectiveness of employee involvement.

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A Hierarchical Construct of Self-Management Leadership and Its Relationship to Quality of Work Life and Perceived Work Group Effectiveness

Jan 10, 1994 | Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This study by L. Chang, S. Cohen, and G. Ledford, Jr. validated the Self-Management Leadership Questionnaire (Manz & Sims, 1987) and assessed the relationship between self-management leadership, work group effectiveness and quality of work life (QWL).

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A Hierarchical Construct of Self-Management Leadership to Quality of Work Life and Perceived Work Group Effectiveness

Jan 8, 1994 | Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This study by L. Chang, S. Cohen, and G. Ledford, Jr. validates the Self-Management Leadership theory as operationalized by the Self- Management Leadership Questionnaire (Manz & Sims, 1987) in a large telephone company.

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Organization Development within the Firm: A Survey of the 500 Largest Industrials

Jan 6, 1994 | Change Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Gary C. McMahan and Richard W. Woodman conducted a study in which the 500 largest industrial firms in the United States were surveyed with regard to their internal Organization Development (OD) practice.

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Organizational Effectiveness: New Realities and Challenges

Jan 4, 1994 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Edward Lawler III provides an overview of the critical global factors that demand higher performance standards from organizations.

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Locating Meaning in Organizational Learning: The Narrative Basis of Cognition

Nov 26, 1993 | Change Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi and Richard J. Boland Jr. call for a fundamental reorientation of our understanding of human cognition and its relation to organizational learning, a turn that sees the basic organizing principle of cognition as essentially narrative and not schematic or representational.

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The Practice of Organization Development: A Survey of the 500 Largest Service Firms

Oct 28, 1993 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

In this study by Gary C. McMahan, Richard W. Woodman, and Ana Moreno, the 500 largest service firms in the United States were surveyed with regard to their internal Organization Development (OD) practice.

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Designing Effective Self-Managing Work Teams

Jul 15, 1993 | Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This paper by Susan G. Cohen proposes a model of self-managing work team (SMWT) effectiveness derived from several theories of organizational behavior and empirical work.

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