Research and Insights Archive

Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations

Available Content

Books
Editorials
News
Webinars
Working Papers

Pay Strategies for the New Economy: Lessons from the Dot-com Era

Sep 17, 2001 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Ed Lawler discusses how the 1990’s saw the rise of the dot-coms. They soared to amazing stock market evaluations that defied the laws of economic gravity.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top

Apr 15, 2001 | Change Management, Leadership, Strategic HR

Jay A. Conger, Edward E. Lawler III and David L. Finegold (Jossey-Bass, 2001) discuss how corporate boards are under fire. Investors, government agencies, communities, and employees are scrutinizing boards’ performance and challenging their decisions like never before — and it is likely this attention will only increase.

Consultants in the Cupboard: How Type and Timing of Third-Party Involvement Affects Team Strategic Decision Outcomes

Jan 26, 2001 | Change Management, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Cristina B. Gibson and Todd Saxton explain that despite the widespread involvement of third parties such as consultants in organizational decision making, little empirical research has explored the effect of these individuals on team outcomes.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

Beyond the Vision: What Makes HR Effective?

Oct 16, 2000 | Future of HR, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Edward Lawler III and Susan A. Mohrman argue that corporations are undergoing dramatic changes that have significant implications for how their human resources are managed and for how the human resource function is best organized and managed.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

New Directions for the Human Resources Organization: An Organization Design Approach

Mar 1, 2000 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

First published in 1996, this report by S. Mohrman, E. Lawler, and G. McMahan presents findings of a 1995 study that examined the human resources function in 130 large companies to see whether changes in the business environment and strategy of the corporation were leading to changes in practice and organization of the human resources function.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

Doing Research That is Useful for Theory and Practice

Oct 20, 1999 | Strategic HR

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.

Pay Strategy – New Thinking for the New Millennium

Oct 13, 1999 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Ed Lawler argues that it is time for new thinking, new practices and more strategic direction in the pay systems of organizations.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

Identifying Strategic Leaders

Jan 2, 1999 | Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Kathleen K. Reardon and Alan Rowe state that the key component of successful leadership now and in the next century is a responsiveness to continuous change.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

Identifying Strategic Leaders

Dec 1, 1998 | Agility, Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Kathleen K. Reardon and Alan Rowe argue that the key component of successful leadership now and in the next century is a responsiveness to continuous change. Such responsiveness requires suspending the illusion of control and denial of uncertainty psychologists tell us are characteristic of human thinking.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

The Impact of Team Level Strategic Context on Team Process Innovation

Nov 17, 1998 | Innovation, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

In this study, Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn and Cristina B. Gibson apply the concept of strategic context (Prahalad & Doz, 1987; Schulz & Jobe, 1997) to the team level and examine how team strategic context relates to team process innovativeness.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

Strategies for High Performance Organizations: The CEO Report

Aug 28, 1998 | Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Strategic HR

The CEO Report by Edward E. Lawler III , Susan Albers Mohrman and Gerald E. Ledford, Jr., (Jossey-Bass, 1998) distills reams of surveys and research into an easy-to-interpret tool that managers can use to identify those improvement practices that best promote organizational effectiveness.

Who Needs MBA’s in H.R.? USC’s Strategic H.R. Management MBA Concentration

Jun 10, 1998 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

P. Adler and E. Lawler III discuss how article after article on the future of U.S. corporations stresses the importance of HR skills for line managers and “business partner” skills for HR managers. Despite this very few MBA programs offer concentrations in HRM.

Please Sign In

This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.

Register For Complimentary Premium Access

Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.

« Older Entries

Next Entries »