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The Use of Organizational Controls and Their Effects on Data Manipulation and Management Myopia: A U.S. vs Japan Comparison

Apr 16, 1993 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Uncategorized

Two prior papers by Merchant (1985b, 1990) have explored the use and effects of five management controls at the profit center level of a large U.S. firm. This study by Chee W. Chow, Yutaka Kato, and Kenneth A. Merchant extends the investigation to a cross-cultural context.

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A Skill-Based Approach to Human Resource Management

Sep 3, 1992 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

The importance of focusing on employee skills is stressed in this article by E. Lawler III and G. Ledford, Jr. Particular attention is given to how skill based pay and skill based selection processes can be implemented in order to create a strategic skills focus in complex organizations.

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Strategic Human Resource Management

Jul 10, 1992 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

E. Lawler III, S. Cohen, and L. Chang discuss the role that human resource functions play in complex organization. Emphasis is placed on how the human resource function can become more strategically involved in the business and assesses the progress of large companies in moving toward a strategic partnership role for HR.

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Total Quality-Oriented Human Resource Management

Apr 1, 1992 | Future of HR, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

D. Bowen and E. Lawler III argue that human resources holds the key to sustained quality improvement. Consequently, the HRM department can potentially play a critical role in an organization’s TQM effort.

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Strategic Reward Systems

Jan 1, 1992 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

This chapter by D. Jenkins and E. Lawler III presents theory and research on the role of pay systems in complex organizations.

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Human Resources Strategies for Lateral Integration in a High-Technology Setting

Nov 1, 1991 | Digital Transformation, Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

S. Mohrman, A. Mohrman, Jr., and S. Cohen discuss how the literature on high technology management points overwhelmingly to the importance of lateral integration processes for successful performance.

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CEO Compensation Systems in Electric Utility Firms: Strategic and Environmental Effects

Jun 3, 1991 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

This paper by Sydney Finkelstein and Nandini Rajagopalan utilizes an agency theory perspective to study the effects of strategic orientation and environmental change on CEO compensation systems.

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Mexico’s Maquiladora Industry: Where Strategic Human Resource Management Makes a Difference

Feb 25, 1991 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

M. Teagarden, M. Butler, and M. Von Glinow argue that cost cutting is a challenge increasingly confronting managers. Chasing cheap labor, especially through use of offshore manufacturing in developing and newly industrialized Pacific Rim countries has become a popular response to this challenge.

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When is a Joint Venture a Joint Venture? The Classification of Sino-Foreign Strategic Business Alliances

Dec 22, 1990 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Mary B. Teagarden and Mary Ann Von Glinow argue that Sino-U.S. strategic business alliance research is impeded by several obstacles: (1) various alliance types are confounded; (2) alliance data are aggregated regardless of life cycle stage; and (3) there is a dearth of reliable data about these alliances.

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Organizational Life Cycles and Strategic International Human Resource Management in MNC’s: Implications for Congruency Theory

Dec 15, 1990 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

This paper by John Milliman and Mary Ann Von Glinow seeks to extend our understanding of congruency theory of fit in strategic human resource management (HRM) as a result of developing an organizational life cycle model of international HRM (IHRM) in multinational companies (MNCs).

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Contextual Determinants of Human Resource Management Effectiveness in International Cooperative Alliances: Evidence from the People’s Republic of China

Jun 1, 1990 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Mary Ann Von Glinow and Mary B. Teagarden argue that international cooperative alliances, especially joint ventures in developing countries with command economies such as the People’s Republic of China, encounter myriad factors pertaining to HRM that constrain or influence their effectiveness.

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Developing Strategic International Human Resource Management: Prescriptions for MNC Success

Apr 1, 1990 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Many U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) have experienced difficulties in their overseas operations, due in part to ineffective international human resource management (IHRM) practices. This paper by Mary Ann Von Glinow and John Milliman uses a product life cycle (PLC) approach to develop a two-step contingency model of the strategic and operational levels of MNCs.

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