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Understanding Group-Efficacy: An Empirical Test of Multiple Assessment Methods

Oct 12, 1998 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

In this paper by Cristina B. Gibson, Amy E. Randell, and P. Christopher Earley, methods of assessing group-efficacy were examined using a multi-party role play negotiation.

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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.

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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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Teams and Information Technology: Creating Value Through Knowledge

May 7, 1998 | Digital Transformation, Sponsor Content

In this paper, Tora K. Bikson, Susan G. Cohen, and Don Mankin examine how information and information technology can make teams more effective.

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Executive Compensation

Apr 9, 1998 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

This chapter by Kevin J. Murphy summarizes the empirical and theoretical research on executive compensation and provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of pay practices (and trends in pay practices) for chief executive officers (CEOs).

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Beyond Competencies: Using the Ability to Learn from Experience for the Early Identification of International Executives

Mar 6, 1998 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Morgan W. McCall, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, and Joan D. Mahoney discuss the development of an instrument which measures both traditional competencies for international executive success and the ability to learn from experience.

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Explaining How Survivors Respond to Downsizing: The Roles of Trust, Empowerment, Justice and Work Redesign

Mar 5, 1998 | Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

In this paper, Aneil K. Mishra and Gretchen M. Spreitzer develop a stress-based framework of survivors’ responses to downsizing.

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The Search for Flexibility: Skills and Workplace Innovation in the German Pump Industry

Mar 3, 1998 | Innovation, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

David Finegold and Karin Wagner find that the existence of a highly skilled workforce may deter the adoption of multifunctional work teams, but that countervailing strengths of the German skill-creation system can potentially help firms develop a new, distinctive German production model.

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Running on Empty: Overworked People in Demanding Work Environments

Feb 4, 1998 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Julia Welch, Rachel Ebert, and Gretchen Spreitzer discuss how in contemporary organizations, overwork is often viewed as a key problem inherent in today’s demanding working environment.

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Learning and Knowledge Management in Team-Based New Product Development Organizations

Feb 2, 1998 | Innovation, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

S. Mohrman, R. Tenkasi, and A. Mohrman, Jr. discuss how configuring organizations into cross-functional new product development teams introduces new knowledge management and learning challenges.

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Creating Effective Pay Systems for Teams

Jan 1, 1998 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

Ed Lawler III affirms that rewards are an important element in any formal organization. In order to be effective, organizations must answer the fundamental question of why individuals should commit their time, effort, and ideas to it.

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Control of International Joint Ventures

Nov 17, 1997 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Tom L.C.M. Groot and Kenneth A. Merchant explain that as markets have become more globalized and competitive, it has become increasingly difficult for any single company to excel, and thus be competitive, in all aspects of a given business.

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