The relationship between pay systems and total quality management systems is discussed in this paper by Edward Lawler III.
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Designing Pay Systems for Teams
Three different approaches to teams are identified–parallel teams, project teams and work teams in this article by Ed Lawler III and Susan Cohen.
Strategic Human Resource Management
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.
Starting Out Right: Negotiating Cross-Cultural Business Alliances
Katherin K. Reardon and Robert E. Spekman argue that there is no room for isolationism in a world where even the air we breathe is affected by the choices of people thousand of miles away.
Our Federalist Future: The Leadership Imperative
James O’Toole and Warren Bennis ask “Are large organizations inherently superior because they possess greater resources to protect the interests of their constituencies against the vagaries of powerful external forces, or are small-scale organizations superior because they are more sensitive to their constituents’, needs (and more adaptable to changing conditions)?”
Survey-Based Prescriptions for Skill-Based Pay
This paper by N. Gupta, G. Ledford, Jr., D. Jenkins, Jr., and H. Doty summarizes key findings from a study, sponsored by the American Compensation Association, of 97 skill-based pay plans.
Total Quality Management: Practices in the Fortune 1000
E. Lawler III, S Mohrman, and G. Ledford, Jr. report on the results of the Center for Effective Organizations survey of the Fortune 1000 companies. Particular focus is on the kind of total quality management practices which are adopted by these companies.
The Emerging Prominence of the Lateral Organization
S. Mohrman explains that all signs are pointing to the importance of lateral integration in the organization of the future.
Designing Informal Networks
Jay R. Galbraith explains that the continuous search for competitive advantage is leading many companies to examine their organization. Traditional barriers to entry and sources of advantage like scale and patents are easily circumvented today through actions like strategic alliances.
The Value Adding Corporation
Jay R. Galbraith states that the concept of the American Corporation has been evolving for some time. By the early 1980s a consensus had developed around the different types of corporations and their organizations.
Total Quality-Oriented Human Resource Management
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.
The Business Unit of the Future
Jay R. Galbraith states that the business unit is a basic building block of the corporation’s structure. Collections of businesses make up the corporation’s portfolio.