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A Profile of Meetings In Corporate America: Results of the 3M Meeting Effectiveness Study

Nov 22, 1989 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

This report by Peter M. Monge, Charles McSween, and JoAnne Wyer presents the findings of the 3M Meeting Effectiveness Study. 903 people from 36 small, medium, and large companies in the public and private sectors completed a detailed survey describing the last meeting they attended.

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Career Disintegration in Mergers and Acquisitions

Nov 1, 1989 | Change Management, Sponsor Content

In this paper by Rikard Larsson and Michael J. Driver, a career perspective is applied to mergers and acquisitions to highlight the individual viewpoint in these prevalent organizational events.

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The Design of Skill-Based Pay Plans

Oct 15, 1989 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

Gerald Ledford, Jr. discusses how in skill-based pay (SBP) systems, employees receive compensation for the range, depth, and types of skills they possess.

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Interpersonal Relations as a Context for Improving the Effect of Performance Appraisal Interviews on Employee Performance and Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study

Oct 1, 1989 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

A field study was conducted by Barry R. Nathan, Allan M. Mohrman, Jr., and John Milliman to determine the effect of supervisor-subordinate interpersonal relations and the content and conduct of the appraisal review on reactions to the performance appraisal review, and job satisfaction and job performance after the review.

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Top Management Team Tenure and Organizational Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion

Sep 1, 1989 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Drawing on an upper echelons framework, and modeling managerial discretion as a moderating variable, this study by Sydney Finkelstein and Donald Hambrick examined the relationship between-managerial tenure and such organizational outcomes as strategic persistence, strategic conformity and performance conformity.

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Using Experience to Develop Managerial Talent: A Professional’s Guide to On-the-Job Development

Aug 1, 1989 | Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Morgan W. McCall, Jr., Esther T. Hutchison, and Virginia Homes discuss how developing top level executive talent is a serious challenge for U.S. corporations, and, according to some experts, essential to the future competitiveness of those firms.

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Deming Versus Performance Appraisal: Is There a Resolution?

Jul 1, 1989 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

In this article by Allan M. Mohrman, Jr., “performance management” is described and put forth as an evolution of performance appraisal that is consistent with much of Deming’s philosophy and therefore diffuses his complaints about appraisals.

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Organizational Culture: A Key to Financial Performance?

May 1, 1989 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Caren Siehl and Joanne Martin discuss how the quantity of organizational culture research has increased dramatically during the last decade (e.g., Barley, Meyer, & Gash, 1988), in part because so much of it has held out a tantalizing promise: that culture may be a key to enhancing financial performance.

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Alternative Pay Systems, Firm Performance and Productivity

May 1, 1989 | Compensation and Benefits, Future of HR, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

D. Mitchell, D. Lewin and Edward E. Lawler III explain that the 1970s and 1980s are perceived, with hindsight, as periods of economic change and adjustment. Given that environment, a willingness to experiment in human resource (HR) practices developed, including practices relating to compensation systems.

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The Shaping of Creativity in Organizations

Apr 22, 1989 | Compensation and Benefits, Innovation, Leadership, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Nirmal K. Sethia analyzes the distinctive attributes of creative individuals and resources required for creative work. The knowledge thus gleaned is used for illustrating how creativity is shaped significantly by its organizational context, in particular, by leadership, organizational structure, and reward system.

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Organizational Impact of Executive Compensation

Apr 1, 1989 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III states that reward systems are one of the most prominent and frequently discussed features of organizations. Indeed, the literature in organizational behavior and personnel management is replete with the examples of their functional as well as their dysfunctional role in organizations.

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New Organization Forms for Competitiveness

Mar 1, 1989 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Jay R. Galbraith reports that the Center Project on Organizing in 1990’s is examining what manufacturing firms are doing to change their organizations to become more competitive in the 1990’s.

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