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Are Executives Paid Too Much?

Sep 10, 2009 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) shares that for several decades there as has been an on again off again debate about whether executives in U.S. corporations are paid too much. Recently, the issue has come front and center as a result of the high bonus pay outs to executives in some major financial institutions.

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Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse

Sep 1, 2009 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Theresa M. Welbourne’s (CEO) Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse questions are based on over 20 years of research on what drives firm performance.

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Recasting Leadership Development

Aug 9, 2009 | Leadership, Sponsor Content

This article by Morgan W. McCall, Jr.(USC) begins with seven reasonably sure bets about the role of experience in leadership development, ponders the reasons that what is known is so rarely applied, suggests some things that can be done to put experience at the center of development, and concludes with recommendations for practice and for research.

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Why are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?

Jul 7, 2009 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

In this chapter Alec R. Levenson (CEO), Michael Gibbs, and Cindy Zoghi study job design. Do organizations plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go?

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Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work, 6/17/2009

Jun 17, 2009 | Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness

Jay addresses the design of successful matrix organizations. He features the Star Model as a guide to design. He emphasizes the point that designing a successful matrix is less about structure and more about designing management processes, creating joint goals, managing conflict, clarifying roles and responsibilities and creating strong management teams; ends with HR practices, reward systems and selection criteria to complete the Star Model.

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Designing Matrix Organizations that Actually Work: How IBM, Procter & Gamble and Others Design for Success

May 19, 2009 | Organization Design

Organization structures do not fail, says Jay Galbraith, but management fails at implementing them correctly. This is why, he explains, the idea that the matrix does not work still exists today, even among people who should know better.

Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board

May 19, 2009 | Leadership

The aim of the book Boardroom Realities by Jay Conger (Jossey-Bass, 2009) is to help you address the governance realities facing boardrooms today and to demonstrate that boardroom leadership and character make the primary difference in the performance of the board.

Fixing Executive Compensation: Right Time, Wrong Approach

Apr 8, 2009 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) shares that as a result of the executive compensation regulations imposed on companies taking TARP funding and the AIG bonus payments, the door has been opened for increased federal regulation of executive compensation.

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Reducing Labor Costs: Choosing the Right Approach

Apr 1, 2009 | Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) states that CEOs are increasingly saying that their companies’ human capital is its most important asset. It is also obvious that it is many companies’ largest business expense.

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Dealing with Rough Times: A Capabilities Development Approach to Surviving and Thriving

Mar 5, 2009 | Agility, Change Management, Sponsor Content

Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) state that during rapid change and extreme threat, steering the ship is not sufficient. Leaders must introduce approaches that tap the energies of employees throughout the organization.

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Action Research: An Overview

Mar 4, 2009 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

This paper by Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) addresses the history of action research, its features, and how it differs from more traditional science-based research.

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Handbook of Collaborative Management Research

Feb 27, 2009 | Organization Design

This handbook edited by A. B. Shani, S. A. Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore, B. Stymne, & N. Adler. (SAGE Publications, 2008) provides the latest thinking, methodologies and cases in the rapidly growing area of collaborative management research.

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