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Quality Circles in a Metropolitan Police Department

Dec 1, 1984 | Employee Engagement, Sponsor Content

This paper by S. Hocevar and Susan A. Mohrman describes the background and status of a quality circles program in one division of a large metropolitan police department.

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Managing Organizational Culture by Managing the Reward System

Oct 24, 1984 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

Nirmal K. Sethia and Mary Ann Von Glinow argue that management of culture is becoming a key challenge for the leadership in an increasing number of organizations.

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Mission Impossible? Teaching Corporate America to Think

Oct 1, 1984 | Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content

Ian I. Mitroff addresses why American management is ill-prepared and even resistant to facing the challenges of a turbulent world.

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Pay for Performance: A Motivational Analysis

Sep 1, 1984 | Compensation and Benefits, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

This paper by Edward E. Lawler III analyzes the motivational effectiveness of piece-rate incentive plans and merit salary increases.

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The Design of Employee Participation Groups: Guidelines Based on Empirical Research

Aug 14, 1984 | Employee Engagement, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

This paper by Susan A. Mohrman and G. Ledford, Jr. explores the importance of various design features in employee participation programs.

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Transference and Countertransference in Action Research Relationships

Aug 3, 1984 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Gerald Ledford, Jr. explores transference and countertransference, two concepts from the psychotherapeutic literature, and their relevance to action research relationships is considered.

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Parallel Participation Structures: The Case of Quality Circles

Aug 1, 1984 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

This paper by Susan A. Mohrman and Edward E. Lawler III examines the typical life cycle of one kind of parallel organization, the Quality Circle. It makes the point that such structures tend to be unstable precisely because they are parallel.

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The New Pay

Jul 1, 1984 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

This paper by Edward E. Lawler III reviews the implications of new approaches to management for pay practices. It suggests that pay needs to be administered very differently in the future.

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Job-Person Dynamics and Career Development

Jun 1, 1984 | Sponsor Content, Talent Management

The objective of this paper by Kenneth R. Brousseau is to explore the ways in which work can be utilized for developmental purposes.

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Doing Research: The Case of Organizational Design

May 1, 1984 | Agility, Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

T. Cummings, Susan A. Mohrman, A. Mohrman, Jr., and G. Ledford, Jr. present a framework for understanding
a research approach with organizations that are designing and redesigning themselves to adapt to rapid and fundamental societal changes.

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The Impact of Information Systems Technology on Organizations: A Review of Theory and Research

Apr 1, 1984 | Digital Transformation, HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

This paper by A. Mohrman, Jr. and Edward E. Lawler III reviews the results of recent studies on the impact of office-oriented information technologies.

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Education, Management Style & Organizational Effectiveness

Mar 2, 1984 | Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III examines the relationship between education, management style, and organizational effectiveness.

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