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Organizing Knowledge Work Systems

Jul 27, 1994 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content

This paper by S. Mohrman, A. Mohrman, Jr., and S. Cohen examines the design of organizations for knowledge work. It draws on the general literature underpinning organization theory and design, and more applied work on design for knowledge work.

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Large-Scale Organizational Change As Learning: Creating Team-Based Organizations

Jul 10, 1994 | Change Management, Sponsor Content

Susan Mohrman and Allan Mohrman, Jr. explain that the transition to a team-based organization is a large-scale organizational change. It is both pervasive and deep.

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Team Cognitive Ability as a Predictor of Team Performance

Jun 26, 1994 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

This study by Patrick M. Wright, Gary C. McMahan, and Dennis Smart examined the relationship between team cognitive ability (average Scholastic Aptitude Test score) and team performance (a subjective coach’s evaluation and an objective measure using Sagarin’s Power Rankings) among NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball teams during the 1991-92 season.

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The Impact of Individual Differences on the Socialization of Workers to a Technological Intervention

Jun 25, 1994 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

This study by K. Michele Kacmar, Patrick M. Wright, and Gary C. McMahan examined the role of ability, motivation, and their interactions in the effectiveness of the use of training as a socialization tool.

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Towards an Understanding of the Factors which Enable and Obstruct Learning in New Product Development: An Action Research Study

May 24, 1994 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Ronald E. Purser, William A. Pasmore, and Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi explain that organizational learning in new product development involves the development of a knowledge base that can inform technical problem solving and decision making.

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Avoiding the Corporate Dinosaur Syndrome

May 21, 1994 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

The characteristics that are associated with large corporations becoming dinosaurs are identified. A number of practices are suggested in this paper by E. Lawler III and J. Galbraith that can prevent an organization from becoming dominated by these dysfunctional characteristics.

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The Effects of Inquiry Paradigms on Inquirers: A Study of the Impact of Different Inquiry Methods and Topics on Two Groups of Consulting Teams

Apr 22, 1994 | Employee Resource Groups, Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Uncategorized

Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi, Tojo J. Thachankary, Frank J. Barrett, and Michael R. Manning investigated the impact of two different guiding schemas about organizations and topics of inquiry, on two groups of consulting teams.

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New Directions for the Human Resources Organization

Apr 15, 1994 | Compensation and Benefits, Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Talent Management

This landmark book, one of the most cited volumes on the topic of motivation in the workplace, defines Edward Lawler’s basic philosophy: in order to have effective organizations, we must understand how to motivate and encourage effective individual performance.

The Socio-Cognitive Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in Scientific Knowledge Environments

Mar 23, 1994 | Innovation, Sponsor Content

Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi argues that despite increasing emphasis on knowledge work and knowledge workers, the dynamics of knowledge creation in a knowledge intensive domain such as Research and Development is an elusive topic.

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A Performance Management Model for Team-Based Settings

Mar 20, 1994 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Based on recent research at CEO, this paper by A. Mohrman, Jr. and S. Mohrman lays out a model of performance management systems in team-based knowledge work settings.

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When People Get Out of the Box: New Attachments to Co-Workers

Mar 19, 1994 | Organization Design, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

S. Mohrman and S. Cohen state that new approaches to designing and managing organizations are changing the assumptions that have been built into traditional hierarchical organizations and the performance required by organizational participants.

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Realizing a Corporate Philosophy

Mar 18, 1994 | Innovation, Sponsor Content

This paper by G. Ledford, Jr., J. Wendenhof, and J. Strahley examines the case of Eaton Corporation, which has developed an innovative process to turn its ideas into day-to-day reality.

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