Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations
Transformative HR (John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan) demonstrates how some of the world’s most admired and prominent organizations are redefining HR leadership by using evidence-based change to inform human capital decisions that optimize efficiency, effectiveness and strategic impact.
To get a glimpse into the network design of the future, Sue Mohrman and Chris Worley shared a framework and case examples from our research on “Organizing for Sustainability.” Guest Speaker: Sally Breyley Parker, President, Currere, Inc.
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Alec R. Levenson (CEO) and Wenhong Zhang (Nanjing University) provide a review of and guide to conducting action research: what it is, the benefits of it, examples, and how to do it.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) discusses how the U.S. auto industry and the UAW union have begun negotiating their new collective bargaining agreements.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) examines how an entire industry has emerged dedicated to describing (and in some cases, stereotyping) the Gen-X, Y, boomers, silent, greatest and millennial generations and how they should be managed.
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This paper by Alec R. Levenson (CEO) provides an interdisciplinary look at the issues surrounding group-level processes and productivity, comparing the economic and behavioral science literatures and providing suggestions for ways that economists can learn from advances in the behavioral science literature.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) share that sustainability initiatives and corporate social responsibility programs are a possible first step toward developing organizations that are able to perform well financially, socially, and environmentally, what we like to call sustainable effectiveness.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) argues that very few companies have appraisals that go above and beyond –considering employees’ performance as it relates to the environment or society.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) states that the new normal with respect to executive compensation appears to be very similar to the old pre-recession normal.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) shares that Britain is inching toward following other countries (including France, Spain, and Norway) in introducing compulsory quotas for the number of women on corporate boards.
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Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) shares that for the last several months CEO succession at Apple has gotten a considerable amount of attention because of the health problems of Steve Jobs.
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Alec R. Levenson (CEO), Cindy Zoghi (BLS), Michael Gibbs (University of Chicago), and George S. Benson (University of Texas) study effects of a firm’s attempt to optimize an existing incentive scheme to increase sales growth for direct store delivery workers.
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