Organizational Alignment - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

to be the most efficient. The central insight of the theory is that each method offers a different way of aligning decision-making authority with valuable "specific knowledge" inside the organization. The theory suggests that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

ultimate "target agreement" with sufficient support to be sustainable. For example, generating the backing necessary from several organizational units for a proposed project to be approved may call for a small-scale... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

will drive organizational success and provide innovative growth opportunities for both the business and the individual. Based on her more than thirty years at Chick-fil-A, most of which have been spent as vice president of corporate... View Details

26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

serve as the glue across functions and business units. But without clarity about strategy and the ability to articulate strategy, people can only pick up random, disconnected cues about priorities, and alignment is then hit-and-miss,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

are static, showing how they become flexible via categorical positioning, and introduce a role for emotional frames that appeals to organizational sentiments and aspirations in innovation adoption. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

organizational contexts and provides practical strategies for changing your decision-making processes and improving these processes so that they become part of your permanent behavior. Throughout, you'll find numerous hands-on decision... View Details