Organizational Effectiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

it's also the reason why many technically excellent innovations get stuck inside an organization and never make it to market. According to our studies, the most effective way for a leader to realign his company is to facilitate open and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

25 Mar 2021
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Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

look at how companies could more effectively leverage structured, randomized experiments to inform decision-making. His goal: Enable C-suite leaders to avoid the blind spots and blunders that can occur when making decisions based on data... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

08 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 8, 2006

Barron Abstract This study considers organizational artifacts as triggers of procedural justice expectations, showing the effects of one artifact—an organizational wait... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

aligning behavior in an organization). The company environment in which go-to-market initiatives are developed and executed: how communication does or doesn't work across internal organizational boundaries; how salespeople are managed;... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

May–June 2018
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Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down

By: Ranjay Gulati

Most leaders view employee freedoms and operational controls as antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers’ behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren’t zero... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Mission and Purpose; Framework; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Effectiveness

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July 2011
Teaching Note

Buro Happold (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee

Teaching Note for 409021. View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Training; Organizational Culture; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Management Skills; Service Industry

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04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

the detrimental effects of each trigger. We conclude by discussing implications and recommendations for organizational scholars to take a more integrative approach to developing and evaluating theory about... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

successful T-shaped manager must learn to live with, and ultimately thrive within, the tension created by this dual responsibility. Although this tension is most acute for heads of business units, any T-shaped manager with operating unit obligations must wrestle with... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

05 Jul 2011
News

The Business of Champions

degree from Hofstra during the years that he was a player. Highly respected by his peers, he served as vice president of the NHL Players Association. I asked Baumgartner to reflect on the Bruins’ season in leadership, teamwork, and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

January 27, 2010
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Leadership with a Small 'l'

By: Richard Bohmer

What exactly do we mean by leadership in health care? Does it mean to take formal positions in senior leadership teams in hospitals, trusts, health boards, ministries of health, and professional societies-what might be termed leadership with a big "L?" Or does it mean... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Health Industry

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Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

research interests have been changing, but broadly relate to industrial organization and organizational economics. One interest that has persisted with me throughout my education is the idea of measuring shared beliefs and their View Details

18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18

Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the initial stage of socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
What Do You Think?

When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?

Organizations Are In Crisis, It’s Usually Because The Business Is Broken, Harvard Business Review, April, 2016, pp. 96-105. SUMMING UP Much conversation in management classrooms and business meetings emphasizes the importance of prioritization--what we do first, then... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

05 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

company's mission on behalf of customers. They should be given full responsibility for performance, quality, achievement of goals, and compliance with company standards. To realize this change, organizational structures need to change.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

the downsides of the cluster phenomenon. After the French tire maker Michelin introduced radial tire technology—which in effect doubled a tire's useful life—Akron tire companies quickly began to lose their edge. The Akron firms faltered... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Gender & Work research symposium. This year's event, "Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice," will bring together scholars and practitioners to explore how research can effectively reach and influence... View Details

20 Jun 2014
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Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business

differentiating among them. The effect of this approach can be profound. IBM, for example, adopted a life-cycle approach to innovation, developing the leadership and organizational capabilities needed at... View Details

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

leader development in the Army. We saw professional identity as having the same type of conceptual promise at the individual level as organizational culture has at the unit level. Q: The Army has a "Be, Know, and Do" framework... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2004
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Outsourcing for Radical Change

tool for radical organizational change. Linder's research led her to write her first book, Outsourcing for Radical Change: A Bold Approach to Enterprise Transformation (American Management Association, 2004). What distinguishes... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

February 2008
Case

Moët Hennessy España

By: Tiziana Casciaro, Vincent Dessain and Elena Corsi

Since being appointed CEO of Moët Hennessy España (MHE), the Spanish subsidiary of the wine & spirits business of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), the world's leading luxury products group, Ramiro Otano had overseen a spectacularly successful run at the company by... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain

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