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Achieving Strategic Excellence

An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations

By: Edward E. Lawler,John W. Boudreau,Susan Albers Mohrman,Alice Yee Mark,Beth Neilson,Nora Osganian

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Achieving Strategic Excellence

An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations

By: Edward E. Lawler,John W. Boudreau,Susan Albers Mohrman,Alice Yee Mark,Beth Neilson,Nora Osganian

This is the Center for Effective Organizations’s (CEO) fourth national study of the human resources (HR) function in large corporations. It is the only long-term national study of this important function. Like the previous studies, it focuses on measuring whether the HR function is changing and on gauging its effectiveness. The study focuses particularly on whether the HR function is changing to become an effective strategic partner. It also analyzes how organizations can more effectively manage their human capital. The present study compares data from earlier studies to data collected in 2004. The results show some important changes and indicate what HR needs to do to be effective. Practices are identified that enable HR functions to be high value-added strategic partners.

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Stanford University Press

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0804767955

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How to Do Relevant Research

From the Ivory Tower to the Real World

By: Mirvis, Philip H.,Albers Mohrman, Susan,Worley, Christopher G.

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How to Do Relevant Research

From the Ivory Tower to the Real World

By: Mirvis, Philip H.,Albers Mohrman, Susan,Worley, Christopher G.

Amidst rapid and fundamental shifts in the economic, geo-political, technological, and societal landscape, this cutting-edge book makes the timeless case that research can be informed by problems in the ‘real world’ and make important contributions to theory and practice.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1788119401

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Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization

An Assessment of Trends and New Directions

By: Edward E. Lawler,Susan Albers Mohrman

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Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization

An Assessment of Trends and New Directions

By: Edward E. Lawler,Susan Albers Mohrman

This volume presents the findings of a 6-year longitudinal study on the function of HR organizations in large corporations. The results of the study, conducted by the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, are distilled into a vision of how HR can become a contributor to organizational success in today's knowledge economy.

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Stanford University Press

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0804767114

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Useful Research

Advancing Theory and Practice

By: Susan Albers Mohrman,Ed Lawler

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Advancing Theory and Practice

By: Susan Albers Mohrman,Ed Lawler

Features a who's who of leading management scholars Takes a stand on a major controversy in academia: should organizational research aspire to be relevant to practitioners? A sequel to the seminal book, Doing Research That is Useful for Theory and Practice, also edited by Ed Lawler, Susan Mohrman, and Associates For decades there has been an ongoing, at times heated, debate over how relevant to real-world organizational concerns academic organizational research should be. The contributors to this book argue that in order to keep organizational research relevant to both theory and practice, research must deviate from the orthodoxy of traditional positivistic research. The true test of whether knowledge is useful to practice is not whether it is “theoretically” impactful but whether it is theoretically impactful and results in improved organizational effectiveness. The contributing authors were selected for their demonstrated ability to conduct useful research and their distinguished academic careers. Part I of the book features active scholars who describe the choices they make and the tactics they employ to ensure that their work advances both theory and practice. In part II, four highly respected researchers reflect on how they approached their careers so that they could have a broad impact on practice and still maintain academic rigor. Part III describes pathways to bring academic knowledge to practice—working with consultancies, executive PhD programs, OD specialists, and professional associations, as well as framing academic concepts in ways that are attention-grabbing, memorable, and credible to practitioners. Part IV looks at institutional constraints and enablers: the prospects for useful research in traditional academic settings like business schools, peer-reviewed journals, and the Academy of Management. Finally, part V sums up the themes of the book and the challenges and opportunities facing researchers who aspire to do research that advances both theory and practice. Contributors: Jean Bartunek, Michael Beer, George Benson, John Boudreau, Wayne Cascio, Thomas Cummings, Amy Edmondson, Lynda Gratton, J. Richard Hackman, Gary Latham, Phillip Mirvis, Allan M. Mohrman, David Nadler, James O’Toole, C. K. Prahalad, Denise Rousseau, Sara Rynes, Edgar Schein, Ramakrishnan V. Tenkasi, Michael Tushman, Andrew Van de Ven, Ruth Wageman, Ian Ziskin

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1605096024

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Achieving Coherence in District Improvement

Managing the Relationship Between the Central Office and Schools

By: Susan Moore Johnson,Geoff Marietta,Monica C. Higgins,Karen L. Mapp,Allen S. Grossman

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Achieving Coherence in District Improvement

Managing the Relationship Between the Central Office and Schools

By: Susan Moore Johnson,Geoff Marietta,Monica C. Higgins,Karen L. Mapp,Allen S. Grossman

Achieving Coherence in District Improvement focuses on a problem of practice faced by educational leaders across the nation: how to effectively manage the relationship between the central office and schools. The book is based on a study of five large urban districts that have demonstrated improvement in student achievement. The authors—all members of Harvard University’s Public Education Leadership Project (PELP)—argue that there is no “one best way” to structure the central office-school relationship. Instead, they say, what matters is whether district leaders effectively select and implement their strategy by achieving coherence among key elements and actors—the district’s environment, resources, systems, structures, stakeholders, and culture. The authors examine the five districts’ approaches in detail and point to a number of important findings. First, they emphasize that a clear, shared understanding of decision rights in key areas—academic programming, budgeting, and staffing—is essential to developing an effective central office-school relationship. Second, they stress the importance of building mutually supportive and trusting relationships between district leaders and principals. Third, they highlight the ways that culture and the external environment influence the relationship between the central office and schools. Each chapter also provides relevant “Lessons for Practice”—actionable takeaways—that educational leaders from any district can use successfully to improve the central office-school relationship.

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Harvard Education Press

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1612508138

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Useful Research

Advancing Theory and Practice

By: Susan Albers Mohrman,Ed Lawler

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Advancing Theory and Practice

By: Susan Albers Mohrman,Ed Lawler

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Organizing for High Performance

Employee Involvement, TQM, Re-engineering, and Knowledge Management in the Fortune 1000

By: Edward E. Lawler, III

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Organizing for High Performance

Employee Involvement, TQM, Re-engineering, and Knowledge Management in the Fortune 1000

By: Edward E. Lawler, III

First published in 1998, Strategies for High Performance Organizations gave executives their first comprehensive look at how well the most popular improvement programs of the day were actually working throughout the Fortune 1000. Now, three years later, this latest edition updates those findings for today's business world and reviews some new developments as well. Like its predecessor, this edition distills a library's worth of research into an easy-to-interpret, jargon-free presentation. It examines the various employee involvement, TQM, and reengineering efforts embraced by leading corporations over the years, explains how they were managed, and tells which worked, which did not, and why. Trends and patterns in the newly emerging fields of knowledge management and e-commerce are also presented for the first time. Readers can expect a goldmine of information that they can use to benchmark their own programs, to determine if a program is right for their organization, and to set new strategies for the future. Includes a CD-ROM containing all the informative charts and graphs found in the book.

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Jossey-Bass

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0787956899

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Achieving Strategic Excellence

An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations

By: Edward E. Lawler,John W. Boudreau,Susan Albers Mohrman,Alice Yee Mark,Beth Neilson,Nora Osganian

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Achieving Strategic Excellence

An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations

By: Edward E. Lawler,John W. Boudreau,Susan Albers Mohrman,Alice Yee Mark,Beth Neilson,Nora Osganian

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Stanford University Press

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How to Do Relevant Research

From the Ivory Tower to the Real World

By: Mirvis, Philip H.,Albers Mohrman, Susan,Worley, Christopher G.

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From the Ivory Tower to the Real World

By: Mirvis, Philip H.,Albers Mohrman, Susan,Worley, Christopher G.

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