Organizational Dynamics articles from January 1989

Organizational Dynamics archives from January 1989

Influence without authority: The use of alliances, reciprocity, and exchange to accomplish work.
January 1, 1989... Influence Without Authority: The Use of Alliances, Reciprocity, And Exchange To Accomplish Work Bill Heaton is the director of research at a $250 million division of a large West Coast company. The division manufactures exotic...

Organization design: beyond the 'mafia' model.
January 1, 1989... Organization Design: Beyond the "Mafia" Model The importance of modifying organization design to fit changing competitive conditions better is a familiar theme to those who work within the management field. Increasingly, organization...

Managing in the high-commitment workplace.
January 1, 1989... Managing in the High-Commitment Workplace As a brand new production manager at Procter & Gamble Company's high-commitment plant in Lima, Ohio, I was surprised to discover that my work team thought I had done something wrong. "Isn't this...

Potential pitfalls in employee participation.
January 1, 1989... Potential Pitfalls in Employee Participation Employee participation in decision making has become an integral feature of such organization development interventions as job enrichment, gainsharing, quality circles, quality of worklife...

The stakeholder audit goes public.
January 1, 1989... The Stakeholder Audit Goes Public The newly appointed head of a major government agency embarks on a challenging assignment: putting together a coherent management policy in which power and control of major management decisions are shared...