Showing papers on "Organizational effectiveness published in 1970"

The Contingency Model: Criticism and Suggestions

Abstract: The authors present a critical analysis of Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness. These criticisms are discussed and various solutions are suggested.

Study of Organizational Effectiveness: Two Prevailing Viewpoints

Abstract: Organizations occupy a crucial place in modern society. Their importance in today's society is nicely captured by Amitai Etzioni (1964) : Our society is an organizational society. We are born in organizations, educated by organizations, and most of us spend much of our leisure time paying, playing and praying in organizations. Most of us will die in an organization, and when the time comes for burial, the largest organization of all-the state-must grant official permission [p. 1].

Role Conflict and Multiple Authority in Complex Organizations

Abstract: This article examines employee dissatisfaction and the resultant decreased organizational effectiveness caused by role conflict in multiple authority organizations where an employee is subject to conflicting loyalties and directives. Possible remedies to the problem are examined.

An Action-Research Approach to Organizational Change.

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the development, testing, and application of a research instrument designed for use in organizational settings as an integral part of organization change and developmen...

Applied Virtual Environments: Applications of Virtual Environments to Government, Military and Business Organizations

Abstract: Virtual environments (VEs) such as Second Life or World of Warcraft can be more than entertainment; they also offer new ways to test concepts and prototypes, train employees, and anticipate actions of an opponent. The U.S. military and other government organizations are applying VEs to support achieving training, operational, and rehearsal objectives. Business enterprises are starting to use virtual realities to lower costs and increase capabilities. This paper provides a systematic characterization and analysis of the features of VEs that improve organizational effectiveness. The paper describes: first, the key elements of a virtual world; second, the Use Modes or methods by which virtual worlds can be used to achieve a wide range of business or military objectives; third, a categorization of the wide range of application areas to which VEs can be applied; and lastly, the current limitations, emerging opportunities, and future research recommendations for using VEs to achieve organizational objectives.

Leadership Style and Effectiveness Of Department Chairmen In Business Administration

Abstract: Much of the current thought and research on leadership effectiveness focuses on adaptive leadership rather than on one best leadership style. Fiedler's Contingency Model attempts to demonstate how ...

Organizational Development for Thornlea; A Communication Package and Some Results.

Abstract: The author introduces his facilitative role in organizational development at Thornlea School' with the following two statements: "Most organizations have a structure that was designed to solve problems that no longer exist" but "I am less interested in inducing any particular change than I am in fostering and nourishing the conditions under which constructive change may occur." In one sense the author's work at Thornlea could be classed as in-service training, but as the case developed the training was found to be of a very different kind from that which school people are accustomed to or acquainted with. This case study begins with the assumptions and objectives of organizational development (OD) in general; proceeds to some background of a school which recently participated in a very brief taste of OD; presents some essential features of the communication package itself and some of the results; and concludes, of course, with some implications.

The chief executive's viewpoint.

Abstract: The article describes the management problems of a multi-national organization, stating that they are different than those of a domestic corporation. The article discusses the issues of adaptation,...