Submitted by: George Huber, University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
Burke, Identifying the Drivers of Organizational Performance in Your Company
Table 1: "The Major Attributes and Processes of Organic and Mechanistic Organizations"
Mintzberg, Organization Design: Fashion or Fit
Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (A)
"The Future Environments of Business Organizations," Chapter 2, The Necessary Nature of Future Fims
"Organizational Learning and Knowledge Acquisitions," Chapter 5 in The Necessary Nature of Future Firms
Greiner, Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow (and "Managing Organizational Change.")
McKinsey and Company: Managing Knowldege and Learning
Chatman, et al., Cisco Systems: Developing a Human Capital Strategy
Kerr, On the Folly of Rewarding 'A' While Hoping for 'B'
Pfeffer, Six Dangerous Myths about Pay
Bartol & Locke, Incentives and Motivation
Cases
Nordstrom: Dissention in the Ranks
Southwest Airlines: Using Human Resources for Competitive Advantage (A)
Readings
Gabarro, Managing Your Boss
Cases
Brainard, Bennis, and Farrell
Readings
Latham & Locke, Goal Setting - A Motivational Technique That Works
"Organizational Decision Making," Ch. 4 in The Necessary Nature of Future Firms
Cases
Cypress Simconductor (A) & (B): Visions, Values, and Killer Software
Chattanooga Ice Cream
Readings
Pfeffer, Understanding Power in Organizations
Kotter, Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
Beer & Nohria, Cracking the Code of Change
Cases
Booz, Allen, & Hamilton, Vision 2000
Readings
Culture as Social Control: Corporations, Cults, and Commitment
Burke, Plane Talk about Change: How Lord Colin Marshall Transformed British Airways
Cases
Siebel Systems: Culture As a Pillar of Success
Changing the Culture at British Airways
Readings
The "EIS Simulation"
Change Management: Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap
Readings
Cunducting a Performance Appraisal Interview