Organizational Effectiveness

Organizational Effectiveness: A Comparison of Multiple Models directly addresses the issues of non-integration and non-comparability. This book not only provides well thought out approaches to effectiveness as a construct, but also practical suggestions for improving effectiveness in organizations. A set of integrating questions that raise theoretical, conceptual, empirical, research, practical, and managerial issues are also included. This text likewise compares and contrasts theoretical and philosophical roots of a particular perspective with other perspectives. This publication is intended for scholars and researchers seeking to understand and measure organizational effectiveness, as well as practitioners who are faced with the problem of managing and improving their own organization's effectiveness.

ContributorsPreface 1 Organizational Effectiveness: One Model or Several? Understanding Organizational Effectiveness Conclusion ReferencesI Multiple Models of Organizational Effectiveness 2 An Interactionist Perspective on Organizational Effectiveness The Attraction-Selection-Attrition Framework Theoretical, Methodological, and Practical Implications References 3 A Framework for an Integrated Model of Organizational Effectiveness Merging Contemporary Theories An Integration of Models Responses to Integrative Questions References 4 The Effectiveness of Interpretation Systems Interpretation Systems and Organizational Effectiveness Characteristics of Interpretation Systems A Model of Organizational Interpretations Interpretation System Effectiveness Conclusion References 5 A Political-Economic Perspective on Organizational Effectiveness Value Issues in Conceptualizing Organizational Effectiveness Critical Theory and Welfare Economics The Population Perspective of Organizational Effectiveness Conclusions References 6 Pursuing Organizational Effectiveness That Is Ambiguously Specified Departing from Tradition Specifying Goals and Avoiding Their Specification Decomposing Control Structurally and Temporally Searching Analytically and Mechanistically Reaping Benefits from Ambiguities References 7 On the Demise of Organizational Effectiveness Studies Basic Theses Outcome Approaches to OE Determinant Approaches to OE An Alternative Approach Discussion ReferencesII Comparisons and Implications of Multiple Models of Effectiveness 8 Organizational Effectivness and Organizational Behavior: A Critical Perspective Comparing, Critiquing, and Integrating the Perspectives Organizational Effectiveness Issues and Prescriptions from Organizational Behavior A Perspective Conclusion References 9 Assessing Outcomes and Effects Some Basic Premises Performance Assessment: An Idealization Types of Assessments Purposes of Assessment Other Realities Reactions to the Six Contributions Implications References 10 The Implications of Effectiveness Theory for Managerial Practice in the Public Sector The Infinity Problem The Necessity of Arbitrary Circumscription Retaining Ambiguity and Mitigating Cross-Purposes References 11 Organizational Effectiveness: Implications for the Practice of Management First Responses: From Nord to Schneider Weick and Daft Starbuck and Nystrom Goodman Seashore Schneider Six Authors: Common Themes Affective Considerations Contributions to the Practice of Management Practical Alternatives Conclusions References 12 Some Conclusions about Organizational Effectiveness Conclusions about Organizational Effectiveness Guidelines for Assessing Organizational Effectiveness Conclusion ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index