Managing for Effectiveness in Research Organizations

Abstract

Managers apply implicitly held models of organizational effectiveness in the evaluation of subordinate organization units. Twenty-four variables have been identified as applicable in these models. Study of managers of research and development units has identified a model of organizational effectiveness underlying their evaluations of subordinate units. This model is compared with a related model identified in studies of managers in more general business settings. Several interesting differences are observed which probably underlie much of the misunderstanding between general business managers and research and development managers. It is argued that these differences tend to reflect differences in the technology and productive cycle of the two settings rather than personal differences of the two groups of managers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0718820

Entities

People

  • Linda Krefting
  • Thomas A. Mahoney
  • William Weitzel

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bargaining
  • Business Administration
  • Cohesion
  • Commerce
  • Directives
  • Industrial Relations
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Organizational Structure
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • Resilience
  • Supervisors
  • Supervisory Control
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Universities

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  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.