Knowledge work in organizations, by definition, leverages contributions of many individuals to solve problems too complex for a single individual to tackle alone (e.g., Argote, McEvily, and Reagans, 2003). In organizations, such problem solving occurs not just at the individual level but also at the organizational level, expertise therefore becomes the core organizational asset, and superior an...

breakthrough management (bm) is a kind of an essential organizational creativity emphasized on change and transformation with relying on the theory of transformational leadership. rather than being step by step process, changes in bm seems like a move ahead rapidly. this quality is expected to cause an essential and rapid transformation in business settings. the existing research aimed to inves...

This capstone describes how Interactive Planning, a methodology of Systems Thinking, was implemented to address complex organizational problems. The paper focuses on how a group of scholars from the graduate program of Organizational Dynamics in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania addressed the systemic problems of the International House of Philadelphia through th...

This article is introducing a new concept of organizational health and discussing its possible implications for health organizations and health management. The concept is developed against the background of New Public Management, which has coincided with increasing workplace health problems in health organizations. It is based on research mainly in health promotion and health management. Organi...

one of the main problems in the efficiency and efficacy of an organization is its structural issue. organizational culture is also considered as an effective factor in the performance of many organizations. the main goal of the present study was to determine the relationship of centralization and organizational culture and performance indexes in teaching hospitals affiliated to tehran universit...

along with other areas in our country, the research in medical sciences is a necessity for the maintenance and improvement of community health. the objectives of this study were to determine the intra-organizational factors of conducting research in tabriz university of medical sciences. the matrix of the study included entire academic members and research staff of the university where 121 of t...

Despite of the rapid technical development, failures in information systems implementation are common and it seems obvious that the implementation of inter-organizational systems (IOS) include all the same possibilities for failures as intra-organizational systems – and unfortunately even some more. In this paper, we present some empirically proven means for avoiding problems during the impleme...

Hospital efficiency relates to organizational factors and leadership style. This study investigated several factors, as one interdependent construct, with the potential to influence hospital performance in terms of quality-of-care. National database and survey information on modern management, lean management, organizational traits and leadership was compared. A positive correlation was found b...

We study the impact of import protection on relationship-specific investments, organizational choice and welfare. We show that a tariff on intermediate inputs can improve social welfare through mitigating hold-up problems. It does so if it discriminates in favor of the investing party, thereby improving its bargaining position. On the other hand, a tariff can prompt inefficient organizational c...