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Symposium on Organizational Change

Symposium on Organizational Change Introduction This symposium presents three articles on how firms change their organizations to improve performance in areas such as profits, productivity, and employee satisfaction. In contrast to a productionfunction approach, the authors look at improvements in performance due not only to changes in the quality of inputs, but also to changes in the way inputs are mixed together. Thus, the articles look at the impact of changes in relationships among the factors of production, including incentive structures, measurement systems, and work organization. These articles were first presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in April 1999. The conference was funded by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of the NBER Project on Industrial Technology and Productivity. (This effort is also known as the “Pin Factory Project”—see below for explanation.) These papers have in common an attention to field research that is unusual among economists. All of the papers report extensive interviews with economic actors and direct observation of firms. These visits are squarely in the tradition of Adam Smith, who described a key technique for improving organizational performance that he observed on a plant visit: The effects of the division of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2002 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1058-6407
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1530-9134
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10.1111/j.1430-9134.2002.00253.x
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Introduction This symposium presents three articles on how firms change their organizations to improve performance in areas such as profits, productivity, and employee satisfaction. In contrast to a productionfunction approach, the authors look at improvements in performance due not only to changes in the quality of inputs, but also to changes in the way inputs are mixed together. Thus, the articles look at the impact of changes in relationships among the factors of production, including incentive structures, measurement systems, and work organization. These articles were first presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in April 1999. The conference was funded by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of the NBER Project on Industrial Technology and Productivity. (This effort is also known as the “Pin Factory Project”—see below for explanation.) These papers have in common an attention to field research that is unusual among economists. All of the papers report extensive interviews with economic actors and direct observation of firms. These visits are squarely in the tradition of Adam Smith, who described a key technique for improving organizational performance that he observed on a plant visit: The effects of the division of

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Journal of Economics & Management Strategy – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 2002

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