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Organizational learning from performance feedback: a behavioral perspective on innovation and change

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2003 Cambridge University Press CambridgeDescription: x, 215 pISBN:
  • 9780521534918
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.403 G7O7
Summary: Revisiting Cyert and March's classic 1963 Behavioral Theory of the Firm, Henrich Greve offers an intriguing analysis of how firms evolve in response to feedback about their own performance. Based on ideas from organizational theory, social psychology, and economics, he explains how managers set goals, evaluate performance, and determine strategic changes. Drawing on a range of recent studies, including the author's own analysis of the Japanese shipbuilding industry, he reports on how theory fits current evidence on organizational change of risk taking, research and development expenses, innovativeness, investment in assets, and market strategy... (http://www.cambridgeindia.org/showbookdetails.asp?ISBN=9780521534918)
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Revisiting Cyert and March's classic 1963 Behavioral Theory of the Firm, Henrich Greve offers an intriguing analysis of how firms evolve in response to feedback about their own performance. Based on ideas from organizational theory, social psychology, and economics, he explains how managers set goals, evaluate performance, and determine strategic changes. Drawing on a range of recent studies, including the author's own analysis of the Japanese shipbuilding industry, he reports on how theory fits current evidence on organizational change of risk taking, research and development expenses, innovativeness, investment in assets, and market strategy... (http://www.cambridgeindia.org/showbookdetails.asp?ISBN=9780521534918)

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