The traditional view of organizational systems and supporting information and knowledge systems is based on the model of a well-oiled machine expected to deliver optimum performance derived from pre-defined parameters and specifications. Such systems consider performance as a derivative of external controls defined by the designers of the systems and have given marginal importance to the self-a...

Research on work-related health has mainly focused on individual factors. The present study expands the focus by exploring the role of organizational characteristics of workplaces for different individual health outcomes. The aim of the study was to look at differences in relative effect of workplace variations on five health outcomes, and to explain those differences in health outcomes by orga...

ORGANIZATIONAL CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS: A Multiple-Case Study Of Chinese Firms Operating In The United States BY JING BETTY FENG APRIL 21, 2014 Committee Chairs: Dr. Leigh Anne Liu & Dr. Daniel Bello Major Academic Unit: Marketing I report on the findings of an inductive, interpretive multiple-case study of organizational cross-cultural adaptation and answer the questi...

In recent years, with the development of e-learning, it is feasible for enterprises to adopt information systems to enhance organizations’ human capital and knowledge renewal for competition. e-Learning systems designed for new entrants training aim to facilitate new entrants’ job adaptation; however, the empirical link between their system use and job adaptation lacks. In addition, the influen...

This paper presents a biological view of knowledge and organizations formulated to provide a framework for understanding organizational knowledge and organizational knowledge management systems. This framework extends ideas based Karl Popper's (1972) epistemology of objective knowledge; Maturana and Varela's (1980, 1987) ideas of autopoiesis as extended to organizations by von Krogh and Roos (1...

An agent-based organizational model for a smart energy system is introduced relying on a dynamic coalition formation mechanism for virtual power plants. Central to this mechanism we propose a solution concept that stems from the existent stability notions in coalitional games. The process is intended as an open-ended organizational adaptation, concerned with achieving stable configurations that...

In this paper, we proposed Evolutionary Organizational Search (EOS), an optimization method for the organizational control of multi-agent systems (MASs) based on genetic programming (GP). EOS adds to the existing armory a metaheuristic extension, which is capable of efficient search and less vulnerable to stalling at local optima than greedy methods due to its stochastic nature. EOS employs a f...

We develop a typology of organizational forms found in Southeast Asia that contains four major archetypes, Colonial Business Groups, Family Business Groups, Government Linked Enterprises, and New Managers. We explain how the institutional environment prevailing at their founding profoundly influence the strategies and capabilities of each form. Consequently, strategic repertoires and competenci...