SBU strategies, corporate-SBU relations, and SBU effectiveness in strategy implementation

Article Abstract:

In a departure from earlier studies focusing only on the effects of corporate strategies, this study examined the effects of strategic business units' (SBUs') strategies on the utility of various states of corporate-SBU relations. For SBUs trying to build market share or to pursue differentiation as a competitive strategy, openness in corporate-SBU relations and subjectivity in performance assessment were found to be positively associated with effectiveness; for SBUs trying to maximize short-term earnings or to pursue low cost as a competitive strategy, the corresponding associations were found to be negative. In contrast, corporate-SBU decentralization emerged as positively associated with SBUs' effectiveness irrespective of their strategic contexts; although SBUs' competitive strategies moderated the magnitude of that association, their strategic missions did not. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Planning, Subsidiary corporations, Subsidiaries, Business planning, Strategic planning (Business)

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Effects of coaction, expected evaluation, and goal setting on creativity andproductivity

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Social and contextual factors have been theorized to significantly influence creative performance. This research examined effects of three factors on individual creativity and productivity: coaction, expected evaluation, and goal setting. Study 1 indicated that high levels of creativity occurred when individuals worked alone, and productivity was high when they worked alone under no expectation of evaluation. Study 2 found the highest creativity occurred when individuals had a creativity goaland worked alone under expected evaluation. Productivity was low when people worked alone or were assigned a creativity goal. Implications of these results formodels of creativity and managing creativity at work are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Employee performance appraisals, Industrial productivity, Performance appraisals, Business creativity, Goal setting

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The interplay between exploration and exploitation

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Explorations and exploitation have emerged as the twin concepts underpinning organizational adaptation research, yet some central issues related to them remain ambiguous. Four related questions are addressed and the contributions of the work in this special research forum are summarized and important directions for future research are highlighted.

Evaluation, Organizational change, Organizational learning

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