Organizational Behavior

Readers contest the view that corporate culture becomes less important in distributed organizations.

Companies want managers to help employees develop and improve — but many managers don’t know how.

Kaiser Permanente’s CEO says leaders need to ask how well employees’ intelligence is put to work.

Garvin’s 1998 article, “The Processes of Organization and Management,” remains one of the most popular articles ever published in MIT Sloan Management Review.

As firms work with increasingly diverse arrays of people, they need to adopt leadership standards that cross geographies.

Certain types of management policies are associated with higher productivity and profitability.

In the age of networked enterprise, strong cultures may turn from assets to liabilities.

Closely observing how work is done in your business can yield many opportunities for improvements.

Companies should blend the power of computers with insights into human decision making.

Many executives try to ignore negative emotions in the workplace, but that tactic can be costly.

People are living and working longer — but companies are unprepared for the implications of that.

If handled well, conflicting demands in a business can be sources of creativity and opportunity.

There’s value in looking at good processes to figure out what works.

Before adopting any new management approach, ask: How well will its values fit our culture?

Projects can lose momentum if stakeholders grow skeptical. Here’s how to avert a ‘cycle of doubt.’

People are more likely to follow rules if there’s more variety in the order in which they do tasks.

Companies should recognize and change conditions that cause bad management practices to persist.

Blockchain technology offers a way to transfer not just information, but value.

HR analytics is the next big change in human resources management.

For companies, the social media behavior of employees represents both an opportunity and a risk.