The aim of this study was to develop a short form of the schedule of organizational information to represent accurately the major dimensions of context and structure established. (Author)

Reviews current organizational decline perspectives. Presents a conceptual framework that redefines organizational decline and outlines a decline model with five stages: blindness to change, inaction, faulty action, crisis, and dissolution. The model aims to improve understanding of basic threats to organizational survival. Includes 54 references.…

An annual business/industry survey showed 7% increase in spending on formal training in organizations of 100 or more employees, accounted for by 36% of all organizations. Large organizations are either paying trainers more or hiring more trainers; many are using community colleges. Percentage of training dollar per employee category is 26%…

This article reports the findings from a study that investigates predictors of police willingness to blow the whistle and police frequency of blowing the whistle on seven forms of misconduct. It specifically investigates the capacity of nine policy and structural variables to predict whistle-blowing. The results indicate that two variables, a…

Can you name 20 influences on pay that could cause a difference in earnings between two ostensibly equal employees? This short, involving exercise can be used to illustrate the numerous influences that affect how employees' pay is determined, for example, education, experience required for the job, supply and demand, company size, seniority, and…

Suggests that formal organizational theory can be extended to firms of approximately 10 or more employees and that it cannot be assumed that organizations of the same type behave similarly or that an organization of fewer than 50 employees is informal. (Author/IRT)

Since training programs are costly and may be prohibitive for a small company, a consortium arrangement is suggested here to imitate the supervisory development training programs that have been effective in the large firms. (DM)

Two models are presented to explain the relationship between size of organizations and percentage of staff personnel. (Author)

Lists the six presenters: Pierrette Bergeron, Philippe Clerc, Elisabeth Davenport, Henri Dou, Charles Ramangalahy and Tom Wilson for this planned session on information management and SMEs (small and medium enterprises), including one offering a theoretical framework for small business competitiveness. (LRW)

The perception of job instability is an important measure of subjective wellbeing of individuals, because most people derive their income from selling their labour services. The study explores the determination of perception of job instability in Europe. The study is based on a large-scale survey from the year 1998. There are evidently large…

The purpose of this article is to explore the effects of organizational and work-group characteristics on the socialization of new scientists. It focuses on the experiences of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in science. The authors chose to look at outcomes that reflect behaviors (early productivity) and attitudes (willingness to share…

Reviews the performance of managerial task activities by mental health administrators. Analyzes variations in performance of these activities to determine the effects of institutional variables. Results showed significant associations of task performance and size of administrative staff, size of professional staff, industry/organization type, and…

Big companies are big on individualized instruction, not because it is the technologically superior way of imparting skills and concepts but because it's a matter of necessity. Too much has to be taught, and there are too few instructors. (Author/EB)

The assumption that an organization structure takes on the shape of a pyramid was tested using an index of organization shape. (Author/LR)