A study of organizational effectiveness and its predictors

Article Abstract:

Organizational effectiveness studies are necessary because of the close relationship between effectiveness and managerial strategies. Organizational effectiveness studies are especially needed for colleges and universities. Managerial strategies are shown to be more important indicators of effectiveness than organizational structure, demographics, or finances. Managerial strategies that are proactive, multi-faceted, and external in emphasis are more likely to succeed than reactive, monolithic, and internally oriented strategies. Existing research on organizational effectiveness has suffered from: inadequate identification of the indicators of effectiveness; dependence on single indicators of effectiveness; failure to recognize the relationships between indicators; under-specified models; and a tendency to make generalizations that ignore dissimilarities among organizations.

Management, Universities and colleges, Organizational effectiveness, College administration, Organizational research

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Simulating the response of a small open politico-economic system to international crises: the case of Switzerland

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Traditional management science tools are applied to the study of Switzerland, a small nation notable for the openness of its politico-economic system to the outside world. Switzerland maintains a noteworthy degree of stability, despite recent political and economic upheavals during the last two decades. This ability to absorb the effects of international fluctuations is examined through a simulation model known as SIMSWISS. SIMSWISS is based on the Swiss politico-economic system's most important elements, with special focus on their connections with the outside. SIMSWISS includes both dynamic simulation and optimization techniques. An energy crisis scenario is run to demonstrate how the SIMSWISS model works.

Usage, Switzerland, Systems analysis, Political aspects, Simulation methods, Simulation, Political science

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