An Objective Review of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Abstract

This article presents an objective review and analysis of every article published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM) between 1987 and 1997. The purpose of this review was to replicate and extend the research conducted by Balcazar, Shup-ert, Daniels, Mawhinney, and Hopkins (1989) by providing an objective review and analysis of the second decade of JOBM publications. In doing so, we analyzed several noteworthy trends and patterns occurring within the second decade of the Journal and compared them with the first decade, where applicable. Additionally, we discussed the extent to which the Journal has continued to meet its objectives, and we offered recommendations for future JOBM publications. In general, we found evidence that the Journal has continued to grow in meaningful ways, and we report data that indicate it continues, to some extent, to meet its original objectives. Author affiliation remains largely in academe, although there is evidence that more collaboration is occurring with non-academic authors. The variety of topics addressed by JOBM researchers continues to grow, and the frequency of work simulation studies has increased as well. We also identified areas where future JOBM research could be improved. In particular, more studies should include information on the reliability and social validity of the independent and dependent variables, cost/benefit analyses, and follow-up data.     

Management innovation: a dynamic analysis of the implementation phase over time

Abstract

We develop management innovation theory, providing insights into the role of time in the implementation phase. The management innovation literature has sought to empirically identify factors that facilitate or hinder management innovation implementation from a static perspective. To address the evolution of these factors’ resistance, a temporal perspective is appropriate, but an analysis of these factors’ evolution over time is lacking. We identify the inhibiting factors that influence the management innovation implementation phase over time and address ways in which they evolve.We conduct a comparative longitudinal and dynamic analysis based on two intermediate-sized enterprises and address the obstacles that emerge during the implementation phase of a specific management innovation: lean manufacturing. Our results highlight different categories of inhibiting factors: some inhibiting factors appear at the beginning of the implementation phase with high intensity and then fade over time; conversely, other inhibiting factors appear later and then increase in intensity.     

MASCOT: An agent-based architecture for dynamic supply chain creation and coordination in the internet economy

The emerging global internet economy will increasingly put a premium on the ability of companies to quickly and accurately evaluate new market opportunities, new product/ subcomponent designs, and other strategic business decisions (e.g. make-or-buy) in coordination with potential supply chain partners. It also requires that companies be able to effectively and efficiently coordinate activities, e.g. production and transportation across supply chains that are dynamically set up in response to constantly changing and increasingly customized market requirements. This paper provides an overview of MASCOT ('multi-agent supply chain cordination tool'), a reconfigurable, multi-level, agent-based planning and scheduling architecture aimed at supporting these functionalities. It reviews key innovative elements of the MASCOT architecture with a special emphasis on its support of realtime mixed-initiative 'what-if' functionalities, enabling endusers at different levels within the architecture to rapidly     

Economic metaphors and working knowledge: enter the 'cogito-economic' subject

This paper probes the effects upon people of defining knowledge primarily in economic terms. It asserts that the language of commerce increasingly appropriates 'knowledge' by defining it in such terms. Theoretically, the analysis draws on the work of Jacques Derrida to explore the effects of metaphors in human resource management and development environments. The paper explores the ways that metaphors can become powerful signifiers of knowledge at work. As critical technologies of representation, the metaphors that have emerged out of recent theorizations of knowledge at work have contributed to a powerful discourse that defines people as 'knowledge workers'. It is argued here that dominant views of 'what constitutes a knowledge worker' imply that subjects are both 'knowledge workers' (cogito) and 'human resources' (economic) - thus the title 'cogito-economic subjects'. By defining people in this way, it is argued that there are potential dangers of metaphors becoming reified with knowledge becoming describable only in economic terms, and people describable only in cogito-economic terms.     

Integrating the Data Envelopment Analysis and the Balanced Scorecard approaches for enhanced performance assessment

This article presents the development of a conceptual framework which aims to assess Decision Making Units (DMUs) from multiple perspectives. The proposed conceptual framework combines the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) method with the non-parametric technique known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) by using various interconnected models which try to encapsulate four perspectives of performance (financial, customers, internal processes, learning and growth).The practical relevance of the conceptual model has been tested by using it to assess the performance of DMUs in a multinational company which operates in two business areas. Various models were developed with the collaboration of the directors of the company in order to conceive an appropriate and consensual framework, which may provide useful information for the company. The application of the conceptual framework provides structured information regarding the performance of each DMU (from multiple perspectives) and ways to improve it. By integrating the BSC and the DEA approaches this research helps to identify where there is room for improving organisational performance and points out opportunities for reciprocal learning between DMUs. In doing so, this article provides a set of recommendations relating to the successful application of DEA and its integration with the BSC, in order to promote a continuous learning process and to bring about improvements in performance.     

我国公共安全管理体制的问题与对策研究

经过多年的努力,我国已建成分类管理、分级负责、条块结合、属地为主的公共安全管理体制。但是在实际运行过程中依然存在着公共安全管理机构设置不健全、权力分散、职能交叉等问题,根除上述问题必须采取完善机构设置,加大监管覆盖面;科学整合权力,形成管理合力;理顺部门职责,提高管理效率等措施,以期健全公共安全管理体制,提高政府公共安全管理能力。     

从毛泽东生态思想看当代生态危机管理对策研究

生态危机一直是困扰人们生活、阻碍社会发展的一个大问题,随着中国的工业化和城市化进程加快,面临的生态危机也是日益严重,尤其近年来,生态危机事件更是频繁发生。通过着重对毛泽东生态思想的分析,在利用管理学和危机管理学的一些基本理论上,提出了当代生态危机管理的对策和建议。     

我国城市社区建设的问题与对策分析

当前从中央到地方,都在大力推进社会管理创新工作。本文从社会管理的角度分析了城市社区建设对加强和创新社会管理的基础性作用,并针对我国城市社区建设过程中存在的问题做出分析,且提出相应对策。我国城市社区建设过程中存在的问题主要体现在：社区管理主体单一,行政化色彩浓厚;社区建设支撑体系薄弱;社区意识淡薄,社区参与程度低三方面。解决这些问题的主要对策有：管理主体多元化,实现合作治理;夯实基础建设,强化支撑体系;增强社区意识,提高公众参与。     

基于能力的多元教学法在人力资源管理课程中的应用

人力资源管理是一门有着较强应用性和实践性的学科,而人力资源管理教学却大多以理论教学为主,忽视对学生能力提高的实践教学,导致学生难以理论联系实际,应用能力差,不能适应现代社会和企业人才选拔的要求。通过角色扮演法、无领导小组讨论法、管理游戏法、案例互动法等课堂教学模式创新可以让学生真正学以致用,提高运用所学理论解决现实问题的能力,提升未来进入职场的竞争力。