Thomas G Cummings
Biographic Data
| ID | 1189700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas G Cummings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas G |
| FAMILY NAME | Cummings |
| SIGNATURE | CUMMINGS T G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7529-2306 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Closed and Open Systems: Organizational
Open Systems
As open systems, organizations exchange resources and information with their environment. They manage these interactions by creating permeable boundaries that enable necessary exchange while affording protection from external disturbances. Organizations regulate their behaviors by using information on current performance to adjust future behaviors. They learn from this information feedback how to change and improve themselves. Organizational rese…
Systems Theory
Systems theory explains the structure and behavior of complex wholes called systems. It provides a basic framework for studying organizational systems at different levels, such as individual, group, organization, population of organizations, and nation. It draws attention to the constituent parts of organizational systems and examines how well they coordinate with each and regulate their behavior to achieve system effectiveness. Systems theory vi…
Organization Learning Disorders: Conceptual Model and Intervention Hypotheses
This paper presents a conceptual model that proposes how organization learning disorders influence organization performance. The model suggests that organization knowledge mediates the relationship between learning disorders and performance. Specific organization learning disorders are identified for each of the four phases of organization learning: discovery, invention, production, and generalization. The effect of learning disorders on organiza…
Introduction to Special Section on Research from Eastern Europe
Can't Get No Satisfaction: Customers, Citizens, Service, and Satisfaction
Research Methodology: Pedagogy, Criticism, and Exhortation
Industrial Relations: A Multidimensional View
Systems Theory for Organization Development
Job Satisfaction and Productivity: What Does the Organizational Decision-Maker Need to Know
A Cybernetic Framework for Studying Occupational Stress
This paper provides a theoreticalframework for the study of occupational stress. The theory is based on a cybernetic model, which the authors feel is consistent with much of the empirical work already engaged in by researchers in the field of occupational stress. This model draws attention to certain information and feedback characteristics frequently neglected in research in this area
Management of Work: A Socio-Technical Approach
Improving Productivity and the Quality of Work Life
A Methodological Critique of Fifty-Eight Selected Work Experiments
This paper evaluates the internal and external validity of 58 work experiments-e.g., job enrichment, participative management, and autonomous group studies. The experiments are classified according to their independent and dependent variables; then each study's research design is evaluated in terms of various threats to internal and external validity. The results show that the attitudinal and performance improvements reported in the experiments a…
A Cybernetic Framework for Studying Occupational Stress
This paper provides a theoreticalframework for the study of occupational stress. The theory is based on a cybernetic model, which the authors feel is consistent with much of the empirical work already engaged in by researchers in the field of occupational stress. This model draws attention to certain information and feedback characteristics frequently neglected in research in this area
A Methodological Critique of Fifty-Eight Selected Work Experiments
This paper evaluates the internal and external validity of 58 work experiments-e.g., job enrichment, participative management, and autonomous group studies. The experiments are classified according to their independent and dependent variables; then each study's research design is evaluated in terms of various threats to internal and external validity. The results show that the attitudinal and performance improvements reported in the experiments a…
Organization Learning Disorders: Conceptual Model and Intervention Hypotheses
This paper presents a conceptual model that proposes how organization learning disorders influence organization performance. The model suggests that organization knowledge mediates the relationship between learning disorders and performance. Specific organization learning disorders are identified for each of the four phases of organization learning: discovery, invention, production, and generalization. The effect of learning disorders on organiza…
A Methodological Critique of Fifty-Eight Selected Work Experiments
This paper evaluates the internal and external validity of 58 work experiments-e.g., job enrichment, participative management, and autonomous group studies. The experiments are classified according to their independent and dependent variables; then each study's research design is evaluated in terms of various threats to internal and external validity. The results show that the attitudinal and performance improvements reported in the experiments a…
Management of Work: A Socio-Technical Approach
Improving Productivity and the Quality of Work Life
Job Satisfaction and Productivity: What Does the Organizational Decision-Maker Need to Know
A Cybernetic Framework for Studying Occupational Stress
This paper provides a theoreticalframework for the study of occupational stress. The theory is based on a cybernetic model, which the authors feel is consistent with much of the empirical work already engaged in by researchers in the field of occupational stress. This model draws attention to certain information and feedback characteristics frequently neglected in research in this area
Systems Theory for Organization Development
Research Methodology: Pedagogy, Criticism, and Exhortation
Industrial Relations: A Multidimensional View
Can't Get No Satisfaction: Customers, Citizens, Service, and Satisfaction
Introduction to Special Section on Research from Eastern Europe
Organization Learning Disorders: Conceptual Model and Intervention Hypotheses
This paper presents a conceptual model that proposes how organization learning disorders influence organization performance. The model suggests that organization knowledge mediates the relationship between learning disorders and performance. Specific organization learning disorders are identified for each of the four phases of organization learning: discovery, invention, production, and generalization. The effect of learning disorders on organiza…
Closed and Open Systems: Organizational
Open Systems
As open systems, organizations exchange resources and information with their environment. They manage these interactions by creating permeable boundaries that enable necessary exchange while affording protection from external disturbances. Organizations regulate their behaviors by using information on current performance to adjust future behaviors. They learn from this information feedback how to change and improve themselves. Organizational rese…
Systems Theory
Systems theory explains the structure and behavior of complex wholes called systems. It provides a basic framework for studying organizational systems at different levels, such as individual, group, organization, population of organizations, and nation. It draws attention to the constituent parts of organizational systems and examines how well they coordinate with each and regulate their behavior to achieve system effectiveness. Systems theory vi…
Complex Systems and Decision Making (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Knowledge management (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Innovation and Knowledge Management (3 works)