Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback : A Behavioral Perspective on Innovation and Change

Greve, Henrich R.

ISBN 10: 0521534917 / ISBN 13: 9780521534918

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback : A Behavioral Perspective on Innovation and Change
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521534917
• ISBN 13: 9780521534918
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.683 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Revisiting Cyert and March's classic 1963 "Behavioral Theory of the Firm", Henrich Greve offers an intriguing analysis of how firms evolve in response to feedback about their own performance. Based on ideas from organizational theory and social psychology and research from many industries, it demonstrates that high-performing organizations quickly lower their rates of market entry, innovations and asset growth, but low-performing organizations only slowly increase those rates. The analysis outlines the consequences of this behavior for organizational survival and performance, and suggests ways to improve organizations with performance feedback.

About the Author

Henrich R. Greve is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD. He holds a PhD in organizational behavior from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, along with an MA in Sociology. Henrich's main research interest is the causes and consequences of strategic change in organizations, but he also studies organizational innovations, and organizational founding and growth in young industries.