This article provides a framework for understanding better the management of organizational growth and transitions in the longterm, based on three models. The first two are models of organizational functioning -- an organizational effectiveness model and an organizational life-cycle model....

The paper deals with the effects of corporate culture on financial performance. Previous authors have suggested that culture has an impact on financial performance. Unlike previous studies which have only examined the effects of culture on financial performance using cross sectional data, this...

This research provides empirical evidence that some elements of an organization's culture have a differential impact on the financial performance of a firm. The research tested a proposed five factor cultural model, and we determined through factor analysis that there are actually six factors or...

This article by Eric Flamholtz provides a framework for understanding the nature, role, functioning, design, and effects of organizational control systems. It represents a model of control which can be used to make this process more visible in organizations. It illustrates the practical...