Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- 1. People and Culture -- 2. Organizational Alignment -- 3. Assessment: How Do You Know...

Both, CSR and corporate philanthropy are expressions of the interferences between the company and its societal environment. However, the question of the relationship between CSR and corporate philanthropy remains unclear. We apply alignment theory to shed light on the interdependencies of CSR...

Both, CSR and corporate philanthropy are expressions of the interferences between the company and its societal environment. However, the question of the relationship between CSR and corporate philanthropy remains unclear. We apply alignment theory to shed light on the interdependencies of CSR...

This paper documents an association between firms’ cash holdings and CEO’s pay performance sensitivity. Controlling whether CEOs are both president, firm size, leverage, auditor specialization and the ratio of independent board, we find that firms with more cash holdings are more likely to...

This dissertation investigated the development, implementation, and evaluation of a management methodology founded on the alignment among the strategy, performance, and customer to bring value to any organization. A case study/action research in a service organization, called Institution "Z,"...

The paper proposes a model that will enable us to go deeper into the study of organizations, bringing forth a framework that will allow us to make many propositions explicit and thus provide a contrast to the alignment theory. We test the model in the Spanish hotel industry. We have been able to...