Research Bibliography


Growing Pains, Strategy and Pyramid of Organizational Development™

Foundational Book & Articles:

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Growing Pains: Transitioning from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Firm, Fourth Edition, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc., 2007.

  • Published in Chinese by Tsinghua University Press, 2011

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Leading Strategic and Organizational Change: Bridging Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2008. (Relevant Case Applications)

  • Published in Russian by EKSMO Publishing, 2011

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Changing The Game: Transformations of the First, Second and Third Kinds, Oxford University Press, 1998.

  • Published In Spanish by Oxford University Press, 1998

Flamholtz, E.. “Managing Organizational Transitions: Implications for Corporate and Human Resource Management,” European Management Journal, 13 (1), 39-51, 1995.

Research Validation Articles

Flamholtz, Eric G. and Aksehirli, Zeynep.  “Organizational Success and Failure, An Empirical Test of a Holistic Mode,”. European Management Journal, 18, (5) 488-498, 2000.

Flamholtz, E. and Hua, Wei  “Strategic Organizational Development and the Bottom Line: Further Empirical Evidence”, European Management Journal, 20 (1), 72-81, 2002.

Flamholtz, E. and Hua, Wei. . “Strategic Organizational Development, Growing Pains and Corporate Financial Performance: An Empirical Test”, European Management Journal, 20 (5), 527-536, 2002.

Flamholtz, Eric G. and Hua, W. “Searching for Competitive Advantage in the Black Box,” European Management Journal, 21 (2), 222-236, 2003

Flamholtz, E and Kurland, Stanford. “Strategic Organizational Development, Infrastructure and Financial Performance: An Empirical Test,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Education, Vol 3, Issue 2, 117-142, 2005.

Kannan-Narasimhan, Rangapriya. and Flamholtz, Eric. “Growing Pains: A Barrier to Successful Corporate Entrepreneurship,” Silicon Valley Review for Global Entrepreneurship Research (SVRGER, 20006, 2 (1), 4-24.

Flamholtz, Eric G. “Towards an Integrative Theory of Organizational Success and Failure: Previous Research and Future issues,” International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 297-319, 2002-03. (state of art summary article).

 

Corporate Culture

Foundational Book:

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset, Stanford University Press, 2011.

Research Validation Articles

Flamholtz, Eric. “Corporate Culture and the Bottom Line,” European Management Journal, 19 (3), 268-275, 2001.

Flamholtz, Eric G. and Narasimhan-Kannan, Rangapriya. “Differential Impact of Culture Upon Financial Performance: An Empirical investigation,” European Management Journal, 23 (1),  50-64, 2005.

Flamholtz, Eric. “Conceptualizing and Measuring the Economic Value of Human Capital of the Third Kind: Corporate Culture,” Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting, 9 (2), 78-93, 2005.

 

Leadership Molecule

Foundational Book:

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Leading Strategic and Organizational Change: Bridging Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2008

Research Validation Articles

Flamholtz, Eric . “The Leadership Molecule Hypothesis: Implications for Entrepreneurial Organizations,” International Review of Entrepreneurship, Volume 9, Issue No. 3, pp. 1-23, 2011.

Flamholtz, Eric and Kannan-Narasimhan, Rangapriya. “Examining the Leadership Molecule: An Empirical Study of Key Leadership Roles in Rapidly Growing Entrepreneurial Businesses,” submitted for publication review.

 

Managerial and Leadership Effectiveness

Foundational Book

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, The Inner Game of Management, AMACOM, 1987.

Research Articles

Flamholtz, Eric G., “Overcoming the Peter Principle: Successful Transitions to a New Management Role,” Journal of Management Development, 2, 2, 51-65,1983.

Cranston, H.S. and Flamholtz, E.G., “The Role of Management Development in Making the Transition from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Organisation,” The Journal of Management Development, 5, 138-51,1986.

 

Performance Management

Foundational Book

Eric G. Flamholtz, Effective Management Control: Theory and Practice, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.

Research Articles

Flamholtz, Eric. “Putting Balance and Validity into the Balanced Scorecard,”. Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting, 7 (3), 15-26, 2003.

 

Case Applications

Book:

Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Leading Strategic and Organizational Change: Bridging Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2008. (Relevant Case Applications)

Articles

Kurland, Stanford and Flamholtz, Eric.  “The Transformation from Entrepreneurship to Professional Management at Countrywide Financial Corporation,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Education, Vol 3, Issue 1, 81-98, 2005.

McGee, Michael and Flamholtz, Eric. “The Transformation from Entrepreneurship to Professional Management at Pardee Homes”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Education, Vol 3, Issue 2  185-204, 2005.

Nayar, Madhavan and Flamholtz, Eric. “The Transformation from Entrepreneurship to Professional Management at Unitech Systems,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Education, Vol 3, Issue 2  169-184, 2005.

Flamholtz, Eric, Nayar, Madhavan, and Lal, S. “Strategic Planning for a Turnaround: The Case of Unitech Systems,” Strategic Iinnovators,54-59, September 2005.