Dear colleague,
Toward an integrated theory of designing and managing organizations
based on the concepts of levels of work, levels of human capability,
accountability and other concepts by Wilfred Brown and Elliott Jaques.
Requisite Organization Annotated Bibliography
Fifth Edition
August 2009
compiled by Ken Craddock at CCNY
is now available for download after creating a free account
Click below
http://globalro.org/
New findings include:
- Requisite Organization's (RO's) adoption country-wide by the seven Japanese keiretsu groups in 1969;
- RO's introduction to GE in the 1970s and its use in selecting its top managers and CEOs since then;
- The transfer of the Japanese system to the U.S. and the U.K. (under Japanese management);
- RO's adoption by some 400 firms in the East and some 300 firms in the West;
- Confirming research on high-performance work places and reformed personnel policies showing they cause higher profits; and
- The Detroit "Big Three" do not use it.
- Firms can use the Bibliography to...
- verify the concepts behind the theory;
- to discover its practical links to other strategic initiatives such as total quality, six sigma, value engineering, stress reduction, and talent development;
- to locate precedents within the industry;
- to sharply reduce internal sexism, racism and ageism; and
- to validate claims by CEOs who have adopted R.O. that it generates top-line growth of 30% and more a year.
Note - This fully searchable Bibliography PDF file is approximately 4.5 MB in size to download and is 1,352 pages in length to print.
Millions of people are employed in some 700 firms world-wide that have adopted major concepts from Requisite Organization. Yet, as Michael E. Raynor of Deloitte wrote in The Strategy Paradox, "As a doctoral student at the Harvard Business School, I was never assigned even a paper by [Elliott] Jaques, and in looking through the syllabi of other doctoral programs, I've never seen his work assigned" (p. 132).
A major reason why hard data is limited in this area is because many firms see using requisite concepts as a competitive advantage and, therefore, refuse to publicly acknowledge their use of it.
The replications of the major correlations in this Annotated Bibliography were enough to confirm the theory. Recent causal findings showing high-performance workplaces and reformed personnel practices create higher profits confirm many of Jaques's predictions.
The seven Japanese keiretsu have all actively used this theory since 1969. Ten years later they went international with it. Its hierarchical components compliment the horizontal operations of quality. The Detroit "Big Three" do not use it.
At least 30 of the 306 firms cited in the Fortune annual issue, "America's Most Admired Companies," were robustly using Jaques' theory. That issue also contained a listing of the "World's Most Admired Companies." At least 18 of the World Top 50 used this theory. Three firms with their names on Manhattan skyscrapers use it.
This Annotated Bibliography documents:
1,047 citations of published studies on Requisite Organization,
Including 546 that have appeared as peer-reviewed journal articles.
90 PhDs have been earned on it,
Including 24 doctorates earned at elite universities.
Mainstream research has generated unintended findings on the theory. Many researchers didn't set out to test this theory but it turned up unintentionally in some 1,322 studies. Of these, some 786 were in peer-reviewed journal articles. As well, 239 doctorates were related to this theory.
The documented and annotated research is high in quantity and quality.
Those who neglect to heed the cummulative implications may inadvertently be joining the Big Three in their current fate.
About the RO Bibliography in Ken Craddock's own words.
"This Bibliography is in two parts because it grew too big. As you follow your own trail of research into this material you will begin to sense the dynamics that have been surrounding this theory, its power, and why it is resisted. I believe this theory is fundamental to the future of organization studies."
Part I
This is an Introduction to requisite organization theory, to the bibliography itself, and to Elliott Jaques and Wilfred Brown, the founders of this theory. It provides a context for the articles, chapters and books in each section of Part II and shows why this theory is so important and so expansive. The dissertations have their own introductory essays. The one for the theses written explicitly on the theory is extensive. I have also tried to point out some of the features of its future development.
The second half of Part I consists of topic lists. Some of the works in Part II were published as part of a series. Others I have brought together to show their substance as a body of knowledge or to show their power, such as replication studies and cases.
Note - This searchable Introduction PDF file is approximately 1.0 MB in size to download and is 250 pages in length to print.
Part II
This Fifth Edition of the Annotated Bibliography gathers in one place more than 50 years of studies on R.O. theory and application. The widest set of keywords have been used to scan the major search engines (and many minor ones).
This collection will guide your research and your practice.
This is the fifth edition of the Annotated Bibliography. (Updated: August 2009)
(The fourth edition was revised in March 2007.)
(The third edition was revised in May 2004)
The Global Organization Design Society
Editorial Board
Ken Shepard
Jerry L. Gray
Owen Jacobs
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