Suggests that formal organizational theory can be extended to firms of approximately 10 or more employees and that it cannot be assumed that organizations of the same type behave similarly or that an organization of fewer than 50 employees is informal. (Author/IRT)

Since training programs are costly and may be prohibitive for a small company, a consortium arrangement is suggested here to imitate the supervisory development training programs that have been effective in the large firms. (DM)

Two models are presented to explain the relationship between size of organizations and percentage of staff personnel. (Author)

Lists the six presenters: Pierrette Bergeron, Philippe Clerc, Elisabeth Davenport, Henri Dou, Charles Ramangalahy and Tom Wilson for this planned session on information management and SMEs (small and medium enterprises), including one offering a theoretical framework for small business competitiveness. (LRW)

The perception of job instability is an important measure of subjective wellbeing of individuals, because most people derive their income from selling their labour services. The study explores the determination of perception of job instability in Europe. The study is based on a large-scale survey from the year 1998. There are evidently large…

Reviews the performance of managerial task activities by mental health administrators. Analyzes variations in performance of these activities to determine the effects of institutional variables. Results showed significant associations of task performance and size of administrative staff, size of professional staff, industry/organization type, and…

Big companies are big on individualized instruction, not because it is the technologically superior way of imparting skills and concepts but because it's a matter of necessity. Too much has to be taught, and there are too few instructors. (Author/EB)

The assumption that an organization structure takes on the shape of a pyramid was tested using an index of organization shape. (Author/LR)

Explains the extent to which the innovativeness of banks (as measured by the adoption of credit cards and computers) is affected by competition, growth, size, and departmentalization. Notes that size and growth are more significantly related to innovation than are departmentalization and competition. (SB)

Data from a national survey of 2945 employers showed that those most likely to have formal training programs were larger and had high-performance work systems, capital-intensive production, and better-educated workers. More workers were trained in companies with larger investments in physical capital or new forms of work organization. (SK)

A survey of 393 business/industry managers in Oklahoma found that 60% have a staff training specialist. Only in larger organizations was training the specialists' primary responsibility. Organization size had the most effect on amount and variety of training offered and amount spent. Lack of time, staff, and money were the most common barriers.…

Self-help initiatives stand as a classic context for organizational studies in community psychology. Behavior setting theory stands as a classic conception of organizations and the environment. This study explores both, applying behavior setting theory to consumer-run organizations (CROs). Analysis of multiple data sets from all CROs in Kansas…

Many variables relate to the successful functioning of groups, but one that is fundamental is the size of the group. Part 1 of this bibliography includes a selection of studies from small-group research in experimental social psychology. Part 2 of this report represents an attempt at a rigorous review of the feelings of clinicians and counselors…

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