This study examined the characteristics of firms' top management teams (TMTs), and the influence of these characteristics on organizational change and performance. Specifically examined was the influence of managerial age, education, experience, tenure, functional background, and TMT homogeneity on the times required for firms to implement the multidivisional (M-form) structure, and for the firms to recover to their pre-reorganization performance levels. A sample of 77 firms pursuing three separate strategy categories was chosen for the study. The results suggest that, after controlling for firm strategy and size, firms having TMTs with relatively younger managers, who possess higher levels of formal education, who have predominantly management backgrounds, long tenure, and high levels of functional heterogeneity are able to implement an M-form reorganization more rapidly than firms with TMTs lacking these characteristics. The results also suggest that, after controlling for firm strategy, size, prior performance, M-form implementation time, and changes in gross national product, firms having TMTs with younger managers, who possess higher levels of outside experience, who have predominantly management backgrounds, long tenure, and high levels of functional heterogeneity generally recover to their pre-reorganization performance levels more rapidly than firms with TMTs lacking these characteristics. In light of the results, the theoretical and practical implications of the findings are considered. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-04, Section: A, page: 1460. / Major Professor: James J. Hoffman. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76909 |
| Contributors | Williams, Robert James., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 147 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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