Center for Effective Organizations

The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) is a research center in the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California, founded in 1979.
CEO does research that involves corporations in researching and developing knowledge about how organizations can be more effective and competitive. It also provides executive education programs in human resources management. Business Week ranks them among the "top three university programs".
Staffed by eight faculty and nine additional staff members who provide data analysis and administrative support, the Center is equipped to conduct research projects on a range of issues concerned with organizational effectiveness. There are also eighteen Marshall School of Business faculty members affiliated with the Center.
Sponsor network
CEO's corporate sponsor network consists of 50 corporations that provide financial support to the Center. These corporations also provide research locations and participate in the educational programs that are offered by the Center. An advisory board made up of representatives from the CEO corporate sponsor network provides overall direction and guidance to the Center.
Center research
Research in the areas of compensation, performance management, employee involvement, organization change and design, organizational learning, human resources management and work teams has positioned CEO as an authority in these fields.
Fortune Magazine recently mentioned CEO as one of the major sources of research information on U.S. industrial competitiveness.
CEO research findings have been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Organizational Dynamics, Human Relations, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. CEO research findings have been reported and quoted in business and popular publications including Business Week, Fortune, Industry Week, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. They have also been presented on the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Center seminars and publications
CEO conducts several annual seminars for human resource professionals. Topics include talent management, strategic organization design, HR metrics and analytics, implementing organizational change, advanced organization design, leveraging leadership, and strategy analysis.
The Center maintains a publication series containing over 400 articles written by members of the Center and affiliated faculty. Since the creation of the Center, its research scientists have published over thirty books, and over 400 articles and book chapters.
The Certificate in Human Capital and Effective Organizations (HCEO)
Another program that CEO offers is "The Certificate in Human Capital and Effective Organizations" (HCEO), which is a five-seminar program that is designed to develop "Human Resource leaders". The program guides participants through a 1-3 year course of study to help them master the HR analytics tools.
Certificate Program in Organization Design
Participants who want to receive a certificate in organization design can do so by completing two workshops: one in Strategic Organization Design and the second in Advanced Topics in Organization Design, and by satisfactorily completing a project that demonstrates proficiency in working through a substantial organization design or redesign.
Research scientists
* Edward Lawler
* John Boudreau
* Jay Conger
* Jay Galbraith
* Alec Levenson
* Sue Mohrman
* Jim O'Toole
* Susan Resnick-West
* Chris Worley

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