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Department
Leadership, Policy and Organizations
Human and Organizational Development
Office Location
202B Payne
Mailing Address
414 GPC
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
Direct Phone
615-343-2775
Fax Number
615-343-7094
Email Address
Mark D. Cannon
Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1998
Short Biography
Professor Cannon's research explores potential barriers to adult learning and ways of overcoming these barriers. He is interested in how self-perceptions affect performance and has examined the impact of positive illusions (inaccurate positive self-perceptions) on learning and task performance. He is also interested in the ability of groups and organizations to capture potential learning from failures. He has identified antecedent conditions associated with groups that develop a learning-oriented approach to failures. He is also interested in the ability of top management teams to accurately assess organizational strengths, weaknesses, and needs. He is examining methods of providing top management teams with feedback that enhance organizational learning and adaptability without activating organizational defenses.
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Courses Taught | Selected Publications
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Selected Publications
Cannon, M.D. (2008). Pay for performance: New developments and issues In L. Berger (Ed.) The Compensation Handbook, Fifth Edition. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
Cannon, M.D. & Griffith, B.A. (2007). Effective groups: Concepts and skills to meet leadership challenges. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Cannon, M.D. & Griffith, B.A. (Under contract). Group dynamics. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Cannon, M.D. & Witherspoon, R. (2005). "Actionable feedback: Unlocking the power of learning and development." Academy of Management Executive, 19, 120-134.
Cannon, M.D. & Edmondson, A. C. (2005). "Failing to learn and learning to fail (intelligently): How great organizations put failure to work to innovate and improve." Long-Range Planning, 38, 299-319.
Beer, M., & Cannon, M. (2004). "Promise and peril in implementing pay-for-performance." Human Resource Management, 43(1). 3-20.
Beer, M., & Cannon, M. (2004). "Response to comments: Promise and peril in implementing pay-for-performance." Human Resource Management, 43(1). 45-48.
Witherspoon, R. & Cannon, M.D. (2004). "Coaching leaders in transition: Lessons from the field." In A. F. Buono (Ed.), Creative Consulting: Innovative Persepctives on Management Consulting Vol. 4: 201-228 of the Research in Management Consulting series. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Witherspoon, R. & Cannon, M.D. (2003). Coaching leaders in transition. Consulting Today, 7, 1-4.
Maslyn, J.M. & Cannon, M.D. (2003). "Employer perceptions of employee readiness." In J.W. Guthrie (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition. New York, NY: Macmillan Reference USA.
Cannon, M.D. & Edmondson, A.C. (2001). "Confronting failure: Antecedents and consequences of shared beliefs about failure in organizational work groups." Journal of Organizational Behavior 22, 161-177.
Stone, P.J. & Cannon, M.D. (Eds.) (1997). Organisational psychology. Vols. 1-3. Dartmouth Publishing Co.: Aldershot, Hampshire, England.
Mills, DQ. & Cannon, M.D. (1989). "Managing baby boomers." Management Review 8:38-42.