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- 01 Aug 1980
- Conference Presentation
Power and Change in and by Organizations: Setting Intellectual Directions for Organizational Sociology
By: R. M. Kanter
- Teaching Interest
Driving Organizational Agility - Virtual
By: Ranjay Gulati
Today's businesses must be alert to changes in the external environment, develop competitive strategies quickly—and adapt the organization to execute. In this virtual program, you'll explore organizational structures and processes that have enabled businesses to...
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- 2000
- Chapter
Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities
By: Michael Beer and Edwin Locke
Beer, Michael, and Edwin Locke. "Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities." Chap. 26 in The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior, edited by Edwin A. Locke. Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
- 2007
- Chapter
Changing Practices on Sustainability: Understanding and Overcoming the Organizational and Psychological Barriers to Action
By: A. Hoffman and M. H. Bazerman
Hoffman, A., and M. H. Bazerman. "Changing Practices on Sustainability: Understanding and Overcoming the Organizational and Psychological Barriers to Action." In Organizations and the Sustainability Mosaic. Edited by S. Sharma, M. Starik, and B. Husted. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.
- September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Zurich Insurance: Global Job Structure and Data Analysis
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People...
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Keywords:
Managing Change;
Organizational Behavior;
Organizational Architecture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Human Capital;
Change Management;
Organizational Structure;
Insurance;
Organizational Culture;
Globalization;
Human Resources;
Insurance Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Zurich Insurance: Global Job Structure and Data Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 417-038, September 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 2002
- Chapter
Building Organizational Fitness
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Building Organizational Fitness." In Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way, edited by Subir Chowdhury. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002.
- March 2013 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Unilever's New Recipe for Growth
By: Jordan Siegel, Christopher Poliquin and Barbara Zepp Larson
This case looks at Unilever and its ongoing efforts at regional strategy and organizational change in Europe.
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Keywords:
Regional Strategy;
Aggregation;
Organizational Change;
Global Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
Europe
Siegel, Jordan, Christopher Poliquin, and Barbara Zepp Larson. "Unilever's New Recipe for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 713-418, March 2013. (Revised May 2014.)
- 2015
- Book
Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective
The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling—reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active participation of the private sector. However,...
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Henderson, Rebecca, Ranjay Gulati, and Michael Tushman, eds. Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- 1978
- Chapter
Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Equality and Inequality;
Public Sector;
Service Operations;
Gender
Kanter, R. M. "Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems." In The United Nations and Decision-Making: The Role of Women. Vol. 2, edited by D. Nicol and M. Croke. New York: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1978.
The Change Masters
The Change Masters looks behind the scenes at some of the most important companies in America, including Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, Polaroid, General Motors, Wang Laboratories and Honeywell, to describe their organizational structures, their... View Details
- 2015
- Chapter
Leading Proactive Punctuated Change
By: Michael Tushman, Charles O'Reilly and Bruce Harreld
This chapter focuses on leading proactive punctuated change. Based on the institutional and organizational change literatures and our extended involvement with IBM between 1999 and 2008, we suggest that proactive punctuated change can be effectively managed through an...
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Tushman, Michael, Charles O'Reilly, and Bruce Harreld. "Leading Proactive Punctuated Change." Chap. 10 in Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective, edited by Rebecca Henderson, Ranjay Gulati, and Michael Tushman. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Teaching Interest
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
Professor Bernstein taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) from 2013-2016 (7 sections). This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The course is divided into five modules:
Edward H. Chang
Edward Chang (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Inclusion in the MBA required curriculum and Negotiations in the MBA elective curriculum.
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- 2007
- Chapter
Process Management, Technological Innovation, and Organizational Adaptation
By: Mary Benner and M. Tushman
The promise of process management practices is that as organizations focus on variance reduction and increased process control, they will drive both speed and organizational efficiency. However, this promise also accentuates the dark side of process management. These...
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- 2005
- Working Paper
Changing Practice on Sustainability: Understanding and Overcoming the Organizational and Psychological Barriers to Action
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Max H. Bazerman
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
Two dramatically different approaches to organizational change are being employed in the world today, according to our observations, research, and experience. We call these Theory E and Theory O of change....
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Keywords:
by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Transformation at ING (A): Agile
By: William R. Kerr, Federica Gabrieli and Emer Moloney
In December 2017, Vincent van den Boogert, CEO of ING in the Netherlands, was reflecting upon the company’s “agile” transformation, a reorganization of work that had been critical to respond to and exceed rapidly changing customer expectations. Launched in 2015 at the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change;
Organizational Management;
Workforce;
Agile;
Change Management;
Leadership;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Leading Change;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Banking Industry
Kerr, William R., Federica Gabrieli, and Emer Moloney. "Transformation at ING (A): Agile." Harvard Business School Case 818-077, January 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
- 1992
- Chapter
Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company
By: George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck
- Research Summary
Identity Change and Complexity
People in today's world have unprecedented access to different cultures and experiences, enabling them to develop identities that are highly complex and relatively dynamic. In order for people to effectively communicate with, collaborate with, and contribute to others...
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- December 1989
- Article
Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company
By: George P. Baker and Karen Wruck
Baker, George P., and Karen Wruck. "Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company." Journal of Financial Economics 25 (December 1989).