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  • January 1989 (Revised March 2009)
  • Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (F)

By: Robert L. Simons
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Pennsylvania
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  • January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
  • Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (G)

By: Robert L. Simons
Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania
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  • January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
  • Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (H)

By: Robert L. Simons
See General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania
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  • fall 1988
  • Article

Analysis of the Organizational Characteristics Related to Tight Budget Goals

By: R. Simons
Keywords: Organizations; Budgets and Budgeting; Goals and Objectives
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  • November 1987 (Revised April 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Polysar Limited

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-187-098). View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Strategy And Execution; Performance Measurement; Variance Analysis; Profit Management; Canada
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  • 1987
  • Chapter

Planning, Control, and Uncertainty: A Process View

By: R. Simons
Keywords: Planning; Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management
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  • September 1987 (Revised May 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-187-081). View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Control Systems; Planning; System
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  • May 1987 (Revised February 2000)
  • Case

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System

By: Robert L. Simons
Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising budget targets. Illustrates intensive strategic planning and financial planning process in a large, decentralized... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Planning; Forecasting and Prediction; Accounting Audits; Budgets and Budgeting; Business Strategy; Financial Management; Business or Company Management; Management Systems; Public Administration Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • February 1987 (Revised February 2000)
  • Case

Polysar Limited

By: Robert L. Simons
Canada's largest chemical company produces and markets butyl rubber in two divisions, each treated as a profit center. The new plant in the North American Division operates below capacity resulting in a significant volume variance and an operating loss. The European... View Details
Keywords: Loss; Profit; Financial Management; Volume; Performance Capacity; Financial Statements; For-Profit Firms; Market Participation; Chemical Industry; Rubber Industry; Canada
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  • 1987
  • Article

Accounting Control Systems and Business Strategy: An Empirical Analysis

By: R. Simons
Keywords: Accounting; System; Business Strategy
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  • 1986
  • Article

Research and Control in Complex Organizations: An Overview

By: R. Simons and Kenneth A. Merchant
Keywords: Research; Organizations; Information
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  • Research Summary

Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders

By: Robert Simons

This project studies the life choices made by a variety of people who have left a lasting legacy. Using biographical data, we are examining the choices that high-impact individuals faced in their lives and the paths they chose to follow. The leaders we study come... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Work-life Balance; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Success
  • Teaching Interest

Executive Education: Driving Corporate Performance

By: Robert Simons
As companies strive to sustain a competitive advantage in a global economy, they must continue to assess their corporate mission and reset their strategic goals. Driving Corporate Performance is designed to help business leaders accurately... View Details
  • Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

  • Teaching Interest

MBA Elective Curriculum: Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

This course teaches future general managers, entrepreneurs, and consultants how to execute strategy and deliver results. Using readings, exercises, and case studies in industries as diverse as healthcare space exploration, and software development, you will learn to... View Details

  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Robert Simons
Professor Simons is currently studying how executives make their businesses more competitive using innovative structural designs and performance measurement systems. He has a number of ongoing research projects on this topic, and teaches MBA and executive education... View Details
Keywords: Strategy Execution; Organization Design; Management Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Competitiveness
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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders

By: Robert Simons
As companies adapt to the aftershocks of the global recession, senior executives and boards are discovering that risk management has never been more important. The financial crisis revealed that risk management structures break down just when... View Details