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- April 1982
- Supplement
General Electric: John F. Welch, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Video
By: Francis Aguilar and Richard G. Hamermesh
Welch discusses a variety of topics. View Details
- November 1981
- Case
Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A)
By: Michael Beer
Provides background on the assessment center used by AT&T to assess managerial potential for upper middle management. Contains assessment reports for two candidates. Raises questions about manpower training and development. Students may be asked which of the candidates... View Details
- November 1981
- Supplement
Corning Glass Works International, Part II, Interviews with Top Management, Video
Presents tapes of interviews with Tom MacAvoy (Corning Glass president) and James Houghton (Corning Glass vice-chairman). View Details
- April 1981 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project
By: Kim B. Clark
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to fix... View Details
- March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
- Supplement
Corning Glass Works International (C2)
Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Reviews the company's subsequent performance internationally. Also presents reflections by top management on future possible change in the organization... View Details
- January 1981
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.
By: John P. Kotter
Introduces the student to Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., its business, its strategy, and its organization. Provides the necessary background for understanding the contributions of Mary Kay Ash, the company's founder and chairman. View Details
- December 1980 (Revised September 1985)
- Case
British Steel Corporation: The Korf Contract
By: John P. Kotter and John M. Stengrevics
Traces a complex resource allocation decision facing British Steel in 1975. Students study the influences on the various managers involved in making the decision. View Details
- 1980
- Article
The Effect of Group Size and Communication Availability on Coalition Bargaining in a Veto Game
By: J. K. Murnighan and A. E. Roth
- June 1978
- Article
Large Group Bargaining in a Characteristic Function Game
By: J. K. Murnighan and A. E. Roth
- January 1976 (Revised June 1984)
- Case
Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)
By: John P. Kotter
In 1969, Megalith centralized its financial and control functions. John Boyd, senior vice president for finance, hired four brilliant young managers to "bring the group out of the stone age." By 1975, this management team had created a near-perfect finance office of... View Details
- December 1973 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Cooper Industries, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The executive president of a major industrial company must decide 1) whether to acquire a small hand tool company and, if so, 2) the value and form that the acquisition package should take. View Details
- October 1971 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
Sturdivant Electric Corp.
By: Richard L. Nolan
A unit manager on a field computer installation job is faced with recurring conflict between a programmer and his immediate supervisor. View Details
- December 1970 (Revised May 1983)
- Case
David Alpert (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Interpersonal day-to-day dealings of a product manager with others in the division, including his comments on these dealings. View Details
- 1965
- Article
Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study
By: Joseph L. Bower
When a group of people must decide on some one action, such as where shall we go out to dinner, or in an investment club which stock shall we buy, how do the individual members come to a decision that affords the best resolution of the question at hand for the group as... View Details