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Governance and Accountability in Social Sector Organizations
This research examines governance in two types of organizations: international NGOs and socioeconomic hybrids.
First, over the past decade, many of the world's most prominent international nongovernmental organizations and networks (INGOs) ... View Details
- March 1999
- Article
Practices for Managing Information Flows Within Organizations
By: Joel Demski, Tracy Lewis, Dennis Yao and Huseyin Yildirim
Firm organization determines how coworkers communicate and how information flows within the firm. Banking, accounting, consulting, and legal firms process proprietary information which their clients wish to protect. The firm's ability to safeguard and manage... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Management Practices and Processes; Safety; Governance Controls; Customer Focus and Relationships
Demski, Joel, Tracy Lewis, Dennis Yao, and Huseyin Yildirim. "Practices for Managing Information Flows Within Organizations." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 15, no. 1 (March 1999): 107–131. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 16 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
iStock SUMMING UP Is 100 Percent the ‘Magic Percent’ of Rebel Talent Every Organization Needs? How much “rebel talent” is a necessary minimum? How much is too much? And how should it be deployed, especially when it comes to management?... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- May 2009
- Case
Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products
By: John H. McArthur and Sunru Yong
Ceres is a leading player in the growing organic gardening industry, selling seeds, small plants, and related items. Their distribution depends heavily on retail sales through independent nurseries and garden centers. Because these small dealers are unable to finance... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Procedures; Marketing; Business Growth; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing Channels; Credit; Financial Statements; Sales; Retail Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
McArthur, John H., and Sunru Yong. "Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products." Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-017, May 2009.
- Article
Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization
By: Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons and Tavneet Suri
We present the results from a field experiment on team diversity. Individuals working as door-to-door canvassers for a non-profit organization were randomly assigned a teammate, a supervisor, and a list of individuals to canvass. This created random variation within... View Details
Keywords: Ethnic Diversity; Organizational Behavior; Labor Management; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Performance
Marx, Benjamin, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri. "Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization." Art. 104332. Journal of Public Economics 197 (May 2021).
- 05 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Leading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations
- November 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (B)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Alessandro L. Spadini
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and Alessandro L. Spadini. "Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 707-402, November 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- 2009 - 2009
- Conference Presentation
Networks and Change Implementation in Organizations
By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
- Article
Relational Pluralism Within and Between Organizations
By: Andrew Shipilov, Ranjay Gulati, Martin Kilduff, Stan Li and Wenpin Tsai
Relational pluralism exists when actors maintain multiple kinds of relationships with one another and develop multiple identities as a result. The outcomes of relational pluralism can include greater flexibility in building network ties, more stable exchange... View Details
Shipilov, Andrew, Ranjay Gulati, Martin Kilduff, Stan Li, and Wenpin Tsai. "Relational Pluralism Within and Between Organizations." Academy of Management Journal 57, no. 2 (April 2014): 449–459.
- 2019
- Chapter
Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations
By: Bruce J. Fried and Amy C. Edmondson
Book Abstract: Completely updated to address the challenges faced by modern health care organizations, this edition of Shortell and Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior offers a more global perspective on how the United States and... View Details
Fried, Bruce J., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations." Chap. 5 in Shortell & Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior. 7th ed., edited by Lawton Robert Burns, Elizabeth H. Bradley, and Bryan Jeffrey Weiner, 98–131. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2019.
- August 3, 2011
- Article
Defining Success for Translational Research Organizations
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Defining Success for Translational Research Organizations." Science Translational Medicine (August 3, 2011).
- 1997
- Chapter
Organizing and Leading 'Heavyweight' Development Teams
By: K. B. Clark and S. C. Wheelwright
Clark, K. B., and S. C. Wheelwright. "Organizing and Leading 'Heavyweight' Development Teams." In Managing Strategic Innovation and Change: A Collection of Readings, by Michael Tushman and P. Anderson. NY: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- January 19, 2021
- Article
How to Be a 'Glass-Shattering' Organization
By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
Advancing gender equality is certainly desirable, but may not seem vital during this turbulent time — yet that assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, losing sight of gender equity right now is likely to put you at a real disadvantage when the pandemic... View Details
Keywords: Gender Equity; Gender Inclusivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Ammerman, Colleen, and Boris Groysberg. "How to Be a 'Glass-Shattering' Organization." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 19, 2021).
- March 2016
- Case
N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business
By: David A. Garvin and Aldo Sesia
N12 Technologies was a startup founded in 2010 that employed nanotechnology to manufacture a patented material to improve the performance of carbon fiber composites, which were used in a wide variety of products, ranging from bicycles to automobiles to aircraft parts.... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Organizational Structure; Nanotechnology; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Systems; Commercialization; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Bicycle Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
Garvin, David A., and Aldo Sesia. "N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business." Harvard Business School Case 316-002, March 2016.
- March 2020
- Case
ZEISS Group: Organize by Customer Culture?
By: Willy C. Shih
How should ZEISS, the German manufacturer of precision optical and optoelectronic systems manage two historic businesses that operated fairly autonomously? The Industrial Quality Solutions (IQS) business sold measurement equipment to manufacturing companies in sectors... View Details
Shih, Willy C. "ZEISS Group: Organize by Customer Culture?" Harvard Business School Case 620-103, March 2020.
- February 1977 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
WJAC (B): Financing a Growing Organization
Herzlinger, Regina E. "WJAC (B): Financing a Growing Organization." Harvard Business School Case 177-158, February 1977. (Revised May 1993.)