Organization Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707559 Vitreon Corp.: The Hyalite Project Harvard Business School Case 607-031 Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his faculty experience, Michel Anteby takes readers inside the School to draw vivid parallels between the socialization of faculty and of students. In an era when many View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2019
News

In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

What motivates you at work? How about Peter, down the hall in accounting? Or Linda, who heads up sales? In “Stoy Foods,” a case taught in the second-year MBA course Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value, students adopt different... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1996
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an eight-step process to help firms achieve the lasting organizational transformations essential for success in the coming decades. The Balanced Scorecard by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (Harvard Business School Press) After years... View Details

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

professionalize and create formal systems and structures. Module 5: Reinvention Reinvention is a process whereby established organizations respond to external environmental shifts that threaten to upend... View Details

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Very often, the very process of expanding the scale of the organization destroys the attributes (e.g. culture, operating system) that lead to the company’s success in the first place. In this module, we look... View Details

May 2004 (Revised July 2004)
Case

Clarence Saunders: The Comeback King

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler

Follows the rise and fall of the founder of the modern supermarket, Clarence Saunders. Prior to 1915, all staple shopping took place in the market or general store, where a clerk behind a counter pulled items from shelves for customers , measured them from a barrel, or... View Details

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Mission and Purpose; Business Processes; Leadership; Consumer Behavior; Leadership Style; Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Order Taking and Fulfillment

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07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

process-improvement strategies. We used TDABC to evaluate the cost of providing pain control to patients undergoing thoracic surgery and to estimate the impact of specific process improvements on cost. Retrospective healthcare utilization... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1997
News

How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

equally interested and perhaps equally inexperienced in high technology, are carrying such enthusiasm even further. Rather than wait for Silicon Valley to come to the School, two student organizations - the CMC (Communications, Media &... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

Insights Team (BIT), which became the world’s first government organization dedicated to incorporating behavioral economics into policy. BIT saw the tax letter as an opportunity to test the value of behavioral interventions in a context... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit

hitting our daily or quarterly number. You can’t take that approach in sports. Yes, we want to win the medal count in 2026. But you have to put that aside and, each day, focus on process, process, process and culture, culture, culture.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; skiing; leadership; organizational culture; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

diagnosis and treatment into distinct units because the skills and processes required for each are quite different. Services and locations will be better aligned, providing greater control and efficiency. View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Section H), Summer Internship: Summer Project Manager, E-liability Institute The E-liability Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded by two HBS professors that are reshaping carbon accounting standards. Their methodology... View Details

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

internal processes online. Originally GM had different Web sites for its different types of cars; however, in 1999 the company decided to put all their Web sites under one organization. To streamline its relationships with dealers, GM... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

CEO for a company seems to run on a scale based on size. The ultimate problem with that is the large failure effect. . . ." Responding to the point that hiring from outside an organization is often a more expensive solution, Balaji... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

to innovators that have invented and disseminated new battery chemistries, so many projects demonstrate extreme promise for a wealthier, healthier future India. Our research focus area was decarbonizing steel production, a notoriously difficult sector to decarbonize... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

Groysberg. “At Williamsport, Toby worked to understand the organization and get the employees involved, so when it was time for buy-in and action, they were ready to go. She’s a high-potential leader.” And an open-minded one as well: “I... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Jan 2018
What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

harassment on the job. As Sabrina put it, "I think the time to revisit whether an independent, non-partisan agency or individual (is appropriate) is now. Even the process of having that discussion, even if the decision is made to not... View Details