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- September 1976 (Revised January 1977)
- Case
Del Norte Paper Co. (C)
Designed to serve two roles: first, it provides a reasonably comprehensive description of an ongoing capital budgeting system for the international operations of a large American company. Second, it allows the student to focus upon and critically analyze a series of... View Details
- December 1975 (Revised January 1987)
- Background Note
Note on Organization Design
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Deals with the organizational designer trying to create a structure, rewards, and a system of measurement that are compatible with the external environment, strategy, tasks, the members of the organization, management style, and the existing culture. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design
- September 1975 (Revised May 1993)
- Exercise
Mayfair School System
- 1975
- Book
The Information Systems Handbook
By: F. W. McFarlan and R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Information Management
- January 1975 (Revised September 1982)
- Case
First Federal Savings (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time. View Details
- January 1975 (Revised June 1975)
- Case
Honeywell Information Systems
- August 1974 (Revised November 1974)
- Case
Reynolds Construction Company
By: Paul W. Marshall
Deals with the use of critical path method for the construction of remote control building, which is part of a water purification system. Discusses the necessity of determining the shortest possible time in which a job could be done without spending more money. Case... View Details
- March 1974 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
First National City Bank Operating Group (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Growth in demands on the bank's "back office" required a totally new approach to management. New stress on systems orientation, objectives, measurement, process design and control has resulted in lower costs, fewer people, and higher quality. Also resulted in fear,... View Details
- 1973
- Book
Curriculum Recommendations for Graduate Professional Programs in Information Systems
By: F. W. McFarlan, R. L. Nolan and D. P. Norton
- October 1973
- Background Note
Note on the Japanese Managerial System
- August 1973 (Revised August 1983)
- Background Note
Agronomic Influences on Agribusiness Commodity Systems
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- 1973
- Book
Information Systems Administration
By: F. W. McFarlan, R. L. Nolan and D. P. Norton
Keywords: Information Management