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      • October 1991 (Revised April 1992)
      • Case

      Honda Today

      By: Marco Iansiti
      Describes a situation in which the manager in charge of a major development project at Honda needs to make a decision about the technical specification of the product. The decision has profound implications for the product concept and strategy, as well as for the... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Product Design; Organizational Design; Performance Consistency; Projects; Auto Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Honda Today." Harvard Business School Case 692-044, October 1991. (Revised April 1992.)
      • 1991
      • Chapter

      Improving the Acceptance and Use of New Technology: Organizational and Inter-organizational Challenges

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Attitudes
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      Kanter, R. M. "Improving the Acceptance and Use of New Technology: Organizational and Inter-organizational Challenges." In Designing for Technological Change, edited by B. Guile, E. Laumann, and G. Nadler. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 1991.
      • March 1991 (Revised December 1994)
      • Case

      Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A)

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
      Marks and Spencer is a highly regarded retailer in the United Kingdom. This case examines the history of the firm, its organizational capabilities, and its long standing relationships with employees, customers, and suppliers. Also discusses the firm's expansion into... View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Organizational Design; Relationships; Retail Industry; United Kingdom
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-089, March 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
      • February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Appex Corp.

      By: Nitin Nohria
      1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • November 1990 (Revised February 1991)
      • Case

      L. William Seidman and the Resolution Trust Corp.

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Organizational Design; Public Administration Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "L. William Seidman and the Resolution Trust Corp." Harvard Business School Case 391-098, November 1990. (Revised February 1991.)
      • September 1990 (Revised March 1993)
      • Case

      General Electric Plastics: Organizing the Marketing Function

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Describes the rapid growth of General Electric Plastics for over the last decade to a $5 billion (sales) company. The accompanying organizational transitions are described. The task is to design a marketing organization for the coming decade given the anticipated... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Design; Growth and Development Strategy
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "General Electric Plastics: Organizing the Marketing Function." Harvard Business School Case 591-029, September 1990. (Revised March 1993.)
      • June 1990 (Revised August 1990)
      • Case

      IBM Canada Ltd.: Reorganizing for the 1990s

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Design; Computer Industry; Canada
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "IBM Canada Ltd.: Reorganizing for the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 190-141, June 1990. (Revised August 1990.)
      • 1990
      • Chapter

      The Intra-organizational Environment

      By: D. A. Leonard-Barton
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Culture
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      Leonard-Barton, D. A. "The Intra-organizational Environment." In Technology Transfer: A Communication Perspective, edited by F. Williams and D. Gibson. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1990.
      • February 1990 (Revised July 1990)
      • Case

      Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Describes how the IRS's collection operations changed from a largely manual system (COF) to an automated system (ACS). A central aspect of ACS was the electronic scheduling and maintaining of work. While with ACS the IRS accomplished significant improvements in the... View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Revenue; Information Technology; Taxation; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Human Resources; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System." Harvard Business School Case 490-042, February 1990. (Revised July 1990.)
      • December 1989
      • Background Note

      Note on How Organizations Can be Structured

      By: D. Q. Mills
      Describes four basic organizational forms--hierarchy, division, matrix, and cluster. Diagrams of each are included. Their strengths and weaknesses under different business environment conditions are detailed. There is a table comparing the forms on several key... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure
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      Mills, D. Q. "Note on How Organizations Can be Structured." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-040, December 1989.
      • 1989
      • Chapter

      Technocratic Organization and Technological Development in China, 1928-1953

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: History; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; Developing Countries and Economies; China
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      Kirby, William C. "Technocratic Organization and Technological Development in China, 1928-1953." In Science and Technology in Post-Mao China, edited by Denis Fred Simon and Merle Goldman, 23–44. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.
      • August 1989 (Revised October 2003)
      • Case

      Fan Pier

      By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
      The owner of the Fan Pier site in South Boston has been found legally responsible for blocking the efforts of his development partner in attaining the approval necessary to build the $800 million megaproject they had planned together. It was believed that the owner... View Details
      Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Law; Projects; Design; Organizational Design; Marketing Strategy; Government and Politics; Property; Real Estate Industry; Boston
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      Poorvu, William J., and Katherine Sweetman. "Fan Pier." Harvard Business School Case 390-012, August 1989. (Revised October 2003.)
      • February 1989
      • Background Note

      Note on Attracting Stakeholders

      By: Amar Bhide and Howard H. Stevenson
      Acquiring resources--or to put it more broadly, attracting stakeholders--is a basic entrepreneurial task. While every enterprise needs employees, customers, suppliers, and financiers who are willing to risk their time and money, attracting these "stakeholders" to an... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Human Resources; Organizational Design; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Bhide, Amar, and Howard H. Stevenson. "Note on Attracting Stakeholders." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-139, February 1989.
      • January 1989
      • Background Note

      Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership

      By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
      Describes the organizational components of the typical IT organization in a large corporation. Points out common problems and issues for each component of the organization. Also addresses the leadership issues for the IT function, and focuses specifically on the Chief... View Details
      Keywords: Information Management; Organizational Design; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry
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      Cash, James I., Jr., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-133, January 1989.
      • January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
      • Case

      General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
      General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology; Groups and Teams; Change; Communication; Information; Industrial Products Industry; Canada
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and James I. Cash Jr. "General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization." Harvard Business School Case 189-138, January 1989. (Revised March 1991.)
      • 1988
      • Chapter

      Executive Leadership and Organizational Outcomes: An Evolutionary Perspective

      By: M. Tushman
      Keywords: Management Teams; Leadership; Outcome or Result; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Tushman, M. "Executive Leadership and Organizational Outcomes: An Evolutionary Perspective." In The Executive Effect: Research in Executive Leadership, edited by D. Hambrick. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1988.
      • July 1988 (Revised March 1990)
      • Case

      Grumman Corp.: Business Information System

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Design; Aerospace Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Grumman Corp.: Business Information System." Harvard Business School Case 188-061, July 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
      • 2000
      • Chapter

      A Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

      By: T. M. Amabile
      Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Amabile, T. M. "A Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations." In Research in Organizational Behavior. Vol. 22, edited by B. Staw and R. Sutton. Elsevier Science, 2000.
      • 1988
      • Chapter

      Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurs in Bureaucratic Companies

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
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      Kanter, R. M. "Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurs in Bureaucratic Companies." In Handbook for Creative and Innovative Managers, edited by R. L. Kuhn. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
      • 1988
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      Strategic Organization Design

      By: D. Nadler and Michael Tushman
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Strategy
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      Nadler, D., and Michael Tushman. Strategic Organization Design. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1988.
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