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  • 28 Sep 2017
  • News

Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

two years ago, and will make Northrop the fourth-largest Pentagon contractor. In a statement about the deal, Thompson said: “The unique alignment in culture and mission offered by this transaction will allow us to maintain strong... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Poverty and Security

women not wanting to be beaten up, opportunity for their kids” (USA Today, September 27, 2004). Democracy and transparency are not always transferable because of cultural and historical factors, Wolfensohn asserted, but they are “probably... View Details
Keywords: IMF and World Bank Group; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

    Sumner M. Redstone

    culture through its ownership of MTV, VH-1 and Nickelodeon. In 1994, he successfully completed a $10 billion merger with Paramount Communications and acquired Blockbuster Entertainment. Since 1994 the company has increased from 7,000... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • 26 May 2016
    • News

    W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

    McNerney. “The trick was to create a stronger fifth culture that retained some of the original essence of each.” During his tenure, Boeing recaptured the top position in the global aerospace industry as well as in commercial airplanes. It... View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation
    • 06 Jun 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Don’t Listen to “Yes”

    leaders avoid the guessing game of trying to discern whether or not people truly agree with a choice that has been made. Q: In your book you discuss three cultures of indecision that typically appear in organizations: the View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 13 Feb 2023
    • News

    Alumnus Gift Will Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

    Swiss biotech executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993) has pledged $75 million to advance basic scientific discovery, therapeutic science, and a culture of entrepreneurship at Harvard Medical School. The... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2018
    • News

    New Spaces: Convening Power

    with extensive involvement from students, staff, and faculty. FEATURES: Klarman Hall State-of-the-art technology enabling connections with scholars and thought leaders around the world Stage and backstage capacity, acoustics, and equipment for spoken-word events,... View Details
    • 30 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 31, 2006

    accountability standards and for monitoring them. The authors show how accountability frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their objectives. Accountability is a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

    risk-taking. Learn how to assemble a team with the diversity and expertise to solve problems, build buy-in for cultural change, and overcome resistance. Highlights Breakthrough Innovation Success Input Value High Standards and... View Details
    • 1979
    • Chapter

    Learning from Mistakes Is Easier Said than Done: Group and Organization Influences on the Detection and Correction of Human Error

    By: A. Edmondson
    Keywords: Learning; Perception; Attitudes; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Power and Influence
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    • May 2001 (Revised August 2001)
    • Teaching Note

    Jumpstart TN

    By: Allen S. Grossman
    Teaching Note for (9-301-037). View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Nonprofit Organizations; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Growth and Development; Success; Education Industry
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    • February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
    • Case

    i2 TradeMatrix

    i2 has recently acquired Aspect Development and is incorporating Aspect's offerings into its TradeMatrix product for business-to-business e-commerce. TradeMatrix embeds i2's existing products for optimizing supply chain performance by applying advanced planning and... View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Organizational Culture; Mergers and Acquisitions; Information Technology Industry
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    • 9 Nov 2021
    • Interview

    How to Build Psychological Safety in Your Workplace with The Fearless Organization Author, Amy C. Edmondson

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Dominic Monkhouse
    If you want to be better at leading a team. If you want to know how to lead a good decision making process. Or how to engage and inspire people to bring their full self to work, don’t miss Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor and author of The Fearless... View Details
    Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications

    By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Mary Tripsas
    Organizations are increasingly recognizing that value they once derived from offering standalone products can be significantly enhanced if they transition to platform-based businesses that harness the innovative capabilities of complementors. While the competitive... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change; Organizational Identity; Ecosystems; Complementors; Managing Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Multi-Sided Platforms; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture
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    • November 2008 (Revised December 2008)
    • Case

    Differences at Work: Sameer (A)

    By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
    Sameer, an Indian Muslim, is a summer intern in a small firm. Prompted by a conflict in the Middle East, members of the organization make a number of anti-Muslim jokes. Sameer wonders whether he should surface discomfort; he otherwise enjoys the firm, and is hoping to... View Details
    Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Ethnicity; Behavior; Religion; Organizational Culture; Middle East; India
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    • August 2007 (Revised January 2009)
    • Case

    Stryker Corporation: Capital Budgeting

    By: Timothy A. Luehrman
    Examines some parts of Stryker Corporation's systems and procedures for approving and authorizing capital spending of many different types, including buildings, machinery, and working capital for existing businesses, as well as transactions with third parties such as... View Details
    Keywords: Working Capital; System; Organizational Culture; Policy; Capital Budgeting
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    • October 1991 (Revised June 1992)
    • Case

    Nigel Andrews and General Electric Plastics (A)

    Describes some critical challenges involved in creating employee empowerment. In the context of General Electric's efforts to debureaucratise the company, employees were encouraged to become more "self-confident". This effort, called "Workout," was introduced all over... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Employees; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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    • 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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    • November 1987 (Revised June 1988)
    • Case

    ServiceMaster Industries, Inc.

    By: James L. Heskett
    The CEO of ServiceMaster Industries has convened an internal task force to come up with ideas for reorganizing the company to accommodate unusually fast growth. In developing both alternatives and criteria for appraising them, the task force has to keep in mind the... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture
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    • 06 Feb 2023
    • News

    Getting Employee Buy-In for Organizational Change