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- September 1980 (Revised April 1984)
- Background Note
Note on Japanese Management and Employment Systems
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Note on Japanese Management and Employment Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 481-009, September 1980. (Revised April 1984.)
- August 1978
- Case
Al Westerfield
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Al Westerfield." Harvard Business School Case 479-001, August 1978.
- July 1976 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)
By: Michael Beer
Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Transformation; Employees; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Beer, Michael. "Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 477-024, July 1976. (Revised April 1983.)
- 17 Aug 2009
- News
Why Be an Ethical Company? They're Stronger and Last Longer
- January 22, 2020
- Article
Making Honest Conversations the Norm
By: Michael Beer
Much admired companies like Boeing and Wells Fargo sacrifice their competitive advantage. Some make huge ethical blunders. As a result, shareholders suffer huge losses in value while employees, customers, and society lose trust and confidence in the institution. Based... View Details
Keywords: Honesty; Interpersonal Communication; Framework; Organizational Culture; Trust; Performance Effectiveness
Beer, Michael. "Making Honest Conversations the Norm." ChangeThis (blog) (January 22, 2020).
- August 1997 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy
By: Michael Beer
Describes the process of transforming a recently formed division of Hewlett-Packard. View Details
Beer, Michael. "Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 498-011, August 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
- Article
Managing and Motivating Engineers
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Managing and Motivating Engineers." Joint Engineering Management Conference Proceedings 15th (1967): 82–95. (Managing Engineering Manpower.)
- Article
Building Cohesiveness within the Organization
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Building Cohesiveness within the Organization." Conference Board Record Suppl. (January 1967): 70–74. (In Managing Change: a supplement to the Conference Board Record.)
- Winter 1988
- Article
Towards a Redefinition of OD: A Critique of Research Focus and Method
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Towards a Redefinition of OD: A Critique of Research Focus and Method." Academy of Management OD Newsletter (Winter 1988), 13–16.
- Spring 2001
- Article
Why Management Research Findings are Unimplementable: An Action Science Perspective
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Why Management Research Findings are Unimplementable: An Action Science Perspective." Reflections (Society for Organizational Learning) 2, no. 3 (Spring 2001): 58–65.
- September 14, 2009
- Article
The Lessons of Lehman: Do the Opposite
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Learning
Beer, Michael. "The Lessons of Lehman: Do the Opposite." Forbes.com (September 14, 2009).
- June 2001
- Exercise
Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise
By: Michael Beer
Overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Strategy
Beer, Michael. "Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 401-044, June 2001.
- August 1999
- Supplement
ASDA: Company Video
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "ASDA: Company Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 400-503, August 1999.
- December 1989
- Supplement
People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr, Video
By: Michael Beer
Presents an interview with Don Burr, CEO, as he reviews his account of how and why People Express failed as a corporation and was ultimately sold to Continental Airlines. View Details
Beer, Michael. "People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-508, December 1989.
- February 1984
- Supplement
Office Technology, Inc.: Members of the OEM Group, Video
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Office Technology, Inc.: Members of the OEM Group, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 884-513, February 1984.
- June 1992
- Article
Strategic Change Research: An Urgent Need for Usable Rather than Useful Knowledge
By: M. Beer
Beer, M. "Strategic Change Research: An Urgent Need for Usable Rather than Useful Knowledge." Journal of Management Inquiry 1, no. 2 (June 1992): 111–116.