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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations

Michael C. Jensen's research is aimed at obtaining a clearer understanding of how the 'organizational rules of the game' affect a manager's ability to accomplish his or her goals and how the rules can be structured to resolve problems and increase productivity. ... View Details
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning

In most organizations, supply chain planning is a cross-functional effort. Functional areas such as sales, marketing, finance, and operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Planning
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Oliva, Rogelio, and Noel Watson. "Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-001, July 2006. (Revised October 2006, July 2008, February 2009.)
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Empowering Bureaucracy: Achieving Non-Hierarchical Control and Employee Autonomy Through Dynamic Formal Roles

By: Michael Lee
Hierarchy and formal structure are conventionally viewed as two tightly coupled dimensions of organization design. As organizations move from more hierarchical to less hierarchical authority structures, they also tend to reduce formal structure. However, organic... View Details
Keywords: Organization Design; Autonomy; Decentralization; Self-Managed Organizations; Formalization; Roles; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Management Systems
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Lee, Michael. "Empowering Bureaucracy: Achieving Non-Hierarchical Control and Employee Autonomy Through Dynamic Formal Roles." Working Paper, August 2017.
  • June 2002
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Oxfam America in 2002

Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America,a major international relief and development nongovernmental organization (NGO), is working with his staff to undertake a major strategic shift in the organization. The organization is placing a growing emphasis on... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Non-Governmental Organizations
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Levy, Reynold, and Daniella Ballon. "Oxfam America in 2002." Harvard Business School Case 302-124, June 2002.

    Anthony Mayo

    Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS).  He currently teaches and serves as the course head for... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; airline; education industry; nonprofit industry; publishing industry; service industry

      Silvan Baier

      Silvan Baier is a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior at HBS and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. He studies how social structures shape and are shaped by the organization, spread, and evaluation of ideas and people. In his research, he... View Details

      • February 2013
      • Case

      New Enterprise Associates

      By: Felda Hardymon and Tom Nicholas
      NEA was established in 1977 and it subsequently morphed into one of the largest venture capital firms in the world. Despite its size and significance, some other firms established during the same era such as Kleiner-Perkins and Sequoia (both were established in 1972),... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Innovation and Invention; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Hardymon, Felda, and Tom Nicholas. "New Enterprise Associates." Harvard Business School Case 813-097, February 2013.
      • 18 Jul 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

      positively select into negotiations on observable characteristics of the negotiation environment, only women positively select on unobservables such as their ability to negotiate. Organizational Structures... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2014
      • Book

      Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

      By: John P. Kotter
      Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter. It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Organizational Structure
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      Kotter, John P. Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World. Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
      • 2003
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      The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies

      By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
      Using a detailed database of managerial job descriptions, reporting relationships, and compensation structures in over 300 large U.S. firms, we find that firm hierarchies are becoming flatter. The number of positions reporting directly to the CEO has gone up... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Managerial Roles; Jobs and Positions; United States
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      Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 9633, April 2003. (Published in Review of Economics & Statistics 2006.)

        Leemore S. Dafny

        Leemore Dafny is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration and the Howard Cox Health Care Initiative Faculty Co-Chair at the Harvard Business School. She also serves as Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Dafny is an... View Details

        Keywords: health care

          Rong Family: A Chinese Business History

          Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the... View Details
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          By: Ethan S. Bernstein
          I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details
          Keywords: Privacy; Transparency; Productivity; Field Experiments; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; North America; Europe; Asia; China; Japan; Latin America
          • June 2016
          • Case

          Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency

          By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble
          This case discusses the evolution of Big Spaceship, an advertising and marketing agency, from a product-focused business to a relationship-oriented one as clients seek deeper and more meaningful long-term partnerships. The 15-year-old company had already evolved... View Details
          Keywords: Digital Marketing; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social Media; Advertising Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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          Groysberg, Boris, and Matthew G. Preble. "Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency." Harvard Business School Case 416-003, June 2016.
          • 26 Oct 2017
          • HBS Seminar

          Michael Jacobides, London School of Business

          • June 1996 (Revised March 1998)
          • Case

          Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally

          By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
          Focuses on the measurement and management of organizational knowledge as a strategic asset, and on the deployment of information technology, organizational structure, and processes in leveraging that asset. View Details
          Keywords: Global Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alliances; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology
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          Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally." Harvard Business School Case 396-412, June 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
          • July/August 2004
          • Article

          Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework

          By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
          Despite burgeoning research on companies' environmental strategies and environmental management practices, it remains unclear why some firms adopt environmental management practices beyond regulatory compliance. This paper leverages institutional theory by proposing... View Details
          Keywords: Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Environmental Management; Adoption; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Framework; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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          Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework." Business Strategy and the Environment 13, no. 4 (July/August 2004): 209–222.
          • March 1993 (Revised December 2011)
          • Case

          Crown Cork & Seal in 1989

          By: Stephen P. Bradley
          Describes the structure and recent trends of the metal container industry, Crown's successful strategy for competing in the industry, and John Connelly's leadership over more than 20 years. In 1989, William Avery succeeded Connelly as CEO and is forced to consider new... View Details
          Keywords: Leadership; Five Forces Framework; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy
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          Bradley, Stephen P. "Crown Cork & Seal in 1989." Harvard Business School Case 793-035, March 1993. (Revised December 2011.)
          • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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          Ebro Puleva

          By: David E. Bell, Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua and Mary Louise Shelman
          Once Spain's largest sugar company, Ebro Puleva has been transformed through a series of international acquisitions into the world's largest package rice company and second largest pasta company. In 2009, Chairman Antonio Hernandez Callejas must decide how to proceed... View Details
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Spain
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          Bell, David E., Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua, and Mary Louise Shelman. "Ebro Puleva." Harvard Business School Case 510-026, December 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
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          Overview of Research

          My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details

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