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The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- May, 2019
- Article
Who Would You Like to Work With?: Use of Individual Characteristics and Social Networks in Team Formation Systems
By: Diego Gomez-Zara, Matthew Paras, Marlon Twyman, Jacqueline N. Lane, Leslie A. DeChurch and Noshir Contractor
People and organizations are increasingly using online platforms to assemble teams. In response, HCI researchers have theorized frameworks and created systems to support team assembly. However, little is known about how users search for and choose teammates on these... View Details
Gomez-Zara, Diego, Matthew Paras, Marlon Twyman, Jacqueline N. Lane, Leslie A. DeChurch, and Noshir Contractor. "Who Would You Like to Work With? Use of Individual Characteristics and Social Networks in Team Formation Systems." Art. 659. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (May, 2019).
- 2011
- Chapter
The Contribution of Teams to Organizational Learning
By: Kathryn S. Roloff, Anita W. Woolley and Amy C. Edmondson
Organizational learning theorists have proposed that teams play a critical role in organizational learning (Senge, 1990; Edmondson, 2002). Indeed, as organizations become increasingly more global, teams are formed to leverage knowledge, to increase efficiency, and to... View Details
Roloff, Kathryn S., Anita W. Woolley, and Amy C. Edmondson. "The Contribution of Teams to Organizational Learning." In Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. 2nd ed. Edited by M. Easterby-Smith and M. Lyles, 249–272. London: John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
- 2005
- Article
Beyond Knowledge Transfer: A Typology of Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Virtual Teams
By: Deborah Soule and Lynda M. Applegate
- February 2007
- Case
Paul Robertson and the Medici String Quartet
Describes the approach to creative collaboration and leadership adopted by Paul Robertson as leader of one of the most highly regarded string quartets in recent history. Intended to prompt a discussion of a variety of issues surrounding management of creative... View Details
Austin, Robert D., and Shannon O'Donnell. "Paul Robertson and the Medici String Quartet." Harvard Business School Case 607-083, February 2007.
- May – June 2003
- Article
Getting Off to a Good Start: The Effects of Upper Echelon Affiliations on Interorganizational Endorsements
By: Ranjay Gulati and Monica Higgins
Keywords: Groups and Teams
Gulati, Ranjay, and Monica Higgins. "Getting Off to a Good Start: The Effects of Upper Echelon Affiliations on Interorganizational Endorsements." Organization Science 14, no. 3 (May–June 2003): 244–263.
- spring 1996
- Article
Beyond Teamwork: How the Wise Can Synchronize
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Groups and Teams
Cespedes, Frank V. "Beyond Teamwork: How the Wise Can Synchronize." Marketing Management 5, no. 1 (spring 1996): 25–37.
- August 2009
- Case
Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Relationships and Support Teams
By: Nitin Nohria, Daisy A Wademan Dowling and Matthew D. Breitfelder
Nohria, Nitin, Daisy A Wademan Dowling, and Matthew D. Breitfelder. "Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Relationships and Support Teams." Harvard Business School Case 410-032, August 2009.
- July 2009 (Revised June 2016)
- Teaching Note
Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A) & (B)
By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for [409003]. View Details
- spring 1992
- Article
Organizing and Leading 'Heavyweight' Development Teams
By: K. B. Clark and S. C. Wheelwright
Clark, K. B., and S. C. Wheelwright. "Organizing and Leading 'Heavyweight' Development Teams." California Management Review 34, no. 3 (spring 1992): 9–28.
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
of the many lessons Desai hoped the case would impart: the importance of having difficult conversations and approaching them with empathy. Desai, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, was inspired to write about the Tulsa... View Details
- September 2024
- Article
Backstage Matters: Collective Energy and Information Sharing on Global Teams
By: Wenjie Ma, Leslie A. Perlow and Eunice Eun
It is well documented that information sharing – which is central to team effectiveness – is complicated by cultural and geographical factors. However, little is known about the process of information sharing between subgroups within global teams. Building on Goffman’s... View Details
Ma, Wenjie, Leslie A. Perlow, and Eunice Eun. "Backstage Matters: Collective Energy and Information Sharing on Global Teams." Academy of Management Discoveries 10, no. 3 (September 2024): 463–487.
- January–February 2021
- Article
Making Space for Emotions: Empathy, Contagion, and Legitimacy’s Double-Edged Sword
By: Andreea Gorbatai, Cyrus Dioun and Kisha Lashley
Legitimacy is critical to the formation and expansion of nascent fields because it lends credibility and recognizability to once overlooked actors and practices. At the same time, legitimacy can be a double-edged sword precisely because it facilitates field growth,... View Details
Keywords: Legitimacy; Collective Identity; Emotional Contagion; Field-congifiguring Events; Empathy; Natural Language Processing; Mixed Methods; Organizational Culture; Emotions; Groups and Teams
Gorbatai, Andreea, Cyrus Dioun, and Kisha Lashley. "Making Space for Emotions: Empathy, Contagion, and Legitimacy’s Double-Edged Sword." Organization Science 32, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 42–63.
- Article
Large-Scale Field Experiment Shows Null Effects of Team Demographic Diversity on Outsiders' Willingness to Support the Team
By: Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios and Rosanna K. Smith
Demographic diversity in the United States is rising, and increasingly, work is conducted in teams. These co-occurring phenomena suggest that it might be increasingly common for work to be conducted by demographically diverse teams. But to date, in spite of copious... View Details
Chang, Edward H., Erika L. Kirgios, and Rosanna K. Smith. "Large-Scale Field Experiment Shows Null Effects of Team Demographic Diversity on Outsiders' Willingness to Support the Team." Art. 104099. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 94 (May 2021).
- October 2003 (Revised January 2016)
- Supplement
The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: Chris Berkowitz
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
Accompanies The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise and provides unique background information on one of the team members. View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: Chris Berkowitz." Harvard Business School Supplement 604-037, October 2003. (Revised January 2016.)
- 1 Feb 2010
- Conference Presentation
Language Mandates, Power & Emotions in Globally Distributed Teams
By: Tsedal Neeley
- 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
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.)
- February 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Brinkerhoff International, Inc. (A)
Presents a study of two oil rigs and their team relationships within a context of dissension in lower management ranks and a president who is trying to expand the business in a changing economy. View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
Barnes, Louis B. "Brinkerhoff International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-110, February 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- February 2004 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
National Semiconductor's India Design Center
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Elizabeth Kind
The senior managers of the India Design Center used 360-degree feedback to develop their team competencies. Now, three new managers are about to join their management team, and Ashok Kumar, director of the center, must decide how to integrate the new managers in a way... View Details
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Elizabeth Kind. "National Semiconductor's India Design Center." Harvard Business School Case 404-102, February 2004. (Revised August 2004.)
- January 1992
- Article
The Role of Executive Team Actions in Shaping Dominant Designs: Towards Shaping Technological Progress
By: R. McGrath, Ian MacMillan and M. Tushman
McGrath, R., Ian MacMillan, and M. Tushman. "The Role of Executive Team Actions in Shaping Dominant Designs: Towards Shaping Technological Progress." Strategic Management Journal 13, no. 1 (January 1992): 137–161.