Publications

July 1995 (Revised April 1999)
Case

Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling

By: Michael Beer and Pamela J. Maus

This case presents an assessment of the strategic human resource management (SHRM) profiling process implemented at Becton Dickinson. It explores the questions the assessment raised about the viability of the process and what aspects might be changed if the process is... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Human Resources; Management Practices and Processes; Strategic Planning; Health Industry

April 2010
Course Overview Note

Managing Human Capital

By: Boris Groysberg

Managing Human Capital, a second-year elective course at Harvard Business School, seeks to create business leaders who understand human resources practices essential to firm performance and who think strategically about managing their own careers. This Managing Human... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Management; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career

01 Jan 1983
Conference Presentation

Frontiers for Strategic Human Resource Planning and Management

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Planning; Management; Human Resources; Strategy

June 1991 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Becton Dickinson (C): Human Resource Function

By: Michael Beer

The new vice president of Human Resources (HR) for Becton Dickinson must develop a strategy to reconceptualize the HR function as mandated by the CEO who has introduced formal strategic planning procedures in the organization. The teaching objective is to understand... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry

1995
Chapter

Strategic Change: A New Dimension of Human Resource Management

By: R. A. Eisenstat, M. Beer and R. Biggadike

Keywords: Human Resources; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation

Article

Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations

By: P. Rosenzweig and N. Nohria

Keywords: Management; Practice; Global Range

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April 1980 (Revised July 1982)
Case

Honeywell: Human Resource Planning (B)

By: Wickham Skinner

Keywords: Human Resources; Management; Planning

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April 1995 (Revised November 1995)
Supplement

Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (B)

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Designed as an in-class handout as a source of further discussion of the issues. View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Computer Industry

April 1980 (Revised July 1982)
Case

Honeywell: Human Resource Planning (A)

By: Wickham Skinner

Keywords: Human Resources; Planning; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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November 1990 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function

Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Describes in detail the HR function. The function is considering a reorganization at the end of the case, in response to criticism from non-HR employees and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Business Strategy; Computer Industry; United States

November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
Supplement

Apple Computer (C1): Reorganizing the Human Resource Function

Provides a follow-up to the (C) case. A new organization chosen for the human resource (HR) function is described. Students must compare the design chosen by Apple's HR managers with the one they chose. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Human Resources; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry

1982
Working Paper

Report on the First Year Human Resource Management Course

By: Michael Beer

June 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Verizon Communications, Inc.: Implementing a Human Resources Balanced Scorecard

By: Srikant M. Datar, Marc J. Epstein and Jeremy Cott

In early 2000, Verizon Communications implemented a Human Resources Balanced Scorecard to evaluate the effectiveness of and payoffs from human resource management. This case describes the benefits of the scorecard and the challenges of measurement and implementation.... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Human Resources; Telecommunications Industry

2020
Article

Humanizing Management and Innovation

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

This article is an excerpt from The Wise Company book that Ikujiro Nonaka and I published in October 2019 from Oxford University Press. It is a sequel to The Knowledge-Creating Company book we published 25 years ago. As our thinking evolved from information to... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Practice; Phronesis; Practical Wisdom; Ba; Continuous Innovation; Fusion Of Analog And Digital; Management As A Way Of Life; Management Style; Emotions; Innovation and Management

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2008
Article

Linking Crisis Management and Leadership Competencies: The Role of Human Resources Development

The problem and the solution. Most executives are aware of the negative consequences associated with an organizational crisis and focus on communications and public relations as a reactive strategy. However, many neglect the other leadership responsibilities... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Human Resources; Experience and Expertise

August 1996
Teaching Note

TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management TN

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Teaching Note for (9-496-003). View Details