Publications

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May 1990
Teaching Note

Xerox Corp.: Executive Support Systems, Teaching Note

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Management Teams; System; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry

March 2003 (Revised October 2007)
Teaching Note

Tele-Communications, Inc.: Accelerating Digital Deployment (TN)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Teaching Note for (9-899-141). View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Strategy; Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States

March 1986 (Revised October 1990)
Supplement

Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (B)

Describes the new divisional vice president's decisions and strategies in his first full year of management there. His influence style and tactics are demonstrated. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Management Teams

1990
Chapter

Application Work in Group Dynamics Instruction

By: D. A. Thomas

Keywords: Groups and Teams

March 1986 (Revised October 1990)
Supplement

Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (C)

Presents the results and impact of the new vice president's strategies in his first full year. Concludes with his reflections on the challenge he undertook. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Management Teams

01 Jun 2002
News

HBS Students Negotiate a Victory

as a team. “We trusted each other 100 percent,” Kapadia told the Harbus. “I was confident that Patrick would always say the right thing, and I think he felt that way as well.” In the end, the HBS team (representing airline management)... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2010
News

Hunting Red Balloons

first person or team to locate all ten balloons. Pledging to donate the prize to AIDS research, an HBS team of four students and two professors drew upon the School’s network, including alumni, for the... View Details

Keywords: contests; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

January 2016
Article

Blind Loyalty?: How Group Loyalty Makes Us See Evil or Engage in It

By: John Angus D. Hildreth, Francesca Gino and Max Bazerman

Loyalty often drives corruption. Corporate scandals, political machinations, and sports cheating highlight how loyalty's pernicious nature manifests in collusion, conspiracy, cronyism, nepotism, and other forms of cheating. Yet loyalty is also touted as an ethical... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Groups and Teams

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June 2005
Article

A Command System for All Agencies?

By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold Howitt

Keywords: System; Groups and Teams

July 1977 (Revised April 1995)
Background Note

Managing a Task Force

Describes several principles for improving the effectiveness of internal task forces. Suggests a number of guidelines for starting up a task force, conducting the first meeting, managing the group's activities, and completing the project. View Details

Keywords: Management; Groups and Teams

Educators

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

Keywords: Management; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry

July 1983 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Acton-Burnett, Inc. (A)

Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multi-departmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader raise issues concerning the selection of members for a task force, who does the selecting, the establishment of group... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Groups and Teams