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- 27 May 2021
- News
Stop Sabotaging Your Workforce
- July 1997 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Chattanooga Ice Cream Division,The
By: Carl S. Sloane
Senior functional officers (marketing, manufacturing, research & development, control, and human resources) clash over alternative ideas for turning around a business in decline. The general manager is faced not only with choosing between competing ideas, but also... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Managerial Roles; Conflict Management; Decisions; Performance
Sloane, Carl S. "Chattanooga Ice Cream Division,The." Harvard Business School Case 498-001, July 1997. (Revised October 2003.)
- Book Review
Book Review of Theory and Research on Small Groups edited by R. Scott Tindale et al.
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Edmondson, Amy C. "Book Review of Theory and Research on Small Groups edited by R. Scott Tindale et al." Administrative Science Quarterly 45, no. 3 (September 2000).
- September–October 2016
- Article
What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Business is more complex, data more abundant, and more specialists are needed to stay up-to-date with functional best practices. As a senior executive, you can worry all you want about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. "What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales." European Business Review (September–October 2016): 10–13.
- November 16, 2011
- Article
Group Therapy for Executives
By: Bill George
George, Bill. "Group Therapy for Executives." Fortune (November 16, 2011).
- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
HansaBank AG
The top management of a prestigious German bank is trying to understand why it has failed to develop the next generation of management. View Details
Barnes, Louis B. "HansaBank AG." Harvard Business School Case 898-009, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- August 1979 (Revised November 1996)
- Background Note
Framework for Analyzing Work Groups
Presents a model for understanding the behavior and evolution of primary, stable work groups over time. Model describes contextual factors, design factors and emergent culture as determinants of group behavior and performance. In addition, describes emergent behavior,... View Details
McCaskey, Michael B. "Framework for Analyzing Work Groups." Harvard Business School Background Note 480-009, August 1979. (Revised November 1996.)
- October 1985 (Revised November 1986)
- Supplement
CompuServe (D)
By: James L. Heskett
Describes events and raises issues subsequent to Charlie McCall's acceptance of the job as CEO at CompuServe. View Details
Heskett, James L. "CompuServe (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 386-097, October 1985. (Revised November 1986.)
- 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
- 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
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Acton-Burnett, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 484-005, July 1983. (Revised March 1992.)
- May 25, 2024
- Article
How to Prevent Silos from Becoming an Enemy of Collaboration
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "How to Prevent Silos from Becoming an Enemy of Collaboration." Inc.com (May 25, 2024).
- Article
Is This the Right C-Suite Role?
By: Anne Donnellon, Joshua D. Margolis and Amy Gallo
A Harvard Business School Case Study is presented which asks "Is This the Right C-Suite Role?" Experts Rakefet Russak Aminoach, managing partner at venture capital firm TeamB, and Nadia Rawlinson, chief people officer at Slack and a board director at Vail Resorts and... View Details
Keywords: Executives; Women Executives; Office Politics; Management Teams; Personal Development and Career
Donnellon, Anne, Joshua D. Margolis, and Amy Gallo. "Is This the Right C-Suite Role?" Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 148–152.
- 1 Aug 2010
- Conference Presentation
Giving and Seeking Help in Creative Teams: A Field Study at a Design Firm
By: Colin M. Fisher, Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer
- July 1989 (Revised August 1993)
- Supplement
Kanthal (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes actions taken by senior management of Kanthal after seeing the results of the newly installed account management system. Designed as a class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier case by the same author. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-003, July 1989. (Revised August 1993.)
- July 2002 (Revised April 2004)
- Supplement
GE's Digital Revolution
Presents interviews with Gerry Podesta, VP of GE Plastics Component of General Electric Co., and Gary Reiner, senior VP and CIO of General Electric Co. A revised version of an earlier video. View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Strategy; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "GE's Digital Revolution." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-801, July 2002. (Revised April 2004.)
- April 2000 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Coca-Cola Company, The (B): Douglas Daft's First Quarter
By: Michael D. Watkins, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Describes Douglas Daft's first quarter as chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Co. Highlights actions taken to resolve issues that arose under M. Douglas Ivester's 26-month term. View Details
Watkins, Michael D., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Coca-Cola Company, The (B): Douglas Daft's First Quarter." Harvard Business School Case 800-368, April 2000. (Revised October 2005.)
- Article
Organization of Information and the Detection of Gender Discrimination
By: C. Rutte, T. Diekmann, J. Polzer, F. Crosby and D. Messick
Rutte, C., T. Diekmann, J. Polzer, F. Crosby, and D. Messick. "Organization of Information and the Detection of Gender Discrimination." Psychological Science 5, no. 4 (July 1994): 226–231.
- March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
NIKE Inc. in the 1990s (B): Strategy and Management Changes, 1993-1994
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes Nike's performance to 1994 and describes challenges facing the new president and COO, Thomas Clarke. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "NIKE Inc. in the 1990s (B): Strategy and Management Changes, 1993-1994." Harvard Business School Case 595-103, March 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
- January 2005
- Article
Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World
By: Tarun Khanna and Yishay Yafeh
Khanna, Tarun, and Yishay Yafeh. "Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World." Journal of Business 78, no. 1 (January 2005): 301–340.