Publications

May 1983
Article

Curative Factors in Group Psychotherapy: A Review of the Recent Literature

By: Timothy Butler and Adelaide Fuhriman

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Information; Groups and Teams

November 2003
Article

Fostering Group Identification and Creativity in Diverse Groups: The Role of Individuation and Self-verification.

By: William B. Swann Jr., Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Laurie P. Milton

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Creativity; Identity

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March 12, 2021
Article

Is Your C-Suite Equipped to Lead a Digital Transformation?

By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Cassandra Frangos and Boris Groysberg

The pandemic has rapidly accelerated many companies’ digital efforts, but do they have the right executives in place to lead this sort of transformation? To answer this question, the authors analyzed more than 100 search specifications for C-suite positions in Fortune... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Digital Transformation

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August 2011
Supplement

Better World Books Video

By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh

This video contains an interview with David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books. Topics discussed include: the opportunities and constraints offered by having a social mission, an update on the company, and the future of Better World Books. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Management Teams; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Publishing Industry

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

March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Coop, The: Market Research

By: Ruth Bolton and Youngme E. Moon

Daryl Buckmeister, CEO of The Chicken Coop, must decide whether to invest in market research, how much money to spend, and which programs to fund. His two vice presidents (of quality and marketing) have presented very different proposals. View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Cost; Research; Markets; Quality; Decisions; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

Article

Cultural Diversity at Work: The Moderating Effects of Work Group Perspectives on Diversity

By: R. J. Ely and D. A. Thomas

Keywords: Perspective; Groups and Teams; Jobs and Positions; Diversity

1998
Chapter

Virtual Teams: Using Communications Technology to Manage Geographically Dispersed Development Groups

By: Dorothy A. Leonard, P. A. Brands, Amy Edmondson and Justine Fenwick

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Communication Technology; Information Technology; Networks; Management; Technology Industry

06 Jun 2014
News

Get Over Your Fear of Conflict

Keywords: conflict resolution; communication strategy

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

2011
Case

How Fast and Flexible Do You Want Your Information, Really?

By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jim Snabe

Almost all executives want more and faster information, and almost all companies are racing to provide it. What many of them are overlooking is that the real aim should not be faster information but faster decision making, and those aren't the same things. Executives... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Information; Service Delivery; Decision Making; Crisis Management

March 2011
Supplement

BioPasteur: Instructions for the group discussion

By: Giovanni Gavetti and Francesca Gino

The purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias.... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Prejudice and Bias; Strategy

November 2008
Supplement

Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (B)

Keywords: Communication Technology; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States

February 2005 (Revised February 2005)
Case

SpudSpy

Students in a technology transfer class identify a promising application for a dormant university technology. In the process, they alienate the inventor, who threatens legal action. What exactly are the problems, and how should the professor teaching the class proceed? View Details

Keywords: Engineering; Legal Liability; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Groups and Teams; Technology

December 2003 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

On March 27, 2000, Jamie Dimon was hired as CEO to turn around Bank One. Describes the issues he faces, as he prepares to present an action plan to the board. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Management Teams; Governing and Advisory Boards; Planning; Banking Industry; United States

March 1991
Supplement

Zenith and High-Definition Television--1990, Video

By: Benjamin Gomes-Casseres and David B. Yoffie

Records a visit by Jerry Pearlman, Zenith CEO, to an MBA classroom. He is shown commenting on Zenith strategy and industrial policy issues and fielding student questions. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Business Strategy; Policy; Trade; Competition; Electronics Industry