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Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization
This is a descriptive study of the structure of communications in a modern organization. We analyze a dataset with millions of electronic mail messages, calendar meetings and teleconferences for many thousands of employees of a single, multidivisional firm during a... View Details
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Creating Customer-Centric Cultures: Lessons from High-Performance Organizations
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Creating Customer-Centric Cultures: Lessons from High-Performance Organizations." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 107XC.)
- Web
Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online
learning and development needs. We offer volume based discounts and special pricing for nonprofit organizations and universities. Contact us to learn more. Develop Your Workforce Through our Flexible, Online Courses. We offer online... View Details
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Operations Research in the Public Sector and Nonprofit Organizations
By: Zilla Sinuany-Stern and H. David Sherman
Public sector and nonprofit organizations (NPO) have been growing substantially in number and size since the turn of the millennium. In light of the ongoing economic crises these sectors are expected to grow even more with expanded demands for services, increased need... View Details
Sinuany-Stern, Zilla, and H. David Sherman. "Operations Research in the Public Sector and Nonprofit Organizations." Annals of Operations Research 221 (October 2014): 1–8.
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Exploration and Exploitation within and across Organizations
By: Dovev Lavie, Uriel Stettner and Michael Tushman
Jim March's framework of exploration and exploitation has drawn substantial interest from scholars studying phenomena such as organizational learning, knowledge management, innovation, organizational design, and strategic alliances. This framework has become an... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Framework; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Management; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Alliances; Behavior
Lavie, Dovev, Uriel Stettner, and Michael Tushman. "Exploration and Exploitation within and across Organizations." Academy of Management Annals 4 (2010): 109–155.
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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and... View Details
- October 2020
- Article
Patronage and Selection in Public Sector Organizations
By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Mounu Prem and Edoardo Teso
In all modern bureaucracies, politicians retain some discretion in public employment decisions, which may lead to frictions in the selection process if political connections substitute for individual competence. Relying on detailed matched employer-employee data on the... View Details
Colonnelli, Emanuele, Mounu Prem, and Edoardo Teso. "Patronage and Selection in Public Sector Organizations." American Economic Review 110, no. 10 (October 2020): 3071–3099.
- 1980
- Chapter
A Social Systems Model for Organization Development
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "A Social Systems Model for Organization Development." In Systems Theory for Organization Development, edited by Thomas G. Cummings. John Wiley & Sons, 1980.
- 1999
- Book
Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships in Multicultural Organizations
By: A. J. Murrell, F. J. Crosby and R. J. Ely
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Murrell, A. J., F. J. Crosby, and R. J. Ely. Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships in Multicultural Organizations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
- April 2011
- Module Note
Information and Control Systems for Customer-Centric Organizations
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis. "Information and Control Systems for Customer-Centric Organizations." Harvard Business School Module Note 111-104, April 2011.
- 2022
- Chapter
Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations
By: Frank V. Cespedes
This chapter focuses on the topic of coordinating marketing and sales in Business-to-Business (B2B) organizations. It provides an historical overview, indicating that this is not a new issue facing firms, that the business press has outlined a recurring set of... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. "Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations." In Handbook of Business-to-Business Marketing, edited by Gary L. Lilien and Rajdeep Grewal. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.
- August 1988 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard (A): Organizing New Product Sales Channels--1986
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Joseph G. Finegold
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Joseph G. Finegold. "Hewlett-Packard (A): Organizing New Product Sales Channels--1986." Harvard Business School Case 589-019, August 1988. (Revised January 1992.)
- May 1984 (Revised August 1995)
- Teaching Note
Organized Labor and the Worker, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-391-256). View Details
Keywords: Labor Unions
- 14 Jul 2014
- News
Act Like an Entrepreneur Inside Your Organization
- 17 Sep 2020
- News
How Innovation Training Can Transform Your Organization
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Unlocking Growth & Resilience in Your Organization
Managers of companies in every industry and geography are focused on business model innovation as a way to respond to competitive threats and create new growth opportunities. Despite all of that effort and attention, the failure rate for corporate transformations is... View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- News
Why Organizations Need to Make Learning Hard
- September 2013
- Case
Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)
By: David A. Garvin
Abridged version of one of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Job Design and Levels; Business Processes; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Garvin, David A. "Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 314-004, September 2013.
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Democratizing Work: Redistributing Power in Organizations for a Democratic and Sustainable Future
By: Julie Battilana, Julie Yen, Isabelle Ferreras and Lakshmi Ramarajan
Environmental destruction and social inequalities are increasingly urgent challenges. How can corporations, which have played a key role in creating and reproducing these problems, be part of the solution? In this paper, we advance that a shift to more democratic forms... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Citizenship; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSP; CSR; Domination; Industrial Relations; Power; Resistance; Work; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance; Power and Influence; Environmental Management; Social Issues
Battilana, Julie, Julie Yen, Isabelle Ferreras, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Democratizing Work: Redistributing Power in Organizations for a Democratic and Sustainable Future." Organization Theory 3, no. 1 (January–March 2022).