Publications

October 1984
Background Note

Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Problems and Challenges; Balance and Stability

October 1984 (Revised July 1988)
Case

Mark Twain Bancshares, Inc.

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Describes the history, management, and organization of an extremely successful bank holding company. The company has had a very charismatic chairman, has made MBAs bank presidents at very early ages, and has a long record of innovation. Now deregulation and a coming... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Financial Services Industry

Educators

Purchase

October 1984 (Revised July 1990)
Case

Southern Packaging (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

October 1984
Supplement

Southern Packaging (B)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

October 1984
Background Note

Allocating Resources

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Resource Allocation

1984
Book

The Change Masters

Keywords: Change

1984
Book

The Middle Manager as Innovator

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Management

1984
Chapter

Variations in Managerial Career Structures in High Technology Firms: The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on Internal Labor Market Patterns

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Technology Industry

October 1984
Background Note

Developing and Communicating Strategy Goals

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

September 1984
Background Note

Balancing General Management Responsibilities

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes

1 Sep 1984
Conference Presentation

Ensuring Minority Achievement in Corporations: The Importance of Structural Theory and Structural Change

Keywords: Diversity; Success; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation

August 1984 (Revised March 1989)
Background Note

Direct, Personal Leadership

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Argues that to be effective leaders, general managers must focus on substance, not process, and aggressively combat the forces that can lead to the politicization of the organization. Examines the leader's direct role in setting and communicating goals, managing the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes