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Traditional leadership development programs often fail to achieve the desired results because they don't focus on learning linked to the company's business strategy and the real day-to-day challenges facing managers. The experience of Sweden-based industrial... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Programs; Learning; Failure; Business Strategy; Organizations; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Design; Sweden

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January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Case

Comcast New England: A Journey of Organizational Transformation

By: Michael Beer and Anita Arun

This case describes how Kevin Casey, Comcast's New England Region general manager, transformed a low commitment and performance organization. When he took charge of this Comcast region he inherited an organization that was bureaucratic, had low customer satisfaction,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Interpersonal Communication; Customer Satisfaction; Employee Relationship Management; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Improvement; Telecommunications Industry; New England

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June 1999
Supplement

ASDA: Allan Leighton with the Advanced Managment Program, May 31,1997

By: Michael Beer and James Weber

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May 2000 (Revised December 2018)
Case

SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (A)

By: Michael Beer and Michael Tushman

The Micro-Electronic Products Division of SMA has financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy

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June 1998 (Revised January 2000)
Teaching Note

Asda (A), (A1), (B) & (C) TN

By: Michael Beer and James Weber

Teaching Note for (9-498-005), (9-498-006), (9-498-007), and (9-498-008). View Details

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2003
Article

Do Incentives Work? The Perception of A Worldwide Sample of Senior Executives

By: Michael Beer and Nancy Katz

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Management; Perception

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01 Dec 2013
News

Double Vision

change your attitude about the brand. RESULTS: Just like the product focus ads, these reap immediate online sales but drive fewer people to the websites in general. And while you can't buy beer online—even the Internet has its limits—the... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

06 Oct 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

kind of disposition, I never thought I could end up in the sales organization of a beer company after college. While many of my classmates used their pre-application years to craft their resumes, I felt empowered to take a big risk... View Details