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2022
Working Paper

Developing a Sustainable High Commitment, High Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading: An Actionable Systems Theory of Change and Development

This paper presents a theory for developing an adaptive high commitment, high performance system of organizing, managing, and leading. It is a synthesis of my 50 years of action and field research presented in my books and articles. It operationalized and makes... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes

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April 1992
Case

Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (B)

By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue

Keywords: Journals and Magazines; Product Development; Publishing Industry

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Webinars: Career

Stand Out: How to Develop your Breakthrough Idea

Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll succeed. But that's simply not true anymore. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, ideas matterand it's become essential for both companies and individuals to innovate. In this... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice

100-plus health care centers to develop value-based accounting to help lower costs of health care delivery. The ability of faculty members to study these and other business issues that are both relevant and resonate with their... View Details

August 1999
Teaching Note

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Development Strategy, The (TN)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for (9-599-104). View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Operations; Investment Funds; Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Financing and Loans; Programs; Value; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry

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01 Oct 1999
News

New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

solutions. In order to help students prepare, we have developed an innovative prematriculation program, most of which is online. Our Prematriculation and Academic Services teams have developed a first-rate... View Details

March 2011
Teaching Note

TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing (TN)

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein

Teaching Note for 610032. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software; Product Development; Competition; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Perspective; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry

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March 2000
Exercise

Developing Products on Internet Time: A Process Design Exercise

By: Stefan H. Thomke

This team exercise allows students to experience some of the dynamics of developing products in the fast-paced Internet environment and was inspired by the browser war between Netscape and Microsoft. Designed to be taught in a single class session, the exercise... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Design; Decisions; Management Practices and Processes; Integration; Organizations; Competition

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22 Aug 2018
Book

Developing a Strategy for the Digital World

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurial Management: Customer Discovery and Business Development

By: Frank V. Cespedes

This research focuses on: (a) market research methods and tactics suitable to startups seeking their initial customers and validation of their initial business model; (b) guidelines for conducting visits with potential customers as part of the startup ptrocess; and (c)... View Details