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      • June 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Innovation in Action: Product Development Projects and Action-Based Learning, Instructor's Note

      By: Marco Iansiti
      As a project-based course, Managing Product Development has been carefully designed so that classroom discussion and students' project team activities infuse each other: learning from course materials enhances project activities, which in turn enrich subsequent... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Product Development; Projects; Groups and Teams
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Innovation in Action: Product Development Projects and Action-Based Learning, Instructor's Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-107, June 1997.
      • May 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Managing Product Development: Matching Technology with Context, Instructor's Note

      By: Marco Iansiti
      This overview to Managing Product Development (MPD) both previews course material, cases, exercises, and lectures--and provides its conceptual and academic underpinnings. Additionally, this note links these materials to the activities students will be undertaking in... View Details
      Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Product Development; Knowledge Management; Performance; Projects; Management Practices and Processes; Opportunities; Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Managing Product Development: Matching Technology with Context, Instructor's Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-103, May 1997.
      • May 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Product Development Process, Organization and Improvement, Instructor's Note

      By: Marco Iansiti
      Explores how development projects fit (or do not fit) within a firm's development strategy and its wider competitive goals. Module materials, and this note, focus on two broad approaches to process design (sequential and flexible) that were originally introduced in the... View Details
      Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Competition
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Product Development Process, Organization and Improvement, Instructor's Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-106, May 1997.
      • February 1997 (Revised July 2004)
      • Case

      Walden Woods

      By: William J. Poorvu and Arthur I Segel
      In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class suburban office building. BP proceeded to go through the permitting and approval process with the town and was... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Property; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts
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      Poorvu, William J., and Arthur I Segel. "Walden Woods." Harvard Business School Case 897-070, February 1997. (Revised July 2004.)
      • December 1996 (Revised June 1998)
      • Case

      Midnight Networks, Inc.

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
      Midnight Networks, Inc., is a small computer network validation company. This case describes how the five founders built their business from operations earnings and how they established "best practices" operational processes to run their firm successfully. Operational... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Operations; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Information Technology Industry; Massachusetts
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Midnight Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-019, December 1996. (Revised June 1998.)
      • December 1996 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      Colorscope, Inc.

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Joseph Cha
      A small company in the graphic arts business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Price; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Competition; Fine Arts Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Joseph Cha. "Colorscope, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 197-040, December 1996. (Revised February 1998.)
      • October 1996 (Revised December 1996)
      • Case

      United Electric Controls

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Jody H. Gittell and Sylvie Ryckebusch
      United Electric Controls (UE) was a small, traditional family-owned manufacturing company when Dave Reis, the youngest member of the Reis family, took over the business. This case describes Reis's efforts to change UE's traditional work practices in order to make the... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Family Business; Production; Business Strategy; Human Resources; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Decisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Jody H. Gittell, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "United Electric Controls." Harvard Business School Case 697-006, October 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
      • September 1996 (Revised March 2002)
      • Background Note

      Project Management Manual

      By: H. Kent Bowen
      A descriptive manual for how to manage the process of project management. Major sections are: 1) define and organize the project, 2) plan the project, and 3) track and manage the project. 12 processes are described in detail. View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Planning; Projects
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      Bowen, H. Kent. "Project Management Manual." Harvard Business School Background Note 697-034, September 1996. (Revised March 2002.)
      • September 1996 (Revised September 1999)
      • Case

      Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turnaround. He transforms the strongly centralized, functionally-organized division into 17 independent business units and 14 internal service companies. The... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 197-025, September 1996. (Revised September 1999.)
      • 1996
      • Book

      The Development Factory: Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation

      By: G. P. Pisano
      Keywords: Business Processes; Innovation and Management
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      Pisano, G. P. The Development Factory: Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
      • July 1996 (Revised December 2001)
      • Case

      Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process

      By: Robert L. Simons, Antonio Davila and Afroze A Mohammed
      Describes management's attempts to design and install a sophisticated planning and control system in an international company as it changes its strategy. Issues of strategy implementation, accountability, and performance measurement are at the core of the analysis, as... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; System; Performance Evaluation
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      Simons, Robert L., Antonio Davila, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process." Harvard Business School Case 197-014, July 1996. (Revised December 2001.)
      • June 1996 (Revised January 2000)
      • Case

      McKinsey & Co.: Managing Knowledge and Learning

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes the development of McKinsey & Co. as a worldwide management consulting firm from 1926 to 1996. In particular, it focuses on the way in which McKinsey has developed structures, systems, processes, and practices to help it develop, transfer, and disseminate... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Competitive Advantage; Global Range; Knowledge Dissemination; Business Processes; Consulting Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "McKinsey & Co.: Managing Knowledge and Learning." Harvard Business School Case 396-357, June 1996. (Revised January 2000.)
      • June 1996 (Revised March 1998)
      • Case

      Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
      Focuses on the measurement and management of organizational knowledge as a strategic asset, and on the deployment of information technology, organizational structure, and processes in leveraging that asset. View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alliances; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally." Harvard Business School Case 396-412, June 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
      • 1996
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      When to Learn How and When to Learn Why: Appropriate Organizational Learning Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage

      By: A. Edmondson and B. Moingeon
      Keywords: Learning; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
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      Edmondson, A., and B. Moingeon. "When to Learn How and When to Learn Why: Appropriate Organizational Learning Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage." In Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage, by B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson. London: Sage Publications, 1996.
      • May 1996 (Revised May 1997)
      • Case

      Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In less than 20 years, the real estate firm Colliers International expanded into a federation of 180 offices with close to 4,500 professionals in over 30 countries. Because Colliers expanded by signing up existing firms strong in their local markets, its leaders had to... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Real Estate Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization." Harvard Business School Case 396-080, May 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
      • March 1996 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Mary Connor
      Founder and CEO Bill Warner is faced with critical decisions regarding the product lines, target markets, and technology platforms that his start-up, Wildfire Communications, Inc., will pursue. In addition to the question of strategic focus across these lines of... View Details
      Keywords: Technology; Resource Allocation; Organizational Culture; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Communications Industry; Technology Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Mary Connor. "Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-305, March 1996. (Revised August 2000.)
      • February 1996
      • Background Note

      Managing for Creativity

      By: Teresa M. Amabile
      Organizational stimulants and obstacles to creativity are summarized. The management tasks of supporting creativity and encouraging innovation are described as a delicate balance between over-control and chaos. A technology used to assess the climate for creativity is... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
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      Amabile, Teresa M. "Managing for Creativity." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-271, February 1996.
      • February 1996 (Revised August 1998)
      • Exercise

      Process Flow Design Exercise (C)

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Provides detailed instructions for auditors to help them prepare for the factory demonstration day. Each audit position is described and a time line outlining responsibilities for the four phases of the simulation is provided. View Details
      Keywords: Business Processes
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Process Flow Design Exercise (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 696-085, February 1996. (Revised August 1998.)
      • February 1996
      • Case

      TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management

      By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
      Looks at a change effort initiated by a human resources manager within a division of TRW. The effort utilizes a change process to try to deal with some of the division's issues around organizational effectiveness, especially that of a long-term strategy. In so doing,... View Details
      Keywords: Human Resources; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Managerial Roles; Strategy; Problems and Challenges
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      Beer, Michael, and Gregory C. Rogers. "TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management." Harvard Business School Case 496-003, February 1996.
      • January 1996
      • Case

      Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing... View Details
      Keywords: Learning; Technological Innovation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-083, January 1996.
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