Publications

July 1997
Case

Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)

Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group to address the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry; United States

July 1997
Supplement

Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (C)

Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed as an in-class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry; United States

January 1997
Background Note

Conducting a Performance Appraisal Interview

Discusses typical problems experienced by managers in conducting performance appraisal interviews. The underlying causes of these problems are analyzed and ideas are presented that might help managers overcome these problems. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges

October 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mollie H. Carter

Boston Beer Co. revolutionized the beer industry by identifying and responding to a new consumer segment. Using the excess capacity in the brewing industry to establish contract brewing arrangements and an extremely capable sales force, the company opened the... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Product Marketing; Product Development; Production; Quality; Salesforce Management; Segmentation; Food and Beverage Industry

August 1996
Supplement

Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change

By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino

Remarks by William (Bill) Barnard, partner-in-charge for Strategic Services in the subregion of Western Europe, in a conversation he had with Professors Ashish Nanda and Michael Yoshino of the Harvard Business School on November 1, 1995. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Consulting Industry; Europe

August 1996
Teaching Note

Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (A)&(B) TN

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Teaching Note for (9-495-051) and (9-495-052). View Details

August 1996
Teaching Note

TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management TN

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Teaching Note for (9-496-003). View Details

1996
Working Paper

The Silent Killers: Overcoming the Hidden Barriers to Organizational Fitness

By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat

1996
Working Paper

The Transformation of the Human Resource Function: Resolving the Tension Between a Traditional Administrative and a New Strategic Role

1996
Chapter

American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change

By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat

March 1996
Case

New Product Development at Canon: The Contact Sensor Project

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Partington

Canon is one of the leading innovators in the world. This case describes the processes by which Canon manages the flow of ideas from basic science to new products, and how it harnesses product innovation to a strategy of diversification. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Strategic Planning; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Diversification; Success; Consumer Products Industry