Publications

01 Oct 2010
News

'Delay and pray' won't work for commercial real estate

July 1999 (Revised February 2001)
Background Note

Organization Design of Owner-Managed Companies, The

By: John A. Davis

Provides a concise overview of the key considerations and components of an organization's design. Examines how an organization's design must fit with both owners' goals and the organization's key success factors. Identifies several key aspects of an organization's... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design

Educators

1998
Working Paper

Paradigms and Pitfalls: Constructions of How Demography Affects Work

By: Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas

August 2006
Teaching Note

County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response (TN)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe

Teaching Note to 806089. View Details

1992
Working Paper

Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementation and Reformulation: A Preliminary Test

By: M. Beer, R. A. Eisenstat and R. Biggadike

Article

How to (Inadvertently) Sabotage Your Organization

By: Stefan Thomke

Some of the biggest threats to organizational performance can and do come from within. In an age when companies are told to be agile, to learn from experiments, and to be entrepreneurial, we are still vulnerable to actions — deliberate or unintentional — that stem from... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices; Effective Managers; Self-awareness; CIA,; Organizational Behavior; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Behavior; Performance

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Article

Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard E. Walton

This article presents the findings regarding the nature of the difficulties surrounding the supervisory role in participative work systems, a conceptualization of the supervisor/work group interface, and some action implications for the management of organizations.... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Innovation and Invention

Article

Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies between Formal and Informal Organization

By: Ranjay Gulati and P. Puranam

Keywords: Value; Organizations

2011
Working Paper

Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization

By: Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart and Michael L. Tushman

Homophily in social relations is widely documented. We know that homophily results from both individual preferences and uneven opportunities for interaction, but how these two mechanisms interact in formal organizations is not well understood. We argue that... View Details

Keywords: Interactive Communication; Analytics and Data Science; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Behavior; Internet and the Web; Theory; Information Technology Industry

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November 2011
Article

Social Strategies That Work

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Although most companies have collected lots of friends and followers on social platforms such as Facebook, few have succeeded in generating profits there. That's because they merely port their digital strategies into social environments by broadcasting their commercial... View Details

Keywords: Social Platforms; Social Strategies; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customers; Relationships; Business Strategy; Profit

2013
Working Paper

We're Halfway There? Transitions and Creativity in Work Teams

By: Sujin Jang, Colin M. Fisher and J. Richard Hackman

13 Apr 2016
News

How To Work With Your Significant Other And Succeed

May 2025 (Revised May 2025)
Case

Daiichi Sankyo: Steering a Global Organization

By: Tiona Zuzul, Amy C. Edmondson and Cat Huang

In the spring of 2023, Sunao Manabe, CEO of Daiichi Sankyo, reflected on a pivotal decision. A large Western pharmaceutical company had made a bid to partner with Daiichi Sankyo to develop the next three products in its oncology pipeline. Daiichi Sankyo, a 125-year old... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Culture Change; Decision-making; Leadership; Culture; Innovation; Psychological Safety

Educators

01 Jul 2016
News

Working in Tension

Article

Developing a Digital Mindset: How to Lead Your Organization into the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI

By: Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi

Learning new technological skills is essential for digital transformation. But it is not enough. Employees must be motivated to use their skills to create new opportunities. They need a digital mindset: a set of attitudes and behaviors that enable people and... View Details

Keywords: Machine Learning; AI; Information Technology; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Employees; Technology Adoption; Leading Change; Digital Transformation

27 Mar 2020
News

Work in the time of coronavirus, and after that

Article

Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn

Keywords: Behavior; Research and Development; Organizations; Health

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March 2023
Supplement

GitLab and the Future of All-Remote Work Video Supplement

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury