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- November 1985
- Case
Four-Way Organization (B)
Lax, David A. "Four-Way Organization (B)." Harvard Business School Case 186-145, November 1985.
- Research Summary
Sustaining innovation in mature organizations
A theoretical investigation of how mature organizations can prevent exploitation (refinement of existing capabilities) from driving out exploration (development of new capabilities). We propose that perturbations create opportunity for organizations to learn. To... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
Figure 1. Senior management is the organizing mechanism and voice of the employees. The family council and family assembly are the organizing mechanisms and voice of the family. The board of directors is the... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
Imagine an organization made up of a variety of three-dimensional shapes. Rectangular blocks represent the functions: manufacturing, R&D, and sales and marketing. The spheres are regional offices. Pyramids represent product groups—one... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 1995
- Book
Reengineering the Organization
By: R. L. Nolan, D. B. Stoddard, T. H. Davenport and S. Jarvenpaa
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
- Research Summary
Divergent change in organizations
By: Julie Battilana
The first stream of research in Professor Battilana’s work aims to identify the conditions that enable individual actors to initiate divergent change within organizations as well as the conditions enabling successful implementation of such change. It combines... View Details
- 1996
- Chapter
Cognitions in Organizations
By: A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. L. Galvin, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
- 1999
- Chapter
Cognitions in Organizations
By: A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. L. Galvin, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
Building Your Scaled Digital Organization
- July–August 1993
- Article
Building a Learning Organization
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Building a Learning Organization." Harvard Business Review 71, no. 4 (July–August 1993): 78–91.
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
and Nohria examine how an organization built around the four-drive theory might look. The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world's need of work. With it, life is heaven, or as near heaven... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- November 1985
- Case
Four-Way Organization (A)
Lax, David A. "Four-Way Organization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-142, November 1985.
- January 1975
- Background Note
Union Organization Technique
Kuechle, David. "Union Organization Technique." Harvard Business School Background Note 675-117, January 1975.
- 23 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Global Environment-Transformed Organization
According to two panel sessions, successful organizations must continually transform themselves in today's dynamic world. Panelists said globalization has played or will play a key role in the transformations of their organizations,... View Details
- 2011
- Book
Communities and Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis, Michael Lounsbury and Royston Greenwood
Marquis, Christopher, Michael Lounsbury, and Royston Greenwood, eds. Communities and Organizations. Vol. 33, Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing, 2011.
- September 1987
- Background Note
Organizing Effort: Aligning Organization and Other Elements of Strategy
By: James L. Heskett
Heskett, James L. "Organizing Effort: Aligning Organization and Other Elements of Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-034, September 1987.