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      • July 1994 (Revised July 1995)
      • Case

      VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A)

      By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Hossam Galal
      Describes VeriFone's new organizational model and its role in catapulting VeriFone to a market leadership position. Examines the impact of information technology and information access on the ability to leverage global resources, market responsiveness, and... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Leadership Development; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Structure; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L., Donna B. Stoddard, and Hossam Galal. "VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-088, July 1994. (Revised July 1995.)
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      Organization of Information and the Detection of Gender Discrimination

      By: C. Rutte, T. Diekmann, J. Polzer, F. Crosby and D. Messick
      Keywords: Information; Groups and Teams; Gender
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      Rutte, C., T. Diekmann, J. Polzer, F. Crosby, and D. Messick. "Organization of Information and the Detection of Gender Discrimination." Psychological Science 5, no. 4 (July 1994): 226–231.
      • June 1994 (Revised October 1999)
      • Background Note

      Beer Game, The: Board Version

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      The beer game is an exercise that demonstrates supply channel dynamics. Simulates the flow of material and information in a simplified channel of beer production and distribution, focusing on the linkages among a beer manufacturer, its distributors, a wholesaler, and a... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Information; Distribution Channels; Production; Supply Chain Management; Problems and Challenges
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Beer Game, The: Board Version." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-104, June 1994. (Revised October 1999.)
      • June 1994 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1988-1992)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Keri O. Pearlson and Randi Wade Purchia
      Continues the story of Mrs. Fields Cookies. Explores the new challenges the company faced managing its geographic growth and its expansion of products and markets through combination stores. Details the decision of Debbi and Randy Fields to delegate management... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Growth Management; Organizational Structure; Globalization; Information Management; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Keri O. Pearlson, and Randi Wade Purchia. "Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1988-1992)." Harvard Business School Case 194-065, June 1994. (Revised October 2001.)
      • 1994
      • Chapter

      The Virtual Organization: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control

      By: N. Nohria and J. D. Berkley
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Power and Influence
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      Nohria, N., and J. D. Berkley. "The Virtual Organization: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control." In The Post-Bureaucratic Organization: New Perspectives on Organizational Change, edited by Anne Donnellon and Charles C Heckscher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994.
      • May 1994 (Revised July 1995)
      • Case

      Taco Bell--1994

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Taco Bell CEO, John Martin, boldly proclaims a growth goal of 200,000 points of access by the year 2000 (the company had approximately 3,600 in 1991). To realize such growth, Martin embraces a philosophy of continual change. The implications for Taco Bell are dramatic... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Food; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Goals and Objectives; Change Management; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Taco Bell--1994." Harvard Business School Case 694-076, May 1994. (Revised July 1995.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the changes in structure, management systems, people, and processes instituted by the company. Provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature of "IT-enabled" organizational change and the process through which it is implemented. Also enables a... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)." Harvard Business School Case 194-109, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the actions taken by the new CEO to return the company to profitability, to clarify the vision, and then to build the infrastructure (human, capital, and information) needed to support the long-term change in strategy and organization. Ends with senior... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)." Harvard Business School Case 194-108, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
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      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition 1980-1986

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the environmental, organizational, and information technology context in the late 1970s that led to the development of the initial vision for change and the actions taken to implement that vision. The case ends with the abrupt departure of the CEO as profits... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Management Succession; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition 1980-1986." Harvard Business School Case 194-107, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1977 - 1987)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Keri O. Pearlson
      Describes a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage of MIS... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Organizations; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Keri O. Pearlson. "Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1977 - 1987)." Harvard Business School Case 194-064, April 1994. (Revised October 2001.)
      • March 1994
      • Case

      Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
      Traces the history of Intel from its earliest days as a technology-driven memory company to its emergence as an increasingly market-focused microprocessor company with emerging systems capabilities. The focus is on the strategic, organizational, and management... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Organizations; Information Technology Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal." Harvard Business School Case 394-141, March 1994.
      • 1994
      • Book

      Building the Information-Age Organization: Structure, Control, and Information Technologies

      By: J. I. Cash Jr., R. G. Eccles, N. Nohria and R. Nolan
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Information Technology
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      Cash, J. I., Jr., R. G. Eccles, N. Nohria, and R. Nolan. Building the Information-Age Organization: Structure, Control, and Information Technologies. 3rd ed. Irwin Case Book Series in Information Systems Management. Irwin, 1994.
      • January 1994
      • Case

      ABC Sales and Service Division: A Case Study of Personal and Organizational Transformation

      By: D. Quinn Mills, Brock W. Orwig, Janet M. Pumo, Todd C. Stilson and Richard C. Wei
      In the midst of dramatic changes in the information systems industry and declining profits at the ABC Co., the vice president in charge of the sales and service division, Jeff, and his managers attempt to transform their division. The transformation gets off to a good... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Motivation and Incentives; Resignation and Termination; Communication; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry
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      Mills, D. Quinn, Brock W. Orwig, Janet M. Pumo, Todd C. Stilson, and Richard C. Wei. "ABC Sales and Service Division: A Case Study of Personal and Organizational Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 494-075, January 1994.
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      Organization Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: An Empirical Test

      By: Michael Tushman and E. Romanelli
      Keywords: Organizations; Transformation; Information
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      Tushman, Michael, and E. Romanelli. "Organization Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: An Empirical Test." Academy of Management Journal 37, no. 5 (October 1994): 1141–1166.
      • December 1993 (Revised November 2009)
      • Case

      Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
      Manville Corp.'s senior managers must decide how to respond to a new scientific study suggesting that fiberglass, the source of 75% of the company's profits, may be another asbestos and must act under conditions of great uncertainty. In particular, when should a... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Health Disorders; Risk Management; Marketing Communications; Product; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Safety; Consumer Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah Gant. "Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-117, December 1993. (Revised November 2009.)
      • October 1993
      • Supplement

      United Way of America: Governance in the Nonprofit Sector (B), Kenneth W. Dam Becomes Interim President

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Analyzes the measures taken by the United Way of America (UWA) and its board of governors in response to the 1992 Washington Post reports that lead to the UWA scandal. View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Newspapers; Nonprofit Organizations; United States
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      Lorsch, Jay W. "United Way of America: Governance in the Nonprofit Sector (B), Kenneth W. Dam Becomes Interim President." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-033, October 1993.
      • June 1993 (Revised December 1995)
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (A)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Richard O. Mason and Melinda Conrad
      Provides an overview of the company's recent organizational changes followed by a discussion of the company's new sales promotion software, "Promotion Planner." The president of Frito-Lay's central division must decide how he should proceed with the rollout of this new... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Trends; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Communications; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Richard O. Mason, and Melinda Conrad. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-025, June 1993. (Revised December 1995.)
      • May 1993 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Connor Formed Metal Products

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Donna B. Stoddard and Melinda Conrad
      Connor Formed Metal Products was a small, privately owned manufacturer of custom metal springs and stampings. Since becoming president in 1984, Bob Sloss had implemented many changes to the company's organizational structure, management control systems, and information... View Details
      Keywords: Private Ownership; Organizational Structure; Production; Change; Governance Controls; Information Technology; Manufacturing Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Donna B. Stoddard, and Melinda Conrad. "Connor Formed Metal Products." Harvard Business School Case 193-003, May 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
      • Case

      General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
      Designed to generate discussion on the issues of outsourcing from the perspective of a firm thinking about turning over its IS activities to a third-party vendor. View Details
      Keywords: Management Systems; Management Style; Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business Strategy; Economic Systems; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Processes; Employment; Emerging Markets; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-144, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
      • April 1993 (Revised December 2001)
      • Case

      General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
      Designed to look at outsourcing from the perspective of a major computer services company trying to get into the business. View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Business Startups; Business Plan; Business Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Financial Management; Management Teams; Communication Strategy; Organizational Design; Product Design; Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)." Harvard Business School Case 193-145, April 1993. (Revised December 2001.)
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