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      • October 1987 (Revised March 1991)
      • Case

      Colgate-Palmolive (A): Company In Transition

      By: James L. Heskett
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transition; Consumer Products Industry
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      Heskett, James L. "Colgate-Palmolive (A): Company In Transition." Harvard Business School Case 388-060, October 1987. (Revised March 1991.)
      • April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
      • Case

      Tiberg Co.

      By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
      Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence
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      Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
      • November 1986 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their... View Details
      Keywords: Management Style; Race; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Gender; Management Teams; Change Management; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Relationships; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Hill, Linda A. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-042, November 1986. (Revised October 1995.)
      • 1986
      • Book

      Organization: Text, Cases, and Readings on the Management of Organizational Design and Change

      By: J. P. Kotter, L. A. Schlesinger and V. Sathe
      Keywords: Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cases
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      Kotter, J. P., L. A. Schlesinger, and V. Sathe. Organization: Text, Cases, and Readings on the Management of Organizational Design and Change. 2nd ed. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1986.
      • 1 Aug 1985
      • Conference Presentation

      The Architecture of Organizational Change: Linking Micro to Macro in the Change Process

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Kanter, R. M. "The Architecture of Organizational Change: Linking Micro to Macro in the Change Process." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 01, 1985.
      • June 1985 (Revised April 1989)
      • Case

      Benetton (B)

      By: James L. Heskett
      The managing director of Benetton is faced with several issues concerning the adequacy of the company's organization to capitalize on the early success it has achieved in an important foreign market, the United States. Specifically, the case raises questions about... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Transition; Growth and Development Strategy; Success; Business Headquarters; Business Subsidiaries; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Growth and Maturation; United States; Italy
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      Heskett, James L. "Benetton (B)." Harvard Business School Case 685-020, June 1985. (Revised April 1989.)
      • May 1985 (Revised March 1993)
      • Case

      General Electric Co.--1984

      By: Francis Aguilar and Richard G. Hamermesh
      Describes the first four years of Jack Welch's tenure as CEO of the General Electric Co. Deals with the ways Welch has tried to change GE's strategy and planning activities and his attempts to make the company more entrepreneurial. View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Management Style; Change Management; Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric Co.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 385-315, May 1985. (Revised March 1993.)
      • 1 Sep 1984
      • Conference Presentation

      Ensuring Minority Achievement in Corporations: The Importance of Structural Theory and Structural Change

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Diversity; Success; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Kanter, R. M. "Ensuring Minority Achievement in Corporations: The Importance of Structural Theory and Structural Change." Paper presented at the Rutgers Conference on Minorities in Business, September 01, 1984. (Reprinted in Ensuring Minority Success in Corporate Management, edited by N. DiTomaso. N.Y.: Plenum, 1987.)
      • 1984
      • Chapter

      Managing Transitions in Organizational Culture: The Case of Participative Management at Honeywell

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Transition
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      Kanter, R. M. "Managing Transitions in Organizational Culture: The Case of Participative Management at Honeywell." In New Futures: The Challenge of Managing Corporate Transitions, edited by J. Kimberly and R. Quinn. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1984.
      • August 1983 (Revised December 1987)
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      Hewlett-Packard: Challenging the Entrepreneurial Culture

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Hewlett-Packard: Challenging the Entrepreneurial Culture." Harvard Business School Case 384-035, August 1983. (Revised December 1987.)
      • June 1983
      • Background Note

      Note on the Paper Machinery Industry

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes the major structural changes taking place in the paper industry in the 1970s: major oil and pulp price increases, pollution legislation, a shift in industry development from OECD countries to LDCs and NICs and the technological revolution in paper making.... View Details
      Keywords: Engineering; Price; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Industry Structures; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pollutants; Competition; Pulp and Paper Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Note on the Paper Machinery Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-185, June 1983.
      • November 1982
      • Case

      Conversion Training at New England Telephone (A)

      By: D. Quinn Mills and E. Mary Lou Balbaky
      Keywords: Training; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Telecommunications Industry; New England
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      Mills, D. Quinn, and E. Mary Lou Balbaky. "Conversion Training at New England Telephone (A)." Harvard Business School Case 383-099, November 1982.
      • November 1982
      • Case

      Conversion Training at New England Telephone (B)

      By: D. Quinn Mills and E. Mary Lou Balbaky
      Keywords: Training; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Telecommunications Industry; New England
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      Mills, D. Quinn, and E. Mary Lou Balbaky. "Conversion Training at New England Telephone (B)." Harvard Business School Case 383-100, November 1982.
      • 1982
      • Chapter

      Industrial Organization and the Evolution of Concepts for Strategic Planning: The New Learning

      By: M. E. Porter
      Keywords: Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Porter, M. E. "Industrial Organization and the Evolution of Concepts for Strategic Planning: The New Learning." In Corporate Strategy: The Integration of Corporation Planning Models and Economics, edited by T. H. Taylor. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1982.
      • 01 Dec 1981
      • Conference Presentation

      Social Indicators of the Changing Relationship of Individuals and Organizations

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Relationships; Social Psychology
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      Kanter, R. M. "Social Indicators of the Changing Relationship of Individuals and Organizations." Paper presented at the Social Science Research Council Conference on Social Indicators, December 01, 1981.
      • June 1981 (Revised February 1983)
      • Case

      West Point: The Cheating Incident (A)

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Presents a review of published data on the 1976 cheating scandal at West Point. Written from the perspective of the Academy Superintendent, it raises issues of ethics, organizational change and action planning in the face of conflicting stakeholder interests. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Higher Education; Ethics; Government Administration; Conflict and Resolution; Planning; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A. "West Point: The Cheating Incident (A)." Harvard Business School Case 481-117, June 1981. (Revised February 1983.)
      • 1981
      • Chapter

      Multinational Structural Change: Evolution versus Reorganization

      By: C. A. Bartlett
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure
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      Bartlett, C. A. "Multinational Structural Change: Evolution versus Reorganization." In The Management of Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships in Multinational Corporations, edited by Lars Otterbeck. London: Gower, 1981. (Also in The Internationalization of the Firm, edited by P. Buckley and P.G. Meer, Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 1991; and in The History of Management Thought, edited by P. Buckley, Ashgate, 2002.)
      • August 1980
      • Supplement

      Renn Zaphiropoulos, A Day with, Video

      By: John P. Kotter
      Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing segment of Xerox's business environment. To be contrasted with the videotape, Day with Fred Henderson (9-881-502) and the case, Fred Henderson (9-480-043). View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Management Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Kotter, John P. "Renn Zaphiropoulos, A Day with, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 881-501, August 1980.
      • March–April 1979
      • Article

      Choosing Strategies for Change

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and John P. Kotter
      "From the frying pan into the fire," "let sleeping dogs lie," and "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" are all well-known sayings born of the fear of change. When people are threatened with change in organizations, similar maxims about certain people and departments... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Change Management
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and John P. Kotter. "Choosing Strategies for Change." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 2 (March–April 1979).
      • 1978
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      Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Equality and Inequality; Public Sector; Service Operations; Gender
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      Kanter, R. M. "Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems." In The United Nations and Decision-Making: The Role of Women. Vol. 2, edited by D. Nicol and M. Croke. New York: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1978.
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