Publications

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

as well as internal and external customers, the top team listens intently, saying nothing except for questions of clarification. What kind of meeting is this? Actually, it's not a meeting at all. Rather, it's part of a regimen to improve... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

November 2001
Case

IBM Network Technology (B)

By: Michael L. Tushman

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Teams; Leadership Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Growth Management; Information Technology Industry

October 2000 (Revised January 2001)
Case

Polycom, Inc.: Visualizing Culture

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Polycom is a rapidly growing maker of video conferencing and teleconferencing equipment. Management is attempting to use "natural work groups" as an organizing mechanism, and to build into the culture implicit rules that will cause desired behaviors to be... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry

September 1984 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Nestle S.A.: International Marketing (A)

By: John A. Quelch

A senior manager at Nestle's headquarters is reviewing the role of the central marketing staff with respect to Nestle's operating companies around the world. Two specific examples of the role of the central staff in guiding the advertising and packaging decisions of... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Marketing; Operations; Advertising; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Switzerland

02 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

"as part of a small team building a new company ... the time we spend together (as opposed to the day per week that she and her colleagues telecommute) ... is the most valuable." Jack Downey makes the case for the doubters:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2003
News

Business Plan Contest

’03), who is now CEO of FBC, and faculty advisor HBS associate professor Stefan H. Thomke. Photos by Catherine Walsh/HBS Communications Now in its seventh year, the HBS Business Plan Contest is designed to promote entrepreneurship among... View Details

Keywords: contests; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

learned" manual to apply to the 757 and 767 models. Allegheny Ludlum, meanwhile, continuously experiments with its steel products, interpreting and applying the results, while allowing work teams freedom from departmental budget... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

that a single figure or a small team at the top of the hierarchy can provide all the leadership that is needed. A superman or -woman-even one supervising an exceptional group of managers, who in turn supervise highly talented individual... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

November 2003 (Revised July 2006)
Case

STAR 2003

By: Thomas R. Piper

A shift in strategy from broadcasting standardized programs throughout its footprint to localized programming necessitates a review of STAR's organizational structure. Growing complexity and a need for local responsiveness point toward adoption of a country-based... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Organizational Structure; Management Teams; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Design; Complexity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Service Industry