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- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A1)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original (A) case to give students an opportunity to suggest objectives and measures for the division's initial BSC, without...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Measurement and Metrics;
Restructuring;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Marketing Strategy;
Motivation and Incentives;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 197-120, June 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Vermeer Technologies (D): Making Transitions
By: Ashish Nanda
Microsoft has acquired Vermeer, and Vermeer executives are both excited and concerned as they prepare to move to Redmond. Even though the acquisition has been financially rewarding, the Vermeer engineers worry how well they will adapt to their new home. Meanwhile,...
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Keywords:
Horizontal Integration;
Value Creation;
Applications and Software;
Acquisition;
Product Development;
Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Georgia Levenson. "Vermeer Technologies (D): Making Transitions." Harvard Business School Case 397-082, May 1997. (Revised July 1997.)
- March 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc.
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Dean Whitney
Rubbermaid, a consumer-products company widely praised for its innovation, has instituted a company-wide experiment to stimulate innovation even further. The experiment consists of creating small cross-functional business teams within each division, with each team...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Innovation Strategy;
Groups and Teams;
Innovation and Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Amabile, Teresa M., and Dean Whitney. "Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 897-165, March 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
- January 1997 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Inc. and CoreStates Financial Corp.
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
A consulting firm specializing in diversity and organizational change assists an 18,000-employee bank with a massive culture change effort.
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- October 1996 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Mobil US Marketing & Refining has shifted from a centralized staff-driven organization to decentralized business-units. Staff functions now must negotiate service agreements with a buyer's committee consisting of representatives from the profit-center business units....
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Management Teams;
Human Resources;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Customers;
Situation or Environment;
Business Units;
Energy Industry;
Mining Industry;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 197-028, October 1996. (Revised April 1998.)
- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the adaptation of the private equity model to corporate and nonprofit settings.
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-043, October 1996. (Revised April 2011.)
- October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)
By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt
The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Resignation and Termination;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Rank and Position;
Social Enterprise;
Health Industry
Austin, James E., and Catherine Overholt. "Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)." Harvard Business School Case 797-041, October 1996. (Revised May 2001.)
- October 1996 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
United Electric Controls
By: H. Kent Bowen, Jody H. Gittell and Sylvie Ryckebusch
United Electric Controls (UE) was a small, traditional family-owned manufacturing company when Dave Reis, the youngest member of the Reis family, took over the business. This case describes Reis's efforts to change UE's traditional work practices in order to make the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Family Business;
Production;
Business Strategy;
Human Resources;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Decisions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology;
Electronics Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Bowen, H. Kent, Jody H. Gittell, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "United Electric Controls." Harvard Business School Case 697-006, October 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
- September 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
GO Corporation
By: Josh Lerner, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad and Paul C. Yang
GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must work with its venture financers, Kleiner Perkins, to redesign its financing, alliance, and product development...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Digital Platforms;
Competition;
Private Equity;
Adaptation;
Crisis Management;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry
Lerner, Josh, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad, and Paul C. Yang. "GO Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-021, September 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- September 1996 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
GLSTN 1996
By: James E. Austin, Willis M. Emmons III and David Maue
The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network (GLSTN), which aims to create respect for all within schools regardless of sexual orientation, faces significant challenges stemming from its rapid growth into a 30-chapter national organization. Issues include...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
Networks;
Policy;
Change Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Leadership Development;
Growth Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Education Industry
Austin, James E., Willis M. Emmons III, and David Maue. "GLSTN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 797-038, September 1996. (Revised November 1999.)
- September 1996 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turnaround. He transforms the strongly centralized, functionally-organized division into 17 independent business units and 14 internal service companies. The...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Measurement and Metrics;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Design;
Balanced Scorecard;
Corporate Strategy;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 197-025, September 1996. (Revised September 1999.)
- August 1996
- Supplement
Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change
By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino
Remarks by William (Bill) Barnard, partner-in-charge for Strategic Services in the subregion of Western Europe, in a conversation he had with Professors Ashish Nanda and Michael Yoshino of the Harvard Business School on November 1, 1995.
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Nanda, Ashish, and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 397-501, August 1996.
- August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)
By: Linda A. Hill and Jaan Elias
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...
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Race;
Organizational Culture;
Success;
Leadership Style;
Gender;
Management Teams;
Change Management;
Situation or Environment;
Creativity;
Relationships;
Music Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Jaan Elias. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 497-015, August 1996. (Revised October 1996.)
- July 1996 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process
By: Robert L. Simons, Antonio Davila and Afroze A Mohammed
Describes management's attempts to design and install a sophisticated planning and control system in an international company as it changes its strategy. Issues of strategy implementation, accountability, and performance measurement are at the core of the analysis, as...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Governance Controls;
System;
Performance Evaluation
Simons, Robert L., Antonio Davila, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process." Harvard Business School Case 197-014, July 1996. (Revised December 2001.)
- July 1996
- Background Note
The GM's Organizational Challenge: Embedding and Leveraging Capability
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Describes how general managers can build organizational capability in their firms.
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Keywords:
Management Skills;
Managerial Roles;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth and Development Strategy
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "The GM's Organizational Challenge: Embedding and Leveraging Capability." Harvard Business School Background Note 397-011, July 1996.
- June 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Supplement
Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Ashish Nanda
Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEA: Reorganization for Revitalization.
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Yoshino, Michael Y., and Ashish Nanda. "Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-375, June 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- 1996
- Chapter
Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementationand Reformulation: A Preliminary Test
By: Russell Eisenstat and M. Beer
Eisenstat, Russell, and M. Beer. "Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementationand Reformulation: A Preliminary Test." In Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage, by B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson. London: Sage Publications, 1996.
- 1996
- Book
Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage
By: B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson
Moingeon, B., and A. Edmondson. Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage. London: SAGE Publications, 1996.
- 1996
- Chapter
When to Learn How and When to Learn Why: Appropriate Organizational Learning Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage
By: A. Edmondson and B. Moingeon
Keywords:
Learning;
Competitive Advantage;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design
Edmondson, A., and B. Moingeon. "When to Learn How and When to Learn Why: Appropriate Organizational Learning Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage." In Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage, by B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson. London: Sage Publications, 1996.