Publications

01 Dec 2018
News

Adapting to Meet Changing Needs

Anthony Mayo—members of the School’s Organizational Behavior Unit recognized for their excellence in the classroom—quickly realized they needed to reinvent the way they taught. “We had to rethink basic factors, such as what information is... View Details

2012
Chapter

Technological Innovation and Organizations

By: Pierre Azoulay and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation

Find at Harvard

February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Intuit, Inc.: Transforming an Entrepreneurial Company into a Collaborative Organization (A)

Describes how Intuit, Inc.'s CEO, Steve Bennett, changes the company from an entrepreneurial "siloed" organization into a collaborative one. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Entrepreneurship; Information Industry

08 Feb 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Managing Know-How

Keywords: by Deishin Lee & Eric Van den Steen

1994
Chapter

Firms and Their Environments

By: N. Nohria and R. Gulati

Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment

01 Mar 2004
News

Alumni Bookshelf

The Big Book of New Design Ideas edited by David E. Carter (OPM 26, 1998) (Harper Design International) In his 100th book, Carter, an expert on logo design and corporate... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

03 Jun 2015
What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

Summing Up When and Where Will Holacracy Work Best? Holacracy, or self-management, is an interesting concept and not entirely new. It can work, but only under the right conditions. And its applications will be limited. That's what one might conclude from reading... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

1988
Chapter

Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurs in Bureaucratic Companies

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

leader's willingness to make sure (through design and training) that each individual's positional assignments fit their conception of self and their aspirations. The leader's willingness to commit her own time and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

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

book excerpt Management Is Not Leadership From Chapter 4, Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World By John Kotter Listen to how most people talk in everyday conversation, and you'll find that they often use the words "management" and... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

In 2012, two seasoned scholars shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on designing markets. Lloyd Shapley had developed theoretical methods to create stable matches in unstable markets. Alvin Roth had... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

September 2013
Case

Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)

By: David A. Garvin

Abridged version of one of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Job Design and Levels; Business Processes; Consumer Products Industry; United States

August 2002
Case

Trilogy University

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Paley

In early 2001, Trilogy Software faced a slowdown in its business, a large number of unsuccessful customer deployments, and an overall weakening in the enterprise software market. In response, the company revamped its business model and restructured the organization.... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Alignment; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Change Management; Business Strategy; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Information Technology Industry

December 2010
Teaching Note

Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners (TN)

By: Julie M. Wulf

Teaching Note for 710-414. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Growth and Development; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Design; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry

June 1999
Case

PDQ Manufacturing, Inc.

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

A small manufacturer of car wash facilities has been unable to develop management systems because of rapid growth. Now size dictates the need for such systems because the current personal management style is proving inadequate. View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Personal Development and Career; Growth Management; Manufacturing Industry