Publications

October 2005
Article

Strategic Management as Organizational Learning: Developing Fit and Alignment through a Disciplined Process

By: Michael Beer, Sven C. Voelpel, Marius Leibold and Eden B. Tekie

Keywords: Strategy; Management; Learning; Education

September 2005 (Revised March 2009)
Background Note

Developing an Effective Living Group

By: Michael Beer, John J. Gabarro and Michael L. Tushman

Discusses the importance of living room groups (eight participants who share a living room) in Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program developing into effective learning groups. The diversity of the groups is a strength, but only a conscious and concerted... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Groups and Teams; Competency and Skills; Learning; Diversity; Growth and Development

2005
Chapter

The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats

By: A. Edmondson, Erika Ferlins, Laura Feldman and Richard Bohmer

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities

July 2005
Class Lecture

Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Michael Roberto

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation

June 2005 (Revised June 2006)
Case

Ducati Corse: The Making of a Grand Prix Motorcycle

By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano

Examines the product development strategy and processes of the Ducati motorcycle racing team during the 2003-2004 Grand Prix seasons. Invites discussion of appropriate design and development strategies to facilitate learning across product generations. Specifically,... View Details

Keywords: Design; Business Strategy; Product Marketing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Motorcycle Industry; Italy

June 2005
Tutorial

Prematriculation Financial Accounting Tutorial/Module

By: David F. Hawkins, Paul M. Healy and Ratna G. Sarkar

The Financial Accounting course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of financial accounting in a management context. The course describes the business activities for Global Grocer, a small retail franchise specializing in gourmet foods and specialty kitchen... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Performance; Financial Statements

June 2005
Article

Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail (Intelligently): How Great Organizations Put Failure to Work to Innovate and Improve

By: M. D. Cannon and A. C. Edmondson

Keywords: Failure; Learning; Organizations; Labor; Innovation and Invention; Performance Improvement

2005
Chapter

Learning from Women Who Make It Work: A Call for Dynamic Flexibility

By: Spela Trefalt and Leslie Perlow

Keywords: Gender

March 2005
Supplement

Ninth House: e-Learning Software (B)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Learning; Software; Education Industry; Information Technology Industry

01 Feb 2005
Conference Presentation

What the Titans Can Teach Us: Lessons from the Giants of Enterprise

By: R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Teaching; Learning; Business History

2005
Working Paper

Getting More Out of Analogical Training in Negotiations: Learning Core Principles for Creating Value

By: Simone Moran, Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Max H. Bazerman

2005
Article

Group Learning: A Multi-Level Model Integrating Interpersonal Congruence, Transactive Memory and Feedback Processes

By: Manuel London, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Heather Omoregie

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Learning; Integration; Relationships; Agreements and Arrangements

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2005
Conference Presentation

Learning from Samples of Millions or More: Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Inferential Learning

By: Ranjay Gulati

2005
Class Lecture

Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto and Richard M.J. Bohmer

Keywords: Learning; Risk and Uncertainty; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams

2005
Working Paper

Team Learning Trade-Offs: When Improving One Critical Dimension of Performance Inhibits Another

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Ann B. Winslow, Amy C. Edmondson and Gary P. Pisano

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January 2005
Article

The University and the Start-Up: Lessons from the Past Two Decades

By: Josh Lerner

Keywords: Higher Education; Learning

December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Managing a Public Image: Kevin Knight

By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas

Kevin Knight recounts an uncomfortable situation he faced as an African-American student at Harvard Business School. Concerned with maintaining an image as a calm and rational person, he is appalled when he finds himself in a heated classroom exchange in defense of an... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Ethnicity; Identity; Competency and Skills; Business Education

December 2004
Article

Learning from Failure in Health Care: Frequent Opportunities, Pervasive Barriers.

By: A. C. Edmondson

Keywords: Learning; Failure; Health; Opportunities

October 2004 (Revised November 2004)
Case

Mavens & Moguls: Creating a New Business Model

By: Myra M. Hart, Victoria Winston and Kristin Lieb

Mavens & Moguls is a "virtual" marketing-consulting firm of approximately 40 professionals. Examines the processes by which its founder, Paige Arnof-Fenn, learns the business, builds a power network of industry experts and potential customers, and uses this expertise... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Operations; Networks; Business Model; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry