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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
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with a host of outside institutions to ensure that patients receive the necessary follow-up treatment. HBS assistant professor Jody Hoffer Gittell and her coauthor, Leigh M. Weiss, a doctoral student at Harvard University, are examining View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39907 Does 'What We Do' Make Us 'Who We Are'? Organizational Design and Identity Change at the Federal Bureau of Investigation By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategic Plan | Information Technology
enable the HBS community to make a difference in teaching, learning, research, administration, and engagement. 2. Design Sustainable Technology Architecture We ensure that the right approach is applied for selecting or developing... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Managing Family Wealth: A FIELD Immersion - Course Catalog
exclusively to CNBC, polled 146 family offices between November 2024 and March 2025.” – Inside Wealth, CNBC Course Overview Family Offices are the fastest growing organizational form in financial markets. Managing Family Wealth is a field... View Details
- January 2002
- Exercise
Socrates, Inc.
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Socrates, Inc., a provider of e-learning tools and technologies to educational institutions and, potentially, corporations, must decide which of several opportunities to pursue next and which priorities to focus on in terms of better structuring the firm's processes... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Opportunities; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Design; Education Industry; Information Technology Industry
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Socrates, Inc." Harvard Business School Exercise 602-115, January 2002.
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
your CEO make more than the GDP of most industrialized nations? You may work less hard as a result, suggests research by Ethan Rouen. Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job's Fault A poorly designed job can work against the efforts of even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
individuals clearly poses an extraordinary challenge. We refer to it as “leadership without control.” Explain the concept of alignment. Lorsch: Alignment refers to the ongoing process of designing View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be taken into account in designing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
Williams Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown As a sociologist and legal scholar, Williams investigates the effectiveness of various legal, policy, and organizational interventions designed to reduce bias... View Details
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency, or the contradiction between actors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis
The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Information Management; Governance Controls; Organizational Design; Crisis Management; Communication; Management Teams; Growth Management; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Applegate, Lynda M. "Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 189-006, July 1987. (Revised October 1995.)
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Impact & Testimonials | Information Technology
Impact & Testimonials 2,000+ online sessions and counting Originally launched in 2015, HBS Live Online Classrooms were moved onto campus in 2020 and completely updated to reflect the latest developments in program design and delivery... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
the forces affecting attitudes and behaviors in each generation and analyzes the implications of organizational and technological changes for their future. Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probability and Statistics on... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
without funding the enforcement of existing laws is pointless.” Greg chose to explore the affect of networks on organization design and function. He challenged us with a comment that networks are a threat to hierarchies and by extension... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology
a difference in the world. The Solution The HBS IT Communications team led a small team of cross-functional IT colleagues in creating a structure for the new public website that would include all the information the community needed with some added flare and View Details
- December 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Dan Gordon
Describes Dan Gordon's first month on the job as Chief Operating Officer of Club Sports International (CSI), a chain of 7 health and fitness clubs. Describes the company's strategy and organization. The company needs Dan to tighten up its operations and create a base... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governance Controls; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Health Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Dan Gordon." Harvard Business School Case 393-087, December 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis Authors:Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak, and Carliss Baldwin Abstract A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Psychological Safety: The History, Renaissance, and Future of an Interpersonal Construct By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Zhike Lei Abstract—Psychological... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
innovations by single user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2013
- Working Paper
Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing
By: Kristina McElheran
Recent contributions to a growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decision Choices and Conditions; Operations; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Power and Influence; Adaptation; Cooperation
McElheran, Kristina. "Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-101, April 2011. (Revised April 2012, July 2012, January 2013.)