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Omar Olivarez
but how we live. “AI is dynamic technology that adapts to different situations,” he explains. “But what are the repercussions of AI on aspects of work like job satisfaction or worker autonomy?” One of the challenges of researching... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
available to nonprofits, such as greater transparency and disclosure, performance assessment, industry self-regulation, and adaptive learning. But leaders must adapt any such mechanisms to suit their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog
adapting to new and changing circumstances. Course Content a. Formalizing management systems to support growth . You will learn about why, when, and how ventures start to formalize management systems—for example, developing operating... View Details
- 2022
- Article
Sea Level Rise and Pacific Small Island Developing States: Implications and Pathways
By: Srimayi Tenali
Sea level rise poses severe consequences for the economic stability, habitability, and existence of Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Recent legal developments have offered conflicting interpretations of the 1982 'UN Law of the Sea Convention', but under... View Details
Tenali, Srimayi. "Sea Level Rise and Pacific Small Island Developing States: Implications and Pathways." Environment and Planning Law Journal 38, no. 5 (2022): 468–481.
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
- December 2010
- Teaching Note
Organization and Strategy at Millennium (TN) (A) & (B)
By: Julie M. Wulf
Teaching Note for 710-415 and 710-418. View Details
- April 2000 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents two situations: 1) two graduating MBAs from Harvard Business School compare and contrast their strategies for getting off to a good start in consulting, and 2) a junior consultant has to deal with difficult feedback in his very first performance review. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Planning; Practice; Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Adaptation; Consulting Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career." Harvard Business School Case 800-373, April 2000. (Revised March 2015.)
- January 1988
- Supplement
Philips/Interview with Cor J. Van Der Klugt, President and Professors Aguilar and Yoshino, Video
By: Francis Aguilar
Cor Van Der Klugt answers questions concerning his experience over 1 1/2 years as president in attempting to change Philips organization and culture in accordance with its newly focused strategy and his outlook for the future. View Details
Aguilar, Francis. "Philips/Interview with Cor J. Van Der Klugt, President and Professors Aguilar and Yoshino, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 888-512, January 1988.
- November 1991 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
AT&T: The Dallas Works (B)
Describes the innovative use of a cross-level team as a tool for driving change at a troubled AT&T plant. After the team is disbanded, the case raises questions about the group's achievements, and about how well the organization is positioned to tackle the changes that... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Groups and Teams; Telecommunications Industry; Texas
Jick, Todd D. "AT&T: The Dallas Works (B)." Harvard Business School Case 492-024, November 1991. (Revised June 1992.)
- 27 Jun 2023
- News
The Science Of Failing Well, According To Amy Edmondson
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
kinwun Summing Up: What are the Earmarks of a “New Economy?” Responses to this month’s column rightly focused on the need for measures and standards before deciding whether we are entering an era of social and economic change as significant as, say, the “industrial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
Taking a risk by breaking with standard operating procedure can make your company more innovative. Credit: maxsattana In addition to creating a new company that is disrupting the status quo, many founders are also challenging the old norms of how businesses operate in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- January 2025
- Article
Communication Within Firms: Evidence from CEO Turnovers
By: Stephen Michael Impink, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
This paper uses novel, firm-level communication measures derived from communications metadata several months before and after a CEO transition for 102 firms to study whether and how this organizational event is reflected in employees’ communication flows. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Information; Communication; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alignment
Impink, Stephen Michael, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun. "Communication Within Firms: Evidence from CEO Turnovers." Management Science 71, no. 1 (January 2025): 470–487.
- December 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Polaroid Entering Digital Imaging
Focuses on Polaroid's attempt to respond to the changes to its competitive environment that are entailed by the rise of digital imaging. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Mary Tripsas, Elizabeth Johnson, and John Lafkas. "Polaroid Entering Digital Imaging." Harvard Business School Case 706-459, December 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
- July 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Background Note
Principles of Family Business System Change
By: John A. Davis
Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. View Details
Davis, John A. "Principles of Family Business System Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-011, July 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- January 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Irene Charnley at Johnnic Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
When she becomes chairperson of a large telecommunications board, Irene Charnley must transform the mostly white-led company to be more representative of South Africa's demographics. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Demographics; Communication Technology; Telecommunications Industry; South Africa
Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. "Irene Charnley at Johnnic Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-059, January 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- 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
Hansen, Morten T., and Christina Darwall. "Intuit, Inc.: Transforming an Entrepreneurial Company into a Collaborative Organization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-064, February 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- 11 Aug 2006 - 15 Aug 2006
- Conference Presentation
A Match Made in Heaven? Joining Leadership Competencies to the Process of Organizational Change
By: Julie Battilana, M.J. Gilmartin, A.-C. Pache, M. Sengul and J. Alexander
Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change; Management Practices and Processes
Battilana, Julie, M.J. Gilmartin, A.-C. Pache, M. Sengul, and J. Alexander. "A Match Made in Heaven? Joining Leadership Competencies to the Process of Organizational Change." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 11–15, 2006. (ODC Division, Atlanta, USA.)
- July 1986 (Revised September 1989)
- Case
Sedalia Revisited
The Sedalia Engine Plant was one of the first models of socio-technical work designs. This case is an update of the activities in the plant over its eleven-year history. The main problem facing the third plant manager is a change in world competition and a need to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Change Management; Manufacturing Industry
Klein, Janice A. "Sedalia Revisited." Harvard Business School Case 687-004, July 1986. (Revised September 1989.)
- October 1997
- Case
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Elaine V. Backman
Outlines the process of strategy reinvention adopted by Planned Parenthood. It lays out the new strategic proposals, and the reactions of the various constituencies to those proposals. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Core Relationships; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Health Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Elaine V. Backman. "Planned Parenthood Federation of America (B)." Harvard Business School Case 598-002, October 1997.