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- November 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams
By: David A. Garvin and Elizabeth Collins
Key topics include team design, team management, job design, employee empowerment, implementing change, and high performance workforces. In 2004, John Amasi, the director of production for a manufacturer of plastic pipe, introduced the concept of self-directed teams... View Details
Keywords: Work Force Management; Employee Empowerment; Motivation; Motivation and Incentives; Leading Change; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Texas
Garvin, David A., and Elizabeth Collins. "RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams." Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-063, November 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- May 1994 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Taco Bell--1994
Taco Bell CEO, John Martin, boldly proclaims a growth goal of 200,000 points of access by the year 2000 (the company had approximately 3,600 in 1991). To realize such growth, Martin embraces a philosophy of continual change. The implications for Taco Bell are dramatic... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Food; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Goals and Objectives; Change Management; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Taco Bell--1994." Harvard Business School Case 694-076, May 1994. (Revised July 1995.)
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
more so when your uncle, mother, or daughter is your business partner. Harvard Business School's John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra outline 5 ways to analyze and improve... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
The panel was moderated by John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School whose work ponders how public/private partnerships can fuel urban development for the better. As a business person, he... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
a path to the future.” Lassiter, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, has spent several years studying the intersection between entrepreneurial finance and environmental concerns. He... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
Union will be far-reaching. John A. Quelch shares his thoughts on the ramifications of Brexit. Skills and Behaviors That Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research by Lynda... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
vantage point, not in sight here. I don’t see it. And I’m most troubled by that. Push and pull marketing to build public support John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
recognition system was essentially dismantled in 1956 with a consent decree signed by the trade associations involved in administering the system. But nothing much changed. As Silk, Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, and James C. View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
Summing Up What's the Future of the Authority Figure In Leadership? Leadership involves the effective management of tensions characteristic of all organizations. Are such tensions exacerbated by today's need for increasing speed and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Harvard Business School experts how the pandemic might change business practices. Here’s what they had to say. 7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus Leaders managing their organizations through crisis show seven distinctive capabilities, says... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
world for the better over the next two years, and will prepare us for the inevitable pandemics that follow. William A. Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
what extent does the job make the person rather than vice-versa? Can it be predicted? If so, what does this mean for management recruiting and development in the future? What do you think? References: Joshua M. Ackerman, Christopher C. Nocera, and View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
benefits are at most partially realized. The same institutions and practices that facilitate efficient ad placement can also facilitate fraud. The networks that should be serving advertisers have decidedly mixed incentives, such as cost savings from cutting corners,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
The more thoughtful of them provide a primer on applying the concept. Deborah Nixon's comment echoed several others when she said the idea has been around a long time in other forms, by other names. "The larger an organization... View Details
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
Summing Up When Is It In An Employer's Self-Interest to Voluntarily Raise All Wages? A laissez-faire approach to fixing labor market inequality has widespread appeal, judging by responses to this month's column. For some it is an ideal,... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
leaders on work, "it is extremely naive to expect that stereotypical ideas about what women in general are like will have any meaning for the behavior of women in senior management positions. Women who arrive in such positions will be very atypical ." The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the answers in ways that are right for you. By asking these questions, you can craft new strategies for staying on top of your game. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by HBS professors Jim Heskett and W. Earl Sasser and coauthor Joe Wheeler. Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan Published: October 6, 2008 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
Among the most popular elective courses at Harvard Business School is Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE). Developed by Professor Clayton M. Christensen, the course teaches future leaders how to use well-researched... View Details