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      • January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
      • Case

      General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
      General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology; Groups and Teams; Change; Communication; Information; Industrial Products Industry; Canada
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and James I. Cash Jr. "General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization." Harvard Business School Case 189-138, January 1989. (Revised March 1991.)
      • November 1988 (Revised July 1997)
      • Case

      Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor

      By: Linda A. Hill
      At a time of great changes in the corporate environment, Larry Yoshino, a design lab manager at Parsons Controls Corp., faces a delay in a costly defense project due to the inability of one of his subordinates to gain the cooperation of engineers at Parsons'... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Conflict Management; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Employees; Competitive Strategy; Projects
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      Hill, Linda A. "Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor." Harvard Business School Case 489-084, November 1988. (Revised July 1997.)
      • October 1988
      • Article

      Implementation as Mutual Adaptation of Technology and Organization

      By: D. A. Leonard
      Keywords: Technology
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      Leonard, D. A. "Implementation as Mutual Adaptation of Technology and Organization." Research Policy 17, no. 5 (October 1988).
      • August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
      • Case

      IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Investment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
      • 1988
      • Chapter

      Executive Leadership and Organization Evolution: Managing Incremental and Discontinuous Change

      By: M. Tushman
      Keywords: Management Teams; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Fluctuation
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      Tushman, M. "Executive Leadership and Organization Evolution: Managing Incremental and Discontinuous Change." In Corporate Transformation, edited by T. Covin and R. Kilman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988.
      • 1988
      • Chapter

      Executive Leadership and Organizational Outcomes: An Evolutionary Perspective

      By: M. Tushman
      Keywords: Management Teams; Leadership; Outcome or Result; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Tushman, M. "Executive Leadership and Organizational Outcomes: An Evolutionary Perspective." In The Executive Effect: Research in Executive Leadership, edited by D. Hambrick. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1988.
      • 1988
      • Chapter

      From Individual Creativity to Organizational Innovation

      By: T. M. Amabile
      Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Amabile, T. M. "From Individual Creativity to Organizational Innovation." In Innovation: A Cross-disciplinary Perspective, edited by K. Gronhaug and G. Kaufmann. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian University Press, 1988.
      • 1988
      • Chapter

      Managing Change in Innovative Organizations

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Kanter, R. M. "Managing Change in Innovative Organizations." In Productivity and Quality Through Science and Technology, edited by Y. K. Shetty and V. M. Buehler. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1988. (Reprinted in The Quest for Competitiveness, edited by Y.K. Shetty and V.M. Buehler. Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 1991.)
      • 2000
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      A Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

      By: T. M. Amabile
      Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Amabile, T. M. "A Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations." In Research in Organizational Behavior. Vol. 22, edited by B. Staw and R. Sutton. Elsevier Science, 2000.
      • 1988
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      Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurs in Bureaucratic Companies

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
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      Kanter, R. M. "Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurs in Bureaucratic Companies." In Handbook for Creative and Innovative Managers, edited by R. L. Kuhn. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
      • 2000
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      When a Thousand Flowers Bloom: Structural, Collective, and Social Conditions for Innovation in Organizations

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Innovation and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
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      Kanter, R. M. "When a Thousand Flowers Bloom: Structural, Collective, and Social Conditions for Innovation in Organizations." In Research in Organizational Behavior. Vol. 22, edited by B. Staw and R. Sutton. Elsevier Science, 2000. (Reprintings include: The Evolution and Adaptation of Organizations, edited by B. Staw and L.L. Cummings. Greenwich, Conn: JAI Press, 1990; Knowledge Management and Organizational Design, edited by P.S. Myers. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996, pp. 93-132; Entrepreneurship: The Social Science View, edited by R. Swedberg. Oxford University Press, 2000.)
      • January 1988 (Revised January 2007)
      • Background Note

      Leading Change

      By: Michael Beer
      Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the process of leading organizational change. Change leaders must create dissatisfaction with the status quo, develop a vision of the future state, and manage a process that sequences and orchestrates events and changes... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Leading Change
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      Beer, Michael. "Leading Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 488-037, January 1988. (Revised January 2007.)
      • November 1987 (Revised June 1988)
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      ServiceMaster Industries, Inc.

      By: James L. Heskett
      The CEO of ServiceMaster Industries has convened an internal task force to come up with ideas for reorganizing the company to accommodate unusually fast growth. In developing both alternatives and criteria for appraising them, the task force has to keep in mind the... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture
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      Heskett, James L. "ServiceMaster Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 388-064, November 1987. (Revised June 1988.)
      • October 1987 (Revised October 1989)
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      Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Discusses elements in organizing a large scale change effort: defining a shared vision, coalition building, management structure and process, communication and education, local participation and innovation, standards and measures, and symbols and signals. View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Communication; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Standards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-002, October 1987. (Revised October 1989.)
      • October 1987
      • Case

      Philips Group--1987, The

      By: Francis Aguilar and Michael Y. Yoshino
      Discusses how Philips, a major Dutch-based multinational company, attempts to bring about a fundamental change in its strategy, organization, and culture in response to a rapidly changing market and competitive environment. View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Markets; Change Management; Netherlands
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      Aguilar, Francis, and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Philips Group--1987, The." Harvard Business School Case 388-050, October 1987.
      • October 1987 (Revised March 1991)
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      Colgate-Palmolive (A): Company In Transition

      By: James L. Heskett
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transition; Consumer Products Industry
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      Heskett, James L. "Colgate-Palmolive (A): Company In Transition." Harvard Business School Case 388-060, October 1987. (Revised March 1991.)
      • April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
      • Case

      Tiberg Co.

      By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
      Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence
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      Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
      • 1987
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      Organization Change and Development

      By: Michael Beer and Anna Elise Walton
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      Beer, Michael, and Anna Elise Walton. "Organization Change and Development." In Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 38, edited by Mark R. Rosenzweig and Lyman W. Porter, 339–367. Annual Reviews, 1987.
      • November 1986 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their... View Details
      Keywords: Management Style; Race; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Gender; Management Teams; Change Management; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Relationships; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Hill, Linda A. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-042, November 1986. (Revised October 1995.)
      • April 1986 (Revised May 1988)
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      Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)

      By: Kim B. Clark
      Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Product Launch; Production; Business Processes; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry
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      Clark, Kim B. "Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 686-134, April 1986. (Revised May 1988.)
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