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Harvard Business School Cases — Human Resources Management
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   Sonoco Products Co. (A): Building a World-Class HR Organization
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Thomas, David A.; Reavis, Cate; Thomas, David A.
Publication Date: 10/12/2004 Revision Date: 09/22/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 405009
Geographic Setting: South Carolina Number of Employees: 17,000 Gross Revenue: $2.6 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 2000
Subjects: Succession planning; Performance measurement; Organizational development; Human resources management; Compensation; Packaging; Organizational change; Implementing strategy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (405010), 6p, by Boris Groysberg, Cate Reavis, David A. Thomas, Cate Reavis, David A. Thomas; Case Teaching Note, (407058), 16p, by Boris Groysberg, David Lane, David A. Thomas, David Lane, David A. Thomas; Supplement, (407063), 8p, by Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas, David Lane
Product Description: Describes the steps the vice-president of human resources takes in revamping an HR function that was noncooperative and, at times, competitive and introducing the company to the notion of HR as a strategic business partner. Explores changes made to the company's compensation, performance management, and succession planning processes. Teaching Purpose: To allow students to think strategically about reorganizing the human resources department to support business strategy and serve as a business partner.
   Appex Corp.
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Author(s): Nohria, Nitin ; Gladstone, Julie
Publication Date: 02/14/1991 Revision Date: 02/10/1992
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 491082
Geographic Setting: Massachusetts Number of Employees: 172
Event Year Start: 1991 Event Year End: 1991
Subjects: Control systems; Computers; Entrepreneurial management; Organizational structure; Organizational design; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (492039), 13p, by Nitin Nohria
Product Description: 1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through several structural changes. At first, there was essentially no structure and no control systems. The atmosphere at Appex eventually became chaotic. As the new CEO, Shikhar Ghosh realized that Appex needed some structure and bureaucracy. Once control was established, he reasoned, he could begin to break down the structure. Much of the structural change he implemented had advantages and disadvantages in terms of company culture and productivity. In 1991, Appex was acquired by EDS. Appex's challenge now was to work out its own structure in the context of its role as a division of a large, bureaucratic organization.
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael ; Stein, Ellen
Publication Date: 11/17/1981
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482035
Geographic Setting: Georgia
Event Year Start: 1978 Event Year End: 1978
Subjects: Succession planning; Management development; Middle management; Human resources management; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (482036), 2p, by Ellen Stein; Supplement, (482037), 2p, by Ellen Stein; Case Teaching Note, (485010), 12p, by Bert A. Spector; Case Teaching Note, (485085), 5p, by James J. Dowd
Product Description: Provides background on the assessment center used by AT&T to assess managerial potential for upper middle management. Contains assessment reports for two candidates. Raises questions about manpower training and development. Students may be asked which of the candidates has managerial potential and why, and what specific development plans can be suggested.
   Dan Stewart (A)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482087
Geographic Setting: United States Gross Revenue: $4 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1970 Event Year End: 1980
Subjects: Superior & subordinate; Managing up; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (482088), 3p, by Mark Rhodes; Supplement, (482089), 2p, by Mark Rhodes; Supplement, (482090), 1p, by Mark Rhodes
Product Description: A subordinate who Dan Stewart has recently placed on warning for unsatisfactory performance is suddenly appointed Dan's boss. Involves such issues as the management of disappointment, understanding organizational irrationality, lateral transfer within the same company, and dealing with organizational politics.
   Dan Stewart (B)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482088
Subjects: Superior & subordinate; Managing up; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes how Dan manages the situation.
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (C)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael ; Stein, Ellen
Publication Date: 11/17/1981
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482037
Subjects: Succession planning; Management development; Middle management; Human resources management; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (485010), 12p, by Bert A. Spector; Case Teaching Note, (485085), 5p, by James J. Dowd
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (B)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael ; Stein, Ellen
Publication Date: 11/17/1981
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482036
Subjects: Succession planning; Management development; Middle management; Human resources management; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (485010), 12p, by Bert A. Spector; Case Teaching Note, (485085), 5p, by James J. Dowd
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   Dan Stewart (C)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482089
Subjects: Superior & subordinate; Managing up; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Dan is given an assignment as general manager of a small division with some difficulties but exciting possibilities. How should he manage the situation?
   First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy
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Author(s): Friedman, Raymond A.; Friedman, Raymond A.; Kamprath, Nancy
Publication Date: 11/27/1990 Revision Date: 09/27/1991
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 491056
Subjects: Human resources management; Corporate strategy; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (492028), 8p, by Raymond A. Friedman
Product Description: Lays out the business challenges facing First Chicago Corp. in 1986: the banking industry has been deregulated, many corporations are bypassing banks in their search for capital, and foreign competition has increased. Their traditional market — corporate banking — has eroded. The strategy they choose is to strengthen their corporate banking business by adding investment banking to its portfolio of products, and distinguishing itself as a “relationship” bank. They also want to move into the middle and retail markets in order to build a “superregional” bank.
   London Symphony Orchestra (B)
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Author(s): Hackman, J. Richard; Hackman, J. Richard; Lehman, Erin ; Galinsky, Adam ; Peiperl, Maury
Publication Date: 03/24/2000 Revision Date: 01/11/2002
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 400075
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Teams; Employee empowerment; Social enterprise; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Video Supplement, (901801), 0p, by J. Richard Hackman, Erin Lehman, Adam Galinsky, Maury Peiperl
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   Creating disciples: The transformation of employees into trainers
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Author(s): Hrivnak, Mary W.; Martin, Harry J.
Publication Date: 11/15/2009
Product Type: Case
Publisher: Business Horizons/Indiana Univ.
HBS Number: BH362
Subjects: Employee training; Employee development; Knowledge workers; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Business realities demand that organizations place a strategic emphasis on developing knowledge workers and becoming a learning organization. Numerous programs of organizational change and renewal must also be undertaken to keep firms competitive. This requires ongoing training for all employees to succeed in today's global marketplace. While external consultants and professional staff are often called upon to provide this training, many organizations are turning to their own employees as an effective, lower cost alternative. There are several benefits to using this strategy, but significant support must be provided to realize these benefits. Herein, we describe a systematic process to turn novice employee trainers into a powerful force for organizational change. By transforming employees into disciples, organizations can give training the impact it needs.
   Webster Industries (B)
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Author(s): Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr.
Publication Date: 01/01/1976 Revision Date: 06/01/1983
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 476111
Geographic Setting: Georgia Gross Revenue: $1.7 million sales
Event Year Start: 1975 Event Year End: 1975
Subjects: Succession planning; Work force management; Performance appraisals; Organizational problems; Downsizing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (485008), 6p, by Bert A. Spector
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   Webster Industries (A)
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Author(s): Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr.
Publication Date: 01/01/1976 Revision Date: 12/21/1988
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 476110
Geographic Setting: Georgia Gross Revenue: $1.7 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1975 Event Year End: 1975
Subjects: Succession planning; Work force management; Performance appraisals; Organizational problems; Downsizing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (476111), 6p, by R. Roosevelt Thomas; Case Teaching Note, (485008), 6p, by Bert A. Spector
Product Description: The manufacturing manager of Webster's largest division is told to cut his managerial payroll by 15%. Provides company background data and a description of the manufacturing manager's reactions to the proposed reduction. Provides the students with an opportunity to design a strategy for making the reduction decisions and also to discuss some of the difficulties inherent in a large reduction of force. Also contains a detailed description of Webster's performance appraisal system and may be used to stimulate discussion of measurement systems.
   Portman Hotel Co.
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Author(s): Heckscher, Charles C.; Holland, Philip
Publication Date: 02/03/1989 Revision Date: 08/09/1989
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 489104
Geographic Setting: California Number of Employees: 400
Event Year Start: 1988 Event Year End: 1988
Subjects: Participative management; Human resources management; Morale; Organizational culture; Service management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (490085), 10p, by Charles C. Heckscher
Product Description: A brand new hotel has opened with a new service strategy: import to America Asian-style service using a butler-like employee group called the personal valets. To achieve this high level of service, the hotel has paid great attention to its human resource policies, believing that the quality of its service will depend on the quality and motivation of the people, It articulates a series of employee “rights,” which it tells employees are enforceable in court. Upon opening employees are excited and highly motivated but soon morale and quality problems develop. The students must evaluate the hotel's human resource management theory and practice in light of these problems.
   Note on Incentives in the NFL
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Author(s): Hall, Brian J.; Hall, Brian J.; Lim, Jonathan P.
Publication Date: 01/23/2002
Product Type: Note
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 902129
Subjects: Compensation; Incentives
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: This case describes compensation and incentive issues in one of the major U.S. professional sports leagues, the National Football League (NFL). It first provides some background information on the labor market for players and the salary cap and then describes incentive issues facing players and their agents.
   Merck & Co., Inc. (C)
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Author(s): Murphy, Kevin J.
Publication Date: 09/12/1990 Revision Date: 11/20/1991
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 491007
Subjects: Performance measurement; Performance appraisals; Human resources management; Compensation; Personnel policies; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (491008), 11p, by Kevin J. Murphy
Product Description: Discusses the 1989 modified performance appraisal program by adding performance gradations and allowing for differences in employee rating distributions depending on the division performance for the year. The objective is to have students discuss the revisions in the plan, focusing on the effects of forced-distribution ranking systems with flexible targets.
   Merck & Co., Inc. (B)
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Author(s): Murphy, Kevin J.
Publication Date: 09/12/1990 Revision Date: 11/20/1991
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 491006
Geographic Setting: United States Number of Employees: 35,000 Gross Revenue: $6 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1986 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Performance measurement; Performance appraisals; Human resources management; Compensation; Personnel policies; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (491007), 3p, by Kevin J. Murphy; Case Teaching Note, (491008), 11p, by Kevin J. Murphy; Video Supplement, (492505), 0p, by
Product Description: In late 1986, Merck revised its performance review and pay practices. The most important change was a shift from an absolute rating system to a forced-distribution system in which managers are forced to adhere to a given distribution of performance ratings. Other major revisions included revised rating categories, revised performance categories, and a shift in the timing of performance evaluations. A discretionary award program was also introduced. The objective is to have students discuss the costs and benefits of the revised performance plan, paying particular attention to the relative performance evaluation aspects of the new plan. Is it better than the plan it replaced? Is pay more closely related to performance under the new plan?
   Merck & Co., Inc. (A)
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Author(s): Murphy, Kevin J.
Publication Date: 09/12/1990 Revision Date: 11/20/1991
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 491005
Geographic Setting: United States Number of Employees: 35,000 Gross Revenue: $6 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1986 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Performance measurement; Performance appraisals; Human resources management; Compensation; Personnel policies; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (491008), 11p, by Kevin J. Murphy; Video Supplement, (492505), 0p, by
Product Description: Merck & Co., Inc., a major pharmaceutical company, is in the process of reviewing and evaluating its personnel policies and practices. Employee interviews revealed that rewards for excellent performance were not adequate: outstanding performers received salary increases that were, in many cases, only marginally better than those given to average performers. In many cases, outstanding performance was not even clearly identified. The objective is to have students wrestle with a common malady of performance appraisal systems: the tendency of managers to assign uniform ratings to employees regardless of performance. Alternative appraisal systems should be suggested and discussed.
   Greeley Hard Copy: Portable Scanner Initiative (C)
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Author(s): Tushman, Michael L.; Radov, Daniel B.
Publication Date: 07/03/2000
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 401005
Subjects: Innovation; Leadership; Technological change; Organizational design; Ambidextrous organizations; Product development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   Merck Latin America (D): Mexico
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Weber, James
Publication Date: 03/12/2001 Revision Date: 09/16/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 401032
Geographic Setting: Mexico Gross Revenue: $33 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1999 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Change management; Organizational culture; Values; Organizational learning; Strategic planning; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Examines Merck's change effort in Mexico from the perspective of the local employees.
   Merck Latin America (C): Brazil
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Weber, James
Publication Date: 03/12/2001 Revision Date: 09/16/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 401031
Geographic Setting: South America Gross Revenue: $33 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1999 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Change management; Organizational culture; Values; Organizational learning; Strategic planning; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Examines Merck's change effort in Brazil from the perspective of the local employees.
   Merck Latin America (B): Argentina
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Weber, James
Publication Date: 03/12/2001 Revision Date: 09/16/2002
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 401030
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Change management; Organizational culture; Values; Organizational learning; Strategic planning; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.
   Merck Latin America (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Weber, James
Publication Date: 03/12/2001 Revision Date: 09/16/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 401029
Geographic Setting: Central America; South America Gross Revenue: $33 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1999 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Change management; Organizational culture; Values; Organizational learning; Strategic planning; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Introduces Grey Warner, the vice president of Merck's Latin America region, and his efforts to improve the organizational effectiveness of the region and to introduce a more global business culture and values. Discusses Merck's ethics and values, its Latin American organization, the change methodologies used, and the political and economic conditions in the region. The change methodologies included Myers Briggs personality type assessment, 360 degree feedback management evaluations, a new strategic planning process, and especially, organizational fitness profiling to discover and overcome barriers to achieving the strategic vision. Teaching Purpose: Allows students to examine the management of foreign operations — especially the management of change and the cultural implications thereof.
   Board of Directors at Medtronic, Inc.
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Author(s): Spaulding, Norman ; Pick, Katharina ; Chernak, Alexis ; Lorsch, Jay W.; Lorsch, Jay W.
Publication Date: 09/15/2006 Revision Date: 11/16/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 407045
Geographic Setting: Minnesota
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Corporate governance; Board of directors; CEO; Organizational culture; Social responsibility
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: The board of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had experienced rapid growth in the early 1990s as well as significant change in the composition of its board. Now the Medtronic directors must evaluate how the board has changed, how it will continue to change, and how it should prepare for the future.
   SG Cowen: New Recruits
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Author(s): Delong, Thomas J.; Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta
Publication Date: 05/13/2002 Revision Date: 01/19/2006
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 402028
Geographic Setting: New York Number of Employees: 500
Event Year Start: 2001 Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Human resources management; Diversity; Employee retention; Hiring; Recruitment; Service management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (403154), 18p, by Thomas J. Delong, Jaan Elias
Product Description: Chip Rae, director of recruiting at SG Cowen, must decide which recruits to keep after the final interview process for new outside associate hires. Along with team captains assigned to each school, he reviews the criteria used to make hiring decisions. Their new strategy is to look beyond the top 10 core business schools for the best of class in the top 25, avoiding people in the middle of their class. After some initial resistance, senior managers eventually see the wisdom of the new strategy.
   Equity on Demand: The Netflix Approach to Compensation
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Author(s): Larcker, David F.; McCall, Allan ; Tayan, Brian
Publication Date: 01/15/2010
Product Type: Case
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: CG19
Subjects: Corporate governance; Human resources management; Compensation; Internet
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Netflix was among a small group of Silicon Valley companies to emerge from the technology bubble of the late 1990s a clear winner in terms of growth, market share, and profitability. That Netflix was able not only to prevail over this competition but also to thrive was largely attributable to the culture of freedom and responsibility inculcated by founder Reed Hastings. To foster this culture, the company adopted a series of unique employment practices that were meant to attract, retain, and motivate the type of employee that Netflix valued. Among these practices was a compensation system with several unconventional features. Whereas most companies provided compensation packages with a predetermined mix of cash and equity-based awards, Netflix turned the model on its head and allowed employees to request their own mix. Management was interested in finding out whether this practice supported or detracted from the company's main objectives for its employees.
   Cirque du Soleil
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Author(s): Delong, Thomas J.; Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta
Publication Date: 07/18/2002 Revision Date: 10/15/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 403006
Number of Employees: 2,500
Event Year Start: 2001 Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Human resources management; Service management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (403158), 14p, by Thomas J. Delong, Jaan Elias
Product Description: Retaining talent is an issue for any company whose success relies on the creativity and excellence of its employees. This is especially true for Cirque du Soleil, the spectacularly successful “circus without animals,” whose 2,100 employees include 500 artists — mimes, clowns, acrobats, gymnasts, musicians, and production professionals. Managing a company full of creative people is a juggling act in itself, between keeping its artists happy and pursuing a successful strategy for attracting more business and talent.
   SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (C)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael ; Tushman, Michael L.
Publication Date: 05/10/2000 Revision Date: 11/14/2005
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 400086
Geographic Setting: Switzerland
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Business conditions; Change management; Organizational development; Morale; Organizational design; Implementing strategy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (910413), 27p, by Michael Beer
Product Description: Supplements the (B) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement.
   SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (B)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael ; Tushman, Michael L.
Publication Date: 05/10/2000 Revision Date: 11/14/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 400085
Geographic Setting: Switzerland Number of Employees: 1,200
Event Year Start: 1999 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Business conditions; Change management; Organizational development; Morale; Organizational design; Implementing strategy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (400086), 5p, by Michael Beer, Michael L. Tushman; Case Teaching Note, (910413), 27p, by Michael Beer
Product Description: Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy suggested by the organizational development group for the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
   SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Tushman, Michael L.
Publication Date: 05/10/2000 Revision Date: 12/15/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 400084
Geographic Setting: Switzerland Number of Employees: 1,200
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Business conditions; Change management; Organizational development; Morale; Organizational design; Implementing strategy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (910413), 27p, by Michael Beer
Product Description: The Micro-Electronic Products Division of SMA has financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in business environment followed by change in organization and management. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
   Gerald Weiss
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Author(s): Hall, Brian J.; Madigan, Carleen
Publication Date: 04/19/1999 Revision Date: 03/28/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 899258
Geographic Setting: Silicon Valley Gross Revenue: $3 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: Options; Executive committees; CFO; Human resources management; Compensation; Incentives; Stock options; Organizational culture
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (801190), 24p, by Brian J. Hall
Product Description: Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after 10 years, Gerald negotiated a special provision, which gave him the ability to “gross-up” his options twice over those ten years. If the stock price fell substantially, Gerald would be awarded more options (at-the-money) to bring the entire Black-Scholes value of his package back up to $12 million. Because of the company's culture of informality, the deal was agreed to with a handshake from the CEO, witnessed by the current CFO and the VP of human resources, but not written down. When the stock price actually fell, and Gerald asked to revalue his options package, the company reneged on the deal. Teaching Objective: To generate discussion about the benefits and pitfalls of mega-option grants, the issue of revaluing options, and the conflict between adhering to company culture and protecting the financial interests of the employee.
   Warner Cable (C)
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Author(s): Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Peiperl, Maury
Publication Date: 01/31/1989 Revision Date: 05/17/1989
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 489094
Subjects: Superior & subordinate; Management styles; Leadership; Performance appraisals; Human resources management; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: The resolution of Warner Cable (A) and (B).
   Warner Cable (B)
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Author(s): Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Peiperl, Maury
Publication Date: 01/31/1989 Revision Date: 02/10/1993
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 489093
Subjects: Management styles; Leadership; Performance appraisals; Human resources management; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes the view of corporate officers regarding the changes made by General Manager Bruce McKinnon.
   Warner Cable (A) and (B) (Condensed)
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Author(s): Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Peiperl, Maury
Publication Date: 05/19/1994 Revision Date: 01/04/1995
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 394198
Geographic Setting: Massachusetts Gross Revenue: $25 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1985 Event Year End: 1988
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Human resources management; Career planning; Branches; Organizational change; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: The new general manager of Warner Cable's Medford, Massachusetts complex faces a number of turnaround challenges in 1985, including service deficiencies, customer complaints, high turnover, and low employee morale. By 1988 he has turned the situation around, but some employees and superiors question his turnaround style. Their concerns have broad implications for career systems at Warner. Teaching objectives include the understanding of human resource management tradeoffs in a turnaround situation, and the appropriateness of individual management styles over time as a company improves its productivity and communications.
   Warner Cable (A)
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Author(s): Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Peiperl, Maury
Publication Date: 01/31/1989 Revision Date: 02/10/1993
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 489092
Geographic Setting: Massachusetts Gross Revenue: $25 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1985 Event Year End: 1988
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Human resources management; Career planning; Branches; Organizational change; Improving performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (489093), 5p, by Maury Peiperl; Supplement, (489094), 1p, by Maury Peiperl
Product Description: The new general manager of Warner Cable's Medford, Massachusetts complex faces a number of turnaround challenges in 1985, including service deficiencies, customer complaints, high turnover, and low employee morale. By 1988 he has turned the situation around, but some employees and superiors question his turnaround style. Their concerns have broad implications for career systems at Warner. Teaching objectives include the understanding of human resource management tradeoffs in a turnaround situation, and the appropriateness of individual management styles over time as a company improves its productivity and communications.
   Road to Hell (A)
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Author(s): Evans, Gareth
Publication Date: 05/01/1980
Product Type: Case (Library)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 480074
Geographic Setting: West Indies
Subjects: Communication; Cross cultural relations; Management development; Performance appraisals; Human resources management; Human relations movement
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (480075), 3p, by Gareth Evans; Supplement, (480076), 2p, by Gareth Evans
Product Description: Deals with the problems of developing indigenous personnel to take over expatriate positions. Human relations cases, they deal specifically with the problems of communications and misunderstandings between people of different cultures. A rewritten version of three earlier cases.
   Levi Strauss & Co. (C)
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Author(s): Leslie, Mark
Publication Date: 08/12/2009
Product Type: Supplement
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: E350C
Geographic Setting: California; Texas; Costa Rica
Subjects: Labor relations; Employee training; Human resources management; Downsizing; Shutdowns; Outsourcing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (E350D), 2p, by Mark Leslie, Katherine Rudolph-Bose; Case Teaching Note, (E350TN), 5p, by Mark Leslie
Product Description: “Levi Strauss & Co.” explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990. The case follows then-vice president of operations Pete Thigpen and his team as they wrestle with the economic and human capital impact of closing the U.S.-based plant and outsourcing the manufacture of the company's Dockers line to a contractor in Costa Rica.
   Levi Strauss & Co. (B)
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Author(s): Leslie, Mark
Publication Date: 08/12/2009
Product Type: Supplement
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: E350B
Geographic Setting: California; Texas; Costa Rica
Subjects: Labor relations; Employee training; Human resources management; Downsizing; Shutdowns; Outsourcing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (E350C), 1p, by Mark Leslie; Supplement, (E350D), 2p, by Mark Leslie, Katherine Rudolph-Bose; Case Teaching Note, (E350TN), 5p, by Mark Leslie
Product Description: “Levi Strauss & Co.” explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990. The case follows then-vice president of operations Pete Thigpen and his team as they wrestle with the economic and human capital impact of closing the U.S.-based plant and outsourcing the manufacture of the company's Dockers line to a contractor in Costa Rica.
   Levi Strauss & Co. (A)
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Author(s): Leslie, Mark
Publication Date: 08/12/2009
Product Type: Case
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: E350A
Geographic Setting: California; Texas; Costa Rica
Subjects: Labor relations; Employee training; Human resources management; Downsizing; Shutdowns; Outsourcing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (E350B), 1p, by Mark Leslie; Supplement, (E350C), 1p, by Mark Leslie; Supplement, (E350D), 2p, by Mark Leslie, Katherine Rudolph-Bose; Case Teaching Note, (E350TN), 5p, by Mark Leslie
Product Description: “Levi Strauss & Co.” explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990. The case follows then-vice president of operations Pete Thigpen and his team as they wrestle with the economic and human capital impact of closing the U.S.-based plant and outsourcing the manufacture of the company's Dockers line to a contractor in Costa Rica.
   Levi Strauss & Co. (D)
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Author(s): Leslie, Mark; Rudolph-Bose, Katherine
Publication Date: 07/31/2009 Revision Date: 01/20/2010
Product Type: Supplement
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: E350D
Geographic Setting: California; Texas; Costa Rica
Subjects: Labor relations; Employee training; Human resources management; Downsizing; Shutdowns; Outsourcing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (E350TN), 5p, by Mark Leslie
Product Description: “Levi Strauss & Co.” explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990. The case follows then-vice president of operations Pete Thigpen and his team as they wrestle with the economic and human capital impact of closing the U.S.-based plant and outsourcing the manufacture of the company's Dockers line to a contractor in Costa Rica.
   Sonoco Products Co. (C)
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Thomas, David A.; Lane, David
Publication Date: 01/19/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 407063
Subjects: Succession planning; Performance measurement; Organizational development; Human resources management; Compensation; Packaging; Organizational change; Implementing strategy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (407058), 16p, by Boris Groysberg, David Lane, David A. Thomas, David Lane, David A. Thomas
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.
   Sonoco Products Co. (B): The Hybrid Model
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Reavis, Cate; Thomas, David A.; Reavis, Cate; Thomas, David A.
Publication Date: 10/12/2004 Revision Date: 09/22/2005
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 405010
Subjects: Succession planning; Performance measurement; Organizational development; Human resources management; Compensation; Packaging; Organizational change; Implementing strategy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (407058), 16p, by Boris Groysberg, David Lane, David A. Thomas, David Lane, David A. Thomas; Supplement, (407063), 8p, by Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas, David Lane
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   Executive Compensation at General Electric (B)
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Author(s): Narayanan, V.G.; Jurgens, Michele
Publication Date: 04/27/2005 Revision Date: 05/19/2005
Product Type: Supplement (Library)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 105070
Subjects: Corporate governance; Board of directors; CEO; Compensation; Executive compensation; Stock options
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (108064), 12p, by V.G. Narayanan
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case.
   The War for Management Talent in China: Shanghai Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd.
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Author(s): Fischer, William A.; Chung, Rebecca
Publication Date: 02/11/2008
Product Type: Case
Publisher: IMD — International Institute for Management Development
HBS Number: IMD343
Geographic Setting: China Industry Setting: Batteries; Soap and detergents; Tires
Event Year Start: 2007 Subjects: Emerging markets
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: This case is part of the suite of teaching materials which employs China as an illustration of the managerial implications resulted from the so-called War for Talent, and is intended to generate insights into “how to best play the talent game” in China, or elsewhere. We aim to generate an interactive and rich class discussion of the issues raised among seasoned business practitioners, by adopting a variety of interesting teaching formats: an opening note, four cases, an “appraisal exercise” and a video. In particular, this case features a state-controlled listed company which is a horizontally-diversified national champion involved in such business categories as tires, batteries, soap, printing ink and real estate, with export sales accounting for 45% of its total sales. The company aspires to increase its international presence and, in particular, to turn its tire operations into “global factories,” while building its “Double Coin” domestic brand into a global one. The enterprise's board chairman, Dr Fan Xian, needs experienced managers for its domestic and overseas operations, especially in the areas of general management, finance, and marketing and sales. To him, loyalty is the most important criteria when appraising job candidates. His challenge is to find loyal and competent managers and match them with the right positions in China and overseas. Learning objectives: Among the critical issues in talent management to be addressed in t
   People Express, Supplement
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Author(s): Heckscher, Charles C.
Publication Date: 11/21/1986 Revision Date: 12/18/1986
Product Type: Supplement (Library)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 487054
Subjects: Human resources management; Organizational design; Development stage enterprises
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Brings the history of People Express up to the summer of 1986. Raises the question of whether its innovative human resource policies were successful pr problematic.
   Dan Stewart (D)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Harvard Business School
HBS Number: 482090
Subjects: Superior & subordinate; Managing up; Employee promotions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes how Dan managed the assignment.
   Accenture’s War for Talent in India
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Author(s): Eccles, Robert G.; Lane, David; Kothandaraman, Prabakar PK; Arora, Namrata
Publication Date: 03/10/2008 Revision Date: 01/13/2009
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 408095
Geographic Setting: India Industry Setting: Professional services Number of Employees: 170,000 Gross Revenues: $19.7 billion
Subjects: Human resources management; International business; Recruitment
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product.
   Accountants and Business Advisors, Inc.: City Office
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Loveman, Gary
Over the past several years both the share of women receiving accounting degrees and the share of women entering public accounting have risen substantially. However, the number of women holding senior positions, such as partner, remains low. This case provides data on retention of females in a large metropolitan office of a public accounting firm, asks whether the lower retention rate (relative to male associates) is a business problem for the firm, and if so, asks what the managing partner should do about it.
HBS Number: 9-490-033 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 1/29/1990 Revision Date: 3/2/1994
Geographic Setting: Unspecified Industry Setting: public accounting
Company Size: large
Event Year Start: 1989 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Business services; Discrimination; Diversity; Human resources management; Personnel management; Personnel policies; Women
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-493-053), 10p, by Gary Loveman, Robert T. Anthony
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HBS Number: 5-493-053
Subjects: Business services; Discrimination; Diversity; Human resources management; Personnel management; Personnel policies; Women
   Acer Group: Vision for the Year 2000
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Mills, D. Quinn; Wei, Richard C.
In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set itself two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers, and marketing experience in foreign markets, and devised a strategy to reach its goals. This case examines the company's strategy in the context of changes in the PC industry. Teaching Purpose: One important element of Acer's strategy is its client-server organizational structure. But is this structure different from other structures, or is it just an old concept with a new name? Additionally, how is Acer's approach to globalization different from that of Western and Japanese firms?
HBS Number: 9-495-001 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 9/1/1994 Revision Date: 9/23/1994
Geographic Setting: Taiwan Industry Setting: personal computers Number of Employees: 7,200 Gross Revenues: $2 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: China; Computer industry; Manufacturing strategy; Multinational corporations; Organizational structure; Strategy formulation
   Action Planning in Human Resource Management
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Author(s): Raff, Daniel M.G.
Publication Date: 12/28/1989
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Lays out a framework for action planning in human resource management. Prepared for use in the first year MBA HRM course.
HBS Number: 9-490-046
Subjects: Action planning; Human resources management; Management styles
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Air Traffic Controllers
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Spector, Bert A.
Publication Date: 05/10/1982 Revision Date: 06/24/1982
Product Type: Case (Library)
Product Description: On August 3, 1981 President Ronald Reagan terminated 12,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, for violating their no-strike oath. Provides background on the human resources policies and practices of the Federal Aviation System and information concerning the negotiations and impact of the terminations.
HBS Number: 9-482-056
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: Federal Aviation Administration Company Size: large
Event Year Start: 1981 Event Year End: 1982
Subjects: Airlines; Collective bargaining; Federal government; Government agencies; Human resources management; Labor relations; Layoffs; Strikes
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Library), (9-491-072), 2p, by Janice McCormick; Teaching Note, (5-485-002), 12p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector
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HBS Number: 5-485-002
Subjects: Airlines; Collective bargaining; Federal government; Government agencies; Human resources management; Labor relations; Layoffs; Strikes
   Akamai’s Underwater Options (A)
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Author(s): Hall, Brian; Lim, Jonathan P.; Lane, Houst
Publication Date: 03/14/2002 Revision Date: 10/11/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Akamai's stock price declines dramatically with the NASDAQ in 2000, causing virtually all employee options to go underwater. Ownership and retention incentives are largely destroyed, and employee morale falls sharply. Management weighs the pros and cons of various alternative "solutions" to this problem (including repricing, issuing a new supplemental grant, canceling the underwater options and issuing a delayed regrant, and making a tender offer to exchange underwater options for fewer shares of restricted stock). Teaching Purpose: To show the difficulties and alternatives companies face when options fall underwater. Provides the opportunity to analyze various solutions to this problem: equity pay design, the tradeoffs between stock and options, the role and relevance of accounting and taxation in option design, and the difference between cost and value of options.
HBS Number: 9-902-069
Geographic Setting: Cambridge, MAIndustry Setting: technologyNumber of Employees: 1,300
Event Year Start: 2001Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Compensation; Employee morale; Incentives; Option pricing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-902-195), 9p, by Brian Hall, Jonathan P. Lim, Houston Lane; Teaching Note, (5-902-200), 37p, by Brian Hall, Jonathan P. Lim
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HBS Number: 5-902-200
Subjects: Compensation; Employee morale; Incentives; Option pricing
   Akamai’s Underwater Options (B): The Decision
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Author(s): Hall, Brian; Lim, Jonathan P.; Lane, Houst
Publication Date: 03/14/2002
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-902-069) Akamai's Underwater Options (A).
HBS Number: 9-902-195
Subjects: Compensation; Employee morale; Incentives; Option pricing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-902-200), 37p, by Brian Hall, Jonathan P. Lim
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HBS Number: 5-902-200
Subjects: Compensation; Employee morale; Incentives; Option pricing
   Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael
Publication Date: 07/24/1997 Revision Date: 12/11/1997
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Describes a division of Allentown Materials Corp. with financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in business environment followed by changes in organization and management. Teaching Purpose: Can be used for analysis of organization-environment relationships and action planning for change and environment. A rewritten version of an earlier case. May be used with: (9-498-024) Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (B).
HBS Number: 9-498-023
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: glass & electronics Gross Revenues: $2 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1992 Event Year End: 1992
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-498-025), 5p, by Michael Beer; Teaching Note, (5-498-042), 26p, by Michael Beer
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HBS Number: 5-498-042
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
   Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (B)
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Beer, Michael
Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group to address the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. May be used with: (9-498-023) Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (A).
HBS Number: 9-498-024 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 7/24/1997
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: glass & electronics Gross Revenues: $2 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1993 Event Year End: 1993
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-498-025), 5p, by Michael Beer; Teaching Note, (5-498-042), 26p, by Michael Beer
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HBS Number: 5-498-042
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
   Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (C)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael
Publication Date: 07/24/1997
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed as an in-class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. Must be used with: (9-498-024) Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (B); (9-498-023) Allentown Materials Corp.: The Electronic Products Division (A).
HBS Number: 9-498-025
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-498-042), 26p, by Michael Beer
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HBS Number: 5-498-042
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
   Alpha and Omega
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Author(s): Jick, Todd D.; Levaggi, Lori Ann
Publication Date: 06/30/1988 Revision Date: 08/26/1988
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Students will read the case and prepare an action plan for class. In class the students will discuss their action plan for the formation of a new company.
HBS Number: 9-488-003
Geographic Setting: Unspecified
Subjects: Acquisitions; Action planning; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-491-095), 8p, by Todd D. Jick
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HBS Number: 5-491-095
Subjects: Acquisitions; Action planning; Organizational change
   American Airlines (C): Committing to Leadership
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Author(s): Loveman, Gary W.
Publication Date: 11/27/1990 Revision Date: 08/31/1992
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-491-061
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: Airline industry Company Size: large Gross Revenues: $9 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1983 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Corporate culture; Customer relations; Employee empowerment; Employee training; Leadership
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-493-052), 16p , by Gary W. Loveman, Robert T. Anthony
Product Description: In an effort to grow and contain costs, the airline initiates a series of cultural change programs designed to increase employee participation and decision-making, and accordingly decrease the proportion of supervisors. CTL is the most recent, and by far the most expensive and pervasive of these programs. The case poses the questions of how to evaluate, or quantify the gains from CTL, and how to further the cultural change effort. May be used with: (9-491-044) American Airlines (A): Strategy in the 1990s; (9-491-060) American Airlines (B): Compensation and Cost Reduction.
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HBS Number: 5-493-052
Subjects: Airlines; Corporate culture; Customer relations; Employee empowerment; Employee training; Leadership
   Amgen, Inc.: Planning the Unplannable
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Nohria, Nitin; Berkley, James D.
By the early 1990s, Amgen--a pharmaceutical company started little over a decade ago as Applied Molecular Genetics--was within range of becoming a billion-dollar company. With two extremely successful biotechnology drugs on the market, Amgen stood as the largest and most powerful independent company of its type in the world. Top executives in the company viewed long-range planning as an important ingredient in the firm's success; many others--including some of the firm's scientists--were less sure. With Amgen's sales expected to continue to grow rapidly, the firm's long-range planning process would be put to the test. Shows the different, sometimes paradoxical perspectives held within a single, dynamically changing company toward the issue of long-range planning. Students are challenged to synthesize these views into a coherent picture of a firm's growth amid great uncertainty.
HBS Number: 9-492-052 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/12/1992
Geographic Setting: Thousand Oaks, CA Industry Setting: biotechnology
Company Size: large Number of Employees: 1400 Gross Revenues: $600 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1980 Event Year End: 1991
Subjects: Control systems; Growth management; Long term planning; Management of professionals; Pharmaceuticals; Planning systems; Uncertainty
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-492-054), 7p, by Nitin Nohria
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HBS Number: 5-492-054
Subjects: Control systems; Growth management; Long term planning; Management of professionals; Pharmaceuticals; Planning systems; Uncertainty
   An Introduction to Work-Life Balance
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Author(s): Higgins, Monica; Hicks, Michelle; Kaufmann, Katherine; Rondinella, Mia
Publication Date: 03/08/2004
Product Type: Note
Product Description: An overview of issues relating to and factors affecting the concept of balance between work and personal life including the history of work-life balance and employer/employee perspectives.
HBS Number: 9-404-022
Subjects: Career advancement; Careers & career planning; Self evaluation; Working conditions
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Andy Chew at Siemens Nixdorf: Change from the Middle
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; McGuire, John F.
Andy Chew, a British manager reassigned to Germany by a large German computer company, is in the middle of carrying out a project as a designated "change agent" in a program to reshape the culture toward one that is more entrepreneurial for success as a nimble global competitor. He is still uncertain of his support.
HBS Number: 9-396-204 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/4/1996 Revision Date: 4/11/1996
Geographic Setting: Germany Industry Setting: computers
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Computer industry; Entrepreneurship; Germany; Innovation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Power & influence
   Appex Corp.
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Author(s): Nohria, Nitin; Gladstone, Julie
Publication Date: 02/14/1991 Revision Date: 02/10/1992
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-491-082
Geographic Setting: Waltham, MA Industry Setting: Telephone industry Company Size: small Number of Employees: 172
Event Year Start: 1991 Event Year End: 1991
Subjects: Control systems; Entrepreneurial management; High technology products; Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational structure
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-492-039), 13p, by Nitin Nohria
Product Description: 1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through several structural changes. At first, there was essentially no structure and no control systems. The atmosphere at Appex eventually became chaotic. As the new CEO, Shikhar Ghosh realized that Appex needed some structure and bureaucracy. Once control was established, he reasoned, he could begin to break down the structure. Much of the structural change he implemented had advantages and disadvantages in terms of company culture and productivity. In 1991, Appex was acquired by EDS. Appex's challenge now was to work out its own structure in the context of its role as a division of a large, bureaucratic organization.
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HBS Number: 5-492-039
Subjects: Control systems; Entrepreneurial management; High technology products; Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational structure
   Apple Computer (A): Corporate Strategy and Culture (Abridged)
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Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Analyzes the culture and morale at Apple. Written at a time when the company faces a very compelling threat to their business, and when morale within the company is very low. The purpose is to identify the key organizational issues that the company must address.
HBS Number: 9-495-044 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/15/1995 Revision Date: 2/11/1997
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: personal computers
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 12,500
Event Year Start: 1976 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Employee morale; Human resources management; Silicon Valley
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization
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Author(s): Gibbs, Michael J.
Publication Date: 11/28/1990 Revision Date: 11/18/1991
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Written at a time when the company faces a very compelling threat to their business, and when morale within the company is very low. The purpose is to identify the key organizational issues which the company must address, and to begin to think about how the HR function can help it address them. May be used with: (9-491-041) Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture; (9-491-043) Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function; (9-492-013) Apple Computer (D): Epilogue.
HBS Number: 9-491-040
Geographic Setting: CaliforniaIndustry Setting: personal computersCompany Size: Fortune 500Number of Employees: 12,500
Event Year Start: 1976Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Employee morale; Human resources management; Silicon Valley
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   Apple Computer (B): Building a Worldwide Strategy (Abridged)
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Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Describes the building of Apple's new strategy. Explores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support that strategy.
HBS Number: 9-495-045 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/15/1995 Revision Date: 7/14/1995
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: personal computers
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 12,500
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Employee morale; Human resources management; Silicon Valley
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture
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Author(s): Gibbs, Michael J.
Publication Date: 11/28/1990 Revision Date: 11/18/1991
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Explores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Analyzes the culture and morale at Apple. Apple has a very unique culture. Moreover, morale within the company is at a low. The culture is powerful in aiding the company in certain ways, and also a substantial hindrance to progress. Designed to study how Apple tries to keep what is good and change what is bad about the culture. May be used with: (9-491-040) Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization; (9-491-043) Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function; (9-492-013) Apple Computer (D): Epilogue.
HBS Number: 9-491-041
Geographic Setting: CaliforniaIndustry Setting: personal computersCompany Size: Fortune 500Number of Employees: 12,500
Event Year Start: 1976Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Employee morale; Human resources management; Silicon Valley
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function
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Gibbs, Michael J.
Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Describes in detail the HR function. The function is considering a reorganization at the end of the case, in response to criticism from non-HR employees and cost-cutting imperatives at Apple. May be used with: (9-491-040) Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization; (9-491-041) Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture; (9-492-013) Apple Computer (D): Epilogue.
HBS Number: 9-491-043 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 11/28/1990 Revision Date: 10/12/1994
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: personal computers
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 12,500
Event Year Start: 1976 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Reorganization; Silicon Valley
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-491-063), 5p, by Michael J. Gibbs; Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   Apple Computer (C1): Reorganizing the Human Resource Function
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Author(s): Gibbs, Michael J.
Publication Date: 11/28/1990 Revision Date: 11/18/1991
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Provides a follow-up to the (C) case. A new organization chosen for the human resource (HR) function is described. Students must compare the design chosen by Apple's HR managers with the one they chose. Must be used with: (9-491-043) Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function.
HBS Number: 9-491-063
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Reorganization
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   Apple Computer (D): Epilogue
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Gibbs, Michael J.; Beer, Michael
Brings students up to date on events at Apple Computer as of August 1991. Outlines resolutions of, or attempts to deal with, problems outlined. Illustrates what Apple had done to address problems, shows progress to date, and alludes to further issues to be addressed. Can also be used mid-class to develop discussion of what to do next in the evolution of Apple's implementation of its new strategy. May be used with: (9-491-040) Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization; (9-491-041) Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture; (9-491-043) Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function.
HBS Number: 9-492-013 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 9/11/1991 Revision Date: 12/9/1991
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: computers
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 14,528
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1991
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Silicon Valley
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-492-511), 87 min, by Apple Computer
   ASIMCO: Developing Human Capital in China
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Author(s): Wong, Gilbert; Wiest, Nailene Chou; Ho, Ma
Publication Date: 11/28/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
Product Description: Jack Perkowski established Asian Strategic Investment Corp. (ASIMCO) in February 1994. ASIMCO became one of the largest components organizations serving the Chinese motor vehicle industry. This case shows the process of human capital development at ASIMCO. Describes ASIMCO's management restructuring efforts, its management development strategy, and its system of fast-tracking leaders through the leadership development program. Instead of transplanting Western management models onto China, ASIMCO strongly believed in creating a centralized, top-down management model that could be adapted to China's unique environment. Teaching Purpose: Studies the process of management development and the challenges for companies operating in China. Examines the benefits and challenges of localization and growing leaders internally.
HBS Number: HKU236
Geographic Setting: China
Event Year Start: 1994 Event Year End: 2002
Subjects: China; Human resources management; Leadership; Management development; Organizational behavior
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HKU237), 7p, by Gilbert Wong, Nailene Chou Wiest, Mary Ho
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HBS Number: HKU237
Subjects: China; Human resources management; Leadership; Management development; Organizational behavior
   Asimco: Developing Human Capital in China
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Author(s): Wong, Gilbert ; Loo, Grace
Publication Date: 10/02/2009
Product Type: Case
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
HBS Number: HKU853
Geographic Setting: China
Subjects: Succession planning; Human resources management; Employee development; Localization; Human capital
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (HKU854), 8p, by Gilbert Wong,Grace Loo
Product Description: This case is an update of the 2005 case on the human capital development of ASIMCO (Asian Strategic Investment Corp.) in China. ASIMCO is an automotive component group serving the Chinese motor vehicle industry. This case showcases ASIMCO's management development efforts in the very different cultural environment of China and its succession program, exploring the challenges faced by Western companies operating in China in the process.
   Assessing and Enhancing Individual Power in the Family Business System
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Author(s): Davis, John A.
Publication Date: 08/16/2007
Product Type: Note
HBS Number: 9-808-026
Subjects: Action planning; Family-owned businesses; Power & influence
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes how to asses and enhance an individual's bases, sources, and levels of power in a family business system. Relies on Franch and Raven's framework that identifies five bases of social power (reward, coercive, legitimate, referent, and expert), describing how these bases change depending on the circumstances of a relationship. Also describes how an individual's roles, resources, and relationships in and out of a family business system provide the sources of these bases of power. Discusses the connection between power and dependency in a relationship. Finally, discusses how to enhance individual power in a relationship.
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Stein, Ellen
Publication Date: 11/17/1981
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Provides background on the assessment center used by AT&T to assess managerial potential for upper middle management. Contains assessment reports for two candidates. Raises questions about manpower training and development. Students may be asked which of the candidates has managerial potential and why, and what specific development plans can be suggested.
HBS Number: 9-482-035
Geographic Setting: Atlanta, GA Industry Setting: Telecommunications industry Company Size: large
Event Year Start: 1978 Event Year End: 1978
Subjects: Employee promotions; Human resources management; Management development; Managerial selection; Middle management; Telecommunications
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-482-036), 2p, by Michael Beer, Ellen Stein; Supplement (Field), (9-482-037), 2p, by Michael Beer, Ellen Stein; Teaching Note, (5-485-010), 12p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector; Teaching Note, (5-485-085), 5p, by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, James J. Dowd
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HBS Number: 5-485-085
Subjects: Employee promotions; Human resources management; Management development; Managerial selection; Middle management; Telecommunications
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Spector, Bert A.
Publication Date: 12/26/1984
Product Type: Teaching Note
HBS Number: 5-485-010
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Teaching Note for (9-482-035), (9-482-036), and (9-482-037). Must be used with: (9-482-036) Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (B); (9-482-035) Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A); (9-482-037) Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (C).
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (B)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Stein, Ellen
Publication Date: 11/17/1981
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-482-035) Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A).
HBS Number: 9-482-036
Industry Setting: Telecommunications industry
Subjects: Employee promotions; Human resources management; Management development; Managerial selection; Middle management; Telecommunications
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-485-010), 12p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector; Teaching Note, (5-485-085), 5p, by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, James J. Dowd
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HBS Number: 5-485-085
Subjects: Employee promotions; Human resources management; Management development; Managerial selection; Middle management; Telecommunications
   Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (C)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Stein, Ellen
Publication Date: 11/17/1981
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-482-035) Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A).
HBS Number: 9-482-037
Industry Setting: Telecommunications industry
Subjects: Employee promotions; Human resources management; Management development; Managerial selection; Middle management; Telecommunications
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-485-010), 12p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector; Teaching Note, (5-485-085), 5p, by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, James J. Dowd
   AT&T: The Dallas Works (A)
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Jick, Todd D.; Rosegrant, Susan; Holland, Philip
Describes the organizational challenges facing an AT&T plant a few years after the breakup of AT&T. In an effort to empower workers and to unite the factory behind change, management proposes an unusual team-based approach to driving the change. Teaching Objective: To encourage students to analyze the effectiveness of this team-based approach in driving change and empowering the workforce. May be used with: (9-492-024) AT&T: The Dallas Works (B).
HBS Number: 9-492-023 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 11/7/1991 Revision Date: 6/5/1992
Geographic Setting: Mesquite, TX Industry Setting: communications equipment Number of Employees: 2,000
Event Year Start: 1988 Event Year End: 1988
Subjects: Communications equipment; Corporate culture; Delegation of authority; Employee empowerment; Group dynamics; Management of change; Organizational change; Teams
   AT&T: The Dallas Works (B)
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Jick, Todd D.; Rosegrant, Susan; Holland, Philip
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 still lie ahead. Teaching Objective: To raise issues relative to teamwork and empowerment and encourage students to examine what it takes for an organization to embrace long-term, continuous change. May be used with: (9-492-023) AT&T: The Dallas Works (A).
HBS Number: 9-492-024 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 11/7/1991 Revision Date: 6/5/1992
Geographic Setting: Mesquite, TX Industry Setting: communications equipment Number of Employees: 2,000
Event Year Start: 1988 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Communications equipment; Corporate culture; Delegation of authority; Employee empowerment; Group dynamics; Management of change; Organizational change; Teams
   Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Sherman, Eliot
Publication Date: 08/06/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-408-008
Geographic Setting: Global Industry Setting: Legal services Number of Employees: 10,000 Gross Revenues: $1 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 2004 Event Year End: 2004
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Employee development; Employee retention; Hiring; Human resources management; International management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (9-408-009), 31p, by Boris Groysberg, Eliot Sherman
Product Description: Describes the process by which the largest law firm in the world developed a unique framework for personnel management. In 2004, John Conroy is about to take the reigns as the leader of Baker & McKenzie, the largest law firm in the world by employees, with offices in 38 different countries. Facing an intensifying war for talent and associate retention concerns in some offices, Conroy has spearheaded the development of a framework for guiding the hiring, development, and retention of employees. As he is getting ready to introduce his framework at the firm's annual meeting, however, he faces many questions about its implementation. Could a single framework effectively apply to lawyers across so many different regions and cultures? Had this framework properly identified the attributes needed to succeed at Baker & McKenzie? How would the firm's hundreds of partners react? Offers the industry- and firm-specific content necessary for students to explore these questions and more.
   Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Sherman, Eliot
Publication Date: 08/06/2007 Revision Date: 09/12/2008
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 408008
Geographic Setting: Global Industry Setting: Legal services Number of Employees: 10,000 Gross Revenues: $1 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 2004 Event Year End: 2004
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Employee development; Employee retention; Hiring; Human resources management; International management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement, (408009), 30p, by Boris Groysberg, Eliot Sherman
Product Description: Describes the process by which the largest law firm in the world developed a unique framework for personnel management. In 2004, John Conroy is about to take the reins as the leader of Baker & McKenzie, the largest law firm in the world by employees, with offices in 38 different countries. Facing an intensifying war for talent and associate retention concerns in some offices, Conroy has spearheaded the development of a framework for guiding the hiring, development, and retention of employees. As he is getting ready to introduce his framework at the firm's annual meeting, however, he faces many questions about its implementation. Could a single framework effectively apply to lawyers across so many different regions and cultures? Had this framework properly identified the attributes needed to succeed at Baker & McKenzie? How would the firm's hundreds of partners react? Offers the industry- and firm-specific content necessary for students to explore these questions and more.
   Baker & McKenzie (B): A New Framework for Talent Management
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Sherman, Eliot
Publication Date: 08/06/2007 Revision Date: 08/15/2007
Product Type: Supplement
HBS Number: 9-408-009
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (9-408-008) Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management.
   Baker & McKenzie (B): A New Framework for Talent Management
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Sherman, Eliot
Publication Date: 08/06/2007 Revision Date: 09/12/2008
Product Type: Supplement
HBS Number: 408009
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (408008) Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management.
   Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy
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Beer, Michael; Williamson, Alistair D.
This case series introduces the strategic human resource management (SHRM) process. SHRM is an action research program designed to align the organization and management of human resources with strategy. This case describes the health care industry, Becton Dickinson's (BD) corporate history, and the way the company is organized and managed. Does BD's corporate strategy make sense? Analyzes the fit between strategy and HRM. May be used with: (9-491-152) Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management; (9-491-154) Becton Dickinson (C): Human Resource Function; (9-491-155) Becton Dickinson (D): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling; (9-496-007) Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling.
HBS Number: 9-491-151 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/21/1991 Revision Date: 3/15/1995
Geographic Setting: New Jersey Industry Setting: diagnostic and medical supplies
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 18,800 Gross Revenues: $1.811 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1989 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Human resources management; Medical supplies; Multinational corporations; Strategy formulation
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-499-505), 14 min, by Becton Dickinson
   Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management
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Beer, Michael; Williamson, Alistair D.
The president of Becton Dickinson (BD) and his top management team struggle with issues of: 1) how to manage the top of the organization, focusing on leadership style, the committee structure, and the role of sector presidents, and 2)
HBS Number: 9-491-152 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/15/1991 Revision Date: 6/1/1993
Geographic Setting: New Jersey and Europe Industry Setting: diagnostic and medical supplies
Company Size: Fortune 500 Gross Revenues: $1.811 billion 1989 sales
Event Year Start: 1979 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Human resources management; International operations; Medical supplies; Multinational corporations; Strategy formulation
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-491-153), 5p, by Michael Beer, Alistair D. Williamson; Case Video, (9-499-505), 14 min, by Becton Dickinson
   Becton Dickinson (B1): Global Management, Update
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Williamson, Alistair D.
Publication Date: 06/21/1991 Revision Date: 06/01/1993
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Designed to bring closure to the discussion of the (B) case. Must be used with: (9-491-152) Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management.
HBS Number: 9-491-153
Subjects: Human resources management; International operations; Medical supplies; Multinational corporations; Strategy formulation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Becton Dickinson (C): Human Resource Function
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Beer, Michael; Williamson, Alistair D.
The new vice president of Human Resources (HR) for Becton Dickinson must develop a strategy to reconceptualize the HR function as mandated by the CEO who has introduced formal strategic planning procedures in the organization. The teaching objective is to understand the role of the HR function in a large organization in the context of the development of corporate strategy. May be used with: (9-491-151) Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy; (9-491-152) Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management; (9-491-155) Becton Dickinson (D): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling; (9-496-007) Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling.
HBS Number: 9-491-154 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/15/1991 Revision Date: 3/15/1995
Geographic Setting: New Jersey Industry Setting: diagnostic and medical supplies
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 18,800 Gross Revenues: $1.811 billion 1989 sales
Event Year Start: 1988 Event Year End: 1988
Subjects: Human resources management; Medical supplies; Multinational corporations; Strategy formulation
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-499-505), 14 min, by Becton Dickinson
 
 
   Becton Dickinson (D): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling
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Beer, Michael; Williamson, Alistair D.
Describes a strategic human resource management process applied at the business unit and corporate level. The purpose of the process is to provide a means for aligning human resource management policies and practices with strategy and to hold managers accountable for managing change and improvement. May be used with: (9-491-151) Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy; (9-491-152) Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management; (9-491-154) Becton Dickinson (C): Human Resource Function; (9-496-007) Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling.
HBS Number: 9-491-155 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/21/1991 Revision Date: 3/15/1995
Geographic Setting: New Jersey Industry Setting: diagnostic and medical supplies
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 18,800 Gross Revenues: $1.811 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1989 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Human resources management; Medical supplies; Multinational corporations; Strategy formulation
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-491-156), 2p, by Michael Beer, Alistair D. Williamson; Case Video, (9-499-505), 14 min, by Becton Dickinson
   Becton Dickinson (D1): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling, Update
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Williamson, Alistair D.
Publication Date: 06/15/1991 Revision Date: 06/03/1993
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Describes reactions to the strategic human resource management process and allows an evaluation of prospects for the future. Must be used with: (9-491-155) Becton Dickinson (D): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling.
HBS Number: 9-491-156
Subjects: Human resources management; Medical supplies; Multinational corporations; Strategy formulation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-499-505), 14 min, by Becton Dickinson
   Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profi
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Beer, Michael; Maus, Pamela J.
Presents an assessment of the strategic human resource management (SHRM) profiling process implemented at Becton Dickinson, the questions the assessment raised about the viability of the process, and what aspects might be changed if the process is to be continued. Teaching Purpose: To help managers assess the ongoing process of SHRM at their company and how it might be improved. May be used with: (9-491-151) Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy; (9-491-152) Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management; (9-491-154) Becton Dickinson (C): Human Resource Function; (9-491-155) Becton Dickinson (D): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling.
HBS Number: 9-496-007 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 7/12/1995 Revision Date: 4/28/1999
Geographic Setting: New Jersey Industry Setting: pharmaceuticals
Company Size: Fortune 500
Event Year Start: 1994 Event Year End: 1994
Subjects: Communication; Employee attitude; Employee empowerment; Human resources management; Interpersonal relations; Strategic planning; Strategy implementation
   Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (A)
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Friedman, Raymond A.; Deinard, Caitlin
In 1970 Xerox had a very progressive affirmative action program yet, once hired, black employees faced serious problems, due both to overt discrimination and to their exclusion from the informal networks of support, information and mentoring that the other salespeople shared. The black employees responded by establishing seven independent support groups around the United States. These black caucuses functioned as both self-help groups to prepare black employees for promotion and as pressure groups to push for policy changes within Xerox. In 1974 Xerox fears the caucuses are forming a national organization. Students must decide how to respond to this potentially dangerous situation.
HBS Number: 9-491-047 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 1/3/1991 Revision Date: 11/3/1994
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: business products & systems
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 66,700 Gross Revenues: $17.6 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1969 Event Year End: 1974
Subjects: Affirmative action; Conflict; Discrimination; Diversity; Employee empowerment; Human resources management; Mentors
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-491-048), 3p, by Raymond A. Friedman, Caitlin Deinard; Teaching Note, (5-491-109), 5p, by Raymond A. Friedman; Case Video, (9-891-514), 22 min, by Raymond A. Friedman
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HBS Number: 5-491-109
Subjects: Affirmative action; Conflict; Discrimination; Diversity; Employee empowerment; Human resources management; Mentors
   Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (B)
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Author(s): Friedman, Raymond A.; Deinard, Caitlin
Publication Date: 01/03/1991 Revision Date: 11/03/1994
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Describes the compromise worked out between Xerox and the black caucus groups. The implications of this arrangement for Xerox and black employees over the next 16 years is also described. Must be used with: (9-491-047) Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (A).
HBS Number: 9-491-048
Subjects: Affirmative action; Conflict; Discrimination; Diversity; Employee empowerment; Human resources management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-491-109), 5p, by Raymond A. Friedman; Case Video, (9-891-514), 22 min, by Raymond A. Friedman
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HBS Number: 5-491-109
Subjects: Affirmative action; Conflict; Discrimination; Diversity; Employee empowerment; Human resources management
   Board of Directors at Medtronic, Inc.
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Author(s): Spaulding, Norman; Pick, Katharina; Chernak, Alexis; Lorsch, Jay W.
Publication Date: 09/15/2006 Revision Date: 11/16/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-407-045
Geographic Setting: Minneapolis, MN Industry Setting: Medical equipment & device industry
Subjects: Board of directors; CEO; Corporate culture; Corporate governance; Corporate responsibility; Organizational behavior
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: The board of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had experienced rapid growth in the early 1990s as well as significant change in the composition of its board. Now the Medtronic directors must evaluate how the board has changed, how it will continue to change, and how it should prepare for the future.
   Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)
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Author(s): Bower, Joseph L.
Publication Date: 09/06/2006
Product Type: Case (Gen Exp)
HBS Number: 1-307-053
Number of Employees: 100+ Gross Revenues: $33 million
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Compensation; General management; Incentives; Strategy; Structure
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Brainard, Bennis and Farrel is a short case designed to explore the challenge of establishing appropriate compensation from a general management/CEO perspective. Brainard (B) is a one-page handout that is designed to show how an already difficult problem is made more complex by situational context — the detailed personal and interpersonal relationships among key executives over time. Must be used with: (9-495-037) Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (A); (5-300-049) Brainard, Bennis & Farrell, Teaching Note.
   Buddy March
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Thomas, David A.
Publication Date: 06/29/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-407-128
Geographic Setting: Midwestern United States Industry Setting: Electronics industry Number of Employees: 300 Gross Revenues: $120 million
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Corporate ventures; Entrepreneurs; General managers; Innovation; Joint ventures; Managerial behavior
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Entrepreneurial general manager (GM) ignores specific directives from his boss (GVP) to discontinue a new venture that the GM is championing.
   Building the Bottom Line by Developing the Frontline: Career Development for Service Employees
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Author(s): Jackson, Donald W., Jr.; Sirianni, Nancy J.
Publication Date: 05/15/2009
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Business Horizons/Indiana University
HBS Number: BH331
Subjects: Career advancement; Careers & career planning; Customer service; Employees; Personnel policies; Service management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Service firms must remember that the way they treat their employees is exactly how those employees will, in turn, treat customers. As such, taking good care of frontline personnel should be a top management concern. One way that service employees can be shown they are valued members of the organization entails the implementation of thoughtful and organized career development programs, initiatives which help increase employees' job satisfaction and feelings of empowerment in their customer-facing roles. Before they can become enthusiastic about meeting the needs of their customers, employees have to feel that their own needs are being met within the organization. In this regard, firm investment in frontline employee career development programs will be money well spent: they are capable of reducing employee turnover and increasing customer satisfaction, loyalty, and profitability. This article provides a conceptual model of career development which should prove useful to service managers in evaluating their own career development efforts. Also presented herein is a framework for tying together many disparate areas of career development that have heretofore been handled separately in the services literature.
   Building the Culture at Agilent Technologies: Back to the Future
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Author(s): O'Reilly, Charles A., III; Yokoi, Grace
Publication Date: 09/01/2001 Revision Date: 12/06/2001
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: In 1999, Hewlett-Packard (HP) split into two companies. The issue facing human resources (HR) had to do with creating loyalty and enthusiasm for a new company (Agilent) whose roots lay in an established institution with an extremely loyal workforce who identified with the HP brand. How could they create a new culture of more focus and accountability with the same people? Developing an organizational culture that supported business performance and accountability was the foremost HR task. This case provides detailed background on the company's key initiatives and projects to transform HR organization and culture in the new company. The HR transformation marked a change from an egalitarian, safe culture to a performance culture characterized by a strong meritocracy and a results-based rewards program. In 2001, the company faced increasing financial challenges that would test the newly developing culture. How could top management continue building the Agilent culture--especially in the face of layoffs and restructuring?
HBS Number: HR20
Geographic Setting: United StatesIndustry Setting: electronicsNumber of Employees: 47,000Gross Revenues: $174 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1999Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Corporate culture; Corporate reorganization; Electronics; Employee morale; Human resources management; Organizational behavior; Performance measurement
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Cambridge Technology Partners (A)
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Amabile, Teresa; Beer, Michael; Baker, George P.
Cambridge Technology Partners uses a highly innovative product strategy, supported by a human resources strategy, that has been very successful. However, high growth rates jeopardize product quality while tension about relative compensation levels between sales and operations threatens the firm's culture. Teaching Purpose: To understand the relationships between growth, culture, and human resources systems.
HBS Number: 9-496-005 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 7/17/1995 Revision Date: 4/11/1996
Geographic Setting: Cambridge, MA Industry Setting: software/consulting Number of Employees: 200 Gross Revenues: $34 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1993 Event Year End: 1993
Subjects: Consulting; Corporate culture; Employee compensation; Growth management; Human resources management; Innovation
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-496-006), 1p, by Teresa Amabile, Michael Beer, George P. Baker
   Cambridge Technology Partners (B)
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Author(s): Amabile, Teresa; Beer, Michael; Baker, Geo
Publication Date: 07/17/1995 Revision Date: 04/11/1996
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-496-005) Cambridge Technology Partners (A).
HBS Number: 9-496-006
Subjects: Consulting; Corporate culture; Employee compensation; Growth management; Human resources management; Innovation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Campaign for Human Capital at the School District of Philadelphia
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Author(s): Thomas, David A.; Akinola, Modupe
Publication Date: 09/07/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Public Education Leadership Project
HBS Number: PEL009
Geographic Setting: Pennsylvania
Subjects: Human resources management; Employee retention
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Teaching Note, (PEL022), 4p, by David A. Thomas,Modupe Akinola
Product Description: This is a PELP case study. Highlights how one school district leverages human capital management to help create a high-performing system.
   Career Transfer and Development at UPS
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Author(s): Dewar, Robert D.; Rao, Hayagreeva; Schumacher, Jeff
Publication Date: 01/01/2006
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Univ.
HBS Number: KEL176
Geographic Setting: United States
Subjects: Human resources management; Career changes
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes the career transfer and development system at UPS, showing incentives and policies that move managers across countries and functions, and how this movement develops high quality general managers.
   CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Sailer, James E.
Describes the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process, one of the most intensive in corporate America today. The board of directors' role in the evaluation is examined, as is the question of whether the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process should serve as a model for other corporations.
HBS Number: 9-491-116 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/28/1991 Revision Date: 10/15/1991
Geographic Setting: Minneapolis, MN Industry Setting: retail
Company Size: large Gross Revenues: $13.6 billion 1989 revenues
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Board of directors; Corporate governance; Performance appraisal; Succession planning
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-492-029), 6p, by Francis J. Aguilar; Teaching Note, (5-499-052), 3p, by Jay W. Lorsch
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HBS Number: 5-499-052
Subjects: Board of directors; Corporate governance; Performance appraisal; Succession planning
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Author(s): Aguilar, Francis J.
Publication Date: 01/08/1992
Product Type: Teaching Note
Product Description: Teaching Note for (9-491-116). Must be used with: (9-491-116) CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson.
HBS Number: 5-492-029
>Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Challenge of Change: Note
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Author(s): Jick, Todd D.
Publication Date: 09/08/1989 Revision Date: 06/19/1990
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Describes the major challenges associated with managing change. Highlights the focus for change, the different degrees and types of change, when change is to be introduced, what factors enable that introduction, and what reactions change evokes. Underscores the paradoxes and tensions inherent in managing change effectively.
HBS Number: 9-490-016
Subjects: Implementation; Management of change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Challenge of Commitment
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Gibbs, Michael J.
Publication Date: 01/06/1993 Revision Date: 06/09/1993
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Defines commitment, describes the psychological and organizational factors that underly it, and provides a comprehensive discussion of the policies and practices managers can employ to enhance commitment. Identifies control and commitment as two critical strategies managers must learn to manage and mix.
HBS Number: 9-493-046
Subjects: Employee morale; Human resources management; Motivation; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Change Agent Program at Siemens Nixdorf
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; McGuire, John F.; Mohammed, Afroze
To change its culture, the German computer giant Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems launched a program to train 21 "change agents" who would lead entrepreneurial projects designed to get results and to serve as models of a new style.
HBS Number: 9-396-203 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/4/1996 Revision Date: 2/25/1997
Geographic Setting: Germany Industry Setting: computers
Event Year Start: 1994 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Germany; Leadership; Management of change; Organizational behavior
   Cirque du Soleil
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Author(s): DeLong, Thomas J.; Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta
Publication Date: 07/18/2002 Revision Date: 10/15/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-403-006
Geographic Setting: Global Industry Setting: Entertainment industry Number of Employees: 2,500
Event Year Start: 2001 Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Human resources management; Organizational behavior; Personnel; Service management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-403-158), 14p, by Thomas J. DeLong, Jaan Elias
Product Description: Retaining talent is an issue for any company whose success relies on the creativity and excellence of its employees. This is especially true for Cirque du Soleil, the spectacularly successful “circus without animals,” whose 2,100 employees include 500 artists — mimes, clowns, acrobats, gymnasts, musicians, and production professionals. Managing a company full of creative people is a juggling act in itself, between keeping its artists happy and pursuing a successful strategy for attracting more business and talent. May be used with: (94204) Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work.
   Cirque Du Soleil, Teaching Note
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Author(s): DeLong, Thomas J.; Elias, Jaan
Publication Date: 05/20/2003 Revision Date: 05/16/2007
Product Type: Teaching Note
HBS Number: 5-403-158
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Teaching Note for (9-403-006). Must be used with: (9-403-006) Cirque du Soleil.
   Cisco Systems and Its Community Fellowship Program (A)
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Author(s): Barrett, Diana; McCarthy, Sheila
Publication Date: 04/04/2002 Revision Date: 07/23/2003
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Focuses on the introduction, implementation, and initial evaluation of Cisco Systems Community Fellowship Program. This program provided Cisco employees affected by the layoff the option of working with a nonprofit organization for one year. Instead of a severance package, the employee received one-third of his or her salary and retained all benefits and stock options. Includes the perspectives of the program's manager, several fellows, and the leadership of a nonprofit organization participating in the program.
HBS Number: 9-302-078
Geographic Setting: California, Boston, MAIndustry Setting: technologyNumber of Employees: 40,000Gross Revenues: $22.29 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 2001Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Human resources management; Layoffs; Nonprofit organizations; Philanthropy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-303-093), 4p, by Diana Barrett, Sheila McCarthy Leddy
   Cisco Systems and Its Community Fellowship Program (B)
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Author(s): Barrett, Diana; Leddy, Sheila McCarthy
Publication Date: 03/25/2003 Revision Date: 07/23/2003
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-302-078) Cisco Systems and Its Community Fellowship Program (A).
HBS Number: 9-303-093
Subjects: Human resources management; Layoffs; Nonprofit organizations; Philanthropy
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Cisco Systems: The Acquisition of Technology is the Acquisition of People
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O'Reilly, Charles A., III
How does a high technology firm successfully grow and compete in a market where software may be obsolete in 12 months? Cisco Systems, with annual revenues of more then $8 billion and a market capitalization larger than General Motors, is a leader in the market for computer networking equipment. They have achieved this remarkable success by designing a unique approach to a technology business that is based on people, frugality, and attention to customers. It is a success born out of a winning human resources approach that adds real value to the business.
HBS Number: HR10 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 10/27/1998 Industry Setting: high technology Gross Revenues: $8 billion revenues
Subjects: Acquisitions; Computer industry; Corporate culture; High technology; Human resources management; Mergers
Publisher: Stanford University
   Civil Service Pay in Hong Kong: Policies, System, Structure and Reform
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Author(s): Wong, Gilbert; Ho, Mary
Publication Date: 08/12/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
Product Description: In 2002, Hong Kong civil servants were the envy of many people. Their salaries, fringe benefits, and employment terms compared favorably with international standards. However, as civil servants staggered from one disaster and mistake to another, the public had an impression that their performance did not match their liberal remuneration. While private sectors were announcing massive layoffs, pay cuts, and reduced benefits in the sluggish economy, the Hong Kong government was under pressure to reduce civil service pay, and at the same time, to increase public accountability and improve performance. Teaching Purpose: To help students understand and appreciate the difficulty of establishing a civil service system that links pay to performance.
HBS Number: HKU219
Geographic Setting: Hong Kong
Event Year Start: 2002Event Year End: 2002
Subjects: Asia; Government policy; Human resources management; Organizational behavior; Pay for performance
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HKU220), 6p, by Gilbert Wong, Mary Ho
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HBS Number: HKU220
Subjects: Asia; Government policy; Human resources management; Organizational behavior; Pay for performance
   Clifford Chance: Repotting the Tree
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Author(s): Segel, Arthur I.; Kohn, A. Eugene; Nguyen, Nhat
Publication Date: 10/18/2006 Revision Date: 11/04/2008
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 207073
Geographic Setting: London Industry Setting: Real estate
Event Year Start: 1999 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: Finance; Leadership; Logistics; Real estate
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Clifford Chance, LLP, a global law firm headquartered in London, needs to make a decision whether to stay in the central business district of London or move to a redeveloped business park at Canary Wharf, 3 miles outside of central London. Peter Charleton, head of the London Office, is proposing to move to Canary Wharf and building a single, landmark headquarters with all the necessary amenities and premium fit-outs that is appropriate for an elite law firm. The tension surrounding the case is the choice to move from the hub of commerce in central London to a relatively obscure site whose owners (Olympia & York) have a history of financial bankruptcy. What business elements (clients, operations, employees, etc.) should they consider if they move the firm and how much relative weight do they place on each element? How do they frame the advantages and disadvantages between central London and Canary Wharf? What type of items should they program into the new facility? (cellular or open floor plans, ceiling heights, common space, dining facilities, gymnasiums, etc.) How should they prioritize these items?
   Coaching at Banco Azucarero de Cali (BAC) (A)
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Author(s): Cardona, Pablo; Pin, Jose Ramon; Serrano Duarte, German; Susaeta, Lourdes
Publication Date: 03/16/2004 Revision Date: 05/13/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES140
Geographic Setting: Colombia Industry Setting: Banking industry; Commercial banking
Subjects: Coaching; Performance appraisals
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (IES141), 11p, by Pablo Cardona, Jose Ramon Pin, German Serrano Duarte, Lourdes Susaeta; Teaching Note, (IES142), 23p, by Pablo Cardona, Jose Ramon Pin, German Serrano Duarte, Lourdes Susaeta
Product Description: Set in a bank, presents two complementary themes: a management by competencies interview and management coaching. The area director is undergoing his first 180-degree evaluation and has to conduct a self-assessment. Discusses his results and the passive role of his own coach.
   Coaching at Banco Azucarero de Cali (BAC) (A) and (B), Teaching Note
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Author(s): Cardona, Pablo; Pin, Jose Ramon; Serrano Duarte, German; Susaeta, Lourdes
Publication Date: 05/26/2004
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES142
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (IES141) Coaching at Banco Azucarero de Cali (BAC) (B); (IES140) Coaching at Banco Azucarero de Cali (BAC) (A).
   Coaching at Banco Azucarero de Cali (BAC) (B)
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Author(s): Cardona, Pablo; Pin, Jose Ramon; Serrano Duarte, German; Susaeta, Lourdes
Publication Date: 03/16/2004 Revision Date: 10/27/2004
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES141
Geographic Setting: Colombia Industry Setting: Banking industry; Commercial banking
Subjects: Coaching; Performance appraisals
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (IES142), 23p, by Pablo Cardona, Jose Ramon Pin, German Serrano Duarte, Lourdes Susaeta
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (IES140) Coaching at Banco Azucarero de Cali (BAC) (A).
   Compagnie Lyonnaise de Transport (A)
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Author(s): Roberts, Michael J.; Tushman, Michael L.
Publication Date: 05/07/2001 Revision Date: 05/02/2007
Product Type: Case (Gen Exp)
HBS Number: 9-401-040
Geographic Setting: Lyon Industry Setting: Transportation industry Number of Employees: 1,000 Gross Revenues: $2.4 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 2000 Event Year End: 2000
Subjects: Decentralization; Interdepartmental relations; Line & staff management; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Transfer pricing; Transportation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Gen Exp), (9-401-041), 1p, by Michael J. Roberts, Michael L. Tushman
Product Description: Describes the issues surrounding the funding of a centralized research service that supports two related divisions. The company has a very decentralized and financially driven culture, and the centralized service is used unequally, setting up a conflict. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
   Compagnie Lyonnaise de Transport (B)
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Author(s): Roberts, Michael J.; Tushman, Michael L.
Publication Date: 05/07/2001 Revision Date: 05/09/2006
Product Type: Supplement (Gen Exp)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. Must be used with: (9-401-040) Compagnie Lyonnaise de Transport (A).
HBS Number: 9-401-041
Geographic Setting: France
Subjects: Decentralization; Interdepartmental relations; Line & staff management; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Transfer pricing; Transportation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Compensation in Professional Service Firms
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Author(s): Nanda, Ashish; Prusiner, Lauren
Publication Date: 10/20/2004 Revision Date: 03/02/2006
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Discusses the compensation of professionals -- partners and nonpartners -- in a professional services firm. Discusses the considerations that determine the choice of compensation systems and the interrelationship between compensation and other human resources management systems in professional services firms.
HBS Number: 9-905-039
Industry Setting: Professional services
Subjects: Compensation; Incentives; Leadership; Organizational design; Partnerships; Professionals
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Conducting a Performance Appraisal Interview
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Author(s): Beer, Michael
Publication Date: 01/30/1997
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Discusses typical problems experienced by managers in conducting performance appraisal interviews. The underlying causes of these problems are analyzed and ideas are presented that might help managers overcome these problems. A rewritten version of an earlier note.
HBS Number: 9-497-058
Subjects: Employee promotions; Performance appraisal; Personnel management; Superior & subordinate
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Consumer Materials Enterprises, Inc. (Consummate Corp.)
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Author(s): Cohen, Allan
Publication Date: 01/01/2000 Revision Date: 04/22/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Babson College
Product Description: The department manager at Consumer Material Enterprises, Inc. wants to improve employee satisfaction in his department and starts with his own immediate subordinates. Satisfied that earlier production problems are under control, he wants to create an atmosphere of "one big happy family." However, a visit from a summer intern reveals more tension among his staff than the department manager had realized and he wonders how to proceed. Emphasizes data that reflect differences in perceptions, attitudes, and assumptions between new supervisors with college degrees and old-timers who are high school graduates. Teaching Purpose: To provide students with an opportunity to see how situational factors affect individual behavior and how structure shapes perceptions, attitudes, assumptions and, consequently, behavior.
HBS Number: BAB080
Subjects: Corporate culture; Employee morale; Human resources management; Management of change; Organizational structure
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (BAB580), 5p, by Allan Cohen
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HBS Number: BAB580
Subjects: Corporate culture; Employee morale; Human resources management; Management of change; Organizational structure
   Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)
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Beer, Michael
Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient data to determine that the cause of these problems is a change in business environment that had been followed by change in organization and management. Can be used for analysis of organization-environment relationships and action planning for change and environment. May be used with: (9-477-073) Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B).
HBS Number: 9-477-024 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 7/1/1976 Revision Date: 4/26/1983
Geographic Setting: Corning, NY Industry Setting: glass
Company Size: Fortune 500
Event Year Start: 1968 Event Year End: 1968
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-481-088), 31p, by Michael Beer
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HBS Number: 5-481-088
Subjects: Business conditions; Employee morale; Implementation; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational design; Organizational development; Technological change
   Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B)
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Beer, Michael
Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group for the electronic product division's problems. May be used with: (9-477-024) Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A).
HBS Number: 9-477-073 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 1/31/1977 Revision Date: 4/29/1983
Geographic Setting: Corning, NY Industry Setting: electronics
Company Size: Fortune 500
Event Year Start: 1968 Event Year End: 1968
Subjects: Electronics; Implementation; Organizational change; Organizational development; Technological change
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-477-074), 4p, by Michael Beer; Teaching Note, (5-481-088), 31p, by Michael Beer
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HBS Number: 5-481-088
Subjects: Electronics; Implementation; Organizational change; Organizational development; Technological change
   Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (C)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael
Publication Date: 02/01/1977 Revision Date: 04/21/1983
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (B) case. Designed as an end-of-class handout. Must be used with: (9-477-073) Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B).
HBS Number: 9-477-074
Subjects: Electronics; Implementation; Organizational change; Organizational development; Technological change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-481-088), 31p, by Michael Beer
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HBS Number: 5-481-088
Subjects: Electronics; Implementation; Organizational change; Organizational development; Technological change
   Cypress Semiconductors (A): Vision, Values, and Killer Software
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Author(s): O'Reilly, Charles A., III; Caldwell, Davi
Publication Date: 04/01/1998
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: How does a firm in a high tech industry compete when both innovation and cost effectiveness are critical? T.J. Rodgers, founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, has developed a unique human resources (HR) system that attempts to do both. This case describes the elements of this system and raises a series of questions about how aligned the HR system is with the business strategy. Also illustrates the role of formal and social control (culture) in stimulating innovation and change.
HBS Number: HR8A
Geographic Setting: Silicon Valley, CAIndustry Setting: semiconductorsNumber of Employees: 2,000Gross Revenues: $400 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1994Event Year End: 1994
Subjects: Compensation; High technology products; Human resources management; Innovation; Leadership; Management philosophy; Semiconductors; Silicon Valley
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HR8AT), 4p, by Charles A. O'Reilly III, David Caldwell; Supplement (Field), (HR8B), 3p, by Charles A. O'Reilly III, David Caldwell
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Author(s): O'Reilly, Charles A., III; Caldwell, David
Publication Date: 04/01/1998 Revision Date: 11/03/2004
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (HR8A) Cypress Semiconductors (A): Vision, Values, and Killer Software.
HBS Number: HR8B
Subjects: Compensation; High technology products; Human resources management; Innovation; Leadership; Management philosophy; Semiconductors; Silicon Valley
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Daka International, Inc. (A)
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Author(s): Robinson, Robert J.
Publication Date: 09/24/1993
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Deals with an employee who contracts AIDS. The employer, a food-service proprietor, is threatened by an old and valued client with the loss of the account if they do not fire him.
HBS Number: 9-494-051
Geographic Setting: MassachusettsIndustry Setting: foodCompany Size: mid-sizeNumber of Employees: 3,200Gross Revenues: $150 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1988Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Discrimination; Ethics; Health; Negotiations; Terminations
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-494-052), 3p, by Robert J. Robinson; Teaching Note, (5-494-053), 5p, by Robert J. Robinson
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HBS Number: 5-494-053
Subjects: Discrimination; Ethics; Health; Negotiations; Terminations
   Daka International, Inc. (B)
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Author(s): Robinson, Robert J.
Publication Date: 09/24/1993
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Describes the resolution to the dilemma raised in the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-494-051) Daka International, Inc. (A).
HBS Number: 9-494-052
Subjects: Discrimination; Ethics; Health; Negotiations; Terminations
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-494-053), 5p, by Robert J. Robinson
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HBS Number: 5-494-053
Subjects: Discrimination; Ethics; Health; Negotiations; Terminations
   Dan Stewart (A)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-087
Geographic Setting: Midwestern United States Industry Setting: Pharmaceutical industry; Chemical industry Gross Revenues: $4 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1970 Event Year End: 1980
Subjects: Employee promotions; Managing superiors; Superior & subordinate; Supervision
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-482-088), 3p, by Vijay V. Sathe, Mark Rhodes; Supplement (Field), (9-482-089), 2p, by Vijay V. Sathe, Mark Rhodes; Supplement (Field), (9-482-090), 1p, by Vijay V. Sathe, Mark Rhodes
Product Description: A subordinate who Dan Stewart has recently placed on warning for unsatisfactory performance is suddenly appointed Dan's boss. Involves such issues as the management of disappointment, understanding organizational irrationality, lateral transfer within the same company, and dealing with organizational politics.
   Dan Stewart (B)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-088
Subjects: Employee promotions; Managing superiors; Superior & subordinate; Supervision
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes how Dan manages the situation. Must be used with: (9-482-087) Dan Stewart (A).
   Dan Stewart (C)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-089
Subjects: Employee promotions; Managing superiors; Superior & subordinate; Supervision
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Dan is given an assignment as general manager of a small division with some difficulties but exciting possibilities. How should he manage the situation? Must be used with: (9-482-087) Dan Stewart (A).
   Dan Stewart (D)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Rhodes, Mark
Publication Date: 01/19/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-090
Subjects: Employee promotions; Managing superiors; Superior & subordinate; Supervision
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Describes how Dan managed the assignment. Must be used with: (9-482-087) Dan Stewart (A).
   Datavision (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 03/15/1995 Revision Date: 09/24/1997
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Depicts a “team-building'' intervention by an organizational consultant at a small computer company. Teaching Purpose: Should promote discussion surrounding such techniques.
HBS Number: 9-495-046
Geographic Setting: Burlington, MA Industry Setting: computers Number of Employees: 500 Gross Revenues: $3 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1993 Event Year End: 1993
Subjects: Computer industry; Consulting; Organizational development; Teams
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-495-047), 3p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Supplement (Field), (9-495-048), 2p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Teaching Note, (5-498-030), 12p, by Michael Beer, Stephanie Woerner; Teaching Note, (5-481-090), 7p, by Michael Beer; Teaching Note, (5-491-012), 5p, by Louis B. Barnes
   Datavision (B)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 03/15/1995 Revision Date: 07/31/1995
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: To be handed out in class as a follow-up to Datavision (A). Must be used with: (9-495-046) Datavision (A).
HBS Number: 9-495-047
Subjects: Computer industry; Consulting; Organizational development; Teams
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-498-030), 12p, by Michael Beer, Stephanie Woerner; Teaching Note, (5-481-090), 7p, by Michael Beer; Teaching Note, (5-491-012), 5p, by Louis B. Barnes
   Datavision (C)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 03/15/1995 Revision Date: 08/09/1995
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Describes the events to follow Datavision (A) and (B). Covers the aftermath of two previous team-building meetings and leaves off with the protagonist struggling with how to proceed. Must be used with: (9-495-046) Datavision (A).
HBS Number: 9-495-048
Subjects: Computer industry; Consulting; Leadership; Organizational change; Teams
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-498-030), 12p, by Michael Beer, Stephanie Woerner
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HBS Number: 5-498-030
Subjects: Computer industry; Consulting; Leadership; Organizational change; Teams
   David Dickens: The Last Ditch Decision
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Author(s): Miller, Paddy
Publication Date: 02/02/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES143
Geographic Setting: Singapore
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Communication
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (IES144), 3p, by Paddy Miller
Product Description: David Dickens has been out of business school for 10 years. In that time, his career has prospered. However, like many multilingual, upwardly mobile MBA graduates, he finds himself on a treadmill of international assignments. He considers whether he should join friends in a local dairy business back in rural England. However, things are complicated by his also having to solve a global marketing problem.
   David Dickens: The Last Ditch Decision, Teaching Note
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Author(s): Miller, Paddy
Publication Date: 02/02/2004
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES144
Geographic Setting: Singapore
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (IES143) David Dickens: The Last Ditch Decision.
   Dennis Hightower and the Walt Disney Co. in Europe
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Jick, Todd D.; Feinberg, Barbara
Describes the initial entry challenges faced by Dennis Hightower after being assigned the task to revitalize and reposition Walt Disney Co. of Europe in preparation for 1992. Allows students to consider the challenges of cultural heterogeneity, Disney traditions, and the culture of local autonomy in each of the European franchises. Students will be asked to develop an action plan for changing the direction and the working relationships in Europe.
HBS Number: 9-490-010 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 10/13/1989
Geographic Setting: Europe Industry Setting: entertainment
Company Size: small
Event Year Start: 1987 Event Year End: 1987
Subjects: Action planning; Entertainment industry; Europe; Management of change
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-491-108), 11p, by Todd D. Jick
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HBS Number: 5-491-108
Subjects: Action planning; Entertainment industry; Europe; Management of change
   Department Stores Now: Parisian
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Author(s): Lal, Rajiv; Han, Arar
Publication Date: 01/03/2005 Revision Date: 03/10/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Presents the dilemma facing George Jones with respect to the high selling cost at Parisian Department Stores. The solutions to be considered reflect the issues at different levels of the organization, including individual salespeople, the store itself, and the merchandise policy for a set of rather diverse stores. Teaching Purpose: To motivate and reward salespeople and manage selling costs.
HBS Number: 9-505-052
Geographic Setting: United StatesIndustry Setting: department storesGross Revenues: $700 million revenues
Event Year Start: 2004Event Year End: 2004
Subjects: Department stores; Human resources management; Retailing
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Dewberry Capital
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Author(s): Poorvu, William J.
Publication Date: 11/14/2003 Revision Date: 03/23/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: In 2003, key executives of Dewberry Capital, a fast-growing, Atlanta-based real estate company, are evaluating their growth strategy and the resultant organizational issues. John Dewberry, the entrepreneurial founder of the firm, has developed a portfolio of neighborhood shopping centers, apartments, and in midtown Atlanta, a 160,000-square-foot office building. He would like to start a second adjacent, 300,000-square-foot office building, but worries about a weak market. Already new hires have been added to the team. The question is what other people should be added, when, and at what compensation level.
HBS Number: 9-904-418
Geographic Setting: Atlanta, GeorgiaIndustry Setting: real estateNumber of Employees: 100
Event Year Start: 2003Event Year End: 2003
Subjects: Compensation; Entrepreneurship; Growth strategy; Organizational behavior; Real estate
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (A)
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Author(s): Miller, Paddy; Mitchell, Jordan
Publication Date: 08/31/2004 Revision Date: 10/20/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES145
Geographic Setting: United States
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Decision analysis
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (IES146), 3p, by Paddy Miller, Jordan Mitchell; Supplement (Field), (IES147), 3p, by Paddy Miller, Jordan Mitchell; Teaching Note, (IES148), 9p, by Paddy Miller, Jordan Mitchell
Product Description: Jack and Diana Civello met and married while working together in the same organization, and they both have had successful careers. It has become apparent that of the two, Diana is more likely to make it into a top executive job, maybe even CEO of a major corporation. This leaves Jack with certain decisions to make about his own career.
   Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
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Author(s): Miller, Paddy; Mitchell, Jordan
Publication Date: 09/06/2004 Revision Date: 09/22/2004
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES148
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (IES145) Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (A); (IES146) Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (B); (IES147) Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (C).
   Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (B)
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Author(s): Miller, Paddy; Mitchell, Jordan
Publication Date: 08/31/2004 Revision Date: 09/27/2004
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES146
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Decision analysis
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (IES148), 9p, by Paddy Miller, Jordan Mitchell
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (IES145) Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (A).
   Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (C)
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Author(s): Miller, Paddy; Mitchell, Jordan
Publication Date: 08/31/2004 Revision Date: 09/23/2004
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: IESE University of Navarra
HBS Number: IES147
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Decision analysis
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (IES148), 9p, by Paddy Miller, Jordan Mitchell
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (IES145) Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (A).
   Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): “The Smartest People on Wall Street Can Be Had”
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris; Reed, Brendan
Publication Date: 12/09/2005 Revision Date: 02/27/2006
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: In February 1990, Drexel Burnham Lambert declared bankruptcy amid a slew of scandals. Equities chief Arthur Kirsch hoped to keep his high-performing 600-person team intact. Could he find a company that would take on such a massive group hire? Competitors were already moving in to poach his stars, but Kirsch was reluctant to see the group disband. Could he keep a sufficient core intact while enticing a corporate suitor to make an offer? How could he maintain high morale and good group communication while he negotiated? What kind of company would want Kirsch's group? What kind of company would be the best fit culturally? What was the group's collective market value in the prevailing business climate and in the aftermath of Drexel's collapse? And if Kirsch could pull off such a deal, would the group follow him?
HBS Number: 9-406-054
Geographic Setting: United Kingdom; United States Industry Setting: Investment banking; Professional services Number of Employees: 600 Gross Revenues: $100 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Bankruptcy; Corporate culture; Decision making; Group dynamics; Groups; Human capital; Human resources management; Leadership; Negotiations; Organizational behavior; Recruitment; Team leadership; Uncertainty
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-406-055), 1p, by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams; Supplement (Field), (9-406-056), 1p, by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams; Supplement (Field), (9-406-057), 8p, by Boris Groysberg
   Drexel Burnham Lambert (D): Kirsch’s Talent Sale
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Author(s): Groysberg, Boris
Publication Date: 12/09/2005 Revision Date: 03/01/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
HBS Number: 9-406-057
Subjects: Bankruptcy; Corporate culture; Decision making; Group dynamics; Groups; Human capital; Human resources management; Leadership; Negotiations; Organizational behavior; Recruitment; Team leadership; Uncertainty
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product.
   Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream (A)
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Author(s): Carroll, Glenn R.; Chatman, Jennifer; Chan
Publication Date: 01/08/2001 Revision Date: 12/01/2001
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: In June 1998, the senior management team at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream faced a number of internal and external difficulties that were some of the most challenging problems the company ever faced. Problems included profitability issues, record-high butterfat prices, aggressive discounting by competitors, higher margin better-for-you segment collapse, severance of Ben & Jerry's distribution contract, and management health issues. Given a mandatory and necessary financial restructuring of the company, the senior management team faced some tough employee issues and needed to make very significant decisions to overcome their difficult times. Teaching Purpose: To teach students how to manage a difficult organizational politics issue.
HBS Number: OB35A
Geographic Setting: United StatesIndustry Setting: ice cream, dairy, consumer productsNumber of Employees: 4,000Gross Revenues: $1.16 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1998Event Year End: 1998
Subjects: Communication in organizations; Corporate culture; Downsizing; Employee morale; Employee problems; Financial strategy; Food; Human resources management; Loyalty; Management of crises; Organizational behavior
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (OB35B), 11p, by Glenn R. Carroll, Jennifer Chatman, Victoria Chang; Supplement (Field), (OB35C), 2p, by Glenn R. Carroll, Jennifer Chatman, Victoria Chang
   Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream (B)
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Author(s): Carroll, Glenn R.; Chatman, Jennifer; Chan
Publication Date: 01/08/2001 Revision Date: 10/10/2001
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (OB35A) Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (A).
HBS Number: OB35B
Subjects: Communication in organizations; Corporate culture; Downsizing; Employee morale; Employee problems; Financial strategy; Food; Human resources management; Loyalty; Management of crises; Organizational behavior
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream (C)
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Author(s): Carroll, Glenn R.; Chatman, Jennifer; Chan
Publication Date: 01/08/2001
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (OB35A) Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (A).
HBS Number: OB35C
Subjects: Communication in organizations; Corporate culture; Downsizing; Employee morale; Employee problems; Financial strategy; Food; Human resources management; Loyalty; Management of crises; Organizational behavior
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Eastman Chemical Co.: Building a Board from Scratch
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Graff, Samantha K.
Eastman Chemical Co. spun off from Kodak in 1993. CEO of Eastman, Earnest Deavenport, did not want to see the new company's board with any members of the Kodak board, so he initiated a deliberate and thorough process to build an entirely new board that he hoped would be, in many ways, on the cutting edge. This case describes the selection process and documents the backgrounds of the chosen directors. Discusses the board's first year at work, and it records the reflections "one year in" of Deavenport and a couple of board members. Teaching Purpose: Provides an opportunity to evaluate the process and outcome of building a board from scratch.
HBS Number: 9-496-043 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 2/13/1996
Geographic Setting: Kingsport, TN Industry Setting: chemicals Number of Employees: 14,000 Gross Revenues: $3.5 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1994 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Board of directors; Chemicals; Corporate governance; Organizational behavior
   Embracing realism and recognizing choice in IT offshoring initiatives
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Author(s): Lampel, Joseph; Bhalla, Ajay
Publication Date: 09/15/2008
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Business Horizons/Indiana University
HBS Number: BH295
Geographic Setting: China; India
Subjects: Global business; Globalization; Information management; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Technology management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: As more and more firms move activities offshore to countries that are distantly located from their home base of operations, the initial advantages of making this move are increasingly tempered by realities on the ground. For firms contemplating offshoring today, it is important to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of undertaking or extending this strategy in light of what we now know. Broadly speaking, successful offshoring must begin with an understanding of the market and competitive pressures that encourage offshoring, and then build on recognition of how these pressures can be addressed using or modifying the offshoring options currently practiced. Our discussion of these issues is based on analysis of offshoring of IT-enabled services by Fortune Global 500 firms in such areas as software development and business processes that support customer interaction.
   Embracing the Whole Individual: Advantages of a Dual-centric Perspective of Work and Life
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Author(s): Bourne, Kristina A.; Wilson, Fiona; Lester, Scott W.; Kickul, Jill
Publication Date: 07/15/2009
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Business Horizons/Indiana University
HBS Number: BH341
Subjects: Employee development; Employee empowerment; Employee training; Employees; Human resources management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: In today's often complicated and fast-paced world, individuals are pulled in many different directions. Balancing work and personal roles — including those of parent, spouse, caregiver, volunteer, and so forth — can be a daunting task. In the literature, identity theory speaks to the multi-faceted existence employees face, beyond that of just “worker.” The differing roles individuals occupy have traditionally been viewed as competing, implicitly suggesting that attention to one area of a person's life necessarily detracts from the others, and that juggling and managing multiple roles causes stress and emotional strain. To explore the verity of this notion we conducted a study, which is described herein. Of significance, 55% of our sample indicated that they were dual-centric; that is, individuals who value both their work and non-work roles equally. In this article, we build on extant research and find support for the belief that dual-centrics experience more overall satisfaction, greater work-life balance, and less emotional exhaustion. Given the seeming increase in employees' dual-centric focus, it is rational to suggest that one way in which organizations can improve and enhance employee well-being is by embracing them as whole individuals. This article explores that notion, and provides innovative examples from Fortune magazine's “100 Best Companies to Work For” list regarding how this objective can be accomplished.
   Employer and Employee Obligations and Rights Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
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Author(s): Tidwell, Gary L.; Rice, Daniel A.; Kropkowski, Gary
Publication Date: 05/15/2009
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Business Horizons/Indiana University
HBS Number: BH328
Industry Setting: Law enforcement
Subjects: Employees; Human resources management; Personnel policies
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: As more Reserve and National Guard troops are called to leave the civilian workforce and enter military service, employers must understand the legal rights those service members possess and the employers' legal obligations that are now required under The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Current data and litigation trends suggest many employers are not fully aware of their legal obligations under USERRA and the punishing legal liability they may face. USERRA applies to virtually all employers, and the law uniquely provides for both corporate and individual liability for discriminating against employees or applicants because of military service. This article provides an overview of USERRA from the perspective of employers, employees, and potential employees. Practical advice is rendered herein not only for those covered by the Act, but also for employers regarding adherence to this law while avoiding liability under USERRA.
   Eric Weiss
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Conger, Jay
Publication Date: 12/22/1981 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-059
Geographic Setting: Midwestern United States Industry Setting: Dairy industry Gross Revenues: $500 million assets
Event Year Start: 1979 Event Year End: 1979
Subjects: Corporate culture; Employee attitude; Personal strategy & style; Superior & subordinate; Terminations
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Eric Weiss, Harvard MBA '77, was fired only three months after joining the company. To be used with Eric Weiss (B).
   Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A)
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Author(s): Gabarro, John J.; Graff, Samantha K.
Publication Date: 06/06/1995 Revision Date: 06/23/1995
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Intended to be a robust example of the challenges encountered during the early stages of a large-scale organizational transformation effort in a professional service firm. Describes a massive change program initiated and led by the new managing partner along with a small group of firm leaders. The first half outlines the conceptual phase, the process of obtaining firm-wide “buy-in'' to the idea of change, and the launching of 10 change initiatives. The second half explores three challenges identified by the change leaderhsip that they intended to address in the coming year. The first concerned the organization of the London office (which accounted for over half of the firm's revenues and professionals). The second was growing dissatisfaction among the firm's non-partner senior managers. The third problem was the increasingly frequent feedback that many people were overwhelmed by the number of change initiatives or were confused by how the initiatives related to one another. May be used with: (9-496-010) Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B).
HBS Number: 9-495-061
Geographic Setting: United Kingdom Industry Setting: accounting Number of Employees: 6,500 Gross Revenues: $500 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1992 Event Year End: 1994
Subjects: Leadership; Management of change; Management of professionals; Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational structure; Reorganization; United Kingdom
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A) (Abridged)
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Gabarro, John J.; Graff, Samantha K.
Intended to be a robust example of the challenges encountered during the early stages of a large-scale organizational transformation effort in a professional service firm. Describes a massive change program initiated and led by the new
HBS Number: 9-496-049 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/15/1996
Geographic Setting: United Kingdom Industry Setting: accounting Number of Employees: 6,000 Gross Revenues: $525 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1993 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Leadership; Management of change; Management of professionals; Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational structure; Reorganization; United Kingdom
   Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B)
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Gabarro, John J.; Graff, Samantha K.
Discusses progress made by mid-1995 on the three challenges identified by the change leadership at the end of 1993. First, it describes the decision-making process that resulted in a general consensus to reorganize the huge London office, and it highlights certain psychological, logistical, and strategic challenges of implementing this change. Second, it addresses action plans taken to increase the satisfaction of the firm's nonpartner senior managers. Third, it explores continued efforts of the change leadership to communicate and clarify its vision. Teaching Purpose: Provides a continued opportunity to critique a large-scale organizational transformation effort. May be used with Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A).
HBS Number: 9-496-010 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 11/20/1995
Geographic Setting: United Kingdom Industry Setting: accounting Number of Employees: 6,500 Gross Revenues: $500 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Leadership; Management of change; Management of professionals; Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational structure; Reorganization; United Kingdom
   ESPA—Extended Service Plans of America, Teaching Note
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Author(s): Grousbeck, H. Irving; Arippol, Patrick
Publication Date: 03/29/2007
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: E242TN
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (E242) ESPA--Extended Service Plans of America.
   EUROCAP Bank: Bonuses Driving Performance or Driving Discontent
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Author(s): Wong, Gilbert; McGregor, Heather; Khan, Sh
Publication Date: 01/01/2000
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
Product Description: By March 2000's first quarter evaluation, it was evident that EUROCAP Equities Japan had performed beyond expectations. Its primary year-2000 objective was to become the top-choice broker for its client for Japanese equities. However, when bonuses were handed out in March for 1999's performance, two key research analysts threatened to resign and the team was overall dispirited, as bonuses were lower than expected and lower than industry payouts. Key issues facing EUROCAP Equities Japan management included: How would key employees' expectations be managed in 2000? How was EUROCAP Equities Japan going to retain its employees in a bull-run with competitive pressures on the small local resource pool? How would employees be motivated through compensation packages, and what other methods would be used to make employees excel in their performance and thrust EUROCAP Equities Japan's performance into the limelight?
HBS Number: HKU113
Geographic Setting: Hong Kong Industry Setting: brokerage
Event Year Start: 1997 Event Year End: 2000
Subjects: Banking; Bonuses; Compensation; Japan; Motivation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HKU151), 7p, by Gilbert Wong, Heather McGregor, Shamza Khan, Pauline Ng, Michelle Ng
(Sales restricted to North America.)
   Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)
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Author(s): Narayanan, V.G.; Jurgens, Michele
Publication Date: 04/27/2005 Revision Date: 05/26/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Faced with falling share prices and the critical eye of the media focused on Jack Welch's retirement plan, newly appointed CEO Jeff Immelt had the challenge of reassessing GE as a leader of corporate integrity and good governance. Presents the changes Immelt initiated in the board of directors, in Immelt's own compensation scheme, and in the compensation scheme for all GE executives, designed to address GE's corporate governance issues. Examines the use of stock options and alternative stock-based incentive schemes, along with the importance of each tool in a total compensation plan. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
HBS Number: 9-105-072
Number of Employees: 227,000 Gross Revenues: $134 million revenues
Event Year Start: 2002 Event Year End: 2003
Subjects: Board of directors; CEO; Compensation; Corporate governance; Executive compensation; Stock options
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Library), (9-105-070), 7p, by V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens
   Executive Compensation at General Electric (B)
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Author(s): Narayanan, V.G.; Jurgens, Michele
Publication Date: 04/27/2005 Revision Date: 05/19/2005
Product Type: Supplement (Library)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-105-072) Executive Compensation at General Electric (A).
HBS Number: 9-105-070
Subjects: Board of directors; CEO; Compensation; Corporate governance; Executive compensation; Stock options
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc.
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Author(s): Lorsch, Jay W.; Narayanan, V.G.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Brem, Lisa; Robertson, Ashley C.
Publication Date: 01/27/2004 Revision Date: 07/10/2006
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-104-062
Geographic Setting: United Kingdom Industry Setting: Consumer products Number of Employees: 23,000 Gross Revenues: 3,531 million British pounds revenu
Event Year Start: 2003 Event Year End: 2003
Subjects: Corporate governance; Executive committees; Human resources management; Personnel management; Shareholder relations
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Reckitt Benckiser plc has developed an executive compensation system. This case outlines the structure of the system, its emphasis on performance-based pay and a global outlook, and explains the role of the human resources department, the board of directors, and company shareholders in determining pay. It raises questions about how to balance incentive remuneration effectively in recruiting and retaining top managers, while addressing shareholder concerns about executive compensation.
   Exercise on Employee Stock Option Dilution
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Author(s): Hall, Brian
Publication Date: 12/07/2001
Product Type: Exercise
Product Description: Discusses the effects of option dilution on stock prices and shareholder value. To simplify the example and isolate the complexity of option dilution, we make a number of simplifying assumptions.
HBS Number: 9-902-162
Subjects: Compensation; Stock options
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Expense Tracking System at Tiger Creek
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Author(s): Zuboff, Shoshana; Bronsema, Gloria
Publication Date: 12/07/1984
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Mill manager Carl Adelman learns that a group of senior managers is soon to visit the Tiger Creek mill to learn more about the success of the newly implemented Expense Tracking System. The System had been installed on two paper machines to give workers real time cost data enabling them to optimize the papermaking process. Impressive savings resulted from the operating innovations made by the paper machine operators, and this has engaged corporate attention. However, the savings rate seems to have plateaued. Andelman must discover why before the VIP visit.
HBS Number: 9-485-057
Industry Setting: Paper industry Number of Employees: 1,600
Event Year Start: 1982 Event Year End: 1983
Subjects: Business expenses; Human resources management; Organizational behavior; Technology
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-486-098), 8p, by Shoshana Zuboff, Gloria Schuck
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HBS Number: 5-486-098
Subjects: Business expenses; Forest products; Human resources management; Organizational behavior; Technology
   FBI: Mission Extended
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Author(s): Beaulieu, Nancy Dean; Zimmerman, Aaron M.G.
Publication Date: 04/08/2005
Product Type: Case (Library)
Product Description: Following the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, there was consensus that the FBI needed to make organizational changes. The FBI had long distinguished itself as the world's pre-eminent organization for conducting after-the-fact investigations that laid the groundwork for the prosecution of criminal cases. What remained to be seen was whether the FBI could build on its strengths to extend its capabilities to intelligence gathering and analysis. Describes the FBI organization, career incentives in the agency, and two attempts at organizational restructuring: The 1998 strategic plan (and the creation of the Investigative Services Division) and MAXCAP 05. Also examines the traditional law enforcement approach and how this manifested itself in the agency's organizational structures and systems. Lays the groundwork for discussion of the incentives related to the decentralized management structure, the recruiting and training of new analysts, information sharing and coordination, performance measurement and rewards, and budgeting. Ends with the appointment of Robert Mueller as the new director and his charge to reform the organization.
HBS Number: 9-905-061
Event Year Start: 1990 Event Year End: 2007
Subjects: Centralization; Communication in organizations; Corporate culture; Decentralization; Government agencies; Incentives; Organizational change; Organizational structure; Restructuring
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy
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Friedman, Raymond A.; Kamprath, Nancy
Lays out the business challenges facing First Chicago Corp. in 1986: the banking industry has been deregulated, many corporations are bypassing banks in their search for capital, and foreign competition has increased. Their traditional market--corporate banking--has eroded. The strategy they choose is to strengthen their corporate banking business by adding investment banking to its portfolio of products, and distinguishing itself as a "relationship" bank. They also want to move into the middle and retail markets in order to build a "superregional" bank. May be used with First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (A) and (B).
HBS Number: 9-491-056 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 11/27/1990 Revision Date: 9/27/1991
Subjects: Banking; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-492-028), 8p, by Raymond A. Friedman
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HBS Number: 5-492-028
Subjects: Banking; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
   First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (A)
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Friedman, Raymond A.
Presents the human resource challenges associated with First Chicago Corp.'s strategy in the corporate banking market. They want to maintain strong "relationships" with customers, while also developing strong investment banking capabilities. They face three problems: recruiting and keeping investment bankers, motivating "relationship managers" (RM's) (who see career success in terms of moving away from client contact and up the managerial hierarchy), and getting the investment bankers and RM's to work together. May be used with First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy.
HBS Number: 9-491-058 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 11/27/1990 Revision Date: 9/27/1991
Geographic Setting: Chicago, IL Industry Setting: financial services Number of Employees: 14,000
Event Year Start: 1986 Event Year End: 1986
Subjects: Banking; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-491-059), 4p, by Raymond A. Friedman; Teaching Note, (5-492-028), 8p, by Raymond A. Friedman
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HBS Number: 5-492-028
Subjects: Banking; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
   First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (B)
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Author(s): Friedman, Raymond A.
Publication Date: 11/27/1990 Revision Date: 09/27/1991
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-491-058) First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (A).
HBS Number: 9-491-059
Subjects: Banking; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-492-028), 8p, by Raymond A. Friedman
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HBS Number: 5-492-028
Subjects: Banking; Corporate strategy; Human resources management; Organizational change; Strategy formulation
   First Community Bank
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Author(s): Kanter, Rosabeth Moss
Publication Date: 01/18/1996 Revision Date: 12/05/2005
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: First Community Bank, a bank-within-a-bank at Bank of Boston, was established in 1990 as a unique venture to serve urban communities. By 1995 it has achieved profitability but must manage relationships with the mainstream at Bank of Boston, serve as a change agent and role model, and face the challenge of reexamining its mission and structure. May be used with: (9-301-086) First Community Bank (B): Community Banking Group.
HBS Number: 9-396-202
Geographic Setting: New England Industry Setting: Banking industry
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 1995
Subjects: Balanced scorecard; Banking; Change management; Community relations; Corporate responsibility; Leadership; Mergers & Acquisitions; Organizational change; Strategic planning
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-399-002), 9p, by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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HBS Number: 5-399-002
Subjects: Balanced scorecard; Banking; Community relations; Corporate responsibility; Leadership; Management of change; Mergers & acquisitions; Organizational change; Strategic planning
   First Community Bank (B): Community Banking Group
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Author(s): Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Galvin, Daniel
Publication Date: 01/25/2001
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: After nine years of leading First Community Bank (FCB), BankBoston's unique venture targeting low- to moderate-income communities, and finally gaining recognition and respect for her efforts, Gail Snowden must once again face the challenge of justifying FCB's value; this time to a new parent company, Fleet Bank, as part of the umbrella group Community Banking Group (CBG), formed in 1996 due to a merge with BayBank. To successfully integrate CBG/FCB into the mainstream organization, Snowden must face many organizational and cultural hurdles. Teaching Purpose: To gain better understanding of cultural strategic and organizational changes facing a venture as it becomes integrated into a new organization. To learn what it means to be an internal change agent and how to overcome resistance to change within a corporate environment. May be used with: (9-396-202) First Community Bank (A).
HBS Number: 9-301-086
Geographic Setting: New EnglandIndustry Setting: bankingNumber of Employees: 59,200Gross Revenues: $13 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1995Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Balanced scorecard; Banking; Community relations; Corporate responsibility; Leadership; Management of change; Mergers & acquisitions; Organizational change; Strategic planning
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-302-059), 6p, by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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HBS Number: 5-302-059
Subjects: Balanced scorecard; Banking; Community relations; Corporate responsibility; Leadership; Management of change; Mergers & acquisitions; Organizational change; Strategic planning
 
 
   First Federal Savings (A)
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Author(s): Lorsch, Jay W.; Doyle, Stephen X.
Publication Date: 01/01/1975 Revision Date: 09/01/1982
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time.
HBS Number: 9-475-072
Geographic Setting: ArizonaIndustry Setting: bankingGross Revenues: $1 billion assets
Event Year Start: 1974Event Year End: 1974
Subjects: Banking; Bonuses; Incentives; Management by objectives; Motivation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-481-052), 6p, by Leonard A. Schlesinger; Teaching Note, (5-485-016), 10p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector
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HBS Number: 5-485-016
Subjects: Banking; Bonuses; Incentives; Management by objectives; Motivation
   First Federal Savings (B)
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Author(s): Schlesinger, Leonard A.
Publication Date: 12/01/1980
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-475-072) First Federal Savings (A).
HBS Number: 9-481-052
Subjects: Banking; Bonuses; Incentives; Management by objectives; Motivation
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-485-016), 10p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector
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HBS Number: 5-485-016
Subjects: Banking; Bonuses; Incentives; Management by objectives; Motivation
   First National Bank of Lake City (A)
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Author(s): Kennedy, Thomas
Publication Date: 01/01/1974 Revision Date: 11/01/1982
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Involves the unionization of the employees of a commercial bank by one of the big national unions. Illustrates the reasons why bank employees and other white collar employees may feel the need for union representation.
HBS Number: 9-474-139
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: Banking industry Company Size: mid-size
Event Year Start: 1973 Event Year End: 1973
Subjects: Banking; Collective bargaining; Commercial banking; Labor negotiations; Labor relations; Unionization
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-485-003), 13p, by Michael Beer, Bert A. Spector
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HBS Number: 5-485-003
Subjects: Banking; Collective bargaining; Commercial banking; Labor negotiations; Labor relations; Unionization
   First National City Bank Operating Group (A)
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Gibson, Cyrus F.; Seeger, John A.
Growth in the banking field has produced new demands on the "back office." Traditional management practices in check processing and paper handling operations have resulted in ten years of cost increases and quality loss. New manager of the operating group faces an action question--can he turn the back office into a production-oriented factory?
HBS Number: 9-474-165 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/1/1974 Revision Date: 6/21/1996
Geographic Setting: New York Industry Setting: banking Number of Employees: 34,000
Event Year Start: 1970 Event Year End: 1970
Subjects: Banking; Management of change; Organizational change; Performance measurement; Production planning; Reorganization
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-475-061), 4p, by Jay W. Lorsch, Cyrus F. Gibson, John A. Seeger
   First National City Bank Operating Group (A1)
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Author(s): Lorsch, Jay W.; Gibson, Cyrus F.; Seeger,
Publication Date: 01/01/1975 Revision Date: 04/21/1983
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-474-165) First National City Bank Operating Group (A).
HBS Number: 9-475-061
Subjects: Banking; Management of change; Organizational change; Performance measurement; Production planning; Reorganization
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   First National City Bank Operating Group (B)
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Gibson, Cyrus F.; Seeger, John A.
Growth in demands on the bank's "back office" required a totally new approach to management. New stress on systems orientation, objectives, measurement, process design and control has resulted in lower costs, fewer people, and higher quality. Also resulted in fear, suspicion, and alienation in middle management. How to get the benefits of change without the unanticipated consequences?
HBS Number: 9-474-166 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 3/20/1974 Revision Date: 6/5/1995
Geographic Setting: New York Industry Setting: banking Number of Employees: 34,000
Event Year Start: 1973 Event Year End: 1973
Subjects: Banking; Management of change; Organizational change; Performance measurement; Production planning; Reorganization
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-475-062), 3p, by Jay W. Lorsch, Cyrus F. Gibson, John A. Seeger; Supplement (Field), (9-494-035), 1p, by John P. Kotter, Andrew Burtis
   First National City Bank Operating Group (B1)
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Author(s): Lorsch, Jay W.; Gibson, Cyrus F.; Seeger,
Publication Date: 01/01/1975 Revision Date: 02/28/1983
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (B) case. Must be used with: (9-474-166) First National City Bank Operating Group (B).
HBS Number: 9-475-062
Subjects: Banking; Management of change; Organizational change; Organizational structure; Performance measurement; Production planning; Reorganization
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   First National City Bank Operating Group (C)
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Author(s): Kotter, John P.; Burtis, Andrew
Publication Date: 09/01/1993 Revision Date: 10/25/1993
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Provides a short summary of John Reed's succession at City Bank from Executive Vice President in 1976 to CEO in 1984. Must be used with: (9-474-166) First National City Bank Operating Group (B).
HBS Number: 9-494-035
Subjects: Banking; Management of change; Organizational change; Performance measurement; Production planning; Reorganization
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Flaxo Exports: Managing People in a Small- to Medium-Sized Enterprise
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Author(s): Saini, Debi
Publication Date: 09/17/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
HBS Number: HKU668
Geographic Setting: India Industry Setting: Consumer products
Subjects: Employee relations; Human resources management; Paternalism; Small & medium-sized enterprises
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HKU669), 15p, by Debi Saini
Product Description: A very successful Indian SME manufactured furnishing textiles and was operating exclusively in the exports sector. The company had no formal human resource (HR) systems and procedures nor did it have an HR manager. The sole proprietor took his only young son, an MBA, as a partner. He had his father's consent to his ambitious plans of business expansion, including manufacturing similar products to cater to the needs of the domestic market, and in this regard wanted to cash in on the Flaxo brand that the company had built over the years in the exports market by strengthening it in the domestic market as well. Narrates the typical business strategy and people-management practices that are followed by SMEs in the Indian context and helps understand managing people in SMEs, including the employee relations situation and the whole structural and procedural dynamics that surrounds these activities. These activities at Flaxo are marked by the practice of paternalism by a caring employer, whose leadership style helps it in getting a competitive edge through a higher degree of employee commitment. Highlights certain indigenous practices of employment and work organization that have become part of the culture of this industry, and focuses on the ways in which the owner gets greater advantage by building on these practices. Raises the dilemma of the new partner (son of the earlier owner) as to whether he should establish formal HR systems and pr
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Author(s): Saini, Debi
Publication Date: 09/17/2007
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
HBS Number: HKU669
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (HKU668) Flaxo Exports: Managing People in a Small- to Medium-Sized Enterprise.
   Fresh Choice Co.: Acquiring and Transferring Knowledge
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Author(s): Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Publication Date: 01/01/1998 Revision Date: 02/20/1998
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: Fresh Choice, a restaurant in the throes of recovering from substantial financial difficulties, had borrowed ideas on things ranging from restaurant design to recipes from a competitor. That competitor had itself been started as an imitator of the Fresh Choice salad-buffet concept, indicating that there was transfer of practices and knowledge when the firms were competitors. But once Fresh Choice acquired the other firm, in an effort to acquire its intellectual capital as well as some excellent locations, the transfer of knowledge inside the firm occurred with more difficulty. The questions facing Fresh Choice senior management at this point are as follows: What can they learn from the events that have transpired after the acquisition? What might have they done differently? Why did the problems arise? And, most importantly, what might they do differently in the future to realize more of the benefits of acquisitions and mergers?
HBS Number: HR7
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: restaurant Gross Revenues: $75 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1997 Event Year End: 1997
Subjects: Acquisitions; Human resources management; Implementation; Leadership; Management of change; Mergers; Organizational behavior; Restaurants
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A)
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Author(s): Murphy, Kevin J.; Dial, Jay
Publication Date: 10/25/1993 Revision Date: 12/03/1997
Product Type: Case (Library)
Product Description: William Anders became CEO of defense giant General Dynamics in 1991 as the Cold War was ending and as the industry became saddled with excess capacity. Observing that the company was underserving shareholders and required a massive change in its culture, Anders brought in a new management team and introduced a new compensation system that better aligned the interests of managers and shareholders. Particularly controversial was the Gain/Sharing system, which paid large cash bonuses for each $10 increase in the stock price. The plan was widely criticized for rewarding top executives for manipulating stock prices through public announcements of layoffs and divestitures. Still, by the end of 1991, the stock price had climbed 113%, representing a $1.2 billion increase in shareholder wealth during the year. Teching Purpose: This case can serve several purposes. First, it provides an introduction to executive compensation. Second, it highlights the importance of linking incentives and corporate strategy in the context of a declining industry. Finally, the case can motivate discussions of downsizing and unemployment and the merits of rewarding top executives for cutting excess capacity.
HBS Number: 9-494-048
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: defense Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 90,000 Gross Revenues: $11 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1991 Event Year End: 1993
Subjects: Corporate strategy; Executive compensation; Incentives; Shipbuilding
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Library), (9-494-049), 6p, by Kevin J. Murphy, Jay Dial
   General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)
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Author(s): Murphy, Kevin J.; Dial, Jay
Publication Date: 11/01/1993 Revision Date: 12/03/1997
Product Type: Supplement (Library)
Product Description: Updates General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A). Must be used with: (9-494-048) General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A).
HBS Number: 9-494-049
Subjects: Corporate strategy; Executive compensation; Incentives; Shipbuilding
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   George Barker
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Author(s): Davis, John A.
Publication Date: 02/03/2004 Revision Date: 05/14/2007
Product Type: Case (Gen Exp)
HBS Number: 9-804-094
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: Real estate Number of Employees: 63
Event Year Start: 2003 Event Year End: 2003
Subjects: Family owned businesses; Performance appraisal; Performance effectiveness; Real estate
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: George Barker, the 40-year-old CEO of his family's commercial real estate design and development firm, must deal with the unsatisfactory performance of his brother Peter, who is also in the business. Although Peter's performance is upsetting to George, George feels that it will be difficult to navigate the family ownership and other business factors to deal with the problem.
   Gerald Weiss’ Stock Options
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Author(s): Hall, Brian; Madigan, Carleen
Publication Date: 04/19/1999 Revision Date: 03/28/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after 10 years, Gerald negotiated a special provision, which gave him the ability to “gross-up'' his options twice over those ten years. If the stock price fell substantially, Gerald would be awarded more options (at-the-money) to bring the entire Black-Scholes value of his package back up to $12 million. Because of the company's culture of informality, the deal was agreed to with a handshake from the CEO, witnessed by the current CFO and the VP of human resources, but not written down. When the stock price actually fell, and Gerald asked to revalue his options package, the company reneged on the deal. Teaching Objective: To generate discussion about the benefits and pitfalls of mega-option grants, the issue of revaluing options, and the conflict between adhering to company culture and protecting the financial interests of the employee.
HBS Number: 9-899-258
Geographic Setting: Silicon Valley Industry Setting: software technology Gross Revenues: $3 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1995 Event Year End: 1999
Subjects: CFO; Compensation; Corporate culture; Executive compensation; Human resources management; Incentives; Options; Silicon Valley; Software industry; Stock options
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-801-190), 24p, by Brian Hall
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HBS Number: 5-801-190
Subjects: CFO; Compensation; Corporate culture; Executive compensation; Human resources management; Incentives; Options; Silicon Valley; Software industry; Stock options
   Getting the Right Stuff in the Right Place at the Right Time
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Author(s): Christensen, Clayton M.
Publication Date: 09/17/2000 Revision Date: 07/17/2006
Product Type: Note
HBS Number: 9-601-054
Subjects: Human resources management; Managerial selection; Personnel management; Personnel policies
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Presents a synopsis of High Flyers, by Morgan McCall. Offers a method for identifying and training managers with potential — to build management bench strength.
   Governance at Metallgesellschaft (A)
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Graff, Samantha K.
MG Corp., a U.S. subsidiary of Germany's international conglomerate, Metallgesellschaft, engaged in a disastrous hedging strategy that nearly dragged the entire enterprise into bankruptcy. This case explores issues of responsibility and accountability among the relevant boards. In doing so, it highlights the German two-tier board system of governance.
HBS Number: 9-495-055 Type: Case (Library)
Publication Date: 4/14/1995 Revision Date: 7/10/1996
Geographic Setting: Germany & United States Industry Setting: metal Number of Employees: 1,000 Gross Revenues: DM 5 billion
Event Year Start: 1992 Event Year End: 1994
Subjects: Corporate governance; Corporate responsibility; Management of crises; Metals
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Library), (9-495-056), 2p, by Jay W. Lorsch, Samantha K. Graff
   Governance at Metallgesellschaft (B)
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Author(s): Lorsch, Jay W.; Graff, Samantha K.
Publication Date: 04/14/1995 Revision Date: 07/08/1996
Product Type: Supplement (Library)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-495-055) Governance at Metallgesellschaft (A).
HBS Number: 9-495-056
Subjects: Corporate governance; Corporate responsibility; Management of crises; Metals
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Greeley Hard Copy: Portable Scanner Initiative (A)
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Author(s): Tushman, Michael L.; Radov, Daniel B.
Publication Date: 07/03/2000
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Hewlett-Packard's Greeley Hard Copy Division is the market leader in the production of desktop flatbed scanners for personal computers. The division has been working to develop a portable scanner product for the past five years with mixed results. The new general manager, Phil Faraci, faces mounting pressures in the flatbed scanner markets, but is also presented with a new technology that has the potential to be a breakthrough for portable scanners. Faraci must decide whether or not to pursue the new portable technology, and if so, how to structure the organization to make product development successful where it has failed in the past.
HBS Number: 9-401-003
Geographic Setting: Greeley, CO Industry Setting: computer peripherals
Company Size: Fortune 500 Number of Employees: 1,000 Gross Revenues: $1 billion revenues
Subjects: Ambidextrous organizations; Computer industry; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational design; Product development; Technological change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-401-004), 8p, by Michael L. Tushman, Daniel B. Radov; Supplement (Field), (9-401-005), 3p, by Michael L. Tushman, Daniel B. Radov
   Greeley Hard Copy: Portable Scanner Initiative (B)
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Author(s): Tushman, Michael L.; Radov, Daniel B.
Publication Date: 07/03/2000
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-401-003) Greeley Hard Copy: Portable Scanner Initiative (A).
HBS Number: 9-401-004
Subjects: Ambidextrous organizations; Computer industry; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational design; Product development; Technological change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Greeley Hard Copy: Portable Scanner Initiative (C)
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Author(s): Tushman, Michael L.; Radov, Daniel B.
Publication Date: 07/03/2000
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-401-003) Greeley Hard Copy: Portable Scanner Initiative (A).
HBS Number: 9-401-005
Subjects: Ambidextrous organizations; Computer industry; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational design; Product development; Technological change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Growth at Stein, Bodello & Associates, Inc.
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Author(s): Cohen, Allan R.
Publication Date: 01/01/2003 Revision Date: 04/23/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Babson College
Product Description: Changes came hard at Stein, Bodello, & Associates, Inc., a consulting civil engineering firm employing 100 people in four branch offices. Following a move to a new location and an upgrade of the business and project management functions, some unhappiness developed in the ranks of middle management. Concerns leadership and change but from a bottoms-up perspective: through the eyes of subordinates. Focuses on the need to learn how to manage the boss.
HBS Number: BAB082
Industry Setting: consulting, civil engineering Number of Employees: 100 Gross Revenues: $10 million revenues
Subjects: Consulting; Growth management; Human resources management; Leadership; Management of change; Managing superiors; Middle management; Service management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (BAB582), 5p, by Allan Cohen
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HBS Number: BAB582
Subjects: Consulting; Growth management; Human resources management; Leadership; Management of change; Managing superiors; Middle management; Service management
   Hawthorne (A): The Compensation Consulting Marketplace
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Love, Geoffrey
Describes the strategic situation of Hawthorne's compensation consulting unit including industry analysis in 1992. May be used with Hawthorne (B): The Hawthorne Compensation Consulting Practice.
HBS Number: 9-495-065 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/8/1995 Revision Date: 6/17/1996
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: consulting Number of Employees: 80 Gross Revenues: $25 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1992 Event Year End: 1992
Subjects: Consulting; Employee compensation; Service management; Strategy formulation
   Hawthorne (B): The Hawthorne Compensation Consulting Practice
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Lorsch, Jay W.; Love, Geoffrey
Describes the turnaround plan and its implementation by Hawthorne's compensation consulting unit. May be used with Hawthorne (A): The Compensation Consulting Marketplace.
HBS Number: 9-495-066 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/8/1995 Revision Date: 6/17/1996
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: consulting Number of Employees: 80 Gross Revenues: $25 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1992 Event Year End: 1992
Subjects: Consulting; Employee compensation; Service management; Strategy formulation
   Hayco Manufacturing Ltd.: Staff Welfare at the Shenzhen Factory
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Author(s): Wong, Gilbert; Wong, Monica
Publication Date: 07/20/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
Product Description: As one of the world's leading manufacturers of houseware products and cleaning products, Hayco produced over five million brushes a month in its Shenzhen plant in 2003. When setting up its new factory in Shenzhen in the mid-1990s, Hayco had to decide how best to manage the issue of staff welfare for its growing number of factory workers. Senior management firmly believed that providing for the well-being of the company's staff would be crucial to ensuring low staff turnover and good workplace morale and, therefore, provided a ``Hayco home-away-from-home'' for the workers. The labor market has generally always been in favor of employers, and in the mid-1990s many factories were providing just the bare minimum of facilities and benefits for workers (in fact, the working conditions in many factories were appalling). In such an environment, why did Hayco invest money and effort in building the Hayco home-away-from-home? What message or management philosophy did such benefits convey?
HBS Number: HKU317
Geographic Setting: China Industry Setting: Household product industry
Subjects: Employee benefits; Employee development; Employee retention; Factories; Management philosophy; Manufacturing; Organizational behavior; Supervision; Work force management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HKU318), 4p, by Gilbert Wong, Monica Wong
   Herman Miller (A): Innovation by Design, Teaching Note
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Author(s): Sucher, Sandra J.
Publication Date: 10/24/2003
Product Type: Teaching Note
HBS Number: 5-604-056
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Teaching Note to (9-602-023). Must be used with: (9-602-023) Herman Miller (A): Innovation by Design.
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations o
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 07/19/1999
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Describes the process of transforming a recently formed division of Hewlett-Packard. May be used with: (9-498-016) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B): The Second Profiling Iteration.
HBS Number: 9-498-011
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: computer systems Gross Revenues: $16 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1994 Event Year End: 1997
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-498-012), 11p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Supplement (Field), (9-498-013), 3p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Supplement (Field), (9-498-014), 5p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Supplement (Field), (9-498-015), 2p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer; Case Video, (9-401-805), 9 min, by Michael Beer
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (A1)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 07/19/1999
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-498-011) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy.
HBS Number: 9-498-012
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer; Case Video, (9-401-805), 9 min, by Michael Beer
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (A4): Progress on a Journey
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 09/29/1997
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-498-011) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy.
HBS Number: 9-498-015
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer; Case Video, (9-401-805), 9 min, by Michael Beer
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (B): The Second Profiling Iteratio
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Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Describes the process of transforming a recently formed division of Hewlett-Packard. May be used with: (9-498-011) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy.
HBS Number: 9-498-016 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 8/11/1997 Revision Date: 7/19/1999
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: computer systems Gross Revenues: $16 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1994 Event Year End: 1997
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-498-017), 11p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Supplement (Field), (9-498-018), 5p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Supplement (Field), (9-498-019), 3p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (B1): The Top Team Assessment
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 07/19/1999
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (B) case. Must be used with: (9-498-016) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B): The Second Profiling Iteration.
HBS Number: 9-498-017
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (B2): The Action Plans
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 10/03/1997
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (B) case. Must be used with: (9-498-016) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B): The Second Profiling Iteration.
HBS Number: 9-498-018
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer
   Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (B3)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 09/29/1997
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (B) case. Must be used with: (9-498-016) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B): The Second Profiling Iteration.
HBS Number: 9-498-019
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer
   Hong Kong Teachers’ Language Benchmark Assessment
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Author(s): Wong, Gilbert; McCauley, Marissa
Publication Date: 06/06/2003
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: University of Hong Kong
Product Description: In 2000, the Hong Kong government introduced the Language Benchmark Assessment for all teachers in Hong Kong. As part of its education reform, the government wanted all teachers to take the tests to prove that they were skilled enough to teach. The pressure to upgrade English raised hackles and drew severe criticism from the 75,000-strong Professional Teachers' Union. Provides a study of why the government introduced the test, the critical issues in implementing the test, and how the government is managing the results of the first benchmark test. Presents issues such as the validity of the test, what the testing proved, and what has been solved in administering the test. Also presents the issue of whether the test is being used for selection and/or recruitment purposes.
HBS Number: HKU261
Geographic Setting: Hong Kong
Event Year Start: 2000Event Year End: 2000
Subjects: Asia; Benchmarks; Business government relations; Education; Employee testing; Government policy; Human resources management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (HKU262), 10p, by Gilbert Wong, Marissa McCauley
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HBS Number: HKU262
Subjects: Asia; Benchmarks; Business government relations; Education; Employee testing; Government policy; Human resources management
   How Normal is Normal? The Mitsubishi Motors Sexual Harassment Case
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Author(s): Powell, Elizabeth A.; Alsheimer, Julie; Dowling, Peter; Pivar, Ben
Publication Date: 01/27/1999
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: UV0592
Geographic Setting: Japan Number of Employees: 4,000
Event Year Start: 1996 Event Year End: 1996
Subjects: Crisis management; Manufacturing; Public relations; Publicity; Sexual harassment; Women in business
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (UV0760), 10p, by Elizabeth A. Powell
Product Description: This case illustrates Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing of America's (MMMA) responses to allegations of sexual harassment in 1996 at its Normal, Illinois, facility. The majority of the case focuses on major events that took place between 1992 and spring 1996, culminating in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation and class-action suit, which at the time was estimated to be the most expensive suit ever filed. The decision-maker in the case is Lynn Martin, former U. S. Secretary of Labor, who had been hired by Mitsubishi to help the organization take corrective action. Exhibits include a brief history on sexual harassment law and a description of the EEOC. This case works well with MBA and executive audiences to address how to restore credibility and reputation following a scandal. It also highlights the challenges that an outside consultant faces when hired to make policy recommendations aimed at image restoration
   HP’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (A2): Response to the Employee Task Force
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 07/19/1999
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-498-011) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy.
HBS Number: 9-498-013
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer; Case Video, (9-401-805), 9 min, by Michael Beer
   HP’s Santa Rosa Systems Division (A3): Effects of the Reorganization
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 08/11/1997 Revision Date: 07/19/1999
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (9-498-011) Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy.
HBS Number: 9-498-014
Subjects: Computer industry; Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational development
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Case Video, (9-401-806), 16 min, by Michael Beer; Case Video, (9-401-805), 9 min, by Michael Beer
   HRM Course Overview Note
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Author(s): Beer, Michael
Publication Date: 02/16/1993
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Provides an overview of the first-year required course in Human Resource Management. It argues that commitment, coordination, and competence are critical organizational outcomes and that skills in organizational diagnosis, design, and change are central to obtaining these outcomes.
HBS Number: 9-493-062
Subjects: Human resources management; Organization; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Organizational development; Organizational problems
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Human Resource Management at American Airlines
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Loveman, Gary
American Airlines' strategy calls for continued growth, improvements in customer service, and cost reduction. This case examines the Human Resource Management system at American Airlines and its role in the airline's past and continued success. May be used with American Airlines (A): Strategy in the 1990s, (B): Compensation and Cost Reduction, and (C): Committing to Leadership.
HBS Number: 9-491-097 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 6/7/1991 Revision Date: 9/17/1996
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: airline
Event Year Start: 1980 Event Year End: 1990
Subjects: Airlines; Employee compensation; Human resources management; Labor relations
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-493-052), 16p, by Gary Loveman, Robert T. Anthony
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HBS Number: 5-493-052
Subjects: Airlines; Employee compensation; Human resources management; Labor relations
   Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Von Werssowetz, Richard O.
Publication Date: 05/07/1982 Revision Date: 05/06/1985
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Provides an overview of all the human resource policies and practices applied by Hewlett-Packard. As such, it is an opportunity to analyze Hewlett-Packard's practices in all four policy areas; stakeholder influence, flows, rewards, and work systems.
HBS Number: 9-482-125
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: High technology Company Size: large
Event Year Start: 1980 Event Year End: 1981
Subjects: High technology products; Human resources management; Management communication; Organizational management; Work force management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (A)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 04/14/1995 Revision Date: 11/01/1995
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Provides an overview of the human resource policies and practices applied by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Discusses HP's reactions as an organization to changes in its business environment. As such, it is an opportunity to analyze HP's practices, and how they have been affected through the years in all four policy areas: stakeholder influence, flows, rewards, and work systems.
HBS Number: 9-495-051
Geographic Setting: California Industry Setting: high tech
Company Size: large Number of Employees: 90,000 Gross Revenues: $25 billion revenues
Event Year Start: 1979 Event Year End: 1992
Subjects: High technology products; Human resources management; Management communication; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Organizational management; Silicon Valley; Work force management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-495-052), 7p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers; Teaching Note, (5-497-022), 7p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers
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HBS Number: 5-497-022
Subjects: High technology products; Human resources management; Management communication; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Organizational management; Silicon Valley; Work force management
   Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (B)
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Author(s): Beer, Michael; Rogers, Gregory C.
Publication Date: 04/14/1995 Revision Date: 11/01/1995
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Product Description: Designed as an in-class handout as a source of further discussion of the issues. Must be used with: (9-495-051) Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (A).
HBS Number: 9-495-052
Subjects: High technology products; Human resources management; Management communication; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Organizational management; Work force management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-497-022), 7p, by Michael Beer, Gregory C. Rogers
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HBS Number: 5-497-022
Subjects: High technology products; Human resources management; Management communication; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Organizational management; Work force management
   Human Resources at the AES Corp.: The Case of the Missing Department
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Author(s): Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Publication Date: 02/01/1997 Revision Date: 11/19/2004
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
Product Description: AES develops and operates electric power plants all over the world, and by late 1996, has approximately 20,000 employees. But, the corporation has no human resources staff, either at corporate headquarters in Arlington, VA, or in any of its operating facilities. Moreover, the company has very little centralized staff at all -- little or no strategic planning, no environmental department, and almost no legal staff. The question is: Could and should the company continue to operate in this same way, with little specialized staff, as it continues to expand and geographically diversify? Another question is: How had the organization been able to be so successful without developing and relying on specialized expertise?
HBS Number: HR3
Geographic Setting: Thames, CTIndustry Setting: electrical power plantGross Revenues: $685 million revenues
Event Year Start: 1996Event Year End: 1996
Subjects: Delegation of authority; Electric power; Human resources management; Management philosophy; Organizational structure; Teams
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Human Resources Management: Challenges for Graduate Education
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Author(s): Wimbush, James C.
Publication Date: 03/01/2008
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Business Horizons/Indiana University
HBS Number: BH273
Industry Setting: Business education; Higher education
Subjects: Education & industry; Human resources management; Job analysis
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Despite a recent paradigm shift in many firms from an employee advocate model to a strategic business partner model, human resource (HR) management is still seen by some as not adding value to organizations. This article briefly summarizes a few of the challenges for HR graduate education at both the master's and doctoral degree levels. Emphasis is placed on the ever-increasing need to produce human resource professionals and managers, in general, who recognize and appreciate the value and relevance of HR's contributions to the attainment of strategic organizational outcomes as a strategic business contributor.
   IBM Corp., Background Note
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Author(s): Vancil, Richard F.; Bhambri, Arvind; Wilso
Publication Date: 10/01/1979 Revision Date: 01/13/1983
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Describes some aspects of how the senior managers of IBM conducted its affairs. Much of this note is a factual description of the design of the organization and of the formal process by which members of the organization worked together. Also contains excerpts from interviews with IBM executives describing their views of the corporation's managerial philosophy which guided their actions. May be used with: (9-180-042) IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident.
HBS Number: 9-180-034
Subjects: Computer industry; Management philosophy; Organizational design; Organizational structure
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-182-230), 8p, by Richard F. Vancil; Case Video, (9-880-503), 34 min, by Richard F. Vancil
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HBS Number: 5-182-230
Subjects: Computer industry; Management philosophy; Organizational design; Organizational structure
   IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident
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Author(s): Vancil, Richard F.; Bhambri, Arvind; Wilson, James
Publication Date: 10/01/1979 Revision Date: 01/13/1983
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Focuses on the role of IBM's Corporate Management Committee (CMC) in resolving conflicts between the line and staff elements of IBM's organization. The issue for discussion is not a substantive technological question but a question of the proper role for the CMC in dealing with such questions. May be used with: (9-180-034) IBM Corp., Background Note.
HBS Number: 9-180-042
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: computers Company Size: Fortune 500
Event Year Start: 1979 Event Year End: 1979
Subjects: Computer industry; Control systems; Organizational structure; Resource allocation; Technology
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Note), (9-483-128), 1p, by Vijay V. Sathe; Case Video, (9-880-504), 10 min, by Richard F. Vancil; Teaching Note, (5-182-230), 9p, by Richard F. Vancil
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HBS Number: 5-182-230
Subjects: Computer industry; Control systems; Organizational structure; Resource allocation; Technology
   IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident, Chronology of Key Events
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.
Publication Date: 06/21/1983 Revision Date: 12/19/1983
Product Type: Supplement (Note)
Product Description: Supplements the case. Must be used with: (9-180-042) IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident.
HBS Number: 9-483-128
Industry Setting: Computer industry
Subjects: Control systems; Organizational structure; Resource allocation; Technology
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Implementing Change: Note
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Author(s): Jick, Todd D.
Publication Date: 04/22/1991
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Highlights the challenges of implementing major change in an organization. It first describes the common pitfalls so that implementors will be “forewarned.'' Next, it characterizes the guidelines for successful implementation as the “ten commandments'', while offering a step-by-step approach for managers. Also concludes that implementation is a combination of science and art, of planning and flexibility. The role of the middle manager as implementor is stressed throughout.
HBS Number: 9-491-114
Subjects: Implementation; Management of change; Middle management; Organizational change
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Incentive Pay for Portfolio Managers at Harvard Management Co.
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Author(s): Hall, Brian J.; Lim, Jonathan P.
Publication Date: 11/14/2001 Revision Date: 12/15/2003
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Describes the compensation system for portfolio managers at Harvard's portfolio management company, including its formulaic and bonus bank features. Harvard Management Co. President Jack Meyer explains the philosophy behind the incentive pay at his company. Teaching Purpose: To analyze the design of compensation plans and the incentives created by various features of a bonus plan.
HBS Number: 9-902-130
Geographic Setting: Boston, MAIndustry Setting: investment managementNumber of Employees: 185
Event Year Start: 2000Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Bonuses; Compensation; Incentives; Performance measurement; Portfolio management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure
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Author(s): Hall, Brian
Publication Date: 05/05/2002 Revision Date: 10/11/2002
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Used in the course Coordination, Control, and Management of Organizations at the Harvard Business School. Analyzes incentive strategy from the perspective of a company's board of directors and owners. The focus is the role that executive compensation and ownership structure (the composition of, and financial structure between, a company's owners) play in motivating value-creating behavior. Teaching Purpose: To synthesize and summarize the course. May be used with: (9-902-131) Incentive Strategy Within Organizations.
HBS Number: 9-902-134
Subjects: Corporate governance; Executive compensation; Incentives; Options; Stocks
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Incentive Strategy Within Organizations
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Author(s): Hall, Brian
Publication Date: 03/13/2002
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Intended to serve as a supplement to any course on incentive design and implementation. The analysis first locates incentive strategy within the larger structure of organizations and markets and then helps to define the central components and difficulties of incentive design. Focuses on the principal difficulties in implementing incentive systems, including the trade-off between objective and subjective performance metrics, how to design incentive systems in team environments, and the inherent problems with designing incentive systems in environments where workers are involved in multiple activities. Teaching Purpose: Intended to serve as background material to help define the language and structure of incentive design within organizations. May be used with: (9-902-134) Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure.
HBS Number: 9-902-131
Subjects: Bonuses; Compensation; Incentives; Pay for performance; Performance measurement
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Incentives and Controllability: A Note and Exercise
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Author(s): Hall, Brian
Publication Date: 12/11/2000 Revision Date: 01/22/2002
Product Type: Note
Product Description: Describes three performance measures for "plants" or businesses: cost centers, revenue centers, and profit centers. Discusses what should be done if a function outside of the "controllability" of the manager affects the performance measure and therefore compensation. Teaching Purpose: To help students understand the connection between incentives and performance measurement. What do you do when some factors are uncontrollable?
HBS Number: 9-801-334
Subjects: Incentives; Performance measurement
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Incentives Game
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Author(s): Barro, Jason R.; Hall, Brian J.; Lim, Jonathan P.
Publication Date: 02/22/2002 Revision Date: 12/11/2003
Product Type: Exercise
Product Description: Provides an opportunity to gain insight about designing, negotiating, and responding to incentives. The setting is investment management. The basic structure of the game is as follows. A class is divided into a certain number of investment firms. Each company has one CEO and begins with four portfolio managers (PMs), who manage their portfolios by choosing from a restricted set of assets. Takes place over approximately two weeks and is divided into three periods. Each period will last from two to four days. At the end of each period, new funds flow to high-performing portfolios while funds flow out of poorly performing portfolios, simulating contributions from investors. CEOs and PMs negotiate compensation arrangements and PMs may move from one company to another, subject to some costs and rules regarding how much of their portfolio they take with them to their new companies. CEOs try to maximize the value of their companies at the end of the game whereas PMs attempt to maximize their total compensation during the game. Teaching Purpose: Designed to generate general insight about incentives, compensation, and negotiations in a world where workers have choices about where and how they want to work.
HBS Number: 9-902-197
Subjects: Executive compensation; Incentives; Investment management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Incentives Within Organizations
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Author(s): Hall, Brian J.
Publication Date: 01/09/2004 Revision Date: 07/20/2006
Product Type: Note
HBS Number: 9-904-043
Subjects: Compensation; Incentives; Performance measurement
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Serves as a brief introduction to incentive design and implementation. The analysis first locates incentive strategy within the larger structure of organizations and markets and then helps to define the central components and difficulties of incentive design. Focuses on the principal difficulties in implementing incentive systems, including the tradeoff between objective and subjective performance metrics, how to design incentive systems in team environments, and the inherent problems with designing incentive systems in environments where workers are involved in multiple activities. A rewritten version of an earlier note.
   Insulting Andrew
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Author(s): Bennett, Nicole; Hall, Brian J.
Publication Date: 11/20/2008
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 909025
Event Year Start: 2008 Event Year End: 2008
Subjects: Contracts; Executive compensation; Executive selection; Interpersonal communications; Motivation; Negotiations; Values
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes awkward when the candidate feels insulted because he is given a monetary incentive to join the company more quickly than originally planned. The case provides an opportunity to analyze negotiation strategy and the importance of emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal communication during a negotiation.
   Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System
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Nohria, Nitin; Chalykoff, John
Describes how the IRS's collection operations changed from a largely manual system (COF) to an automated system (ACS). A central aspect of ACS was the electronic scheduling and maintaining of work. While with ACS the IRS accomplished significant improvements in the task efficiency of its collection operations, the system also led to greater turnover and lower employee morale. This raises questions of how the system could be redesigned. The primary teaching objective of the case is to show how information technology, control systems, and organization design are intertwined and how any change effort must address all three aspects simultaneously.
HBS Number: 9-490-042 Type: Case (Field)
Publication Date: 2/15/1990 Revision Date: 7/16/1990
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: government Number of Employees: 120,000
Event Year Start: 1989 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Automation; Control systems; Federal government; Information systems; Information technology; Management of change; Taxation; Work force management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-490-043), 7p, by Nitin Nohria, John Chalykoff; Teaching Note, (5-396-115), 5p, by Thomas H. Davenport
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HBS Number: 5-396-115
Subjects: Automation; Control systems; Federal government; Information systems; Information technology; Management of change; Taxation; Work force management
   Jacobs Suchard: Reorganizing for 1992
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Author(s): Eccles, Robert G.; Holland, Philip
Publication Date: 05/19/1989 Revision Date: 09/12/1989
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Jacobs Suchard, the Swiss-based coffee and chocolate producer, is preparing for the common market and EEC 1992. At the time of the case, the company is still organized toward independent, local country markets, and believes it must move toward a more global organization structure. The case covers actions taken to date and plans for the future.
HBS Number: 9-489-106
Geographic Setting: Europe Industry Setting: confectionery
Company Size: large
Event Year Start: 1987 Event Year End: 1989
Subjects: Europe; Food; Organizational change; Organizational structure
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   Jeff Bradley (A)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Dredge, C. Paul
Publication Date: 02/01/1984 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-484-066
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: Manufacturing industries Company Size: large
Event Year Start: 1978 Event Year End: 1980
Subjects: Change management; Corporate culture; Human resources management; Manufacturing; Operations management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (9-484-067), 13p, by Vijay V. Sathe, C. Paul Dredge
Product Description: Jeff Bradley made significant contributions by working well with the prevailing culture in one assignment, and influencing needed change in another — all from a relatively unfavorable position. Series (A-D) presents a rewritten version of an earlier single case by the same author.
   Jeff Bradley (B)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Dredge, C. Paul
Publication Date: 02/02/1984 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
HBS Number: 9-484-067
Subjects: Change management; Corporate culture; Human resources management; Manufacturing; Operations management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Jeff Bradley made significant contributions by working well with the prevailing culture in one assignment, and influencing needed change in another — all from a relatively unfavorable position. Series (A-D) presents a rewritten version of an earlier single case by the same author. Must be used with: (9-484-066) Jeff Bradley (A).
   Jennifer Gaston
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Author(s): Coates, Bethany ; Ellis, Jim
Publication Date: 10/19/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: E279
Geographic Setting: North America Industry Setting: Executive search; Jewelry industry
Subjects: Entrepreneurs; Executive selection; Hiring
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: In this fictional case, Jennifer Gaston, founder and CEO of mid-sized luxury jewelry company Aquamarine, was managing a couple of key hiring issues that had recently cropped up. In just six months, Gaston had brought in a new COO and was about to finalize a multi-month search for a CFO. Although she had nearly completed the transformation of her executive team, she still needed to thoroughly check references on the CFO candidate and extend a formal offer. A lot was riding on these positions and, despite the help of an executive search firm, hiring for them had not been easy. Students are asked to evaluate several aspects of hiring and prepare role plays for them.
   Jet Airways (A): Weathering Turbulence
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Author(s): Blair, Nathan T.; Jha, Saumitra
Publication Date: 02/26/2009
Product Type: Case (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: P60A
Geographic Setting: India Industry Setting: Airline industry
Subjects: Downsizing; Employee problems; Ethics; Human resources management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Field), (P60B), 11p, by Nathan T. Blair, Saumitra Jha; Supplement (Spreadsheet), (P60AB), 0p, by Nathan T. Blair, Saumitra Jha; Teaching Note, (P60TN), 8p, by Nathan T. Blair, Saumitra Jha
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   Jet Airways (B): A Bumpy Landing
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Author(s): Blair, Nathan T.; Jha, Saumitra
Publication Date: 05/15/2009
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: P60B
Subjects: Downsizing; Ethics; Human resources management
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Supplement (Spreadsheet), (P60AB), 0p, by Nathan T. Blair, Saumitra Jha; Teaching Note, (P60TN), 8p, by Nathan T. Blair, Saumitra Jha
Product Description: Supplements the (A) case. Must be used with: (P60A) Jet Airways (A): Weathering Turbulence.
   Jet Airways, (A) and (B), Teaching Note
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Author(s): Blair, Nathan T.; Jha, Saumitra
Publication Date: 05/15/2009
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: Stanford University
HBS Number: P60TN
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Teaching Note for [P60A] and [P60B]. Must be used with: (P60A) Jet Airways (A): Weathering Turbulence; (P60B) Jet Airways (B): A Bumpy Landing.
   Jody McVay
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Conger, Jay
Publication Date: 01/09/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Case (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-063
Industry Setting: Consumer products Gross Revenues: $1 billion sales
Event Year Start: 1978 Event Year End: 1981
Subjects: Corporate culture; Managerial skills; Organizational behavior; Women
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: A Harvard MBA '78 has been successful at getting things done in a consumer products company with an “entrenched” culture. She has also handled issues women face in a “male culture” rather well.
   John Smithers
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Author(s): Nohria, Nitin
Publication Date: 12/17/2001 Revision Date: 11/22/2002
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Describes an ill-fated effort to institute a total quality program. Using the vantage point of one of the managers selected to be a quality instructor, the case traces the rise and fall of the quality effort during its very brief existence over the course of six months. Allows students to identify many things that can undermine implementation of change: lack of corporate commitment, overly formalized programs, inflated expectations, lack of initial successes, etc. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
HBS Number: 9-402-041
Geographic Setting: New EnglandIndustry Setting: telecommunications
Event Year Start: 2001Event Year End: 2001
Subjects: Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Quality control; Telecommunications; Total quality
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
   John Smithers at Sigtek
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Author(s): Jick, Todd D.
Publication Date: 10/05/1990 Revision Date: 04/30/1998
Product Type: Case (Field)
Product Description: Describes an ill-fated effort to institute a total quality program. Using the vantage point of one of the managers selected to be a quality instructor, the case traces the rise and fall of the quality effort during its very brief existence over the course of six months. Allows students to identify many things that can undermine implementation of change: lack of corporate commitment, overly formalized programs, inflated expectations, lack of initial successes, etc.
HBS Number: 9-491-035
Geographic Setting: United States Industry Setting: telecommunications Number of Employees: 1,000
Event Year Start: 1988 Event Year End: 1988
Subjects: Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Quality control; Telecommunications; Total quality
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Supplementary Materials: Teaching Note, (5-491-087), 7p, by Todd D. Jick
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HBS Number: 5-491-087
Subjects: Management of change; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Quality control; Telecommunications; Total quality
   Kenexa, Teaching Note
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Author(s): Dietz, Joerg; Joshi, Chetan
Publication Date: 01/29/2007
Product Type: Teaching Note
Publisher: Richard Ivey School of Business/UWO
HBS Number: 807C04
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (907C04) Kenexa.
   Kirk Stone (B)
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Author(s): Sathe, Vijay V.; Mueller, Robert, Jr.
Publication Date: 01/07/1982 Revision Date: 07/30/2007
Product Type: Supplement (Field)
HBS Number: 9-482-068
Subjects: Careers & career planning; Corporate culture; Personal strategy & style; Values
Academic Discipline: Human resources management
Product Description: Presents a continuation of Kir