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How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
How "Perspective Swaps" Can Unlock Organizational Change
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStepping into a colleague's shoes can reveal surprising new ways of thinking. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Cross-functional management Magazine ArticleCEOs need more support than an executive assistant can provide. -
Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleEven the largest and most complex teams can work together effectively if the right conditions are in place. -
Cross-Silo Leadership
Cross-functional management Magazine ArticleHow to create more value by connecting experts from inside and outside the organization -
Coding Isn't a Necessary Leadership Skill - But Digital Literacy Is
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow non-technical leaders can become great collaborators. -
Rebuilding Relationships Across Teams in a Hybrid Workplace
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree strategies to help restore the ties that frayed during the pandemic. -
People Before Strategy: A New Role for the CHRO
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAlthough people drive every organization's success, research shows that most CEOs undervalue their HR function and their chief human resources officer... -
Perfecting Cross-Pollination
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThere's a way to build cross-functional innovation teams that can balance your appetite for risk with your hunger for a breakthrough. Do it wrong, and... -
Collaborate Across Teams, Silos, and Even Companies
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleIt takes more than goodwill. -
Collaboration Overload Is Sinking Productivity, Chinese Version
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow forward-looking organizations are protecting employees' time and energy. -
Breaking Down Health Care Silos
Communication Digital ArticleLessons from Brigham and Women's Hospital. -
How to Integrate Work and Deepen Expertise
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTo be a leader in global manufacturing in the 1990s, a company must excel in two seemingly contradictory ways. First, it must constantly build and refresh... -
How CMOs Build Brands by Collaborating Across Silos
Brand management Digital ArticleThis post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work. The challenge for the Chief Marketing Officer is to create marketing and brand building that is both exceptional and efficient in the face of country, product, and functional silos. To study that problem, I interviewed more than 40 CMOs and asked about silo […] -
Organizing for Manufacturable Design
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleManagers who commit their companies to designing more manufacturable products encounter the problem of how to organize their professional staff. How should... -
75% of Cross-Functional Teams Are Dysfunctional
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleResearch shows that fixing them requires strong governance. -
The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleMarketing is rapidly becoming one of the most technology-dependent functions in business. In response, a new type of executive is emerging--the chief... -
Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible - But So Does Your Execution
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDon't make the plan too rigid. -
What Happens When Data Scientists and Designers Work Together
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHow a sleep app became something users really wanted. -
Let Your Top Performers Move Around the Company
Cross-functional management Digital ArticleIt’s a critical way to retain talent and upskill your workforce.
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Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which... -
ConAgra Foods
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2002, ConAgra Foods CEO Bruce Rohde was deliberating the next steps in the process of transforming the company from an agribusiness giant to a value-added... -
Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility, Course Overview
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring... -
Changing Corporate Identity: The Case of a Regional Hospital
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Facing competitive pressure from local health care suppliers and a shift in patient demand, the hospital's executive management team develops a strategic... -
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company, Japanese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project,... -
EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Well-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants... -
A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and... -
The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The case highlights the challenges and successes LAX CEO Deborah Flint and Board Chair Sean Burton have achieved from Flint's arrival in 2015 to December... -
Infosys Technologies
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Creating and sustaining a third-world-based technology company to compete globally (i.e. in the first-world) poses many challenges. Such challenges are... -
Alphexo Corp.: Confidential Negotiation Information, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have... -
USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (A), Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes the evolution of USA TODAY Online, the electronic version of the newspaper, within the organizational structure of the newspaper. Describes... -
Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Examines the resignation of Philip Purcell as chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley as a result of poor performance and cultural problems, as well as his... -
Nestle: Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Swiss food giant Nestle attempts to improve the performance of its suppliers of agricultural commodities to raise quality, lower costs, and contribute... -
Meg Whitman at eBay, Inc. (A), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Meg Whitman takes over as CEO of eBay from the founder. She must figure out how to lead the company through a stage of phenomenal growth without compromising... -
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A), Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A new administration in the City of Indianapolis is initially determined to privatize many municipal services. Before taking this action, however, the... -
Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes the development of a new word processing software package, Word for Windows. The major focus is how the development process should be improved... -
Changing Corporate Identity: The Case of a Regional Hospital, Epilogue
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Follows the implementation of the corporate identity. -
Marquee: Reinventing the Business of Nightlife
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In January 2013, nightlife impresarios Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg are celebrating the re-opening of their famed New York City-based nightclub Marquee....
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How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
How "Perspective Swaps" Can Unlock Organizational Change
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStepping into a colleague's shoes can reveal surprising new ways of thinking. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Cross-functional management Magazine ArticleCEOs need more support than an executive assistant can provide. -
Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleEven the largest and most complex teams can work together effectively if the right conditions are in place. -
Cross-Silo Leadership
Cross-functional management Magazine ArticleHow to create more value by connecting experts from inside and outside the organization -
Coding Isn't a Necessary Leadership Skill - But Digital Literacy Is
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow non-technical leaders can become great collaborators. -
Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which... -
ConAgra Foods
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2002, ConAgra Foods CEO Bruce Rohde was deliberating the next steps in the process of transforming the company from an agribusiness giant to a value-added... -
Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility, Course Overview
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring...