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Harvard Business School
Garvin, David A.; Datar, Srikant M.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-308012-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2008 the Boston-based Harvard Business School would turn 100. As the centennial year began, the HBS community and leadership were reflecting on how the School might fulfill its mission to "develop business leaders who make a difference in the world" in the next century. This case focuses on the school's commitment to general management education and its implementation in an increasingly globalized business world.Starting at €8.20
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Change Through Persuasion
Garvin, David A.; Roberto, Michael A.Article HBS-R0502F-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Faced with the need for a massive change, most managers respond predictably. They revamp the organization's strategy, shift around staff, and root out inefficiencies. They then wait patiently for performance to improve--only to be bitterly disappointed because they...Starting at €8.20
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RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams, Teaching Note
Garvin, David A.; Collins, ElizabethTeaching Note HBS-4064-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 4063Starting at €0.00
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Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg (Abridged)
Garvin, David A.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-313023-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-presidents Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had built specialized in managing digital risk and uncovering digital evidence and had grown very rapidly. With the firm's CFO, they believed that the firm could grow from $58 million to $72 million, a growth rate of 27% over the preceding year. However, the firm's 11 offices had submitted ...Starting at €8.20
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Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter, Teaching Note
Garvin, David A.Teaching Note HBS-314016-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 313110.Starting at €0.00
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Is Yours a Learning Organization
Garvin, David A.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Gino, FrancescaArticle HBS-R0803H-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. An organization with a strong learning culture faces the unpredictable deftly. However, a concrete method for understanding precisely how an institution learns and for identifying specific steps to help it learn better has remained elusive. A new survey instrument ...Starting at €8.20
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Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong (HBR Case Study)
Garvin, David A.Article HBS-R1401X-ELeadership and People ManagementParivar, an IT services firm with a long history of attracting talented people with its family-like culture suddenly faces a spate of resignations among rank-and-file employees. As the vice president of HR tries to figure out what's behind the exodus, the CEO wants to create a brand-new function charged with reinforcing the company's culture. As Parivar prepares for global expansion, is emphasizing the family-like atmosphere the key to retaining ...Starting at €8.20
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Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)
Garvin, David A.Case HBS-314004-ELeadership and People ManagementAbridged version of one of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a complete integrated package. Explores five distinct jobs--store manager, district manager, regional vice-president, division senior vice-president, and president of the U.S. Stories busine...Starting at €8.20
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Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Garvin, David A.Article HBS-R1401Z-ELeadership and People ManagementParivar, an IT services firm with a long history of attracting talented people with its family-like culture suddenly faces a spate of resignations among rank-and-file employees. As the vice president of HR tries to figure out what's behind the exodus, the CEO wants to create a brand-new function charged with reinforcing the company's culture. As Parivar prepares for global expansion, is emphasizing the family-like atmosphere the key to retaining ...Starting at €8.20
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All the Wrong Moves (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Garvin, David A.; McCormick, Christopher J.; Moje, Hauke; Biggadike, Ralph; Domorski, PaulArticle HBS-R0601A-ELeadership and People ManagementNutrorim's products have been gaining national attention. In particular, sales of the company's organic, performance-enhancing sports supplement powder, ChargeUp, have gone through the roof. Now the new and improved version, called ChargeUp with Lipitrene, has recently hit the market, and expectations are high. CEO Don Rifkin has tried hard to build an inclusive, democratic culture at this successful company. But the organization's open decision-...Starting at €8.20