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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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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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Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Garvin, David A.Article HBS-R1401L-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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The National Geographic Society (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-317S02Strategycreating a senior management position responsible for e-commerce to coordinate web-based offerings and outreach across the Society's various departments, transition NGS from its many disparate and independent direct mail efforts to a more integrated and strategic e-commerce strategy, and leverage the NGS relationship with its members-currently defined as magazine subscribers, since a subscription comes with Society membership. Putting the final ...Starting at €8.20
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The Center for Creative Leadership
Garvin, David A.; Datar, Srikant M.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-308013-EThe Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership was not innate but could be learned. CCL evolved into one of the world's top leadership development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This case explores CCL's approach to leadership and management education for executives and presents some of the challenges the CCL faces as many different types of leadership developme...Starting at €8.20
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The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)
Garvin, David A.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-312120-EIn January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of accelerating digital convergence and decreasing magazine sales. Historically a proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: creating a senior management position res...Starting at €8.20
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Merging American Airlines and US Airways (B)
Fubini, David G.; Garvin, David A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-418036-EExhibit to Merging American Airlines and US Airways (A) case. In February 2013, US Airways announced that it would merge with American Airlines to create the world's largest airline. Doug Parker, the CEO of US Airways, would become CEO of the new American Airlines Group (AAL). The case describes a number of critical decisions Parker made and actions that he took in the course of the acquisition integration process. All focused on how best to comb...Starting at €5.74
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How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management
Garvin, David A.Article HBS-R1312D-EHigh-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that was the case at Google, a company filled with self-starters who viewed management as more destructive than beneficial and as a distraction from "real work." But when Google's people analytics team examined the value of managers, applying the same rigorous research methods the company uses in its o...Starting at €8.20
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Merging American Airlines and US Airways (A)
Fubini, David G.; Garvin, David A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-417054-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn February 2013, US Airways announced that it would merge with American Airlines to create the world's largest airline. Doug Parker, the CEO of US Airways, would become CEO of the new American Airlines Group (AAL).The case describes a number of critical decisions Parker made and actions that he took in the course of the acquisition integration process. All focused on how best to combine the two airlines' core systems and operating processes as w...Starting at €8.20
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TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing
Lakhani, Karim R.; Garvin, David A.; Lonstein, EricCase HBS-610032-EKnowledge and CommunicationTopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who compete to write software modules for its over 40 clients. Provides details of a unique innovation platform where complex software is developed through ongoing online competitions. B...Starting at €8.20