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How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Podolny, Joel M.; Hansen, Morten T.Article HBS-R2006F-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen 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 with its own P&L responsibilities. Believing that conventional management had stifled innovation, JobStarting at €8.20
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The Buck Stops (and Starts) at Business School
Podolny, Joel M.Article HBS-R0906G-EPeople in America have come to believe that business schools are harmful to society, fostering in their graduates behavior that is self-interested, unethical, and sometimes even illegal. Many are convinced that managers are simply incapable of self-regulation and have called for laws to govern executive compensation and corporate financial reporting. Sure, legislation is cumbersome, but the consequences of self-governance are apparently even wors...Starting at €8.20
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La responsabilidad comienza y termina en las escuelas de negocios
Podolny, Joel M.Article HBS-R0906GKnowledge and CommunicationLas personas en Estados Unidos han llegado a creer que las escuelas de negocios son perjudiciales para la sociedad, fomentando en su comportamiento graduados que se auto-interesada, poco ético, ya veces incluso ilegales. Muchos están convencidos de que los gerentes son simplemente incapaces de auto-regulación y han llamado a las leyes que rigen la compensación ejecutiva y la información financiera corporativa. Sin duda, la legislación es engorros...Starting at €8.20
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Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
Podolny, Joel M.; Khurana, Rakesh; Besharov, MaryaBook Chapter HBS-6123BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe authors of this chapter contend that the study of leadership in organizational theory went awry when interest in leadership became too tightly coupled with organizational performance. Leading organizational theorists in the latter part of the twentieth century, such as Max Weber, Chester Barnard, and Philip Selznick, were not concerned with leadership because of its ability to explain financial performance. Instead, they were concerned with l...Starting at €8.20
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Motive Communications (Spanish Version)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Iansiti, Marco; Hart, Myra M.; Chan, William; Findsen, FindCase HBS-603S08Service and Operations ManagementLos fundadores de Motive Communications, Inc., una reciente puesta en marcha dedicados a reinventar la cadena de soporte involucrados en la prestación de servicios de apoyo de tecnología de información, poner en marcha un proceso de desarrollo dependían de una amplia retroalimentación del cliente. Como parte de esto, un grupo selecto de "faro clientes" acordó pagar $ 50.000 a participar en la prueba beta - sino como una fecha límite se acercaba, ...Starting at €8.20