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The Culture to Cultivate
Halvorson, George C.Article HBS-F1307F-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO of Kaiser Permanente writes that instilling a foundational culture of continuous improvement is the only way to unify an organization as large and diverse as his. People must understand how small improvements add up to big differences; they must love improving; and they must have confidence in their colleagues.Starting at €8.20
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Getting to "Us"
Halvorson, George C.Article HBS-F1409F-EThe former CEO of Kaiser Permanente on the benefits and pitfalls of activating "us versus them" energy.Starting at €8.20
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Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (B) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Case HBS-304S20StrategySupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Strategic Planning at United Parcel Service (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Case HBS-311S13Strategythe development of the company charter, strategic planning, strategic decision making, and strategy implementation. Also discusses the roles of the various players in the process, focusing especially on the CEO and corporate strategy staff.Starting at €8.20
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Pervasive Computing (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Case HBS-304S21StrategySupplements the (A) case.Starting at €8.20
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Executive Decision Making at General Motors (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Case HBS-313S03StrategyDescribes the evolution of General Motors' strategy, organizational structure, and management processes from its founding to the present day. Focuses on the role of GM's management committee--the senior-decision-making body at the company, now called the Automotive Strategy Board (ASB)--and how it operates under Rick Wagoner, its current CEO. In October 2004, Wagoner and the ASB are wrestling with recent changes in GM's planning and budgeting pro...Starting at €8.20
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Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Case HBS-304S19StrategyBy June 2003, IBM had made significant progress in changing the way it managed new, emerging businesses. Describes the development of a separate management program at IBM designed to identify, fund, and shepherd new businesses through growth. Traces the history of the program, its evolution, and the current challenges senior management faces in scaling up the program.Starting at €8.20
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Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Glaser, John P.; Halvorson, George C.; Ford, Monte; Heffner, Randy; Kastor, John A.Article HBS-R0707A-EService and Operations ManagementPeachtree Healthcare has major IT infrastructure problems, and CEO Max Berndt is struggling to find the right fix. He can go with a single set of systems and applications that will provide consistency across Peachtree's facilities but may not give doctors enough flexibility. Or he can choose service-oriented architecture (SOA), a modular design that will allow Peachtree to standardize incrementally and selectively but poses certain risks as a new...Starting at €8.20
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La empresa multiunitaria
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Article HBS-R0806GService and Operations ManagementUna empresa de múltiples unidades es una organización geográficamente dispersa construido a partir de unidades estándar (tiendas, restaurantes, o ramas) que se agrupan por agrupaciones geográficas más grandes (distritos, regiones y divisiones). Aunque esta estructura organizativa se ha convertido en la norma en varias industrias, ha recibido poca atención por parte de académicos y consultores. Garvin y Levesque se dispuso a llenar ese vacío en el...Starting at €8.20
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El caso HBR: Un sistema de TI demasiado vanguardista
Glaser, John P.; Halvorson, George C.; Ford, Monte; Heffner, Randy; Kastor, John A.Article HBS-R0707AService and Operations ManagementPeachtree Healthcare tiene grandes problemas de infraestructura de TI, y CEO Max Berndt está luchando para encontrar la solución correcta. Se puede ir con un único conjunto de sistemas y aplicaciones que proporcionan consistencia a través de las instalaciones de Peachtree, pero no puede dar a los médicos la flexibilidad suficiente. O puede elegir la arquitectura orientada al servicio (SOA), un diseño modular que permitirá la estandarización de Pe...Starting at €8.20