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Cambridge Technology Partners (A) (Spanish version)
Amabile, Teresa M.; Beer, Michael; Baker, George P.Case HBS-407S12Leadership and People ManagementCambridge Technology Partners uses a highly innovative product strategy, supported by a human resources strategy, that has been very successful. However, high growth rates jeopardize product quality while tension about relative compensation levels between sales and operations threatens the firm's culture.Starting at €8.20
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C.R. Barger & Sons, Inc. (A)
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, Shizuka; Barger, EdCase DARDEN-ENT-0106-EEntrepreneurshipC.R. Barger & Sons, Inc., (Barger) operated two businesses: It installed gas, water, and sewer lines, and it manufactured and sold precast-concrete septic tanks. In 2002, after 35 years as a local supplier of septic tanks, this end of the business had reached a plateau. Barger did not have a distinctive brand or product, and its sales were limited primarily to East Tennessee. Barger was on the verge of closing down its septic-tank business when, ...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Code of Change (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Nohria, NitinArticle HBS-R00301Leadership and People Managementthe goal is to build and strengthen corporate culture. Most companies focus purely on one theory or the other, or haphazardly use a mix of both, the authors say. Combining E and O is directionally correct, they contend, but it requires a careful, conscious integration plan. Beer and Nohria present the examples of two companies, Scott Paper and Champion International, that used a purely E or purely O strategy to create change--and met with limite...Starting at €8.20
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Humildad, una capacidad básica en la era de las máquinas inteligentes
Hess, Edward D.Article ART-3098Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementLa mayoría de nosotros nos consideramos bastante inteligentes. De lo contrario, no habríamos logrado nuestro actual puesto directivo. Pero el tipo de pensamiento que te llevó hasta aquí no bastará en la era de las máquinas inteligentes, en la que la tecnología será más inteligente que nosotros. Para hacer frente a la competencia por los trabajos que queden, debemos abandonar mentalidades y comportamientos anticuados en favor de lo que el autor de...Starting at €8.20
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Southfield Packaging, Teaching Note
Beer, Michael; Zalosh, AlisaTeaching Note HBS-913563-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for Product #913562Starting at €0.00
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United Stationers: Enabling our Partners to Succeed
Beer, Michael; Eisenstat, Russell A.Case HBS-912407-EThe case depicts a mission- and values-driven company. It describes the development of the firm over time, its leadership and challenges it faces to sustain its culture.Starting at €8.20
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Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (B)
Sadun, Raffaella; Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-717504-EStrategyThis (B) case supplements the (A) case by providing additional information and update through early 2016.Starting at €5.74
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WeaveTech: High Performance Change, Teaching Note
Beer, Michael; Swiercz, PaulTeaching Note HBS-914554-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for Product #914553.Starting at €0.00
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Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc., Teaching Note
Bingham, John B.; Beer, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-913502-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for Product #913501.Starting at €0.00
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The Uncompromising Leader
Eisenstat, Russell A.; Beer, Michael; Foote, Nathaniel; Fredberg, Tobias; Norrgren, FlemmingArticle HBS-R0807D-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. Managing the tension between performance and people is at the heart of the CEO's job. But CEOs under fierce pressure from capital markets often focus solely on the shareholder, which can lead to employee disenchantment. Others put so much stock in their firms' heri...Starting at €8.20