BEST OF HBR 1997 The Work of Leadership Followers want comfort‚ stability‚ and solutions from their leaders. But that’s babysitting. Real leaders Sometimes an article comes along and turns the conventional thinking on a subject not upside down but inside out. So it is with this landmark piece by Ronald Heifetz and Donald Laurie‚ published in January 1997 Notoniy do the authors introduce the breakthrough concept of adaptive change-the sort of change that occurs when people and
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Strategy as Simple Rules by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull Reprint r0101g When the business landscape was simple‚ companies could afford to have complex strategies. But now that business is so complex‚ they need to simplify. Smart companies have done just that with a new approach: a few straightforward‚ hard-and-fast rules that define direction without confining it. as Simple Rules ILLUSTRATION BY MIN JAE HONG S by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull ince its founding
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dairy‚ yogurt and juice products. In 2007‚ Co. X ’s founder & chairman‚ took a strategic decision to raise capital in order to finance further expansions through issuing an IPO in two years time. At the time‚ the company was perceived to be a family business that has been a market leader for years primarily due to its heritage. In parallel‚ there were persistent rumours that Al Marai‚ a dairy market leader in the gulf‚ was planning to put a huge investment to enter the Egyptian market. Consequently
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“Many Happy (Product) Returns” is an article from a well-known business magazine called Harvard Business Review published by James Stock‚ Thomas Speh‚ and Herbert Shear. The magazine is published by Harvard Business Publishing‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. All of the authors are influential and well-known people in their expertise which is reverse logistics. These have brought a lot of credibility to the content. In the article‚ the authors used several examples of famous companies
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Caterpillar Company lost $1 million a day. Caterpillar’s major competitor was a Japanese company call Komatsu. Due to tough global challenges‚ the collapse of its international markets and an overvalued dollar‚ Caterpillar had to reinvent itself or stop business. With the help of two different CEO’s‚ Caterpillar transformed itself. CEO George Schaefer introduced cost-cutting measures and employee involvement programs also outsourced machines‚ parts and components. CEO Donald Fites diversified Caterpillar’s
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MIHIR RATHOD CASE STUDY 2 BUSN 6610/6180 DATE – 11.14.2012 Case Questions BUSN6610 / ISMG6180 Fall 2012 Week 13 What’s the Deal with LivingSocial?‚ Harvard Business School Case‚ #9-512-065 Format: 2 pages max‚ single space if necessary‚ 1 inch margins all around‚ minimum10 pt font. Assume you are working for a new Venture Capital firm here in Denver after graduating with your UCD Masters degree. While you would like a salary commensurate with your skills ($150‚000 per year)‚
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Date: April 2‚ 2013 Subject: iPremier and Denial of Service Attack – Case Study ______________________________________________________________________________ The iPremier and Denial of Service Attack case study is a made up case from the Harvard Business School. This case shows clearly how companies may not be taking their security seriously and after several high profile hacking stories‚ we can see that is the truth. The background of the case is that iPremier‚ a high end online store‚ suffered
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Harvard Business School 9-198-048 Rev. October 14‚ 1999 Citibank: Performance Evaluation Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ was meeting with his management team to review the performance evaluation and bonus decisions for the California branch managers. James McGaran’s performance evaluation was next. Frits felt uneasy about this one. McGaran was manager of the most important branch in the Los Angeles area‚ and his financials were impressive. A year ago he would have
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ROLE AND OBJECTIVES OF OPERATIONS Key questions • What role and contribution should the operations function play in achieving strategic success? • What are the performance objectives of operations and what are the internal and external benefits which derive from excelling in each of them? Topics covered • The role of the operations function in the organization’s strategic plans. • How the contribution of the operations function to the organization’s competitiveness can be assessed. • The meaning
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Erickson on the dilemmas and problems managers and companies must contend with by Tammy Erickson Related Items • Visit HarvardBusiness.org • Subscribe to Harvard Business Review • Visit Harvard Business Review Online • Visit Leadership & Managing People Resource Center • Visit Harvard Business Review Answers Story Tools • post a comment • e-mail this story • print this story • order a reprint • digg this • save to del.icio.us [pic][pic][pic][pic][pic]
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