Sedalia Engine Plant (A, B)

Authors: Beer, Michael; Spector, Bert A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1993

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The new plant manager must deal with the problems and potentials contained in this highly participatory management style plant...

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Video: People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr

Authors: Beer, Michael; Holland, Philip
Product Type: Cases; Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1989

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Presents an interview with Don Burr, CEO, as he reviews his account of how and why People Express failed as a corporation and was ultimately sold to Continental Airlines.

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People Express Airlines: Rise and Decline

Author: Beer, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Premier Case Collection
Publication Year: 1990

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This case describes the innovative approach to organizing and managing employees by People Express and describes the company's eventual demise.

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Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad

Authors: Beer, Michael; Collins, Elizabeth
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Publishing Brief Cases
Publication Year: 2008

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In May 2007, the Engstrom Auto Mirrors plant, a relatively small supplier based in Indiana, faces a crisis. Sales had started to decline in 2005; a year later, plant manager Ron Bent had been forced to lay off more than 20 percent of the work force...

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Leading Change

Author: Beer, Michael
Product Type:
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Publication Year: 1988

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Celeritas, Inc.: Leadership Challenges in a Fast-Growth Industry

Authors: Beer, Michael; Vargas, Ingrid
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Publishing Brief Cases
Publication Year: 2011

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Having experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2003, Celeritas has recently seen sales decline and has begun to lose market share along with its status as the top player. The CEO, concerned about several problems that may have contributed to this decline, engages an organizational development consultant who leads the firm's senior vice presidents through a two-day offsite exercise in team building...

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SMA

Authors: Beer, Michael; Tushman, Michael L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2005

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The Micro-Electronic Products Division of SMA has financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in business environment followed by change in organization and management. A rewritten version of an earlier case.

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Merck Latin America (A, B, C, D)

Authors: Beer, Michael; Weber, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2002

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Introduces Grey Warner, the vice president of Merck's Latin America region, and his efforts to improve the organizational effectiveness of the region and to introduce a more global business culture and values. Discusses Merck's ethics and values, its Latin American organization, the change methodologies used, and the political and economic conditions in the region.

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Whitbread Hotel Co. (A, B)

Authors: Beer, Michael; Weber, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2003

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Alan Parker has developed an effective organization using organizational fitness profiling and other change methodologies. Parker knows that as Whitbread continues to grow, both internally and through acquisitions, the company will have to change its organization structure and management practices. The case describes how Parker managed the change process and involved a large number of employees in discovering the barriers holding the company back from achieving its strategic vision and in devising ways to overcome them.

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Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay for Performance: A Report on Thirteen Natural Experiments

Authors: Beer, Michael; Cannon, Mark D.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2002

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We studied the implementation of thirteen experiments in pay for performance that were initiated by local management in a high-commitment company.

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