Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

Given the amount of research that business schools have dedicated to understanding change management, the number of books and articles published on the subject, and the investment that companies have made in consultants and training, one would think that we would be doing better by now.

Kotter 8

Kotter Decentralization Business Model Engineering 8

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

You may have a comprehensive rule book, a checklist, and an operating manual, but without the right positive corporate cultural attributes, those concrete instructions and processes will not work. When your culture is strong, people seem to genuinely enjoy their work and the people they work with; they tend to do their work well and on time.

Positioning 78

Positioning Hamel Company Charisma 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

You may have a comprehensive rule book, a checklist, and an operating manual, but without the right positive corporate cultural attributes those concrete instructions and processes will not work. When your culture is strong, people seem to genuinely enjoy their work and the people they work with; they tend to do their work well and on time.

Positioning 60

Positioning Hamel Company Charisma 60

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But the decentralization debate was different. Rogier knew Derek’s position—but he had gone to an executive training course on holacracy in Las Vegas and had come back so fired up that he was now pushing for self-managed teams at headquarters and complete decentralization at the country level.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2014

For fans of management books, this month marks a big anniversary. Ford still may have produced the best car for the money, but Sloan’s GM trounced Ford Motors by producing the best product lines for the market. To appreciate Sloan’s book, consider the titanic achievement of his predecessor, Henry Ford.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Venture Capitalist Price Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Have the bookings picked up?" But our bookings for the high season are looking terrible. Fernando knew that bookings had been slow, but he'd hoped for better news. In fact, we barely have a marketing budget at the corporate level. Mexico City, Cancún, Caracas — bookings are down everywhere.

Case Study 10

Case Study Hotels Price Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

In a book titled Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?, For example, the invention of more efficient train engines allowed for cheaper transportation that catalyzed the industrial revolution. Paul Taylor/Getty Images. MIT scientists Henry Lieberman and Christopher Fry discuss why we have wars, mass poverty, and other social ills.

Technology 8

Technology Cooper Efficiency Globalization 8