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- October 1979 (Revised January 1983)
- HBS Case Collection
IBM Corp., Background Note
Abstract
Describes some aspects of how the senior managers of IBM conducted its affairs. Much of this note is a factual description of the design of the organization and of the formal process by which members of the organization worked together. Also contains excerpts from interviews with IBM executives describing their views of the corporation's managerial philosophy which guided their actions.
Keywords
Management Style; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Management Teams; Computer Industry; United States
Citation
Vancil, Richard F. "IBM Corp., Background Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 180-034, October 1979. (Revised January 1983.)