Publications
Publications
- October 1999
- HBS Case Collection
Overhead Reduction Task Force, The
By: J. Richard Hackman, Ruth Wageman and John J. Gabarro
Abstract
A middle manager is about to meet with his boss to discuss her request that he head up a task force to determine how overhead can be reduced by 20%. He must decide what to address in that meeting and how the task force should be launched and led. The focus is on team leadership at four stages in a team's life cycle: 1) preparation, 2) initial meeting, 3) mid-course consultation, and 4) post-performance debriefing. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Citation
Hackman, J. Richard, Ruth Wageman, and John J. Gabarro. "Overhead Reduction Task Force, The." Harvard Business School Case 400-026, October 1999.