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- February 2004 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times
By: Michael Beer, Rakesh Khurana and James Weber
HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which emphasized both profits and people. Changing markets, strong competitors, and the growth of its computer business,...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Human Resources;
Leading Change;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Effectiveness;
Adoption;
Competition
Beer, Michael, Rakesh Khurana, and James Weber. "Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times." Harvard Business School Case 404-087, February 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
- February 2004
- Article
How to Have an Honest Conversation About Your Strategy
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
Beer, Michael, and Russell Eisenstat. "How to Have an Honest Conversation About Your Strategy." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 2 (February 2004): 82–89.
- fall 2003
- Article
Why Total Quality Management Programs Do Not Persist: The Role of Management Quality and Implications for Leading a TQM Transformation
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Why Total Quality Management Programs Do Not Persist: The Role of Management Quality and Implications for Leading a TQM Transformation." Decision Sciences 34, no. 4 (fall 2003).
- March 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Exercise
Organizational Alignment Exercise
By: Michael Beer and John J. Gabarro
Presents an overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise.
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Beer, Michael, and John J. Gabarro. "Organizational Alignment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 403-075, March 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 2003
- Working Paper
Ensure Your Survival by Leading an Organization Wide Conversation That Matters
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
- February 2003
- Case
Whitbread Hotel Company (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
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...
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Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Whitbread Hotel Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-102, February 2003.
- February 2003
- Case
Whitbread Hotel Company (B)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Integration;
Business or Company Management;
Strategy
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Whitbread Hotel Company (B)." Harvard Business School Case 403-103, February 2003.
- 2003
- Article
Do Incentives Work? The Perception of A Worldwide Sample of Senior Executives
By: Michael Beer and Nancy Katz
Beer, Michael, and Nancy Katz. "Do Incentives Work? The Perception of A Worldwide Sample of Senior Executives." Human Resource Planning 26, no. 3 (2003): 30–44.
- 2000
- Chapter
Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities
By: Michael Beer and Edwin Locke
Beer, Michael, and Edwin Locke. "Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities." Chap. 26 in The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior, edited by Edwin A. Locke. Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
- 2009
- Chapter
Sustain Organizational Performance Through Learning, Change and Realignment
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Sustain Organizational Performance Through Learning, Change and Realignment." In Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior: Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management. 2nd ed. Edited by Edwin A. Locke. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
- 2003
- Article
The Silent Killers: Overcoming the Silent Killers to Organizational Fitness
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
- 2002
- Chapter
Building Organizational Fitness
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Building Organizational Fitness." In Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way, edited by Subir Chowdhury. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002.
- April 2002
- Supplement
Grey Warner, Merck Latin America
By: Michael Beer
Grey Warner, the vice president of Merck's Latin America region, discusses the challenges raised in the case and the lessons learned.
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Values and Beliefs;
Change Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Management Teams;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Latin America
Beer, Michael. "Grey Warner, Merck Latin America." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 402-801, April 2002.
- 2002
- Working Paper
Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay for Performance: A Report on Thirteen Natural Experiments
By: Michael Beer and Mark D. Cannon
Beer, Michael, and Mark D. Cannon. "Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay for Performance: A Report on Thirteen Natural Experiments." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-064, March 2002.
- 2002
- Working Paper
Building Organizational Fitness in the 21st Century
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Building Organizational Fitness in the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-044, January 2002.
- June 2001
- Exercise
Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise
By: Michael Beer
Overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise.
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Design;
Strategy
Beer, Michael. "Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 401-044, June 2001.
- June 2001
- Supplement
Matrix Organization Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (now Agilent Technologies)
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Matrix Organization Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (now Agilent Technologies)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 401-805, June 2001.
- June 2001
- Supplement
Organizational Fitness Profiling at Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (Now Agilent Technologies)
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Organizational Fitness Profiling at Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (Now Agilent Technologies)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 401-806, June 2001.
- Article
How to Develop an Organization Capable of Sustained High Performance: Embrace the Drive for Results-Capability Development Paradox
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "How to Develop an Organization Capable of Sustained High Performance: Embrace the Drive for Results-Capability Development Paradox." Organizational Dynamics 29, no. 4 (Spring 2001): 233–247.