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10 Ways to Mitigate Bias in Your Company’s Decision Making
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From Prediction to Transformation
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To Put Your Company Values into Action, Create Working Agreements
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How Decision Making Evolves as a Startup Grows
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3 Common Fallacies About Creativity
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When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To
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Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
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How the Geeks Rewrote the Rules of Management
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Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
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Avoiding Disruption Requires Rapid Decision Making
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People May Be More Trusting of AI When They Can't See How It Works
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleNew research looked at the extent to which the employees of a fashion retailer followed the stocking recommendations of two algorithms: one whose workings... -
The “Maximize Profits” Trap in Decision Making
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Research: What Makes Employees Feel Empowered to Speak Up?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA recent study highlighted the importance of a culture that emphasizes everyone's ability to make choices. -
Defining Your Organization's Values
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat are the bedrock principles underlying your company's mission? This issue's Spotlight package examines how understanding and openly recognizing them... -
A Good Meeting Needs a Clear Decision-Making Process
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Problems of Matrix Organizations
Organizational decision making Magazine ArticleNo organization design or method of management is perfect. And any form can suffer from a variety of problems that develop because of the design itself. This is particularly true when a company tries a new form. In this article we look at one relatively new organization form—the matrix—which has gained considerable popularity in recent […] -
To See the Way Forward, Look Back
Global Business SpotlightMost business leaders focus on the future much more than on the past, believing that their job is to embrace disruption and innovation, transform their... -
Leaders: Stop Confusing Correlation with Causation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's a common mistake - and as companies rely more on data, it's an increasingly costly one. -
When Autonomy Helps Team Performance — and When It Doesn’t
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How to Get Surgeons to Make Cost-Effective Decisions Without Jeopardizing Care
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleLessons from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Pella Corporation: Creating the Right Shareholder Roles and Goals for the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case concerns the efforts of a multigenerational family company to articulate and document shareholder roles and goals aligned with the enterprise's... -
Note on Organizational Structure
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be... -
La Esperanza: Beyond Automation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details La Esperanza was a mining unit owned by POFCO, a company with its headquarters in China and with operations in Peru, dedicated to the development of gold... -
Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In January 1999, Francisco de Narvaez sold Tia, his family's retail business in Argentina. De Narvaez reflects on the decision to sell and the selling... -
TecSalud's Response to COVID-19
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores TecSalud's response to COVID-19 between March 2020 and January 2021. TecSalud was the Healthcare System of the Instituto Tecnologico... -
Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (Abridged)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In late 2002, global confectionery and beverage maker Cadbury Schweppes needed to decide whether or not to make an acquisition bid for Adams, an underperforming... -
NetApp: The Day-to-Day of a District Manager
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Set in mid-2002, this case illustrates "a day in the life" of a district sales manager of a Silicon Valley company, as the technology market faced a downturn.... -
MIC Food: Shaping the Right Decision-Making Process for the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case concerns a family business's efforts to assess and shape collective decision-making among a large sibling leadership group and transition from... -
Medplus Ltd. (A), (B), (C)
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NTT DOCOMO's Race to 5G
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case, based on extensive interviews with NTT DOCOMO's technology leaders, focuses on the opportunities and challenges that NTT DOCOMO faces with the... -
Regulatory independence in India: A case of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case discusses the evolution and role of India's nuclear regulator - the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). It examines the need for a regulator... -
Ce Soir-Là, Ils n'Arrivent Plus Un par Un, Mais par Vagues: Coping with the Surge of Trauma Patients at L'Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière-Friday, November 13, 2015
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Alibaba's Values Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case starts by exploring the brief history of Alibaba from 1999 to 2020 from the perspective of strategy and values. The case shows how a company's... -
Four Steps to Effective Decisions
99.00View Details Need to make a decision? Start with simple but powerful techniques like asking questions and generating alternatives. Then continue to build your skills... -
Polarizing Government Work: McKinsey & Co. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Donald Trump announced his run for president in 2015, he placed immigration front and center in his campaign. He promised to drastically expand U.S.... -
Arcos Dorados: How to Lead and From Where
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Acros Dorados, an Argentina-based multinational, is facing new organizational challenges as it seeks to build on its recent turnaround, and grow in Brazil... -
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Yorgus Yogurt and Zona Sul: Building a New Venture in an Established Family Business
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Yorgus, a Brazilian entrepreneurial maker of premium Greek yogurt, has hit its stride--and now it faces questions about the best path to achieve growth,... -
Tapping into a Digital Brain: AI-Powered Talent Management at Infosys
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Infosys, an India-based global IT consulting and software services provider, had more than 200,000 employees, mainly software specialists and technical... -
Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company
Management Case Study11.95View Details On the morning of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company became aware that the company had been the victim of a malicious ransomware attack that had stolen...
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10 Ways to Mitigate Bias in Your Company’s Decision Making
Managing people Digital ArticleFocus on the everyday choices that add up. -
Pella Corporation: Creating the Right Shareholder Roles and Goals for the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case concerns the efforts of a multigenerational family company to articulate and document shareholder roles and goals aligned with the enterprise's... -
La Esperanza: Beyond Automation, Teaching Note
Organizational Development Digital ArticleTeaching note for case BL0011. -
From Prediction to Transformation
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleWhile the popular view is that insights are the key benefit of artificial intelligence, in truth AI creates value by improving the quality of decisions.... -
To Put Your Company Values into Action, Create Working Agreements
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey help build shared language, understanding, and accountability. -
How Decision Making Evolves as a Startup Grows
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe CEO of HubSpot reflects on how his approach has changed. -
3 Common Fallacies About Creativity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd how leaders can avoid them. -
When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To
Organizational restructuring Digital ArticleThere is such a thing as an organization that’s too responsive. -
Note on Organizational Structure
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be... -
La Esperanza: Beyond Automation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details La Esperanza was a mining unit owned by POFCO, a company with its headquarters in China and with operations in Peru, dedicated to the development of gold...
