Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Version: 09.02.2006
Length: 12 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
This case is about the team and teamwork behind West Side Story: A Broadway musical created in the mid-1950s that changed the face of American theatre. The case illustrates how a team of powerful ''virtuoso'' all-stars created and conceptualised, collaborated, and shared leadership roles during the project that launched West Side Story - from its inception to worldwide success. In addition to featuring leadership and teamwork, the case illustrates how the entire organisation, structure and cast were choreographed and managed to create a final product that is ever-lasting in the minds of many.
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Abstract
This case is about the team and teamwork behind West Side Story: A Broadway musical created in the mid-1950s that changed the face of American theatre. The case illustrates how a team of powerful ''virtuoso'' all-stars created and conceptualised, collaborated, and shared leadership roles during the project that launched West Side Story - from its inception to worldwide success. In addition to featuring leadership and teamwork, the case illustrates how the entire organisation, structure and cast were choreographed and managed to create a final product that is ever-lasting in the minds of many.