Subject category:
Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 24 August 2004
Length: 17 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
Bain managing director Tom Tierney is contemplating how best to rotate the office head position between two partners at one of the firm''s offices. The case provides background information on Bain''s governance structure and Tierney''s management style. The teaching topics include: (1) governance systems; (2) career planning; and (3) succession dynamics in a professional service firm.
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Abstract
Bain managing director Tom Tierney is contemplating how best to rotate the office head position between two partners at one of the firm''s offices. The case provides background information on Bain''s governance structure and Tierney''s management style. The teaching topics include: (1) governance systems; (2) career planning; and (3) succession dynamics in a professional service firm.