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Reference no. 9-490-012
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 14 September 1993
Revision date: 26-Aug-2020
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Hiring & employment; Implementing strategy; Leadership; Managing employees; Organizational culture; Organizational design; Organizational development
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Abstract

Describes the innovative approach to organizing and managing employees by People Express and describes the company's eventual demise. This material can be used to inform about leading edge human resource management practices and to raise questions about what went wrong. Why did People Express succeed in its early years and why did it ultimately fail?
Industry:
Airlines
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-491-080
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Gary W Loveman (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1991
Version: 6 February 1991
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract

Describes the innovative approach to organizing and managing employees by People Express and describes the company's eventual demise. This material can be used to inform about leading edge human resource management practices and to raise questions about what went wrong. Why did People Express succeed in its early years and why did it ultimately fail?

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-491-080
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Gary W Loveman (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1991
Version: 6 February 1991
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details