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Abstract

The new plant manager must deal with the problems and potentials contained in this highly participatory management style plant.
Location:
Minnesota
Industry:
Engines
Size:
900 employees
Other setting(s):
1974-1979
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Sedalia Engine Plant (A) and (B)
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-485-020
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Bert A Spector (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1985
Version: 26 December 1984
Length: 14 pages
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Sedalia Engine Plant (A)
Case
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Reference no. 9-420-S16
Spanish language
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Bert A Spector (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 27 April 1993
Length: 26 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Employee empowerment; Hiring & employment; Industrial goods; Job satisfaction; Labor relations; Machinery; Managing employees; Organizational design; Participative management; Plant management; Technology; Analytics; Recruitment; Hiring; Organizational structure
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Sedalia Engine Plant (B)
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-481-149
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Bert A Spector (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 1 April 1983
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Labor relations; Employee empowerment; Participative management; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Organizational design; Plant management; Industrial goods; Machinery; Managing employees; Technology
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Abstract

The new plant manager must deal with the problems and potentials contained in this highly participatory management style plant.

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Location:
Minnesota
Industry:
Engines
Size:
900 employees
Other setting(s):
1974-1979

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Thumbnail image for product with reference number 5-485-020
Sedalia Engine Plant (A) and (B)
Teaching note
-
Reference no. 5-485-020
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Bert A Spector (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1985
Version: 26 December 1984
Length: 14 pages
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-420-S16
Sedalia Engine Plant (A)
Case
-
Reference no. 9-420-S16
Spanish language
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Bert A Spector (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 27 April 1993
Length: 26 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Employee empowerment; Hiring & employment; Industrial goods; Job satisfaction; Labor relations; Machinery; Managing employees; Organizational design; Participative management; Plant management; Technology; Analytics; Recruitment; Hiring; Organizational structure
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-481-149
Sedalia Engine Plant (B)
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-481-149
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Bert A Spector (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 1 April 1983
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Labor relations; Employee empowerment; Participative management; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Organizational design; Plant management; Industrial goods; Machinery; Managing employees; Technology
View full details