Case | HBS Case Collection | 1992
by H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
The plant manager of a film production operation wants to create and implement a new approach to quality within the next 12 months. Issues of personnel (and their roles), production processes (and their control), and quality standards must be addressed.
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Job Design and Levels; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Quality; Mathematical Methods;
Citation:
Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (B)." Harvard Business School Case 693-048, November 1992.
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Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 1997 version)
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)
H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Keywords: crisis management; Acquisitions; Search Funds; entrepreneurial management; entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; turnarounds; bank loan; leveraged buyouts; manufacturing; metals processing; entrepreneurial finance; Labor unions; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career;
Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2002 version)
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged)
H. Kent Bowen
Keywords: Business Model; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Banks and Banking; Personal Development and Career; Manufacturing Industry; United States;
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (B)
Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship; Business Ventures; Business or Company Management; Competency and Skills; Management Teams; Risk and Uncertainty; Manufacturing Industry; United States;