Case | HBS Case Collection | 2000
by Michael Beer and Elizabeth Weldon
On August 1, 1997 the Manila Water Co. took control of the east zone of the newly privatized Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewerage System (MWSS). At the time of privatization, MWSS was an inefficient, ineffective, and corrupt government agency. MWC must develop the employees and the assets acquired from MWSS to build a profitable firm. This case describes the changes made to the organization.
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Horizontal Integration; Privatization; Problems and Challenges; Utilities Industry;
Citation:
Beer, Michael, and Elizabeth Weldon. "Manila Water Company (B)." Harvard Business School Case 401-015, August 2000.
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Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013
Southfield Packaging
Michael Beer and Alisa Zalosh
Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2013
Southfield Packaging (Brief Case)
Article | Journal of Organization Design | 2013
The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities
Michael Beer
Keywords: organization alignment; dynamic capabilities; organization design; organizational prototyping; organizational silence; organizational learning;