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Case
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2011
(Revised from original 2010 version)
Back to the Future: Redeveloping Unilever House
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A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel and Andrew Pierson Terris
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Abstract
Steve Williams, General Counsel of Unilever PIc, has two key decisions to make prior to commencing construction on the redevelopment of Unilever House - the company's London corporate headquarters. The purpose of the redevelopment is to reinvigorate the corporate culture by making the company's workspace more collaborative, transparent, and efficient. Steve has to decide how to finance the project and whether the current design proposed by his architects achieves the project's goals.
Keywords: Organizational Culture;
Leasing;
Sales;
Restructuring;
Leading Change;
Financing and Loans;
Decisions;
Business Headquarters;
Design;
Projects;
London;