Publications
Publications
- August 2000 (Revised August 2018)
- HBS Case Collection
The Atchison Corporation (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Abstract
A new general manager uses a profit-center-based system to shake up an old line company. He then faces the task of placating a board member upset by the human consequences. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Keywords
Transformation; Profit; Human Resources; Change Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design
Citation
Bower, Joseph L. "The Atchison Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-020, August 2000. (Revised August 2018.)
