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The Atchison Corporation (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:4
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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.)
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