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Organizational Design at iQmetrix: The Holacracy Decision
Chris Street; Ann C. Frost; Clayton CaswellCase IVEY-9B17C045-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementSoftware development company iQmetrix Software Development Corporation (iQmetrix), headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, had enjoyed success and growth for over two decades. In July 2017, iQmetrix was confronted with the challenge of managing this growth while maintaining its organizational culture as a non-hierarchical, innovative, and open place to work—a place where the best ideas could come from anywhere and where people shared ideas openly and...Starting at €8.20
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Backstage at Boston Ballet
Fubini, David G.; Agca Okutgen, Begum; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-420005-ELeadership and People ManagementAt the beginning of her second year with Boston Ballet, Executive Director Meredith "Max" Hodges got some bad news-a developer had purchased one of Boston Ballet's school locations and was planning to terminate Boston Ballet's lease. Hodges had already overseen a number of improvements during her first year with Boston Ballet and had several major projects planned for her second year, including a major website overhaul and a revamped performance ...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating Holacracy at iQmetrix
Chris Street; Ann C. Frost; Clayton CaswellCase IVEY-9B18C022-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn late 2017, the leader of the implementation circle at iQmetrix, a software firm based in Vancouver, Canada, was reviewing her company’s progress with Holacracy. This radical new organizational design was centred on employee self-management and based on a philosophy that focused “on roles (accountabilities for work), not souls (people).” All parts of the organization were now arranged in circles, which were the basic building blocks of the Hola...Starting at €8.20
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Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Norris, Michael; Kelley, Julia; Tobio, KristinaCase HBS-417072-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2017, Sarah Powers, VP of Sales at an automation hardware firm, is trying to understand why some members of her sales team have been underperforming. She is tasked with analyzing her firm's email and calendar data to try to find relationships between communications and sales performance.Starting at €8.20