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ITEM — Carton: 110 Identifier: Arch GA 3, 000603104_AT_0003

I-3. AMP-Andrews, 1954 March 18 Digital

Scope and Contents

000603104_AT_0003_01 is a recording of a class in the Advanced Management Program in the Executive Education Department. The students and the lecturer discuss the Marshall Company Case Study. The Marshall Company is a newspaper business. The lecturer notes that previously in class students have discussed companies with several problems but the Marshall Company is a healthy company with good security, teamwork, morale, and leadership/administration. Students need to identify why things work/ what is good about this company. Topics discussed and analyzed during this lecture include what interests the students about this case study, various people named in the case study including Nichols and Brewster, comparisons between the Marshall Company and previous case studies, the newspaper business, machinery, the training program, trade unions, and the specialized knowledge required in the newspaper industry.

Scope and Contents

000603104_AT_0003_02 is a recording of a class in the Advanced Management Program in the Executive Education Department. In this lecture, the students discuss the Marshall Company case study, which is about a relatively healthy/successful newspaper business. Topics discussed and analyzed by the students and the lecturer include security and the various different definitions of security, machinery, the relationship between man and machine, unions, various people named in the case study, namely Nichols, management and the various levels of management at the company, dynamics within the company, and seniority based on ability.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954 March 18

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

See Archivist for access to audio-visual material.

Extent

52 linear feet (119 boxes, 1 carton)
694 kilobytes (50 born-digital files in multiple formats)

Physical Location

ARCFA

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository

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