Günter Müller-Stewens
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  • Publication
    Why Corporate Functions Stumble
    (Harvard Business School Publ. Corp., 2014-12-01)
    Kunisch, Sven
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    Müller-Stewens, Günter
    ;
    Campbell, Andrew
    A survey of 761 of the largest corporations in North America and Europe showed that the number of corporate functions had increased at about a third from 2007 to 2010. Leaders at three out of four companies believed that their functions' influence had grown. At the same time, complaints about the performance of those functions were increasing. The authors combined their survey data with insights from structured interviews at large European multibusiness organizations to understand why corporate functions so often underperform and what might be done about it. They learned that the performance of these functions may well be related to how they respond to the varying management challenges they face at different life-cycle stages. In "youth," for example, the function may not be seen as valuable by all the businesses. Its mandate may be unclear, its staffing problematic, and its efforts to get up and running overhasty. In "adolescence," the function may have a tendency to expand its activities without due regard for how that affects its relationships with the business divisions. In "maturity," when it is well established and its mandate is fairly stable, it may spend too much time benchmarking and searching for best practices, diverting attention from the needs of its internal clients. In the fourth stage, which calls for change, the function's managers may fall into the trap of looking for opportunities to redeploy their skills rather than acquiring new ones. The authors discuss these and other challenges and offer remedies. [http://hbr.org/2014/12/why-corporate-functions-stumble Online-Version] [https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=36597&i=36599&cs=68ad625f2eb0b64cbca1120dc8370210 PDF-Version]
    Type: journal article
    Journal: Harvard Business Review
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 12
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/86071
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    CEOs, Mind Your Own Business! : Why and How Corporate CEOs Should Pay More Attention to Corporate Functions
    (TEBR The European Business Review, 2013-03)
    Campbell, Andrew
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    Kunisch, Sven
    ;
    Müller-Stewens, Günter
    The corporate office consists of the CEO and the corporate functions. It is the main vehicle for delivering corporate added value. Yet corporate functions often underperform and corporate offices often fail to add value. We argue that this is because CEOs focus most of their attention on portfolio strategy and business issues and give too little attention to guiding and leading their own business - the corporate office. --> http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8459
    Type: journal article
    Journal: The European Business Review
    Issue: March-April
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/89558
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    A New Look for the Head Office : Corporate Headquarters Redesigns during Times of Crisis
    (Ernst & Young, 2012-10-14)
    Kunisch, Sven
    ;
    Schimmer, Markus
    ;
    Müller-Stewens, Günter
    Companies appear to have adopted a new perspective on the role of their corporate headquarters (CHQ). Instead of considering it a cost factor that can be easily slashed, companies seem to have recognized the need for a stronger corporate hand. By analyzing recent patterns of CHQ change, this article provides valuable lessons on how companies handle this conflict between CHQ cost efficiency and value contribution. [http://performance.ey.com/2012/11/14/chq-redesigns-during-times-of-crisis/ Snapshot] [http://performance.ey.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/11/New-look-for-head-office.pdf Full Article]
    Type: journal article
    Journal: Performance
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 4
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/90867