IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created an innovation in public education through a business-school partnership for diffusion and widespread replication. In 2012, while P TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) was still in its first year running, Stanley Litow, IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM International Foundation, found him overwhelmed by interested parties who wanted to reproduce the model.
Chicago found five schools in 2012 that were inspired by the PTECH model, with IBM. New York City developed five more schools; two were scheduled to open in autumn 2014 and three more in autumn 2013. New York launched a Request for Proposal with plans to open 16 of these schools in autumn 2014. Meanwhile IBM stayed engaged at the national level to help accelerate the replication through policy changes. This case investigates the challenges and complications of replication.
PUBLICATION DATE: September 17, 2013 PRODUCT #: 314050-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about LEADERSHIP & MANAGING PEOPLE
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