People Operations at Mozilla Corporation: Scaling a Peer-to-Peer Global Community
  Purchase Case
  
  Educator Preview

People Operations at Mozilla Corporation: Scaling a Peer-to-Peer Global Community

by Homa Bahrami


The Mozilla case study describes Debbie Cohen's, Vice President and Chief of People, key initiatives in a software entity that was one of the pioneers of the 'open source' movement. The case study showcases Mozilla's unique culture of distributed decision-making and delegated leadership - it has a small staff of over 1,100 and millions of volunteers around the world. The case also showcases Cohen's innovative, yet tailored, talent strategy for Mozilla, and implementation of a series of initiatives related to compensation, onboarding, and development. The case study concludes in April 2013, when Cohen is able to reflect on her time working at such a unique and some would say 'cultish' organization.

Details

Pub Date: May 31, 2013

Discipline: Human Resource Management

Subjects: Management philosophy, International business, Volunteers, Leadership, Hiring & employment, Internet

Product #: B5774-PDF-ENG

Industry: Internet services,Software publishing

Geography: United States, California

Length: 26 page(s)

« PREVIOUS
When It Takes a Network: Creating Strategy and Agility through Wargaming
NEXT »
Building Appropriation Advantage: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Intellectual Property Managemen

Recommended



California Management Review

Berkeley-Haas's Premier Management Journal

Published at Berkeley Haas for more than sixty years, California Management Review seeks to share knowledge that challenges convention and shows a better way of doing business.

Learn more
Follow Us