Less than three years ago, Steve Mariotti created NFTE, a non-profit organization for entrepreneurship training to disadvantaged youth. The organization has been recognized on the national level, and offers a variety of programs on the budget of almost half a million dollars. He continues to work out of the apartment in Mariotti. Mariotti begins to feel the stress of rapid growth and is concerned that further expansion will require significant organizational change. Students are presented with the problem of counseling Mariotti in this process of change. Case it is a problem with the organization beyond the founder-dependent, non-formal launch stage. "Hide
by J. Gregory Dees, Alice Oberfield Source: Harvard Business School 16 pages. Publication Date: Mar 05, 1991. Prod. # 391 169-PDF-ENG
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