read, study and analyze the case study "El Sistema" in your HBS Publishing course packet. Use the following questions to guide your analysis:

How would you define the problem/opportunity that Jose Antonio Abreu identified and sought to solve with El Sistema?

What is the relevant social context of this problem? How does the problem connect to and emerge from that context? Why is this problem relevant to (and important to the future of) that social context?

Who were some of the key partners for Abreu early on? Who were some of the key partners that helped the venture to grow and sustain itself? How did Abreu attract these partners to the cause?

What teams can you identify in the case? Which teams were particularly important to the organization’s success?

How was the “Nucleos” structured and organized? In what ways did this structure and organization enable action, learning and innovation? In what ways were local teams empowered to help realize Abreu’s vision?

What recommendations do you have for Abreu to help them "focus & maintain disciplined attention" and continue to grow the program and achieve Abreu's ultimate vision of a million students and an orchestra and choir in every village?

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SOLUTION El Sistema is a music education initiative founded by Jose Antonio Abreu in Venezuela in 1975 Abreu identified a problemopportunity that there was a lack of access to music education in Venez... View the full answer