Performance Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

attempting the transformation required to embrace a new, dominant technology—the choice to maintain focus on the old technology. In considering this choice we distinguish between "racing" strategies, which attempt to fight off the rise of the new technology... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

work seriously. Still, we need more researchers, more doctoral students, doing case and survey research on many topics. In particular, not enough has been done to compare the issues and performance of family versus non-family companies.... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

congruence. Performance appraisals with 360-degree feedback improves congruence and collaboration, opens communication when feedback is discussed by the team, and provides an opportunity for more accurate self-assessments. An example of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2019
Blog Post

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

evaluate their employees’ performance and advancement potential, taking a hard look at whether they’re choosing a “mini me” when they hand out a plum assignment or consider promotions, Roberts says. “A lot of View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

the bakery's finances." For her part, Nundy, an intern in the HBS Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, was equally energized by her experiences during her twelve weeks of service in India. She spent the first six... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

included virtual onboarding, sales-pipeline restructuring, performance management, M&A acquisition, managing layoffs and furloughs, rethinking the customer experience, and creating financial projections... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Jun 2005
News

Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

nomads, the students had assembled to perform a welcoming ceremony for Van Gerpen and other guests. Among the school’s four grades and seventy children were only a handful of girls, most of them very young. “For Class 3, behind a line of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55597 2019 Academy of Management Annals Turning Lead into Gold: How Do Entrepreneurs Mobilize Resources to Exploit Opportunities? By: Clough, David R., Tommy Pan Fang, Balagopal Vissa, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

Hugo Uyterhoeven Hugo Uyterhoeven Hugo E.R. Uyterhoeven (MBA 1957, DBA 1963), an expert on general management and a member of the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty for more than 50 years who maintained a steadfast commitment to course... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014

internally funded faculty research. The resulting intellectual capital is disseminated by Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) to managers around the world. Completing a self-sustaining cycle, revenues from these two... View Details

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

over the last three decades, educational performance in the United States has shown only marginal improvement, and lags that of other developed countries in Europe and Asia. While some school districts have excelled, the majority of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to introduce a new pilot project designed to enhance the motivation and performance of a group of 200 employees. A rare female manager at Frito-Lay, Johnson finds that... View Details

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

cover 90 percent of patients, jointly negotiate drug prices with manufacturers. In America's more fragmented and secretive system, pharmacy benefit managers act as mediators during many price negotiations. German consumers and physicians... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

01 Oct 1997
News

Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75

the times. HBR has been a voice for the concepts and practices that have created the practice of management - a profession that was in its infancy when the magazine was inaugurated in 1922. This month marks HBR's 75th anniversary, a... View Details

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

Summing Up Are We Getting More Sensible About Management Incentives? Respondents to this month's column suggest ways of fixing or selectively using various methods of providing incentives to management. They join the chorus of voices... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

it offered in industrial relations. In courses such as “Human Problems of Administration” and “Personnel Research” students became familiar with prevailing management theories that espoused the importance of a cooperative system and... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Replicating Toyota's Success

Spear focused on the company's approach to solving problems and noticed the conscious way Toyota's managers involve employees in this process, even to the point of leaving a production line at suboptimal View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

June 1995
Teaching Note

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream Inc.: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive TN

By: Richard E. Walton

Teaching Note for (9-392-025). View Details

Keywords: Value; Business Ventures; Creativity; Marketing; Business and Shareholder Relations; Policy; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Competency and Skills; Managerial Roles; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry

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27 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

Academy of Management Journal Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-clearing Across Difficult Terrain By: Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—How do teams working on complex projects get the... View Details