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- February 2003 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Use and Abuse of Analogies, The
By: Giovanni M. Gavetti and Jan W. Rivkin
Examines how managers use, and sometimes misuse, analogical reasoning as they formulate their strategies. Suggests a process that managers can employ to use analogies productivity.
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Gavetti, Giovanni M., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Use and Abuse of Analogies, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-429, February 2003. (Revised February 2006.)
- July 1994
- Background Note
Note on Retail Organizations
By: David E. Bell
Describes a typical organizational structure for retailers and discusses duties of various individuals such as buyer, category manager, etc.
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Bell, David E. "Note on Retail Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-009, July 1994.
- May 1996
- Background Note
General Management: A Conceptual Introduction
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Addresses the following issues at a conceptual level: 1) Who is a general manager? 2) To whom is the general manager responsible? and 3) How do general managers add value?
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "General Management: A Conceptual Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-161, May 1996.
- 23 Jan 2014
- News
Career and Hiring Advice from the Corner Office
- 2003
- Chapter
What's a Director to Do?
By: Michael C. Jensen and Joseph Fuller
Jensen, Michael C., and Joseph Fuller. "What's a Director to Do?" In Best Practice: Ideas and Insights from the World's Foremost Business Thinkers, edited by Tom Brown and Robert Heller. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2003.
- 1985
- Book
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions
By: A. D. Chandler Jr. and R. S. Tedlow
Chandler, A. D., Jr., and R. S. Tedlow. The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1985.
- November 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Techniques of Creativity, The TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for Innovation and the General Manager course.
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- 1992
- Book
Becoming a Manager: Mastery of a New Identity
By: L. A. Hill
Hill, L. A. Becoming a Manager: Mastery of a New Identity. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
- 08 Nov 2013
- HBS Seminar
Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School
- November 2019
- Case
Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt
By: David G. Fubini and James Barnett
Malcolm Turner becomes the new athletic director at Vanderbilt University, tasked with increasing athletics-related revenue and improving on-field performance, while maintaining Vanderbilt’s academic rigor for student-athletes.
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Fubini, David G., and James Barnett. "Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt." Harvard Business School Case 420-024, November 2019.
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination
By: Jordan I. Siegel, Naomi Kodama and Hanna Halaburda
Prior evidence linking increased female representation in management to corporate performance has been surprisingly mixed, due in part to data limitations and methodological difficulties, and possibly to omission of a fairness factor in the economic theory of...
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Siegel, Jordan I., Naomi Kodama, and Hanna Halaburda. "The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-082, March 2013. (Revised January 2014, June 2014.)
- December 1998 (Revised July 2016)
- Background Note
Tools of Cooperation, The
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Howard H. Stevenson and Jeremy Dann
Presents a theory about the tools a manager can use to get people to agree on a coordinated course of action and effect change in his or her organization. The extent to which people in the organization agree on the way the world works, and agree on what they want,...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Framework;
Managerial Roles;
Organizations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Cooperation
Christensen, Clayton M., Howard H. Stevenson, and Jeremy Dann. "Tools of Cooperation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-080, December 1998. (Revised July 2016.)
- December 2022
- Article
The Task Bind: Explaining Gender Differences in Managerial Tasks and Performance
This multi-method study of managers in a grocery chain identifies a novel mechanism by which threats of gender stereotypes undermine women’s ability to be effective managers. I find that women managers face a task bind, a dilemma that managers experience as they try to...
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Feldberg, Alexandra C. "The Task Bind: Explaining Gender Differences in Managerial Tasks and Performance." Administrative Science Quarterly 67, no. 4 (December 2022): 1049–1092.
- December 2015
- Case
Stephen Richards: Addressing FAQ
By: Eugene Soltes
Stephen Richards, former global head of sales at Computer Associates, addresses frequently asked questions from "A Letter from Prison."
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Soltes, Eugene. "Stephen Richards: Addressing FAQ." Harvard Business School Case 116-036, December 2015.
- August 2009
- Exercise
Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2009)
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
This note contains instructions for an exercise in which students interview C-level executives on how they have managed their careers.
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Personal Development and Career;
Strategic Planning;
Personal Characteristics
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2009)." Harvard Business School Exercise 410-047, August 2009.
- May 1985
- Supplement
Milford Industries (A1)
By: Robert J. Dolan
Presents the salesforce performance data of the Milford (A) case in a format suitable for spreadsheet analysis using a personal computer.
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Salesforce Management;
Resignation and Termination;
Performance Evaluation
Dolan, Robert J. "Milford Industries (A1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 585-138, May 1985.
- 01 Apr 2009
- News
Embracing the Whole Individual
- 2013
- Working Paper
Managers and Market Capitalism
By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are engaging in the political process in an attempt to structure the institutions of...
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