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- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
decisions. Analytics are important, but judgment and critical thinking ultimately set the roadmap. All employees, not just the data scientists, use data to develop new insights and foresight instead of relying on past experience. Given...
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
things can run smoothly for as long as possible. It's often a judgment call." Name: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Courses she teaches: Managing Change (MBA elective); Leading Change and...
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Management
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
on her judgment ("I must still have feelings for him"). In this paper, we report a series of five studies examining how the perceived spontaneity of thought influences the extent to which it is believed to yield meaningful self-insight...
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- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
gift that he hated at the beginning but then came to love) is the idea that curiosity and judgment can’t coexist; you’re either in one mode or the other. When we see things that are different—people who are different, views that are...
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by Jen McFarland Flint
- Web
Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Investment Banking (6) Investment Funds (12) Investment Portfolio (8) Investment Return (12) Investment (76) Job Cuts and Outsourcing (12) Job Design and Levels (7) Job Interviews (3) Job Offer (3) Job Search (10) Jobs and Positions (40) View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help-but there's only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it-and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
tenured professor in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets (NOM) unit at HBS; Caroline Wilmuth, who is pursuing a doctorate in organizational behavior at Harvard, and Alison Wood Brooks, an assistant professor in the NOM unit. On...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
behavior, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced intrinsic motivation. Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter treatment for motivation, managers and scholars need to...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
developing AI interaction expertise in creative evaluation processes that combine human judgment with AI insights. While AI can standardize decision-making for objective criteria, human oversight and critical thinking remain indispensable...
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- June 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?
By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
This case describes the development of the Boeing 737 Max airplane model and the events leading up to two tragic plane crashes, in which a total of 346 people died: the crash of Lion Air flight 610 on October 29, 2018, in Indonesia, and the crash of Ethiopian Airlines...
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Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Governance Controls;
Human Resources;
Resignation and Termination;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Skills;
Management Style;
Management Systems;
Risk Management;
Time Management;
Markets;
Demand and Consumers;
Digital Platforms;
Supply and Industry;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Industry Structures;
Operations;
Product Development;
Organizations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Outcome or Result;
Failure;
Success;
Planning;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
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Safety;
Strategy;
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Aerospace Industry;
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Africa;
Ethiopia;
Asia;
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North and Central America;
United States;
Seattle;
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George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?" Harvard Business School Case 320-104, June 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- November 2018
- Article
Worthy of Swift Trust? How Brief Interpersonal Contact Affects Trust Accuracy
By: Oliver Schilke and Laura Huang
Organizational scholars have long underscored the positive consequences of trust, yet trust can also have dysfunctional effects if it is not placed wisely. Though much research has examined conditions that increase individuals’ tendencies to trust others, we know very...
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Schilke, Oliver, and Laura Huang. "Worthy of Swift Trust? How Brief Interpersonal Contact Affects Trust Accuracy." Journal of Applied Psychology 103, no. 11 (November 2018): 1181–1197.
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Social Enterprise Social Enterprise April 2013 Article Who Is Governing Whom? Executives, Governance, and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms By: Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee We examine how organizational structure...
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- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
Summing Up Is Good Timing in Management Primarily a Function of Strategy or Culture? Timing in executing change is an important responsibility of leadership. Responses to this month’s column suggest that if timing is the result of one person’s judgment, that View Details
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Departments - Employment
Harvard University, staff members must have the ability to: Work in an always changing environment Handle unpredictability Have the utmost discretion when dealing with highly confidential information Use good judgment Be friendly and...
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- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
exercise their own judgment. They think something else is more important. It's up to you to set deadlines and make your priorities clear. They don't understand what you want. Making directions more and more explicit can only go so far. Most work today requires some...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Globalization - Faculty & Research
Risk Management ; Brands and Branding ; Product Positioning ; Organizational Change and Adaptation ; Competitive Strategy ; Competitive Advantage ; Expansion ; Mergers and Acquisitions ; Product Development ; Entertainment and Recreation...
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- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
histories. Harvard Business School as an institution has often been at the forefront of developing new multidisciplinary fields inside business education, such as strategy and organizational behavior. As part of the Centennial we saw a...
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Past Issues - Alumni
Pandemic Influenza Drive-In Nation Judgment Day for the U.S. Auto Industry? The Producers What’s it like to make movies in Hollywood outside the big-budget studios? A handful of independent producers talk about the risky but rewarding...
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- 04 Jan 2022
- What Do You Think?
Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?
cause or not. Each situation is different. It may depend on the nature of the CEO’s shortcomings and the terms of their contract. Was the problem merely poor company performance (rarely regarded as “cause”), poor judgment (a borderline...
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by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort...
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Sean Silverthorne