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- May–June 2018
- Article
Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down
By: Ranjay Gulati
Most leaders view employee freedoms and operational controls as antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers’ behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren’t zero... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Mission and Purpose; Framework; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Effectiveness
Gulati, Ranjay. "Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 3 (May–June 2018): 68–79.
- April 2018
- Case
Globalizing Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
Recruit Holdings, an advertising media, staffing, and business support conglomerate was founded in 1960 by Hiromasa Ezoe. Recruit was built on the principle that the company should add value to society. To do this, it hired young and talented employees and created a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Crime and Corruption; Transition; Globalization; Japan
Sucher, Sandra J., and Shalene Gupta. "Globalizing Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 318-130, April 2018.
- December 2001 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects
By: James E. Austin, Diana Barrett and Stephanie Oestreich
As the leading plant technology company in the global food system, how can Monsanto share this technology with small-sale producers and not-for-profit researchers and institutions? View Details
Keywords: Food; Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Technology; Biotechnology Industry
Austin, James E., Diana Barrett, and Stephanie Oestreich. "Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects." Harvard Business School Case 302-068, December 2001. (Revised June 2002.)
- February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Fola Adeola, the CEO of Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank and one of its founders in 1991, is considering what should be done to maintain the bank's original vision and vitality in the face of its rapid growth and success in the marketplace. Known for its high ethical... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Organizational Culture; Ethics; Planning; Expansion; Business Processes; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria
Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-110, February 1999. (Revised April 1999.)
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics, learning, conflict, power,... View Details
- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
that "fundamental to trust is integrity so I would build the foundation on integrity." Other favorites included "the extent to which I feel my manager or my organization is being real with me ( doing what it says on the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting
that would distribute funds to four organizations equally, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, The Loveland Foundation, Reclaim the Block, and The Bail Project.” The GoFundMe page for the newly formed Anti-Racism Fund raised $40,000... View Details
- Web
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting
consider hosting a company event . The key to a successful event is the dialogue between students and recruiters. Company events provide the perfect platform for organizations to engage students in discussion around company values, job... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Exploring Cleantech at HBS
unique opportunity to “sample” different careers and companies by talking to people who have lived them. In our year, students organized cleantech interest group dinners, which was a great way to get discussions going. Also look to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
sponsoring nonprofit conferences, and organizing events that will raise money for HBS fellowships and scholarships as well as for local charitable organizations. Indeed, the Centennial has reinvigorated many clubs, with attendance at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
problem-solving challenges. “I became a professor to understand why communities, like those that create open-source software, were innovating. It did not correlate with my intuition about the best ways to incentivize innovation and View Details
- 06 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Cathy Hutchinson
global organizations interested in hiring talent from HBS. I work closely with our technology and media recruiting partners, helping organizations think about how best to connect with our students and... View Details
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Investors Have an Impact
Philo Alto (MBA/MPA 2000) founded Asia Value Advisors to engage individuals and organizations in philanthropic ventures that create positive, sustainable impact. The advisory platform encourages cross-sector leadership and thinking among... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
with a team of fellow alums to create a $2.5 billion technology company. Today, Langford’s focus falls under an entirely different category of urgency: As executive director of the Georgia Prevention Project (GPP), he leads a nonprofit View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
they said: Hospitals will rethink payment and operating models Leemore S. Dafny: Physician organizations will expand The decline in independent physician practices will accelerate, leading to larger physician View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Scott Wu
was born in Taiwan, and my mother and I came to the States when I was just about five,” explains the 46-year-old Wu. “When we first arrived, my family really struggled. Living through that process, we were assisted by organizations that... View Details
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IT Strategy: Building a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy for HBS IT | Information Technology
building a more intentional program to engage and support the organization in advancing this work and so this initiative was born. The Solution The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Task Force was formed in November 2022... View Details
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Revital Gabay
I could go to with questions. I was just going to my desk, doing work, going home. But when I started talking to other people, they said they felt it was a problem for them, too. I wanted to do something about it." Organizing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
this past fall with an open challenge: choose an organization whose operating model will be significantly affected by climate change, and tell us what it should be doing to address it. Students posted responses to the prompt on HBS’s Open... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 23 Sep 2010
- News
How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
there, nor will she be the last: A student-led Immersion Experience Program (IXP) to Haiti is scheduled for January 2011. Organized by second-year students Andrea Ellwood, Brent Gibson, and Kathleen Hebert, with the assistance of HBS... View Details