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- 07 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Attending Peek Weekend
exploit your leadership potential. At Peek Weekend there are innumerable combinations of undergraduate majors, work industries, nationalities, and personalities. If you plan to apply to Peek, you should know... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
MBAs by the Numbers
The MBA Program recently released statistics on its newest recruits, the Class of 2003, and job placement information for graduates of the Class of 2001. This year's incoming class of 895 students, selected from an applicant pool of... View Details
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
signal that the best times are over for the company). Among these, CEO Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg have written a book, subtitled How Google Works. It is of particular interest for several reasons, not the least of which is that... View Details
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?
By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Kerry Herman and Amy Klopfenstein
This teaching note serves as a supplement to “The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?” HBS 420-025. View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Transformation; Leadership; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Strategy; Alignment; Transportation; Air Transportation; Transportation Networks; Air Transportation Industry; North and Central America; United States; California; Los Angeles
- August 2019 (Revised August 2024)
- Module Note
Why Aspiring Executives Should Care About Management Theory
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Rory McDonald and Shaye Roseman
Managers often make significant business decisions based on little more than convincing book jacket blurbs. They should hold themselves—and the experts—to a higher standard. View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., Rory McDonald, and Shaye Roseman. "Why Aspiring Executives Should Care About Management Theory." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-011, August 2019. (Revised August 2024.)
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
a mutual desire to better understand the phenomena of upward voice, leadership behavior, and organizational learning processes and the organizations' desire to improve its... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
The sun was setting and a light snow falling, creating a thin white blanket that covered the winding two-lane country road stretching in front of Joshua Margolis, when he suddenly felt his 1992 Volvo give into the slick surface, pull out... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach
American women about her time as an MBA student. “Without this fellowship, I wouldn’t be able to be here and to share my story so that others who look like me could see what it’s like to attend HBS,” she... View Details
- June 1992
- Supplement
General Electric: Jack Welch's Second Wave (B)
In the annual report, Welch indicates a new priority for the company--developing a cadre of managers who can lead GE in implementing its strategy in a new organizational context. The question facing Welch is whether his bold new human resource vision is realistic and... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy
Bartlett, Christopher A. "General Electric: Jack Welch's Second Wave (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 392-113, June 1992.
- March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Since its creation in 1964, executive search firm Egon Zehnder International (EZI) marketed its consultants as "generalists." As searches became more global and industry-specific in the 1990s, CEO Daniel Meiland decided the firm needed to offer specialized services. By... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Global Strategy; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Consulting Industry; Service Industry
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups." Harvard Business School Case 398-052, March 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Every year, members of HBS student clubs work overtime to organize conferences that address an array of business-related themes and issues. This year’s events, which featured renowned guest speakers and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
has steered off course. What do men and women not get about each other? Women just don’t get that men are remarkably simple. A sandwich, some sports on TV, View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
a critically ill loved one without this same level of benefits. I had inadvertently created classes of employees — and by doing so, had done my part to contribute to America’s inequality problem. The new policy gives warehouse employees... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
discussion in particular that foreshadowed the rise of women in the workplace. “It was the only case featuring a female, but that fact was disguised,” Brandt says. After letting the predominantly male class discuss the case View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
the shelf, and that doesn’t do anybody any good.” One of EDC’s current projects is a collaboration with U.S. VETS, a nonprofit provider of services to veterans. Women vets are six times more likely to die by... View Details
- April 2006
- Case
Managing a Public Image: Cheri Mack
By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
Cheri Mack, an African-American woman, has just arrived at Harvard Business School after working for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Race; Reputation; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Gender; Massachusetts
Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing a Public Image: Cheri Mack." Harvard Business School Case 406-096, April 2006.
- 20 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology
are well equipped to take on general management roles across sectors. This is great news for companies seeking students with strong business acumen and leadership skills. However, Cathy View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 22 Jan 2015
- News
Unpacking the State of the Union
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
through a day on the job to find out: Mardie Oakes, an HBS Service Leadership Fellow at Boston Community Capital, a community development financial institution, and Paul Sternhell, an entry-level manager at... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
of society depends on trust. So the zone of sustainable action for a business should be the overlap between ethics and economics. The role of the organization is to ensure that all activity occurs within that overlap; the role of View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update