Work Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

Edmondson: Leadership will engage people to work together creatively I hope we will come to learn that hiding bad news is never a good idea. That will mean recommitting ourselves to mastering the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Networking Opportunities - Recruiting

Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Engage with Student Clubs Connect with 50 career-related clubs to target your ideal candidates and build your brand on campus. Connect with MBA Students Learn about... View Details

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a packet of information from human resources, emblazoned with the firm's logo, and maybe a coffee mug to match. The underlying message: Welcome. You... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

allocation of resources was difficult. There was also the past legacy of vertical and horizontal integration, which left Unilever owning considerable parts of the value chain. Its trawlers caught the fish that was eventually sold in its restaurant chains. Thousands of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

customers are partitioned away from the operation, they are less likely to fully appreciate the work going on behind the scenes, causing them to place a lower value on the product or service being offered. To address this problem, leaders... View Details

28 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 28

investment. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ships_qje_2014.pdf Working Papers Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— Architectural capabilities are an important... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

conversation going and show that the asker has paid attention to what their partner has said” The first two studies in the paper examined more than 600 online chat participants tasked with getting to know each other. A third study consisted of 110 speed-daters View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Nov 2009
What Do You Think?

What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?

'rules of the game' that we create together as citizens," but cautions that " when we engage in that process, we need to be equally aware that we are foolish to try to prescribe HOW the game should be played within those... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

I’m Gaurav Bhogale, from the HBS class of 2021. While I grew up in Mumbai, before HBS I spent 8 years at Google in San Francisco and Sydney, helping drive product engagement and growth for apps like Google Maps, Search and Gmail. It was... View Details

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

push them really hard. And then, in the process of this work, it changed the way you approached that group. So let’s take that example and talk about how that illustrates the value of the work that you were doing around anger management.... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. Students either founding or working for social enterprises (nonprofit, public sector, or for-profit... View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

laid-off employees? Maintain employee engagement in the midst of a challenging work environment. One way to boost engagement: Utilize two-way communication tools such as virtual forums to allow employees to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

left But an agenda that increases the rewards of work, encourages stable, engaged families and promotes healthy community institutions could be a shared political enterprise." Is wealth distribution a problem cause or symptom? What... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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2.1.5 Academic Retaliation - MBA

Materials 2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information Policy Using an academic assessment or other academic action as a means to retaliate... View Details

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

classroom to vote on issues or work in small groups? Moss isn’t talking about the essence of the case method as he explains the importance of teaching civics as a dynamic and engaging topic, but he could be:... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

Assistant Professor George Serafeim, coauthor of the working paper Short-termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk, with HBS doctoral candidate Maria Loumioti and Assistant Professor Francois Brochet. "We tend to make sweeping statements... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

resulting working paper, Conversational Receptiveness: Improving Engagement with Opposing Views, was written in collaboration with Michael Yeomans, assistant professor at Imperial College Business School in... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

Americans are lonelier than ever—a problem the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. Could interactions on platforms like Zoom and Twitch come close to replicating the real-life contact people crave? New research suggests that’s more likely to happen if the virtual... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

and the additional engagement of seeing and hearing the person, not just reading about them, undoubtedly amplifies that power. While we did not analyze the use of case videos, where protagonists may not be live but students can still hear... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

of 1974, "but we anticipated that the majority of our work would be relatively small-scale and client-oriented. I don't think anyone was ready for the amazing ride we've had." Ready or not, those 1974 classmates who entered the world of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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