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- 24 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the Latino Student Organization
About LASO The Latino Student Organization (LASO) proudly promotes and supports Harvard Business School’s Latino students and works alongside the Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA). Representing a wide range of backgrounds, experiences,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Learning from Starbucks on job creation
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
transfer doesn’t quite happen that way, and organizations that practice watch-and-learn vicarious learning run the risk of undertraining their key employees, says Myers. He challenges the theory in a new... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
Adam Zmick (MBA 2011) is cofounder of Gardeneers, an environmental education organization based in Chicago, Illinois. In this interview, he explains the connections between learning about food and children’s... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Importance of Work Context in Organizational Learning from Error
By: Lucy H. MacPhail and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper examines the implications of work context for learning from errors in organizations. Prior research has shown that attitudes and behaviors related to error vary between groups within organizations but has not investigated or theorized the ways in which... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
and people part of the equation. Tushman, for example, asks a fundamental question: As a leader, what do you have to do to cause an organization to change? "Over all of this, we use a number of experiential exercises so people can... View Details
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
reflect, (5) learn everything—then forget everything, (6) find freedom in constraints, (7) lead from the trenches, and (8) foster happy accidents [through, for example, ways of bringing diverse employees together on a daily basis]. One... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
When Learning and Performance are at Odds: Confronting the Tension
Keywords: by Sara J. Singer & Amy C. Edmondson
- 2013
- Working Paper
Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration
By: Anita L. Tucker
Operational failures persist in hospitals, in part because employees work around them rather than attempt to prevent recurrence. Drawing on a process improvement tool—the Andon cord—we examine three work design components that may foster improvement-oriented behaviors:... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Process Improvement; Organizational Learning; Behavioral Operations; Prosocial Behavior; Experiments; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Business Processes; Health Industry
Tucker, Anita L. "Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-044, November 2012. (Revised September 2013.)
- March/April 2001
- Article
Organizational Learning in Health Care
By: Richard Bohmer and A. Edmondson
Bohmer, Richard, and A. Edmondson. "Organizational Learning in Health Care." Health Forum Journal (March/April 2001), 32–35.
- 02–03 Dec 2022
- HBS Alumni Events
D^3 Catalyst: No Code Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Do you want to delve into Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, but you feel overwhelmed and intimidated? Do you want to leverage the power of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence without writing any code? Do you want to leverage Machine Learning and... View Details
- 1996
- Chapter
When to Learn How and When to Learn Why: Appropriate Organizational Learning Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage
By: A. Edmondson and B. Moingeon
Keywords: Learning; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
Edmondson, A., and B. Moingeon. "When to Learn How and When to Learn Why: Appropriate Organizational Learning Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage." In Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage, by B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson. London: Sage Publications, 1996.
- 14 Mar 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Can AI and Machine Learning Help Park Rangers Prevent Poaching?
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
be rediscovered in each managerial generation (about every six years) as a fundamental way to enable new growth. But each generation seems to have forgotten or never learned the mistakes of the past, so we see classic traps repeated over... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
How does an entrepreneur, aspiring manager, or CEO become a master of strategy? In this book, we argue that everyone can learn from three of the greatest strategist of modern time, Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs, who also built three of the most valuable... View Details
- 1996
- Book
Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage
By: B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson
Moingeon, B., and A. Edmondson. Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage. London: SAGE Publications, 1996.
- Web
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
(NOM) Seminar More Seminars & Conferences Faculty Positions Harvard Business School seeks candidates in all fields for full time positions. Candidates with outstanding records in PhD or DBA programs are encouraged to apply. Learn More... View Details
- September–October 2013
- Article
Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services
By: Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased outsourcing.... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Customer Focus and Relationships; Learning; Customer Satisfaction; Health Industry
Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats. "Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services." Organization Science 24, no. 5 (September–October 2013): 1539–1557.
- November – December 2009
- Article
Learning by Design: Developing an Engine for Transforming Your Company
By: Michael Beer and Magnus Finnstrom
Traditional leadership development programs often fail to achieve the desired results because they don't focus on learning linked to the company's business strategy and the real day-to-day challenges facing managers. The experience of Sweden-based industrial... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Programs; Learning; Failure; Business Strategy; Organizations; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Design; Sweden
Beer, Michael, and Magnus Finnstrom. "Learning by Design: Developing an Engine for Transforming Your Company." Leadership in Action (November–December 2009).
- Research Summary
Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management
The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details