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20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

participants were asked to predict how they would react if a job interviewer asked questions that qualified as sexual harassment. Participants who were induced to think about the motivation they likely would experience at the time of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2016
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The Skills Gap and the Near-Far Problem in Executive Education and Leadership Development

By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas

Executive development programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven on one side by the proliferation of a new technological, cultural, and economic landscape commonly referred to as “digital disruption” and on the other by a widening gap between the... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Executive Education; Disruption; Management Skills

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Comprehensive look at what constitutes an effective case: developing an idea; considering the teaching aspect of the case; working with companies on field research, interviews, and follow-up; and elements of case writing. 1998 Writing Cases and Teaching Notes by E.... View Details

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1.17 Field Based Learning/Independent Projects - MBA

Conducting Company-Sponsored Field Research Students must avoid deceptive practices and obtain informed consent from all individuals interviewed as part of a project. When conducting interviews or performing... View Details

20 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

fine with the new policy (most Indian workers are already bilingual, training at university in English), while many Germans found reading and speaking English awkward, making it difficult to express and defend their ideas. According to the paper, based on View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

process." In the end he made us all better defensive players because of it. For hiring managers, one lesson is to understand the dominant type of motivation supported by your corporate culture and hire people who thrive in those situations. Be clear in hiring... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

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Projects - Race, Gender & Equity

Harvard explores the intersection of technology and inequality through interviews with researchers, practitioners, and activists, community events, and interactive workshops. Advancing Structural Equality in Law Firms This collaboration... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

Recently, I was listening to the Huberman Lab podcast where Dr. Andrew Huberman interviewed Dr. David Buss, a founding member in the field of evolutionary psychology and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, whose... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

interview with Paine, Conway discusses the committee's creation and provides an insider's perspective on what has made it so effective. 2014 Article Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance? By: Christopher... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

via one or two interviews. But studies across job categories indicate there is only about a 14 percent correlation between interview predictions and job success. This is especially true in sales. A job where individual performance can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

are honest conversations conducted so as not to go off the rails? We find that a face-to-face conversation between senior management and a task force of eight or so people who have interviewed 100 employees throughout the organization... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

But he’s not talking about the typical ways companies gather input, such as through employee surveys, interviews by external consultants, or even one-on-one conversations between key managers and the CEO. These seldom move an organization... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

algorithm.” That finding comes from 31 interviews with 14 employees that researchers conducted after the experiment. “Since I couldn’t see what was behind the recommendation, I was only willing to accept it because I knew that [peers] had... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

high learning cost for surgeons and OR teams. As one surgeon we interviewed joked, '[MICS] represents a transfer of the pain—from the patient to the surgeon.' "The new technology not only changes team member's tasks," they... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

The more people who know, the greater your chances of finding fresh leads, insights, and ideas. Conduct informational interviews Return to your roots and remember to conduct interviews that may not (or... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

that we are nothing more than mice in someone else's maze." In an e-mail interview with Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, Malhotra discussed the book, which was released on September 6. Carmen Nobel: In the introduction to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Interview Process Next Spreading the Word Spreading the Word This is the most important book on the subject which has appeared in recent years. It should be read by every industrial and social administrator, by industrial and social... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

faculty interviews each participant before the Workshop to identify issues of particular concern. Prior research is conducted on each participating company so that the faculty are well-informed about each CEO’s business issues.... View Details

11 Sep 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are They and What Do They Do?

Keywords: by Kathleen Miller & George Serafeim

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