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- summer 1990
- Article
Retraining Mid-career Managers: Career History and Self-efficacy Beliefs
By: Linda A. Hill and J. Elias
Hill, Linda A., and J. Elias. "Retraining Mid-career Managers: Career History and Self-efficacy Beliefs." Human Resource Management 29, no. 2 (summer 1990): 197–218.
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
case method of instruction, contending that it teaches skills largely irrelevant to what managers actually do. Mintzberg devotes the second half of his book to a description of what works in View Details
- February 2021
- Case
Emma Dench: Leadership and Ancient Rome
By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei
In this multimedia case, classics scholar Emma Dench guides us in understanding leadership insights that can be captured from historical figures and works dating back to Ancient Rome. We learn the language, ideas, and patterns of behavior that are relevant to...
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Gino, Francesca, and Frances X. Frei. "Emma Dench: Leadership and Ancient Rome." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 921-702, February 2021.
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
inequality in job training. And yet the latter may account for much of the former. The MIT study forecasts a continuing mismatch between skills needed on the job and training opportunities for those who could provide them. Don’t overlook...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
applied value-based management throughout the company and are inviting people to think out of the box, take much more responsibility for themselves and others, and really drive for value. Mining operations can directly affect communities,...
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- 28 Mar 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
CEO Behavior and Firm Performance
- January 1982 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Jody McVay
A Harvard MBA '78 has been successful at getting things done in a consumer products company with an "entrenched" culture. She has also handled issues women face in a "male culture" rather well.
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Gender;
Management Skills;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry
Conger, Jay A., and Vijay V. Sathe. "Jody McVay." Harvard Business School Case 482-063, January 1982. (Revised July 2007.)
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Graduate School of Business, the University of South Africa, and the Iran Center for Management Studies. His books on teaching, Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership and Teaching and the Case Method, are studied by...
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- January 2008
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Brazil (B): Turning to Success
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Supplements with the (A) Case.
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Procter & Gamble Brazil (B): Turning to Success." Harvard Business School Supplement 308-083, January 2008.
- February 1975 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Elizabeth Best (B)
By: Wickham Skinner and Ardis Burst
Describes what a new political appointee with years of volunteer experience did in office.
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Government and Politics;
Organizational Structure;
Management Skills;
Public Administration Industry
Skinner, Wickham, and Ardis Burst. "Elizabeth Best (B)." Harvard Business School Case 675-124, February 1975. (Revised December 1991.)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Inciting Wonder
ROGERS: State dinners and Easter eggs. Stephen J. Serio/Crain’s Chicago Business As the social secretary for the new administration in Washington, Desirée Rogers (MBA ’85) will have a discreet hand in shaping the personal image that the Obama White House presents to...
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- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
employer,” the researchers write. However, their work experience gives them greater bargaining power to pursue positions they would prefer. In normal times, startup employees and managers who are drawn to young firms are often willing to...
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by Rachel Layne
- January 1998
- Case
Staples (B)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Keywords:
Marketing;
Personal Development and Career;
Entrepreneurship;
Management Skills;
Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Staples (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-158, January 1998.
- 1998
- Chapter
Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors." In Fachzeitschrift fur Nonprofit Management, edited by Michael Muller and Franziska Hiltpold. Fribourg: Verbandsmanagement Institut, 1998.
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
those macro trends and present information in a way that can help business leaders make their best choices. The HBS faculty have always focused on managing technological change, demographics, and work skills...
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- October 1996
- Case
Jim Bender and Alert, Inc. (A)
Jim Bender has just been hired as CEO of Alert, Inc. Alert, founded in 1986 by a charismatic technologist, has accumulated an impressive portfolio of patents and leading edge technology projects in a variety of fields. The company has never, however, shown a profit and...
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Business or Company Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Management Skills;
Business Startups;
Technology Industry
Bhide, Amar, and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Jim Bender and Alert, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-009, October 1996.
- May 2003 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Submarino.com (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Luiz Felipe Monteiro
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Organizational Design;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Management Skills;
Growth Management;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Brazil;
Argentina;
Mexico;
Spain;
Portugal
Applegate, Lynda M., and Luiz Felipe Monteiro. "Submarino.com (B)." Harvard Business School Case 803-012, May 2003. (Revised May 2004.)
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
students with a set of skills and capacities enabling them to lead more effectively); and still others have focused primarily on helping out students actually become leaders (assisting students to gain access to and acquire the identity...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective. That can be learned.” For example, in her...
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