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  • 12 Jan 2023
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A Better Approach to After-Action Reviews

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Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work

By: David A. Garvin
Keywords: Market Intelligence; Learning Organizations; After-Action Reviews; Experimentation; Learning
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Garvin, David A. Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
  • September 2014 (Revised March 2017)
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Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains?

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
Organizing speedy and efficient supply operations for unpredictable major natural disasters was a continuing challenge for the U.S. military, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was both unique in its operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chains; Humanitarian Assistance; Disaster Relief; Distribution; Logistics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Distribution Industry; United States; Haiti
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Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains?" Harvard Business School Case 615-003, September 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
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Learning Organizations

David A. Garvin is studying how companies pursue improvement and change through efforts to stimulate organizational learning. He has found the following activities to be common in learning organizations: intelligence gathering; experimentation; learning from... View Details

  • 09 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

would like more information. These interactive sessions allow for feedback that would not be available with one-way communication tools. After-action review Take the time to View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the after-action reports, George Topic, the Vice Director of the Center for Joint and Strategic Logistics at the National Defense University... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2022
  • Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

In order to move an organization forward, leaders must reflect on past activities in order to avoid making the same mistakes. One way to codify this reflection is by developing an after-action review... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
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Demonstration Policy | About

amplified sound. Using public safety as their guide, HBS and Harvard administrators and security officers will determine the most appropriate means and time to address policy violations. If it is not possible to address such violations during the demonstration, the... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

After-action reviews often neglect to address the multiple factors contributing to large-scale organizational failures. How Should Organizations Learn From Failure? Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket... View Details
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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

School will conduct an after-action review that may result in referral for discipline. Events The following guidelines outline expectations for members of the community during events and other... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

successful. But even as he watched people use the book, they still expressed constant doubts about how well they were performing. "People do not do a good job learning from their experience," he says. "Some have gotten better about preparing for negotiation, but... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 13 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology

organization. If people are afraid to speak up and discuss problems, you lose a critical source of feedback, and you can't learn without feedback. Finally, learning must occur in real time. That is, while after-action View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Health
  • 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

after-action Review calling for it after the 2008 elections. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315127-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-004 The Republic of the Philippines:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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