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  • 1984
  • Book

The Middle Manager as Innovator

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Management
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Kanter, R. M. The Middle Manager as Innovator. Harvard Business Review Video Series. MTI Teleprograms, 1984. Video.
  • 14 Jun 2023
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Don't Eliminate Your Middle Managers

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The Middle Manager as Innovator

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Management; Innovation and Invention
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Kanter, R. M. "The Middle Manager as Innovator." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 4 (July–August 1982): 95–105. (Reprintings include: Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization, edited by J. Kao. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1989; Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, edited by R. Burgelman and M. Maidique. Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1988; The Entrepreneur in Local Government, edited by B.H. Moore. Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, 1983; Trials and Rewards of the Entrepreneur. Boston: Harvard Business Review Reprint Series, 1983; Strategic Management, edited by Richard G. Hamermesh. N.Y.: Wiley, 1983.)
  • 05 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

Middle managers aren’t going extinct. They’re evolving. Once a wasteland where careers stalled or abruptly ended in layoffs, middle management... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

management. “For the past decade, middle management has taken a beating—often portrayed as an unnecessary resource inside an organization,” Serafeim says. “But [this research shows] that when you can... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
  • 19 Sep 2011
  • News

Redefining the middle manager's job

  • 05 Jul 2023
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How Are Middle Managers Falling Down Most Often on Employee Inclusion?

  • 01 Mar 2021
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

(iStockphoto/FreshSplash) There seems to be limited interest in middle management or the managers that occupy such positions among those who study View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2005
  • Class Lecture

Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle

By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles
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Bower, Joseph L. "Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-882-7C.)
  • January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
  • Case

Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?

By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
This case is set in 2015 as a team at Match Education, a high performing charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other schools... View Details
Keywords: General Management; K-12; Charter Schools; Public Schools; Edtech; Education; Information Technology; Management; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; Boston
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Kim, John J-H, and Daniel Goldberg. "Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?" Harvard Business School Case 316-138, January 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

The Middle Way

preservation. And Dallas Smith, head of a regional coalition of First Nations, thanked the other speakers for their efforts to make his community a better place to live. This scene seemed impossible when negotiations began in 1996. At the time, the four groups were in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
  • 1982
  • Chapter

Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Power and Influence; Business or Company Management
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Kanter, R. M. "Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs." In Work and Occupations: Autonomy, Power and Control, edited by M. Cantor and P. Steward. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 1982.
  • 21 Dec 2020
  • News

Why middle managers are feeling the most stressed out during COVID

  • March 2005
  • Class Lecture

Leadership is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle (FSS)

By: Joseph L. Bower
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Bower, Joseph L. "Leadership is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 305-705, March 2005.
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Training Within Firms

By: Brayan Diaz, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo
Training investments are essential for improving worker and firm productivity, yet their implementation is often hindered by low participation rates and insufficient worker engagement. This study uses data from three firms–a car manufacturer, a quick-service... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Absenteeism; Middle Managers; Training; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Employees
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Diaz, Brayan, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun, and Jorge Tamayo. "Training Within Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-045, April 2025.
  • 20 Sep 2016
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HBS study addresses U.S. middle skills gap

  • 19 Jan 2016
  • News

Middle Skills Gap Initiative Announced

Keywords: US Competitiveness Project; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 19 Jan 2021
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Caught in the Middle

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Middle East & North Africa Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including throughout the View Details
  • 05 May 2016
  • News

Fumigating the Criminal Bug: New Research on the Insulation of Volkswagen’s Middle Management

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