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Klarman Hall | About

connection between the interior of the building and the campus, inviting community members and visitors to enter a shared gathering area. Two additional entrances face south, embracing the Boston area and Harvard’s future—including the science and engineering complex... View Details
  • March 2009
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Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Deborah Bell
Barbara Norris struggles to address the many problems facing her as a recently promoted nurse manager in the General Surgery Unit (GSU) at Eastern Massachusetts University Hospital (EMU). She has inherited a unit with the lowest employee satisfaction scores and highest... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Satisfaction; Health Industry
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  • February 1991 (Revised May 2016)
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Note on Organizational Structure

By: Ethan Bernstein and Nitin Nohria
Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be taken into account in designing organizational structures. In the second section, some archetypal forms of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure
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  • January–February 2024
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Leaders Must React: A Framework for Responding to Unforeseen Events

By: Nitin Nohria
To be successful, CEOs must articulate a compelling vision, align people around it, and motivate them to execute it. But there’s one thing that can make or break them: how they respond in real time to unforeseen events.

On average, addressing unexpected... View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Management Skills; Leadership Style
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  • 01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

and its wisdom,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “We are truly honored to preserve the family’s legacy of philanthropy through the dedication of Burden Park, the endowed Burden Family Fellowship, and the Baker Library Collection on the Business... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
  • February 2004
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Note on Human Behavior: Reason and Emotion

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions. On the one hand, as rational choice theorists assert, human beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Interests; Organizations; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 29 Sep 2020
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James Cash Honored in HBS Building Renaming

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CEO Leadership - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Business Review Seven Surprises for New CEOs by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch, & Nitin Nohria As a newly minted CEO, you may think you finally have the power to set strategy, the authority to make things... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review

joined Dean Srikant Datar , former Dean Nitin Nohria , and University President Lawrence Bacow, to dedicate the newly named and renovated Cash House. Cash, a prolific teacher, author, mentor, and scholar of... View Details
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HBR Classics - Alumni

A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky Cracking the Code of Change , Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria Leading Change - Why Transformation Efforts Fail , John P. Kotter Tipping Point Leadership , W. Chan Kim and Renee... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership
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Greenhill House | About

an era that Dean Nitin Nohria has called “a new global century of business.” Robert Greenhill (MBA 1962) is chairman of Greenhill & Co., LLC, an international merchant-banking firm he founded in 1996.... View Details
  • January 2009
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From Regional Star to Global Leader

By: Nitin Nohria
Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets—a critical avenue for growth, given that sales in the... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Paris
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Business History - Faculty & Research

School Case 324-079, March 2024. (Revised February 2025.) More Publications Faculty Geoffrey G. Jones Tom Nicholas Richard S. Tedlow Anthony Mayo Leonard A. Schlesinger Nitin Nohria David A. Moss Sophus A.... View Details
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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness

About the Project 09 Aug 2013 Video Dean Nitin Nohria Announces the U.S. Competitiveness Project Video What Is the U.S. Competitiveness Project? 02 Apr 2015 Video An Economy Doing Half Its Job Re: Michael... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Business School Case 625-117, April 2025. More Publications Faculty Rosabeth M. Kanter Boris Groysberg Linda A. Hill Nitin Nohria Lynn S. Paine Amy C. Edmondson Michael L. Tushman Anthony Mayo Joshua D.... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2019
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New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

people have great ideas and drive, but they don’t necessarily have the skills, knowledge, or connections to execute yet. We’re excited to see what they will do.” HBS Dean Nitin Nohria believes the program... View Details
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Dean’s House | About

Baker Library to allow room for future structures. HBS Deans lived at the house until 1980, when it came to be used primarily for social functions. Dean Nitin Nohria revived the in-residence tradition when... View Details
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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Vikram Gandhi January 2026 J 3.0 IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub Amy Schulman , Nitin Nohria January 2026 J 3.0 Innovating in Health Care (also listed... View Details
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Course History - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Decker, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Whole Foods, and Zurich Financial Services. Workshop participants also have the opportunity to reconvene to review the first two years in the job and to recalibrate their agendas. Related Resources Oct 2004 Harvard Business Review... View Details