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December 2016
Module Note

Strategy Execution Module 10: Using the Job Design Optimization Tool to Build Effective Organizations

By: Robert Simons

This module reading provides directions for using the online Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) which is available free of charge from Harvard Business School Publishing at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/resources/marketing/multimedia/JDOT/index.html. This tool can... View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Span Of Control; Span Of Accountability; Performance Measurement; Job Design; Organization Design; Strategy; Entrepreneurship

2000
Working Paper

Stock Options for Undiversified Executives

By: Brian Hall and Kevin J. Murphy

February 2002
Article

Stock Options for Undiversified Executives

By: Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy

Keywords: Management; Stock Options

29 Sep 2008
News

BOOK REVIEW 'The Execution Premium'

TeachingInterests

Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

By: Andy Wu

Change is everywhere in the Middle East today, as many countries seek to diversify their economies and encourage new industries. The region's complex business environment includes distinct political and economic conditions in each country—and... View Details

Article

How to Avoid Executive Stress

By: Thomas J. DeLong

When teaching various groups of executives, the author relates the story of a man addicted to prescription drugs and his brother who is addicted to achievement. Each group relates to these two professionally successful men and sees that they live largely on the edge of... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics; Emotions

August 1993
Background Note

Executing Change: Three Generic Strategies

By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana

Describes the strengths and weaknesses of three generic strategies for implementing change--programmatic change, discontinuous change, and emergent change. View Details

Keywords: Change; Strategy

Educators

September 1999 (Revised December 2000)
Case

Boeing Company's Accounting for Executive Stock Compensation, The

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Executive stock options are experiencing increased use and the Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing changes in accounting in the United States. View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Stock Options; Financial Reporting; United States

01 Sep 2009
News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

departing executives soon become common practice. 1990 To better align executive pay with shareholder returns, academics — led by HBS professor Michael Jensen — and activists urge greater use of stock... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 Aug 2008
News

New Book Examines How to Execute Strategy

01 Mar 2021
News

Harvard Business School Announces Spring 2021 Cohort of Executive Fellows

17 Dec 2009
News

Harvard Business School Faculty Critique Executive Compensation

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Senior Executive Leadership Program –Middle East (SELPME)

By: Tarun Khanna

Professor Tarun Khanna has been the faculty chair of the Senior Executive Leadership Program –Middle East (SELPME) since its launch in 2017. SELPME focuses on strategy, leadership, and innovation, in a global context. Each year this rigorous seven-week alumni-status... View Details

2010
Book

The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge

By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble

Discover the best practices for executing any innovation initiative. View Details

March 2014
Module Note

How to Execute Global Strategies?

By: Juan Alcácer

June 1979 (Revised September 1980)
Case

Biography of an Executive (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Biography