Organization Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

Cars negated the ability to interact with people on the streets. As it turned out, cops did a better job fighting crime when they sought input from the public. That had happened organically when they walked their beats. And by sharing... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

08 May 2020
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We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years

This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of my “What do you think?” column. The Working Knowledge website was the brainchild of a faculty and staff committee organized in 2000 by then Dean Kim Clark to communicate the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

March 2014
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Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations

By: Michael W. Toffel

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08 Dec 2014
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A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

companies grappling with the familiar (yet complex) questions that confront any organization trying to do business across borders. According to Collis, every strategic choice that multinationals face falls into one of the following four... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog

action in pursuit of organizational performance. Our emphasis is on how GMs get things done through making and guiding decisions—both larger and smaller. We show how to use decision-making processes to achieve produce results and to move... View Details

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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

Application Process PROCESS IF YOU ARE A JOINER: To be considered for the Loan Reduction for Private Sector Employees program, you must complete and submit the online application , which requests contact... View Details

18 Mar 2001
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The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation

R&D systems for performing experiments that will generate the information needed to develop and refine products quickly. The challenges are managerial as well as technical: Organize For Rapid Experimentation Examine and, if necessary,... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About

months! Today, it seems, it simply is not possible to have a plan for a year or longer and just stick to it. Adaptive organizations challenge the status quo, test new ideas, gather feedback, and learn. They manage conflict and team... View Details

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Brandon Gayle

insurance, and housing." Then an opportunity opened in an exciting and unexpected arena — sports: specifically, working with the New York Jets. "They were looking for help with strategic planning," Brandon says. "It was a great opportunity. They... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

What Went Wrong?

Hail Mary play, the administration dramatically proposed a $700 billion financial rescue plan to restore confidence in the markets. Against that backdrop of heightened national anxiety, HBS and Harvard University hastily organized three... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 2010
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Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

and rational process but through a subjective process. Launching Technology Ventures is for students who plan to work at start-ups and at established companies launching information technology products. Sustainable Cities: Urbanization,... View Details

Keywords: curriculum

09 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 9

Battilana, Julie, and Matthew Lee Abstract—Hybrid organizations that combine multiple organizational forms deviate from socially legitimate templates for organizing and thus experience unique View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Evaluating a Sponsorship Offer? | MBA

Evaluating a Sponsorship Offer? Some organizations offer sponsorships to help employees fund their MBAs. It is important to carefully consider and fully understand the repayment terms required by your sponsor. When evaluating a... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96

experimentation in the required curriculum (RC). One aspect of the MBA Program that has been refined in the process is Foundations, a set of brief courses ("modules") in the initial weeks of each term in the RC. An introduction to the... View Details

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Nov 2010
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The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

Editor's note: Harvard Business School in mid-October played host to the 2010 Workshop on Integrated Reporting: Frameworks and Action Plan. Under direction of conference organizer Robert G. Eccles, participants recently published an... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

civic groups, she also used this research process to encourage existing community organizations to build closer relationships with locally based businesses. Kanter held forums to help each city develop an... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

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Clarissa Quintanilla

with outstretched arms lined the highway beckoning passing cars to stop and buy wildlife they had captured. The hopelessness of their situation helped Clarissa develop a conviction "to be involved in the process of furthering social... View Details

30 Mar 2003
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How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain

and happy customers produce value for investors, makes sense. Why do so many employers fail to follow this logic? Sasser: I'm not sure I would use the word 'happy' unless 'happy' is a synonym for highly satisfied. The key is that View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

professionalize and create formal systems and structures. Module 5: Reinvention Reinvention is a process whereby established organizations respond to external environmental shifts that threaten to upend... View Details

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