Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

Publication:Academy of Management Annals Abstract The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields-including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research-and has been... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

workers' different socioeconomic environments, the amount of monitoring that managers performed, and employee characteristics such as how many people typically worked in the stores. Is There A Payoff? As... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

2020
Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

By: John D. Macomber

As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry

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31 Jan 2007
HBS Case

When Good Teams Go Bad

people trying to do the perfect golf swing at the same time, all together, 200 times in a row." Like most of his peers, Coach P used a variety of quantifiable metrics for each rower to determine who would sit in the varsity boat.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

12 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

understanding of the issues they intend to address. Fundamentally, I believe in people and their ability to impact their community if given the adequate resources. At DIH, a major objective has been to empower individuals who are... View Details

18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

They are people who: are "willing and able to make a tough decision based on a gut instinct" (Jason Huang), are "more able to adapt to changing conditions ... because they have a clearer view of the implications of those... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

not just to the company, but also to people around the globe. At the same time, managers at other global brands were similarly considering their brands’ response to the COVID-19 crisis. Nike chose to twist... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

different people would tackle a job. Hiring managers would also benefit from thinking afresh in each case about which skills the job truly requires. Breaking down barriers to build talent All companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

uncoordinated, chaotic interactions as people make decisions on the basis of distorted information they receive from other units and from headquarters. Moreover, since managers are well aware that everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

07 Oct 2021
News

Planning Ahead

helped him eventually launch his own endeavor, Sound Point Capital, in 2008. Today his firm, which specializes in credit strategies, manages over $28 billion in assets. “I wanted to support the people and... View Details

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

throughout the incentive model development process. Although they do not anticipate change management to be 100% frictionless, they seem to be well set up to support their farmer-owners throughout the incentive model transition. Another... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

of local leadership: An individual manager can be an authentic communicator even if their organization is not. Jennifer Petriglieri’s colleague and husband, Gianpiero Petriglieri, recommends that leaders “tell your View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

that by becoming the world’s expert in a very narrow area.” If anything, people in businesses tend to be even more hyper-focused than academics, Nagle says, siloing R&D workers in very narrow research areas that give them a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

Well, I have known you for many, many years. We met in college, actually in New Delhi. And then of course we lost touch for many, many years until you showed up in my class, in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School,... View Details

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

personally create their own account and complete their own enrollment. Per our Terms of Use , account access and enrollment must be managed by the individual enrolling in the course. Third Parties, including assistants, employers, or... View Details

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

When it comes to the job hunt, many of us have a traditional view of what it takes to find a new position: A worker searches for available openings, sends in a resume, and waits for an interview. Much of academic research assumes that’s the way View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

equipped to answer. The query typically came at the end of a session, after a productive conversation about delegating, managing a packed calendar, or presenting effectively in meetings. “But I’ve got six-month-old twins at home, and... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

urgent systemic changes needed to address climate change. By doing what’s right for people and the planet, pep+ will help position our company as a consistent top market performer by generating stronger, more loyal connections with our... View Details

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