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25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

the value of HR to people who don’t necessarily understand it.” She decided to pursue an MBA because, “I need to meet people where they are – understanding people’s worlds is the most important thing I need to do.” HOME REGION Memphis,... View Details

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Media Coverage - Managing the Future of Work

Broadcast Retirement Network Your Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 Charter How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller Harvard Magazine The New Gender Gaps Re: Joseph Fuller 19 Mar 2025 Me, Myself, and AI... View Details

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Negotiating - Alumni

process, you might say "I'd like to get a better sense of my fit with the position and company before discussing finances." When it's time to talk, the offer should come from the hiring manager or your HR contact. Prioritizing &... View Details

2009
Working Paper

International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold

This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the world. Based on a survey of over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, US, and Chile) the paper describes the differences among... View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Size; Organizational Structure; Culture; Japan; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; Chile

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22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

Rock, a Twin Cities based nonprofit focused on empowering young people through music education. Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) - VP of Admissions and Administration I am a disability advocate, HR professional, and aspiring VC investor... View Details

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Hidden Workers, Part-Time Potential - Managing the Future of Work

Re: Raffaella Sadun 12 Jun 2025 | HBS Working Knowledge Your Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 22 May 2025 | Broadcast Retirement Network How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 | Charter View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

someone onboard, he will have a harder time refusing the recruit's demands. Because the HR department has less to lose if the recruit walks away, its own threats (such as "This is the most we can offer") are more credible. 5.... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

from virtual onboarding to managing anxiety and stress. Over the next few months, I will try to tackle them one by one in this space. COVID-19 has turned many companies into federations of remote workplaces, but without much guidance on how this new virtual reality can... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

not as idiosyncratic or unique as we once thought. You look for the same sort of reasoning you would have used for other skilled labor markets and staff,” Greenstein says. “There are HR people who are used to this. When you get into the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

setting targets for these financial measures, organizations may be tempted to turn to commercial benchmarking services, such as the Hackett Group's Best Practices surveys. Hackett regularly produces a "book of numbers" for finance, IT, and View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

introductory finance course or equivalent at some point during their education and possess a basic understanding of investment management, capital markets, and asset classes. 5 hrs Module 1 Overview of Sustainable Investing Learn key... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Featured Exercises Generating Your Strategic Question 5-6 hrs Module 1 Aligning with Innovation and Disruption Identify the three types of innovation, predict when they'll occur, and harness disruption to position your business for... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

command-and-control system," she said. "If that's what you want," said the HR person, "I'll help you. But there's one problem. You have to be right all the time." Laughing, the CEO said, "I'll never forget... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

Hours Download full syllabus 6-8 hrs Module 1 Macroeconomic and Political Analysis Interpret data on countries’ macroeconomic and political performance. Highlights Inflation Introduction to the Macroeconomic View Middle-Income Countries... View Details

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The Gift of Global Talent

Garcia 24 Dec 2018 | The Indicator William Kerr on ‘The Gift of Global Talent’ James Pethokoukis 21 Dec 2018 | AEI: Political Economy The Global HR Challenge William R. Kerr 18 Dec 2018 | HR.com The Innovation Engine John A. Griffin 17... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of entrepreneurship and innovation Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 4 Modules, 25-30... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

their ecosystem. They rapidly adapt and sometimes shift their value proposition to reflect ever-evolving demand conditions and discover new growth opportunities. They adapt their approach toward HR management to preserve business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 5 Modules, 60 Hours Download full syllabus 12 hrs Module 1 Customer Demand - Foundations Understand the relationship between willingness to pay and price and... View Details

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Monitoring CPU usage of your jobs on the HBSGrid - Research Computing Services

machine (replace EXEC_HOST with the actual machine name, e.g rhrcsnod05 ) bsub -q interactive -Is -W 24:00 -R "rusage[mem=1000]" -m EXEC_HOST /bin/bash (This command gets a bash shell on the named machine with 1 core for 24 hrs with 1000... View Details

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

and sometimes outside of work.” He added, “Everybody needs to be touched by someone who cares.” Of course, this takes time that many managers don’t feel they can spare. As Guy put it, “Improving employee engagement is not done through some blanket program run out of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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