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March 2020
Supplement

People Analytics at Teach For America (B)

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Julia Kelley

This is a supplement to the People Analytics at Teach For America (A) case. In this supplement, situated one year after the A case, Managing Director Michael Metzger must decide how to apply his team's predictive models generated from the previous year’s data. View Details

Keywords: Analytics; Human Resource Management; Data; Workforce; Hiring; Talent Management; Forecasting; Predictive Analytics; Organizational Behavior; Recruiting; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management

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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

economic opportunity, address skills gaps, and create a more equitable and inclusive workforce. OneTen helps employers navigate the uncertain new normal of hiring and advancement while expanding their talent pipelines. Nicholas Bloom on... View Details

05 Jul 2023
What Do You Think?

How Are Middle Managers Falling Down Most Often on Employee Inclusion?

(iStockphoto/AzmanL) Search “inclusion” on Amazon and the majority of book entries that come up are for children. Is that an indicator of the current state of management art on the subject? Fortunately, there is a growing body of research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

August 2015 (Revised June 2019)
Case

Shonda Rhimes' ShondaLand

By: Anita Elberse and Henry McGee

In January 2015, superstar television creator Shonda Rhimes, whose production company ShondaLand dominates American television's most competitive and lucrative night with three shows in primetime on network ABC's Thursday night, is plotting the future. One challenge... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Television; Broadcasting; Creative Industries; Television Industry; Product Portfolio Management; Superstar; Talent Management; Television Entertainment; Media; Creativity; Marketing; Talent and Talent Management; Personal Development and Career; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

new plant, because one encounters very different problems in starting up a new plant than in running a well-tuned one. When a slowly growing firm's leaders decide they need to launch a new-growth business to restore their company's vitality, who should they tap to head... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

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Research - Managing the Future of Work

Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines Building From the Bottom Up By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman NOV 2024 Report The British Opportunity Index By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph... View Details

January 2025
Case

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol

By: Anita Elberse, Juan Pasquín and Íñigo Pasquín

On June 1, 2024, Spanish soccer club Real Madrid captures its fifteenth Champions League title—more than double the tally of the nearest competitor. Under Florentino Pérez’s leadership, the club has now won six of the last eleven UEFA Champions League titles, and has... View Details

Keywords: Sports; Soccer; Football; Entertainment; Media; Talent Management; Superstars; Marketing; Strategy; General Management

04 Mar 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": publishing, fashion, art-design, film, music, and food. Can Creativity Be Taught? Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

03 Feb 2017
News

Case Study in Chaos: How Management Experts Grade a Trump White House

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions. Companies should also anonymize resumes, diversify interview panels, and evaluate candidates as a group against a set of defined criteria. Integration. Create opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

January 2021
Case

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (A)

By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno

This case follows Christophe Weber, President and CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, as Takeda considers acquiring Shire Plc, a biotech company based in Ireland. The acquisition would turn... View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmaceuticals; Biotech; Biotechnology; M＆A; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; R＆D; Talent Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Management; Global Strategy; Talent and Talent Management; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Japan; Asia

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

(iStockphoto/Krle) Advocates for stakeholders—including employees, customers, suppliers, the “community,” and investors—have dominated the discussion of leadership and management over the past two decades. They believe that enlightened... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

interview, we catch up with the group for another update. Not surprisingly, much has changed over the past decade in their households and in their careers. In the profiles that follow, our protagonists once again candidly discuss how they are View Details

October 2017
Case

LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire

By: Anita Elberse

It is June 2016. Superstar basketball player LeBron James and his childhood friend and business partner Maverick Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television... View Details

2017
Case

Uncommon Schools (A): A Network of Networks

By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra

In 2013, Brett Peiser, CEO of the charter school management organization (CMO) Uncommon Schools, is reassessing the nonprofit’s strategy. For nearly 10 years, Uncommon had fulfilled its mission to bring high-quality education to students in low-income, urban areas... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Teaching; Talent Management; Innovation; Organization Structure; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Education Industry

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13 Apr 2021
News

Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates Their Colleagues

May 2020 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (A)

By: Linda A. Hill, Allison J. Wigen and Emily Tedards

Michael Ku joined Pfizer in 2011, after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. His mission was to drive the digital transformation of the company’s clinical supply chain, but he knew he had to start with the culture. Over the next eight... View Details