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- September 1998
- Course Overview Note
Managing in the Information Age (MIA98): Course Overview Program for Management Development (PMD)
By: Richard L. Nolan
Presents an overview of the PMD course, Managing in the Information Age (MIA98). View Details
Keywords: Management Succession
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
required three kinds of specialists: business managers, country managers, and functional managers, with a group of senior executives to coordinate the efforts of the specialists. In 2003, as globalization has become a much more pressing issue and the talents of global... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 1983
- Book
Strategic Management
Hamermesh, Richard G., ed. Strategic Management. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983.
- September 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Background Note
Managing Markets Module Note
By: Das Narayandas
Provides an overview of the managing markets module in the Business Marketing course taught at HBS. View Details
Narayandas, Das. "Managing Markets Module Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 503-029, September 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
- 2007
- Book
Management Accounting
By: Anthony A Atkinson, R. S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura and S. Mark Young
- October 2000 (Revised December 2002)
- Background Note
Note on Customer Management
By: Das Narayandas
Describes a process for managing customers for profit. View Details
Narayandas, Das. "Note on Customer Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 501-044, October 2000. (Revised December 2002.)
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
executives is to imply that business management itself is a profession—but is it? Sociologists who study the professions have employed a wide range of perspectives and criteria for determining what makes an occupation a profession. For... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised September 1999)
- Background Note
Note on Managed Care
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Presents an overview of managed care. Describes the relationship between provider and insurance companies, examines the implications for consumers, and discusses financial arrangements and operational characteristics commonly observed in the industry. Also provides a... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Service Operations; Relationships; Insurance Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Note on Managed Care." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-060, May 1998. (Revised September 1999.)
- September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Harvard Management Company (2010)
By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
In February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Higher Education; Asset Management; Financial Liquidity; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management; Education Industry; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts
Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Harvard Management Company (2010)." Harvard Business School Case 211-004, September 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- September 2001
- Case
DaimlerChrysler Knowledge Management Strategy
Provides an overview of knowledge management and the knowledge management strategy of DaimlerChrysler relative to its competition. View Details
Rukstad, Michael G., Peter J. Coughlan, and Carl Johnston. "DaimlerChrysler Knowledge Management Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 702-412, September 2001.
- Teaching Interest
General Management Program (GMP)
By: Sunil Gupta
As global business challenges become more complex, companies are turning to cross-functional leaders who can drive change across the organization. The General Management Program (GMP) is a unique modular program that provides the latest management thinking and best... View Details
- April 2008
- Case
Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization
By: Anne Donnellon and Dun Gifford Jr
Ken Winston, the regional sales manager at a securities brokerage firm, has reorganized his generalist salespeople into Key Account Teams (KAT) to increase sales of specialized, higher-margin fixed income products. Winston is also implementing a new corporate... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Fixed Costs; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Compensation; Matrix Organization; Sales; Leading Teams; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Boston
Donnellon, Anne, and Dun Gifford Jr. "Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-182, April 2008.
- Teaching Interest
Managing Social Enterprise (MSE)
This course examines how to create, develop and scale high-performing social enterprises - be they nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations. Unlike the business world where most stakeholders agree on the definition of success and are driven by market forces,... View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Government as Risk Manager
By: Tom Baker and David Moss
We explain the four basic ways to manage risk: prevention, risk shifting, risk spreading, and loss control. We set out five principles of effective government risk management gleaned from extensive historical study: (1) link responsibility and control, (2) manage moral... View Details
Baker, Tom, and David Moss. "Government as Risk Manager." Chap. 4 in New Perspectives on Regulation, edited by David Moss and John Cisternino, 87–109. Cambridge, MA: Tobin Project, 2009.
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurial Management
Howard H. Stevenson is researching and writing on the need for and consequences of predictability. In work designed for a managerial audience, he is examining the roles played by organizations, cultures, and ethical systems in enabling individuals to predict the... View Details
- February 2023
- Module Note
Managing Mistakes
Schwartzstein, Joshua. "Managing Mistakes." Harvard Business School Module Note 923-035, February 2023.
- 1995
- Book
Risk Management
By: D. E. Bell and A. Schleifer Jr.
Bell, D. E., and A. Schleifer Jr. Risk Management. Cambridge, MA: Course Technology Inc. (CTI), 1995.
- January 2019
- Module Note
Liquidity Management
By: Adi Sunderam
Sunderam, Adi. "Liquidity Management." Harvard Business School Module Note 219-088, January 2019.
- August 1995
- Case
Hutton Branch Manager (D)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Describes the actions taken by E.F.Hutton management in response to the Bell Report, a study prepared by former Attorney General Griffin Bell and his law firm after Hutton pleaded guilty to 2,000 counts of mail and wire fraud in connection with its cash management... View Details
Keywords: Legal Liability; Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Acquisition; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (D)." Harvard Business School Case 396-047, August 1995.