Strategic Human Resource Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

7 Nov 2010
Conference Presentation

Speaking Up Constructively: Managerial Practices That Elicit Solutions from Front-line Employees

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Employees; Conflict and Resolution

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

at CHAI. First, the lessons from the first year Leadership class have been crucial in the development of the management diagnostic tool, especially its human resources View Details

December 2010 (Revised November 2013)
Case

Talent Recruitment at frog design Shanghai

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Yi Kwan Chu

This case illustrates the complexity and importance of hiring decisions in the Chinese operation of a global design and innovation firm. View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Talent and Talent Management; Decision Making; Complexity; Innovation and Invention; Shanghai

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September 2008
Case

Israeli Special Forces: Selection Strategy

By: Boris Groysberg, Tal Riesenfeld and Eliot Sherman

Ron Guntz, commander of recruiting for Israel's Special Forces, had been instructed by his superiors to evaluate the process by which he selected solders for a 20-month-long training program. Was the Army conducting this process in an ideal manner? The case examines... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Training; National Security; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Public Administration Industry; Israel

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March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

SCORE! Educational Centers (D)

Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring and growing a small, self-owned company into a professional organization. Focuses on the steps Waldron takes to... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Employee Relationship Management; Teaching; Recruitment; Education Industry; United States

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20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

workplace. 6. Resolve to Embrace the Right TrendsA competitor is using TikTok to attract new candidates, does that mean you should too? Maybe, and maybe not.It’s important to stay up to date on industry trends and best practices in human... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

August 2013
Article

The Timing of Pay

By: Christopher Parsons and E. Van Wesep

There exists large and persistent variation in not only how, but when employees are paid, a fact unexplained by existing theory. This paper develops a simple model of optimal pay timing for firms. When workers have self-control problems, they under-save... View Details

Keywords: Payday Lending; Hyperbolic Discounting; Self-control Problems; Pay Frequency; Payday Loan Legislation; Paycheck Frequency; Time Inconsistency; Wages; Behavior; Employee Relationship Management

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October 2024
Supplement

Skills-First Hiring at IBM

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta

A video supplement to accompany "Skills-First Hiring at IBM" (case no. 422-013) View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Social Issues; Technology Industry; United States; New York (state, US)

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July 9, 2019
Article

Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics

By: Doug J. Chung, Isabel Huber, Vinay Murthy, Varun Sunku and Marije Weber

Sales compensation is a critical lever in motivating a salesforce and driving growth in the business-to-business sector: Studies show that revising compensation in line with market trends can have a 50% greater impact on sales than advertisements have, for instance. A... View Details

Keywords: Analytics; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives

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13 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Aaron…

sustaining a Human Resources function that brings value to the business. One of these values will come through better management and analysis of data that connect the View Details

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IT Strategy: Empowering the Future of Generative AI Innovation at HBS | Information Technology

intelligence (GenAI) and an increasing availability of tools. With a desire to be at the forefront of this new technology, HBS IT launched a strategic initiative to evaluate opportunities and risks in order to ensure informed... View Details

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Sep 2012
News

A Silent Workplace Crisis

pharmaceuticals, the gap between the medical and the mental health systems, and the time required to find community resources and quality home care. My previous experience as a pharmaceutical executive and View Details

Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

says Ferri. There is the question of how to best align the interests of management and shareholders to incentivize long-term performance. Then there's the larger debate over the government's role in issuing limits on the huge pay... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

01 Apr 1998
News

Gardella Joins Alumni Career Services

ads and marshals the full range of human and technological resources available at HBS and beyond. Gardella joined the HBS staff in October 1997, succeeding Robert M. Armstrong (MBA '66), who moved on to the... View Details

Keywords: Caroline Chauncey

01 Jun 2013
News

Minding The Gap

Manage Urban School Districts," for example, a best-selling 2006 Harvard Business Review article written by PELP faculty, has sold 6,000 copies and was made available free of charge to educators in 2012. PELP researchers have written 62... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

January 20, 2022
Article

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

Many workers feel battered and distrustful after almost two years of COVID-19 instability. But it's not too late for managers—even those who made damaging missteps—to repair these relationships, say Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta. View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Trust; Employee Relationship Management

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09 Feb 2016
News

Applying Business Principles to Military Problems

Donald Reidy (MBA 1990) is director of strategic planning and resource allocation for the Naval Special Warfare Command, in California. In this video, he talks about applying business View Details