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Erik Dyson

Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing; Nonprofit / Government

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

"The biggest transition? Establishing a new Zoom account." Leadership integration—ensuring a fit between the acquiring firm’s top management and the team leader—has become part of the courtship phase. And remote work has radically... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

01 Mar 2006
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One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

might evolve into a pandemic strain that spreads easily among people, or what its lethality might be. We know only that a pandemic is possible, and that’s why the world must prepare now for the very real threat of a global public-health... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

perspective to interpret/appreciate the information can (produce) negative energy that is avoidable ." Peter Lee echoed the thought this way: Management must "work to improve trust before emphasizing transparency; transparency... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2001
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Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

different could things be?” It’s only been thirteen years since I graduated from HBS, and we in the Class of 1988 were remarkably forward-thinking about technology. Ours was the first class to have a subject called Management Information... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

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Jack Perkowski

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring young mainland Chinese with... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing

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Warren Radtke

been a small business owner. Work Experience: General Electric, Right Management Consultants, Interim Executive assignments in Human Resources/Talent Management; Director of a nonprofit urban grant making... View Details

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19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

enterprises as well. In this e-mail interview, Edmondson and Detert discuss their research and how managers can create environments that encourage and support "upward voice." Their paper is called "Latent Voice Episodes:... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

November 1992
Case

PPG: Developing a Self-Directed Work Force (A)

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

PPG has built a state-of-the-art glass plant in Berea, Kentucky. The plant is pursuing the goal of a "self-directed workforce." The case describes the progress to date and the unresolved issues faced by management. These include questions about shift rotation,... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Managerial Roles; Management Style

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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Faculty Faculty Michael Porter , chair of the Workshop, is the Bishop William Lawrence University... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

in three years’ time. One is on the procurement side, where we’re applying global procurement practices and integrating all parts of the business. The second is what we call Asset Optimization: getting the most out of each and every... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Management

March 1, 2013
Article

Nonprofits Need to Compete for Top Talent

By: Gerald Chertavian

Keywords: Recruitment; Talent and Talent Management; Retention

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06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

June 2012 working paper, Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program. Tucker is an associate professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit, and the Marvin Bower Fellow at HBS.... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

06 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best

European sales managers whether the results would translate to their area or industry. "My answer is basically yes. The study was conducted in India because that was the specific stage we chose, and it happened to be a firm that wanted to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

November 2, 2015
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The Best Ways to Hire Salespeople

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Daniel Weinfurter

Companies typically spend more on hiring in sales than they do anywhere else in the firm. Average annual turnover in sales is 25% to 30%, while direct replacement costs for a telesales employee ranges from $75,000 to $90,000 and other sales positions cost as much as... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Salesforce Management; Retention

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01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

about 25 percent turned out to be mistakes. In other words, a typical manager gets it wrong a lot. So if a “right stuff” screen doesn’t predict future success, what does? I spent a lot of time searching. It wasn’t until I came across work... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Management; Management

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

that transcends the confines of “economic self-interest.” Referring to the nation’s financial crisis, Light said, “The times call for serious reflection and deep inquiry.” If timing is everything, then the Centennial Global Business... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

09 Nov 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Toxic Workers

Keywords: by Dylan Minor

August 2000
Case

Beansprout Networks

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Rasheea Williams

Beansprout Networks is a 3-year-old Internet company designed to foster effective communication between parents and the pediatricians and child-care providers who care for their children. With a significant headstart in the marketplace, it has attracted considerable... View Details