Mirroring - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

controlled, hierarchical organization, which would mirror the buildings' design structure, the Manchester City Council created a "commons organization," and chose to share decision-rights with local claimants. Each school's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

develop strategies for managing their own emotions, as well as those of the people on the receiving end, in order to facilitate successful task performance. Watching others, role-playing with a colleague, doing a dry-run in front of a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

information systems tend to mirror the traditional, functionally oriented organizations that they are supposed to help transform. While purchasing the right technology is part of the answer, Coote declared, "There has to be something... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Lewis Jr. (MBA 1969), George R. “Bob” Price (MBA 1970), and A. Leroy “Roy” Willis (MBA 1969). In commemoration of this milestone, four of AASU’s founders (Price died in 2012) reflect on their time at the School, the creation of the organization, and the importance of... View Details

22 Sep 2017
News

The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

chronicles the Mutiny's rise to prominence, explains how its fall mirrored the end of an era in Miami. READ MORE April White: So I don't think I'm going to give too much away if I ask you to start all the way at the end of your book and... View Details

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

through until you acknowledge your own culpability. If you fire me from my job, I have to look myself in the mirror and ask, "What role did I have in getting fired?" In a CNN interview that I showed in class, Mark puts all the... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

mirror and you say, "Gosh. You're the best looking person on earth." DM: [laughs] JI: "There's nobody that was ever born that is better, better than you. Better looking, better acting." And you just have this ability to kind of keep... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

heading a services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions to over 150 Fortune 500 clients. With 28,000 employees located in 54 countries, Satyam, founded in 1987, had revenues of $1 million when it went public in 1992. In 2005, that figure topped $1... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

entry is an important trait of well-functioning capital markets. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-033.pdf Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2004
News

New Horizons for Iraq

been the UN’s under-secretary-general for internal oversight services. He is responsible for all manner of oversight of UN programs, including audit and investigative functions, to ensure that UN efforts internally mirror its global... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

extreme are commercial software firms, in which the organizational participants are tightly coupled, with respect to their goals, structure, and behavior. At the other, are open source software communities, in which the participants are much more loosely coupled by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

a rising corporate attorney, was charged with murdering his lover, also a rising advertising executive in Manhattan. The dramatic trial that followed this incident played out for several years, mirroring the loss of sensibility to crime,... View Details

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

correspondence is called "mirroring.") In this essay, I explain the concept of modularity and describe how systems can be modularized. I then explain why mirroring is likely to be a commonly observed organizational pattern and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

class, venture capital has produced high cyclical returns that mirror trends in capital markets and in markets for new technology. There is a large disparity in median and upper quantize performance. A small number of funds do well on a... View Details

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will mirror the format of the midterm written exercise. Students are not required to be on campus to take the exam. The final comprises 35% of the grade. Copyright © 2024 President & Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights Reserved.... View Details

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