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- 30 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?
designing a “similar survey to be administered to every group of stakeholder outside of the company organization, to get the feedback on ‘how it feels’ doing business with the company.” Lavinia Rasca said “the answer was given by Andrew... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors
harder.’” People respond more when identities are mentioned The researchers conducted three experiments designed to examine whether “help-seekers” should call attention to their identities. In the first, the researchers sent about 2,500... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
In a recent set of experiments detailed in "Temptation at Work," Piovesan and his colleagues tested exactly that using 20- to 25-year-old college students in an office environment. Instead of paper-folding, the test subjects were given a simple View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
Bergen titled “YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant.” The article noted recommendations from current and former employees about ways to alter policies designed to increase “user engagement, ” or the amount... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
and inspire. That takes skill and practice. MBAs need to ask themselves, "How do I engage people to accomplish a task while I remain in the background?" At HBS, the Authentic Leadership Development course aims to teach these skills in... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
begin with, the top team must first agree on a "statement of strategic and organizational direction" — an outline of what the company must do as a whole in order to gain competitive advantage. They then appoint an employee task... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
wasn't the issue—the division still had the superior technology overall. Nor was talent a problem—Becton Dickinson continued to retain the skilled engineers that had made it the leader in its field. The organization's design didn't seem... View Details
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
campaign compare when the tasks are performed internally rather than by an independent outside agency? Ownership of an in-house agency rests with the advertiser and allows the advertiser greater control over matters such as the assignment... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
supervision. While Thyssen delegated tasks and expected managers to achieve certain objectives, Taylor's management principles had managers and workers run through a checklist of motions or functions to be fulfilled in order to achieve a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
with idiosyncratic copiers for which no repair manual was of any help. This has led to subsequent efforts to develop organizations that are "leaky" when it comes to knowledge that needs to be shared and simultaneously "sticky" concerning highly... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
foundations with formal boards and designated roles and responsibilities. Now there is a wide range of foundations that are emerging. At one end of the continuum are nonprofit foundations that act as little more than legal shells to hold... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
cause-and-effect relationships are at work? Finally, organizations use or apply information, translating it into action." Each task involves distinct challenges. Most companies, Garvin found, commonly take the first step, but the... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
to be transferred into the corporate brain," a formidable task in many organizations. Those stressing the importance of memory placed the greatest value on the retention of talent in the organization. As C. J. Cullinane put it,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS professor Ananth Raman and Wharton professor Marshall Fisher.... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
They do not convince employees that management wants to know the truth and is ready to act. Quite the reverse—all too often, these methods lead to cynicism, and cynicism is the enemy of commitment to change. In one highly regarded company we studied, a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
together a task list of issues that, if addressed appropriately, would make for safer conditions. Tucker and Singer randomly selected 20 hospitals to conduct an MBWA-based program for 18 months, starting in 2005. A total of 58 departments... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
tasks and finding the appropriate platforms for execution. In that sense, the tasks were defined for data scientists and algorithm developers who do not necessarily have that domain knowledge, but possess... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
behavioral hazard, providing a theoretical foundation for value-based insurance design and a way to interpret behavioral "nudges." Once behavioral hazard is taken into account, health insurance can do more than just provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
protectionist reversals together mean that few companies can afford to remain focused on their domestic markets. Managers responsible for marketing in a multinational or global enterprise must design appropriate marketing programs for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
experimented with computers and with designing an electronic office of the future. It formed Xerox Computer Services, acquired Scientific Data Systems, and opened its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. These efforts were only... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner