Publications

Educators

October 1987 (Revised October 1989)
Background Note

Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Discusses elements in organizing a large scale change effort: defining a shared vision, coalition building, management structure and process, communication and education, local participation and innovation, standards and measures, and symbols and signals. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Communication; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Standards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy

03 May 2013
News

Looking Through Glass, Historically

Dolphin Comport: To Wilson, the bowl of this piece (c. 1929) "suggests a body in an endless pirouette." Photo Courtesy of Charlie Wilson When Charlie Wilson (MBA 1967) was a small boy, he lived for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his grandfather, Chas Howard... View Details

Keywords: Visual arts; crafts; glass making; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

April 2022
Teaching Note

Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand

By: Jill Avery

A sixteenth century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by many to have been destroyed, and then rediscovered less than a decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo... View Details

Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Valuation; Art; Art Dealer; Auction House; Brand Storytelling; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Fine Arts Industry; United States; Italy

2024
Working Paper

“If You’re Not There… You’re Not There”: How Art Market Platforms Induce Status Anxiety to Coerce Participation

By: James Riley and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

This paper, an 18-month ethnographic investigation of international art fairs (IAFs), shows how market platforms can have a coercive effect, inducing sellers (i.e., art galleries) to participate despite ambivalence over their value and anxiety over the process by which... View Details

Keywords: Market Participation; Status and Position; Competition; Demand and Consumers; Fine Arts Industry

January 27, 2022
Article

How to Build a Life: Make Time for Art

By: Arthur C. Brooks

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May–June 2021
Article

Savvy Self-Promotion: The Delicate Art and Science of Bragging

By: Leslie K. John

Everyone knows that success at work depends on being—and being seen as—both competent and likable. You need people to notice your growth and accomplishments while also enjoying your company. But if you draw attention to the value you’ve created, to ensure that managers... View Details

Keywords: Self-promotion; Success; Behavior

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January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen

From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several... View Details

Keywords: History; Mission and Purpose; Transition; Management Practices and Processes; Construction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business History; Business Growth and Maturation; Civil Society or Community; Business Strategy; Planning; Construction Industry; Shipping Industry; United States

Educators

September – October 1999
Article

Job Sculpting: The Art of Retaining Your Best People

By: Timothy Butler and James Waldroop

Keywords: Retention; Jobs and Positions

26 Feb 2015
News

Thinking Like an Entrepreneur: The Science and the Art

2023
Book

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey

In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action,... View Details

Keywords: Happiness; Personal Development and Career; Emotions

09 Nov 2017
News

Teaching business within the liberal arts could help avoid the next Uber or Harvey Weinstein

26 Apr 2018
Video

2018 G&WS: Art Brief Presents "Back to the Future: A Strategy for Studying Racism in Organizations"

Web

Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library

Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography Photo: Clarence Kennedy teaching, ca. 1950s. Kennedy Family papers, Smith College Archives, CA-MS-01101, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts. Meroë Morse’s relationship... View Details

Article

Incorporating the Arts to Create Technical Leaders of the Future

By: Linda A. Hill

Engineering education should be reimagined to create a new generation of technical leaders prepared to dream, invent, and steward the future. These leaders of tomorrow will need to bridge business, engineering, and the arts. View Details

Keywords: Education; Engineering; Arts; Leadership Development

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1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection | Baker Library

1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection Sealed Power Piston Rings, 1934. Photographer: John Paul Pennebaker. 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition photograph collection. The 1934 View Details

2016
Book

Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue Across Continents

By: William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model... View Details

Keywords: International And Comparative Education; Educational Policy And Politics; Science Education; Arts; Global Range; Education; Science