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  • 01 Dec 2011
  • What Do You Think?

Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

type of thinking Shalia commented: "I think the growth rate of large organizations slow(s) down precisely for this reason-not being able to separate decisions which need deliberations vs. quick decisions." Phillippe Gouambe was... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?

this as well, and eventually his list of do’s and don’ts came to comprise part of my inner compass, guiding my behavior to this day. As my research with innovative organizations has shown, allowing employees to exercise autonomy within... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Air Transportation
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

innovative new programs, such as the club's "Books for Breakfast" series, which features authors from the cutting edge of academia and business. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter kicked off the program last year with Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

The Way You See It

a giant in a way few have and redesigned what a major corporation can be," as one alumnus put it. Added another, "Welch's vision of a nonbureaucratic large organization makes GE the business everyone wants to copy or raid for talent."... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.
  • March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

IBM in the 21st Century: The Coming of the Globally Integrated Enterprise

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Members of IBM's fifth Integration and Values Team (IVT5) were close to finishing their deliberations. Convened by Sam Palmisano, Chairman and CEO, and sponsored by Jon Iwata, Senior VP of Corporate Communications and Marketing, and John E. Kelly III, Senior VP and... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Innovation and Management; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Integration
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  • April 2024
  • Case

Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud
When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Identity; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Value Creation; Mission and Purpose; Valuation; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; France
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  • 27 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 27

managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education. Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2022
  • Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

early employees often find themselves with managers between them and the founders. This can create separation anxiety that manifests in different ways—from temper tantrums in meetings to disengagement and generally bad behavior—and can be the root of View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

of the polar ice caps. Our world is squarely in a climate crisis and on the brink of a climate disaster. More than ever, we need a clear course of action. What if the goal-setting techniques that powered the rise of today’s most innovative View Details
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

the following century. Firms employed marketing and marketing strategies to diffuse products and brands internationally despite business, economic, and cultural obstacles to globalization. The process was difficult and complex. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities

classes that make the educational experience rich and productive, and graduates bring these benefits to the organizations they work for throughout their careers. But in order to add value to an organization, they must first navigate the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 05 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

(Why worry about the hypothetical?) Celebrate your conversion to e-business by giving people in the rest of your organization tools they are unable to use, requiring changes they are confused about making. Tell people this will help them... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Banking on HBS

Since his arrival in 1995 as its new president, James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) has set in motion sweeping cultural and operational changes at the World Bank. One of Wolfensohn's early initiatives, undertaken together with HBS and several... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Books

of an American icon. Part corporate biography and part memoir of a rare CEO/consultant partnership, this book chronicles Harley-Davidson's transition from a command-and-control culture to an open View Details
  • 08 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

companies grappling with the familiar (yet complex) questions that confront any organization trying to do business across borders. According to Collis, every strategic choice that multinationals face falls into one of the following four... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • Web

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Wilson Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics,... View Details
  • January 2018
  • Case

Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (A)

By: William R. Kerr and Gamze Yucaoglu
Sidar Şahin, founder and CEO of Peak Games, a Turkey-based global mobile gaming company, must decide on the final list of candidates for the critical global marketing director position the company has been trying to fill for over a year. Since its founding in 2010,... View Details
Keywords: Recruiting; Staffing; Emergent Countries; Entrepreneurial Management; Private Sector; Business Strategy; Decision; Growth Management; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Turkey
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  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

build a culture of innovation? What does that culture look like? How does it evolve and grow? How are teams most effectively created and then nurtured in this context? What is a leader's role in this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Apr 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

distinctly different cultures than their own, (3) created a third strategic vision based on a combination of those of the two merging organizations, (4) quickly identified, motivated, and retained key managers in the acquired company, (5)... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Jul 2019
  • News

A Way Forward for Women

network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an account executive at Grant Thornton, started View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken