Management Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

Summer 2013
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Where Implementation Breaks Down: Why Can't Companies Get the Job Done?

By: David A. Garvin

A great plan for the future isn't so great if you can't execute it properly. Conceiving a project or initiative demands different approaches and skills than acting on it and following through. Here's a guide to removing the roadblocks on the path toward effective... View Details

Keywords: Implementation; EXECUTIVE Ability (Management); Management Practices and Processes; Performance Effectiveness; Management Skills

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September 1994 (Revised August 2011)
Supplement

ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (B2))

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Solutions and detailed discussion of exercises from the (B) case. Unadvertised per Case Records. View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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01 Apr 2001
News

Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered

of Tom’s classes could ever forget him.” Kennedy developed an expertise in international labor relations while teaching from 1976 to 1978 in an Executive Education program then offered by HBS in Switzerland. He also participated in View Details

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

December 2001 (Revised February 2006)
Background Note

An Options-led Approach to Making Strategic Choices

By: Jan W. Rivkin

Summarizes some of the pitfalls of conventional strategic planning processes and proposes an alternative approach to making strategic choices. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Management Practices and Processes; Strategic Planning; Strategy

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01 Jun 2006
News

Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS

practices in management education and case-method teaching. During their stay on campus from July 30 to August 11, participants learn how to design a course, research and write an effective case, and lead... View Details

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

1999
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Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors?

By: R. E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes

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April 1942 (Revised December 1982)
Case

Dashman Co.

The vice president in charge of purchasing sends a letter to each of the company's 20 purchasing executives requesting that contracts made in excess of $10,000 be cleared with him prior to signing. The branches promise to cooperate, but no notices of negotiations are... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Accounting; Business Processes

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01 Jun 2007
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Alumni Books

innovative concepts and models (including The Managerial Target); and describes, interrelates, and integrates about 100 gurus’ major concepts, processes, models, and practices into a single unified practice... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

October 1981 (Revised June 1985)
Case

Walton Instruments Manufacturing--1980

Provides an opportunity for students to examine the impact of different manufacturing control methods on the manufacturing infrastructure. Information flow, inventory control, quality control and process flows interact and different trade-offs are examined. Introduces... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Production; Management Practices and Processes; Infrastructure

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01 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking

make better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work of Ashley Whillans, Leslie Perlow,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

Profile

Anddria Clack

interest and practice in a way that I had not experienced before. Through the case study method and experiential activities, I knew that I would be challenged to make important decisions in a managerial context, very similar to the CEOs... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Books

grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of View Details

08 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

"Someone asked me why I'm interested in labor in the supply chain. The answer from my head is that we have evidence of how important people are to the total equation. So my future research will definitely focus on identifying better process designs and labor View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

09 May 2013
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Road Trip

share what we learn with a larger, supportive community of fellow entrepreneurs, professors, venture capitalists, and anyone else committed to entrepreneurship. We'd like this trip to be a growth engine for entrepreneurial practice... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management

Student-Profile

Elliot Tobin

he took an entry-level econ course and discovered he was a natural at it. Hoping to build on his theoretical basis through practical efforts, Elliot worked as a product manager at Staples and then as a... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Innovation as P&G’s Key

every level, and effectively manage risk. At Honeywell, for example, the Automation and Control Solutions business relies on a homegrown Velocity Portfolio Manager software program for managers. At a glance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

July 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Case

Cintas y Lazos, Inc.

By: David F. Hawkins

A recent Cuban immigrant establishes a new notions store. The initial 3-month, GAAP-based income statement differs from one prepared by an economist friend. The store owner wants to know why one shows a profit and the other a loss. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Statements; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Retail Industry; Florida

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