Publications

December 2010
Article

Work Pray Love

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

This article identifies five problematic issues in the intersection of work and life that create human resource challenges for organizations and their employees. These include work overload, the slow pace of adopting telecommuting, gender-related pay gaps, a household... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Work-Life Balance; Religion; Technology Adoption; Problems and Challenges; Human Resources; Gender

March 2001 (Revised July 2007)
Background Note

Power and Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organizations

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Elizabeth Long Lingo

Power is the potential to mobilize energy. This rather neutral definition does not address the issues of how to exercise power or to what ends. The answers to these questions determine the ultimate value of an individual's power. This note is written to help readers... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Value

Educators

October 2020
Article

Patronage and Selection in Public Sector Organizations

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Mounu Prem and Edoardo Teso

In all modern bureaucracies, politicians retain some discretion in public employment decisions, which may lead to frictions in the selection process if political connections substitute for individual competence. Relying on detailed matched employer-employee data on the... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Selection and Staffing; Political Elections; Public Sector; Brazil

20 Mar 2024
News

Free Speech and Community Values Working Group Q+A

2008
Book

Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations

By: Abraham Zaleznik

In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either "hedgehogs," who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or "foxes," who assess and re-evaluate their... View Details

Keywords: Attitudes; Leadership Style; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Innovation and Invention

1997
Chapter

Technology Cycles, Innovation Streams and Ambidextrous Organizations

By: P. Anderson, M. Tushman and C. O'Reilly

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation

2022
Chapter

Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations

By: Frank V. Cespedes

This chapter focuses on the topic of coordinating marketing and sales in Business-to-Business (B2B) organizations. It provides an historical overview, indicating that this is not a new issue facing firms, that the business press has outlined a recurring set of... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Practice; Research; Sales

April 2005
Article

Necessary Evils and Interpersonal Sensitivity in Organizations

By: Andrew Molinsky and Joshua D. Margolis

Keywords: Organizations

1985
Article

Executive Succession, Strategic Reorientation and Organization Evolution

By: Michael Tushman, B. Virany and E. Romanelli

Keywords: Management Succession; Strategy; Organizations

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

and team creativity, entrepreneurship, organizations, and society. To develop a research agenda that identifies new questions and approaches relevant to both academics View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations

In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either... View Details

February 9, 2022
Article

What's the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?

By: Maria P. Roche and Andy Wu

More than two years in the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are struggling with how to reimagine their workspaces for their strategic needs. Too often, leaders push the decision down the road when, in fact, taking decisive action now can pay off later. But how do you... View Details

Keywords: Workplace; Organization; Hybrid Organizations; Office Space; Growth; Remote Work; Strategy; Organizations; Growth and Development; Working Conditions

Read Now

01 Jun 2020
News

Boards and Organization Leadership from Harvard ManageMentor

28 Aug 2012
News

The Imperfect Balance Between Work and Life

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

organizations in Latin America and Spain. For good governance you need some degree of overlap between governance and management.— Ezequiel A. Reficco This research will be... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

April 2004
Article

The Ambidextrous Organization

By: Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael L. Tushman

Keywords: Organizations