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Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups
By: M. Valentine and A. C. Edmondson
This paper shows how meso-level structures support effective coordination in temporary groups. Prior research on coordination in temporary groups describes how roles encode individual responsibilities so that coordination between relative strangers is possible. We... View Details
Keywords: Fluid Personnel; Team Scaffolds; Team Effectiveness; Role-based Coordination; Multi-method; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Performance Efficiency
Valentine, M., and A. C. Edmondson. "Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups." Organization Science 26, no. 2 (March–April 2015): 405–422.
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
role came down to a focus on communication, transparency, and a confidence in her ability to adapt and recover. “This case was an opportunity to document something unique,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
trying to accomplish. Once the vision is established, Kaplan advises leaders to come up with and communicate a list of no more than three to five priorities that are critical to the organization in order to achieve the vision. In his... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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the book on the Oxford University Press website. Apr 3 03 Apr 2023 Seminar Hybrid Seminar: William Kirby (HBS), "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" William Kirby, T.M. Chang Professor of... View Details
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
training typically doesn’t yield the return on investment in improved organizational effectiveness and performance that companies expect. “Individual development has to take place in the context of a larger... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
style: “The topics may be changing and doctrines of the past subject to change or reversal, but well-framed questions and diverse examination of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Testing Interpreting A/B Tests Show Hide Details Concepts Designing and Performing Hypothesis Tests Improving the Customer Experience Featured Exercises Develop and test hypotheses in Excel to assess the... View Details
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
he said. "You have to know what you're doing, and you have to do what you say you're going to do. Before you have the moral authority to lead your team, you have to inspire trust," he said. "Trust is the one thing that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
ethical practice is the best compass, she advises. “The world is changing around businesses,” Nelson says. “There is more pressure to make profits, and at the same time to respond to environmental, social,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 2019
- Book
Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation
By: Gary P. Pisano
Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are doomed to be disrupted by nimble start-ups. If larger enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Creativity; Leading Change
Pisano, Gary P. Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Although I will describe research on networks at both the organizational and the individual levels, I shall focus on the organization level. In addition, in the interest of brevity, I will emphasize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March–April 2020
- Article
Building A Culture of Experimentation
By: Stefan Thomke
Why don’t organizations test more? After examining this question for several years, I can tell you that the central reason is culture. As companies try to scale up their experimentation capacity, they often find that the obstacles are not tools and technology but... View Details
Keywords: Experimentation; Culture; Innovation; Online; Customer Experience; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Internet and the Web; Attitudes; Decision Making; Change; Leadership
Thomke, Stefan. "Building A Culture of Experimentation." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 40–48.
- 12 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals
the starting gate or far along the road – the fundamental dimensions of career vision, strategy and tactics remain relevant. But with experience, the content of these dimensions can change dramatically.... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
We conclude with an internalization model depicting organizational adaptation to evolving social institutions. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2184439 Cases & Course MaterialsAustralia:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
bold, not the meek and timid. Adaptability – If ever there were a need for leaders to be flexible in adapting to this rapidly changing... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
They are people who: are "willing and able to make a tough decision based on a gut instinct" (Jason Huang), are "more able to adapt to changing conditions ...... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
extends across all business disciplines. To achieve climate goals, we need business leaders to build skills across disciplines and to understand how climate change considerations are being infused into all... View Details
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
supported. The political perspective we develop contributes to organizational theory by showing (a) the importance of government signaling as a mechanism of political influence, (b) how different types of dependency on the government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
through referrals stayed constant at about a third, meaning these recruited workers were coming at the expense of direct applicants. “People are still using their personal networks to find jobs, but now the firm is doing much more of the searching.” Koning View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne