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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
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Smart Choices by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School Press) Decision-making is a major part of life for every human being. Where should you live? Which house should you buy? Is it time to change careers? Whom should you hire?... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
strategies to revamp HR, such as renaming and reorganizing departments to emphasize the importance of customer service; institutionalizing programs that came from the campaign; creating coalitions across internal departments; and reaching... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
manufacturing job. “The operations of a manufacturing business are very different from a capital business,” he adds. “Frankly, I’m still learning a lot every day.” And he’s putting that new knowledge into action. Last November, the company rolled out a product... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
board chair. Since that time, he has acted decisively, removing Fritz Henderson as CEO and assuming the mantle himself. Whitacre quickly reorganized the company from top to bottom, cut out layers of middle management, initiated new... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
chart from the same two years. Chances are, those two charts look pretty similar. Sure, there are organizational outliers, like online shoe-seller Zappos, which famously adopted “holacracy,” a structure of no job titles and no bureaucracy, giving teams the power to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
workforces. But working through this process and profitably growing the combined businesses are arguably much easier tasks when the merging parties are financially stronger. American's bankruptcy reorganization (as well as those of... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
accelerated shift to digital operations.” Among 11 key lessons they identified were: “Be transparent about your challenges” by keeping teams abreast of the state of the organization, priorities, and principles; and “find new ways to collaborate” by View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
government, became his mentor and continued to support his studies through law school. Donham specialized in corporate restructuring as a vice president at Boston’s Old Colony Trust Company and won wide praise from both labor and management as a court-appointed... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
Gulati, the problem starts with corporate growing pains. When businesses are small, they organize themselves into clear functional units, tapping experts in each respective function to make sure each unit excels. But as they grow, these businesses tend to View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
and see how that can be reformed to take advantage of new opportunities. Pacesetters may reorganize frequently, she said, because "turf is the enemy of change." In phase three, leaders are ready to respond and change, but change... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
reserves to "manage" reported earnings, the recategorization of investments to enable gains to be booked on the company's income statements, the reorganization of business structures to conceal business failures, the use of... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 08 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Writing the Case for Public School Reform
role." In his new position, Hanna employed a number of strategies to revamp HR, such as renaming and reorganizing departments to emphasize the importance of customer service; institutionalizing programs that came from the campaign;... View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
and how to create a sustainable business model for a social venture. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807122 Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Spurring Scientific Creativity with Metrics Harvard Business School Case 607-008... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
those of Mandela and the African National Congress coincide," she notes, "but he has his own way of doing things. Reorganizing the structure of the presidency is just one example of that." Meyer credits her academic training with... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
after the initial cleanup operations are finished. Once they’re on the ground, the mission includes repairing homes, rebuilding schools, health clinics, community centers, and whatever else is needed. It’s a job that taps into his entire skill set, from View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
communications provider MCI, Inc. "In some ways I feel that what most people would consider my primary career was really just training for what I'm doing now," she says. Haberkorn's role at MCI has been particularly challenging. She joined the board in 2004 to help... View Details
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
for evaluating the different sources of uncertainty and their implications for various stakeholders of the firm when attempting a reorganization with creditors or considering opening a court-supervised View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
opportunity for improvement. The average taxpayer has one interaction per year with us, but a small businessperson with a few employees may have to deal with us fifty times a year. If you fall behind, you can get in all sorts of tangles. This is a good example of how... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
president, Moret created a new, reorganized student government and lobbied the faculty to place a greater emphasis on teaching quality in granting tenure. After graduating from LSU, Moret remained in Baton Rouge and worked as an... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
financial management system held together by baling wire." Along with bringing the IRS's financial management system into the 21st century, Rossotti reorganized the agency into four units, each responsible for a specific group of... View Details