team management - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

Some events mark a generation. If a marker is a source of deep learning about ourselves, as Malcolm Salter believes it is, then the Enron crisis is exactly that for business people. Political scientists have the Bay of Pigs; engineers have the Challenger disaster. And... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Jul 2023
News

To Help Your Team Grow, Give Them Space to Struggle

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder

Photography by Robert Schoen The résumé of Roger Anthony (“Tony”) Sanchez reads like a laundry list of military superlatives: U.S. Naval Academy engineering major, water polo team captain, and battalion commander; Navy SEAL platoon... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

"The biggest transition? Establishing a new Zoom account." Leadership integration—ensuring a fit between the acquiring firm’s top management and the team leader—has become part of the courtship phase. And... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

18 May 2023
News

India's New Money Managers

experiences came together for Gupta. A project for her business strategy class asked her to select a business and create a go-to-market strategy for it. Gupta and her team presented an investment platform for women called LXME (named for... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

03 Oct 2016
News

How to Manage a Toxic Employee

09 Feb 2018
News

Colleges and businesses team up to fill demand for skilled workers

24 Jan 2022
News

Building a Globally Diverse Team Is Actually Getting Easier

21 Feb 2022
News

How to Motivate Your Team When People Keep Quitting

Keywords: Resign; resignation

11 Jan 2022
News

Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?

17 Aug 2022
News

Keeping Your Team Motivated When the Company Is Struggling

14 Apr 2021
News

Is Your Team Solving Problems, or Just Identifying Them?

September 2012 (Revised April 2013)
Case

Digital Microscopy at Carl Zeiss: Managing Disruption

By: Willy Shih

Ulrich Simon, the head of the Microscopy business group at Carl Zeiss AG knew that his unit was facing a disruptive threat, so he chartered a special team to tackle the industrial segment. Given a high degree of autonomy, the project team developed an understanding of... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; High Technology Products; Emergent Strategy; Product Lines; Corporate Strategy; Digital Platforms; Disruptive Innovation; Technology Industry; Germany

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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

gross margins; How familiarity among team members fosters organizational capabilities among teams; The implications of operations management for investors; and How firms influence service quality, and how... View Details

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

not just because it’s ‘free.’ You’ve left completely unaddressed the key point that many, many companies use other MS products, particularly Outlook/Exchange email, and that using Teams simplifies the IT and business View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

27 Nov 2018
News

Fearless outperformance: creating conditions for the very best teams to excel

10 Jan 2018
Blog Post

EXPERTS SHARE 5 TIPS TO BECOME A BETTER MANAGER

How can you become a better manager? What are the steps you need to take to get there? Below, we've compiled five management tips from Harvard Business School faculty and industry leaders who are featured in the new HBX course Becoming a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

is a good example of political risk exposure that you could not have foreseen 12 months ago.” What can the Harley-Davidson case teach us about managing in a politicized environment? What do you think? Original Column In August 2018 CEO... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto