Organizational Alignment - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

One advantage of performance-based pricing is the often-mentioned alignment that can be achieved between the buyer's goals and the seller's goals. But, that is only part of the story. There are two other major advantages.... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Gradient Ventures Lauren Taylor Wolfe , Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital This panel will highlight how we can effectively build the governance mechanisms for climate action. Thousands of companies have publicly announced targets for carbon reductions,... View Details

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

in his upcoming book, Win From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage, available in January 2022. References: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro, Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

utilize diverse levels of analysis. Paper: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/management Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services Authors:Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2007
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Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

family members to manage—and negotiate over—in a family business system. Issues such as dividends and reinvestment, nepotism and professionalism, loyalty to stakeholders, and organizational change are ever present; they can be tripwires... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

to understand the resilience as well as effectiveness of that corporate model remains inside the business group itself. As the business groups flexibly evolve, they can adapt and fit in to remain viable organizational models even in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

want corporate platitudes and passive social activism after living in pandemic limbo for so long. A = Align your post-COVID employee policies, resources, and timelines, like you would with any other business priority or client project. K... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

29 Aug 2005
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How Organizations Create Social Value

organizations wanting to create social value. The researchers stressed the importance of synergies between Economic Value (EV) and Social Value (SV), calling them "two sides of the same coin." By aligning EV and SV, both... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project strategy: organizing senior management approvals and support for creating a "heavyweight" team; aligning the disparate perspectives, interests, and... View Details

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

24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

professor. They surveyed 1,770 members of Alignable, an online platform for small-business leaders. To supplement that small-business data, a second survey was completed by 70 business economists belonging to the National Association for Business Economics (NABE).... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

always lead to the benefits the organizations had anticipated. For example, many organizations anticipated that fundraising would be easier once they were larger. In fact, fundraising did not necessarily become easier with organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

of Management Studies . Raffaella Sadun : Recipient of the Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine "Al merito della Repubblica Italiana" in 2021. Raffaella Sadun : Received the 2021 Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. 2020 Rebecca A. Karp :... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

structure, and a thoughtful investment strategy that aligns with the foundation's mission. CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence (819079) by Vikram Gandhi and Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme NOVEMBER 2018 (REVISED DECEMBER 2018) In Spring of 2018,... View Details

2008
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Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model

By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis

Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior

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01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived

our actions and getting to where we want to go?” she asks. The inspiration for this line of questioning arose in 2018 when Perlow was teaching Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD), which addresses the human side of enterprise. In... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

16 Jan 2006
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Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

sacrifice realism for tractability. Only recently has the field of economics advanced enough to have the tools to reincorporate the factors that Smith and others had always felt were important in human interaction: our caring about each other and about fairness, our... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Tracks are restricted to 18 months to provide you with a rigorous learning experience while also offering enough flexibility to take each course when it aligns best with your schedule. Learning Tracks are designed to help you build deep... View Details

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

applied a five-part litmus test to each of her existing goals by asking these questions: — "What is its economic impact?" How will this goal affect the company economically and move it forward? — "Is it aligned with the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

19 Sep 2005
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Rethinking Company Loyalty

Few business leaders would deny the importance of organizational loyalty; perhaps fewer still believe they can achieve it the way they once did. After all, the lifetime contract expired long ago, and your people—especially your best... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

21 Apr 2021
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The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

means closeness, and while social distancing remains important to mitigating the spread of COVID-19, psychological proximity—interpersonal trust, alignment on values and strategy, shared understanding of key facts—has never been more... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

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