hiring practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

indicates the answer is yes. That is, by enhancing employee value managers can potentially add significant value to an organization. This research is particularly important to recall this week, when, with the close of the NFL’s regular season, teams fire... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

Summing Up: Where Do We Draw the Line on the Use of Technology in Hiring Practices? The idea of using brain scans in hiring, while it generated limited enthusiasm among respondents to this month's column, nevertheless was rejected by only... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2017
News

@Soldiers Field

the founding fathers of behavioral economics. Their longtime collaboration would eventually affect every field imaginable, but Lewis said the practice of it was less dramatic: “What it was, was two guys who loved each other sitting in a... View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations

solutions. HOW TO INCORPORATE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY INTO RECRUITING Once psychological safety is engrained in your organization, communicating the impact of this culture to potential new hires is very impactful. Case studies about how your... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

talent. Looking ahead to the new year, as recruiters and hiring managers, you have the opportunity to build on the successes of 2022 and take your businesses to the next level. You may be actively recruiting or taking a step back to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Feb 2021
Blog Post

What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization

and discuss is a central part of this work.” Audit Your Policies “Do an audit of your policies and assess if policies are reinforcing the marginalization of any group,” Manso-Brown recommended. This may include dress codes, lack of pay equity, or View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Business Answers the Call

together an ambitious agenda for change and hired a charismatic leader named John Stanford, a former Army major general with no ed-ucation administration experience, to be superintendent. Stanford would die tragically of leukemia three... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2008
News

The $4 Billion Question

clear you can raise $4 billion for your next fund instead of the planned $1 billion. Professor of Management Practice Nabil N. El-Hage coauthored the case with HBS professor and Finance unit head Richard Ruback. “The case highlights some... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

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Harvard Business School

included faculty outreach and student exposure to AASU demands, required readings, and seminars. Students who believed they had been subjected to discriminatory hiring practices by companies recruiting... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Books

how organizations can create moral behavior using unspoken cues. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, ignoring the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions... View Details

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail

The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Profile

Farrah Jamal

After undergraduate studies in economics and a graduate degree in political science, Farrah Jamal took another turn entirely – into health care. Ordinarily, the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital would not hire business managers without a... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Who Owns Yoga?

Annelena Lobb, Deshpandé examines the paths of two successful yoga teachers, each with a different approach to practicing and marketing the ancient discipline of yoga. There’s Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram Yoga in America, who... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; yoga; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Marvin Bower

Bower is considered the father of modern management consulting. He led McKinsey’s worldwide expansion and created many of its consulting tools and applications, increasing the company’s billings tenfold in the process. He pioneered the View Details

Keywords: Services

01 Sep 2018
News

Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out

these large institutions is too powerful for one leader to overcome within the limited time frame of tenure—a finding that could apply to other organizations as well. Sadun is hopeful this evidence will influence hospitals to rethink their View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

26 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health

care. Hiring health care professionals, finding transportation, and even getting an appointment at an overbooked clinic are just a few challenges disproportionately impacting rural communities. Why Value-Based Care? I was drawn to this... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Questions for Evaluating Company Culture and Community - Alumni

students and alumni who are searching for organizations that are committed to these same principles. Below is a sample of questions to enable HBS students and alumni to have thoughtful conversations with hiring managers on this important... View Details

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

"Pilot: New York City" was released in October 2023. The press release can be found here and the full report here . Boston Public Schools Hiring Process Improvement Spring 2022 | Focus : Education Operations Team: Jenny Zhou Description:... View Details

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Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting

better understand their drivers of satisfaction and opportunities to improve efficiency. Through this, I gained insight into the unique challenges and rewards of rural health care. Hiring health care professionals, finding transportation,... View Details

02 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy