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June 2018
Teaching Note

Sandra Brown Goes Digital

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

As a middle manager at a biotechnology company, Sandra Brown harnessed digital tools and social media to engage others and build campaigns for change in the company. This Teaching Note presents strategies for teaching the Sandra Brown case series, which follows Brown's... View Details

Keywords: Change Leadership; Change Management; Digital; Engagement; Stakeholder Engagement; Grassroots Movement; Health Care Industry; Career Path; Innovation; Leading Change; Management; Innovation and Management; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Quality

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06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)

Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

discipline and intimidation, which some critics say goes too far. Knight was fired from a long career at Indiana University for grabbing a student, and prior to that he was filmed clutching one of his own players by the neck. And then... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

2023
Working Paper

Virtual Water Coolers: A Field Experiment on the Role of Virtual Interactions on Organizational Newcomer Performance

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Jacqueline N. Lane and Iavor Bojinov

Designing management practices to better onboard organizational newcomers working remotely is a key priority for firms. We report results from a randomized field experiment conducted at a large global firm that estimates the performance effects of different types of... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Virtual Water Coolers; Social Interactions; Careers; Field Experiment; Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Internet and the Web; Performance; Personal Development and Career

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10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

A: In business, preparation means thinking something through and establishing a plan. The execution phase is then managing to the plan. That's not remotely how the quartet prepared. Early in their career... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the 1980s," says Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Supply Chain Management Course Number 2108 Associate Professor Kris Ferreira Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Project Professor Ananth Raman Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Project Career Focus This... View Details

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

athletes have relatively short careers compared to most other professionals, it is extremely important to strategically manage these assets and to make the right decisions at the right times. Q: What makes... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

March 2009 (Revised August 2009)
Exercise

Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2008)

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

This note contains instructions for an exercise in which students interview C-level executives on how they have managed their careers. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Leadership Development

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11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

feedback logically and 'toned down' my comments to show respect, while still providing constructive ideas. Initially, he seemed to take the feedback well. But then I gradually noticed a distancing in our relationship. Eventually, I realized that he did not support my... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Caregiving Joseph Fuller Podcast The Caring Company Joseph Fuller & Sheila Marcelo 16 JAN 2019 | Managing the Future of Work Almost a third of workers—and more senior executives—say their careers have been... View Details

30 Nov 2023
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Coca-Cola Is the Best Place to Work to Get Ahead in Your Career

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) CLIMB enables new and experienced leaders to ignite their careers with a combination of vital and forward-looking business skills, self-reflection,... View Details

June 2008 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Name Your Price: Compensation Negotiation at Whole Health Management (A)

By: Brian J. Hall, Deepak Malhotra and Nicole Bennett

MBA student Monroe Davies is asked by a potential employer to determine his own compensation package. This case follows Jim Hummer, President and CEO of Whole Health Management and Davies through a unique recruitment process that raises questions of compensation and... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Job Interviews; Negotiation Process; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Value

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November 1994 (Revised June 1996)
Case

Dennis Hightower: Walt Disney's Transnational Manager

By: Ashish Nanda

Describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. Focuses on how he has established a regional office and knit local operations closer together, the benefits that the process has... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe

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Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)

By: Christopher T. Stanton

The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details

July 2012 (Revised May 2024)
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Lyric Dinner Theater (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jim Sharpe

Looking back at five years of losses, Rivka Belzer, a newly minted MBA, steps into her family owned business with their mandate to turn it around or close it. In her first six months, she has made a number of changes, with mixed results, but is beginning to show a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Crisis Management; Family Business; Turnarounds; Financial Crisis; Boards Of Directors; Operations Management; Strategy Implementation; Career Planning; Entrepreneurship; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

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08 Apr 2011
News

Management Matters In Health Care, Too

MBA students alike, the implications of that view are huge. For policymakers, the message is that cost cutting alone does nothing to improve the quality of care and probably will reduce it. Is anyone in Washington listening? For MBA students, the message is that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance