Scheduling - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Mar 2023
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Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

scheduling a showing of 5 Big Life Decisions for your group or organization, connect with Singer and Hackett on Instagram at @5biglifedecisions or via email at 5BigLifeDecisions@gmail.com. View the trailer for 5 Big Life Decisions, or... View Details

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Effect of Different Financial Incentive Structures on Promoting Physical Activity Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

By: Chethan Bachireddy, Andrew Joung, Leslie K. John, Francesca Gino, Bradford Tuckfield, Luca Foschini and Katherine L. Milkman

Importance: Few adults engage in recommended levels of physical activity. Financial incentives can promote physical activity, but little is known about how their structure influences their effectiveness; for example, whether incentives are more effective if they are... View Details

Keywords: Physical Activity; Financial Incentives; Motivation and Incentives; Money

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22 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the Lower 48 from Alaska for my MS/MBA

like your parents will live forever; as an adult, I’m much more aware that with busy schedules and long distances - time together is precious. To do some math: when I was a kid, my family ate dinner together roughly five nights a week.... View Details

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Running a Program/Submitting a Job - Research Computing Services

Monitoring Job Progress section for more information. Technical Note Once a specific configuration is selected for any of the programming or analysis packages, the wrapper script sends a command to the LSF scheduler to run this program as... View Details

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

colleagues and lower-level employees.” Encourage impromptu meetups, not just scheduled meetings. “Have more informal lunches and conversation,” she says. The more opportunity there is to share and exchange opinions, the more included... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

It also happens that most Danish students have scheduled breaks during the school day, typically just before 10 a.m. and noon, which last between 20 to 30 minutes. This gave the researchers a chance to gauge whether recess might thwart... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

04 Sep 2017
Blog Post

HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered

entrepreneurship a bit less intimidating for a first-timer like me. So with a renewed interest in startups, I registered for the 10-day HBS Startup Bootcamp scheduled for the January term. The aim of the program was to provide both... View Details

25 Jan 2016
Blog Post

3 Tips on Coming to HBS with a Partner

just whatever works the best for your family. 3. You might have to schedule your together time I would say the biggest challenge Spencer has faced is me having such a busy schedule and feeling like we... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

get. Smart Startups is written for them—a timeless record of essential knowledge that can help them achieve success. It’s Time for Strategic Scheduling: How to Design Smarter K-12 Schedules That are Great for Students, Staff and the... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

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Our Values | About

Harvard-wide Community Spaces—one to support Jewish, and one to support Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian community members—have been launched which aim to foster a sense of belonging through dialogue with peers. Gatherings have been View Details

Portrait Project

Janie McDonough

schedule had been set, but only for a moment... before a rush order came in or a pressman called in sick and the process started all over. But my dad did not mind the chaos. In fact, he secretly enjoyed the inevitable hiccups in planned... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

2010 terms, as a share of national income) were scheduled to revert to Colombian ownership in that year. The money to buy them for the new canal effort, then, would have gone to Bogotá instead of the shareholders in the moribund French... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

before every session, at least ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of class. This practice helps support the instructor's transition from planning to execution, enhances the instructor's relationship with students, and provides time... View Details

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

with a more stable job with more predictable schedules and income. Build out your support team You (and your partner) may be able to “outsource” the tasks that would otherwise put stressful pressures on your time. Look for opportunities... View Details

25 May 2011
HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

It's a much believed assumption in the retail world: If you're going to compete on the basis of low cost, then you can't afford to invest in your employees. Extensive training—who has the time to give? Regularly scheduled hours?—way too... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

19 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

other categories. A nudge on energy conservation that compared households to their neighbors led to almost twice as many kilowatt-hours saved per dollar spent as traditional education and incentives. A nudge to schedule flu shots led to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

calendar to tackle your most challenging work, particularly when your energy is high, and focus on giving it your undivided attention by turning off distracting notification pings on your phone, email, and Slack channels. In a recent study, computer engineers who were... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Aug 1998
News

Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

making a generous gift to the School to facilitate the construction of a new MBA campus center, scheduled for completion by the summer of 2000. The gift extends long-standing, close ties between the Spangler family and HBS. Both Dick... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

inclusive of those who live off campus — encourage the social chairs to schedule more activities for during the day or on weekends instead of just weekday afternoons. View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Rubinstein Business Track Runner-Up Qweek is a fully automatic cloud solution to workforce optimization and management. Qweek helps business achieve significant savings by breaking traditional rigid shift scheduling and using dynamic... View Details

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