Human Resource Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand

her own hands to break the technological glass ceiling. She decided to invest in external courses—specifically, the Data Science program at General Assembly—to bolster her data and analytics expertise. During her 10-week course, Ho learned the Python coding language,... View Details

Keywords: Technology

11 Oct 2024
News

Highlights from the Fall 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

with each other. The HBS Alumni Board, whose members are selected from a pool of active and committed volunteer leaders, represents the global HBS alumni community. Members serve as resources for the Dean, faculty, staff, and students by... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

New Releases

performance, customer knowledge, internal processes, and learning and growth. The balanced scorecard is a practical management tool that marshals the value-added potential of people throughout the organization toward the achievement of... View Details

24 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Data-Driven and in Demand

her own hands to break the technological glass ceiling. She decided to invest in external courses—specifically, the Data Science program at General Assembly—to bolster her data and analytics expertise. During her 10-week course, Ho learned the Python coding language,... View Details

22 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Reflecting on 24 Years at Harvard

and HBS. As a dual professor at HBS and HLS, I love the different perspectives that the two schools offer: the policy-orientation and institutional design perspective of HLS, combined with the practicality and global reach of HBS. I... View Details

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Our findings illuminate the micro-foundations of innovation in firms by highlighting a trade-off between organizing patenting activity to maximize scope versus speed. Publisher's link:... View Details

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

for fear of being accused of not being able to help themselves. "If someone has diabetes and they have to manage that chronic condition, no one bats an eyelid," says Quelch. "But if I say I have to manage a mental health problem, co-workers and the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

A key understudied driver is social network utilization by academic researchers. In this paper, we examine how activating one’s social network can contribute to the impact of academic research and what factors lead researchers to utilize their social network. We treat... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Apr 2021
News

Bringing Light to the Fight

work with the foundation. It wasn’t just her diagnosis, though; it also was her parents’ commitment to giving back. Throughout Smyth’s childhood, Anne had volunteered with Plunket, an organization that provides health care resources and... View Details

29 Jan 2021
News

Holding Business to Account

Boston to meet with me,” she recalls with some amazement. “And I suddenly realized the power, the reach we had as shareholders.” Aiyer demonstrated to Albertsons that unfair employment practices were a financial liability, and the company... View Details

May 2017
Teaching Note

Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

This Teaching Note is a companion piece to the case, “Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University,” HBS No. 411-059. View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Teams; Competency and Skills; Training; Employees; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; United States

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2012
Chapter

The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort

By: Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani

Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational enterprises, government agencies, etc.) utilizing varied work approaches. Here we speculate on one possible explanation for this... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software; Product Development; Organizations; Employees; Behavior; Competition; Cooperation; Creativity; Information Technology Industry

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04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science studies, lawyers and career politicians are disproportionately... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

30 Nov 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU

Keywords: by Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

April 2017
Teaching Plan

An Intern's Dilemma (A) and (B)

By: Sandra J. Sucher

Teaching Plan for HBS Nos. 316-128 and 316-129. View Details

Keywords: Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence

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2010
Chapter

The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

Existing research has documented the large impact that automatic enrollment has on savings plan participation. All the companies examined in these studies, however, have combined automatic enrollment with an employer match. This raises a question about how effective... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Compensation and Benefits

October 2009 (Revised October 2010)
Supplement

Sara Campbell Ltd. (C)

By: Romana L. Autrey, V.G. Narayanan and Julia Rozovsky

Supplements the Sara Campbell Ltd. (A) and (B) cases by revealing the aftermath of issues presented in the (B) case. The students are given context to discuss how this situation could have been prevented. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Employee Relationship Management; Outcome or Result; Situation or Environment; Conflict Management; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
Case

RKO Warner Video, Inc.: Incentive Compensation Plan

By: George P. Baker III

Details the design and implementation of an incentive bonus plan for video store managers. The problem for top management of the chain is to induce the store managers to "sweat the details," to keep the stores neat and well organized, and to deal courteously and... View Details