Publications

August 2010 (Revised June 2020)
Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management (TN)

By: Sandra J. Sucher

Teaching Note for 613-002. The case and/or its teaching note includes references to case supplement videos that are intended for students to view, along with the written case, before class. As a reminder, the (A) video supplement is intended for students to view... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Development Economics; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Generation; Rural Scope; Non-Renewable Energy; Pollutants; Financial Services Industry; India

September 1984
Background Note

Balancing General Management Responsibilities

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes

September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
Background Note

The Job of the General Manager

By: James L. Heskett

Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value

Educators

Nov 07 2022
Testimonial

The General Management Program Impact

August 2006 (Revised May 2007)
Supplement

Management Levels at Staples (B): General Manager

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque

Keywords: Management; Jobs and Positions; Retail Industry

Jun 24 2014
Testimonial

General Management Program: Owens Corning

Dec 05 2017
Testimonial

Inside the General Management Program

March 2014
Case

Novartis' Sandoz: Between Generics and Pharma

By: Krishna Palepu and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Sandoz, which made a significant investment in bio-similars as a way to differentiate itself from its generic drug industry peers, has to negotiate with its parent company and the innovative pharma division on how best to commercialize its bio-similar portfolio. What... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy And Leadership; Managing Within A Multi-Business Organization; Generic Pharmaceuticals; Global Strategy

Educators

01 Apr 2002
News

How-To Book for General Managers

modules; each focuses on a single process that is essential to general managers, such as strategy development, resource allocation, decision-making, or change. The cases include detailed process descriptions as well as practical tools,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

2002
Casebook

General Management: Processes and Action: Text and Cases

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: General Management; Learning Organizations; Implementation; Management; Cases; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Change Management; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture

1991
Book

The Craft of General Management

By: J. L. Bower

Keywords: Managerial Roles

1999
Book

Innovation and the General Manager

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Innovation and Management

October 1986 (Revised September 1987)
Background Note

General Management in Diversified Firms

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

August 1985 (Revised September 1986)
Background Note

Role of the General Manager

August 1983
Background Note

Value Creation and General Management

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Value Creation

November 1978 (Revised December 1987)
Background Note

Country Analysis and General Managers