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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Nancy Hall (MBA 1974)
finance course. I’m not a leader, but I am a good manager, and I can make decisions. I like to affiliate myself with smart, dynamic people who are creative. I like to make things happen, but I don’t need to be there when they hand out... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Memoriam
Harvard Business Review article “Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?” and then with his 1989 book, The Managerial Mystique, Zaleznik questioned a longstanding corporate paradigm. His assertion that managers are dedicated to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
job." Jon and George Pellegrin were grappling with issues common to any company: managerial differences, power clashes, succession questions. But ratcheting up the intensity of their struggle was the fact that they were not just talking... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
Space Missions, Science, and Technology Management. In that role, he will be helping the agency and the UAE to develop and manage its short- and long-term space mission projects and to develop the UAE’s capability in science and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
managerial model emerging out of these capabilities the "sense-and-respond" approach. He and HBS professor Stephen P. Bradley explore the implications of this paradigm shift in their upcoming book, Sense and... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
predicted he wouldn’t graduate grade school, yet he graduated college with honors because my family focused on what he was capable of and believed in him. “With ArtLifting, our mission is to empower disadvantaged individuals through the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
years, unit members have studied numerous organizations, ranging from Taco Bell to Intuit, to determine what maximizes profit and growth in service organizations. In so doing, they have formulated a key business dynamic that they term the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
the future and the managerial skills required of the "conflict-competent organization." Assistant Professor Patrick W. Sileo mathematically analyzes bargaining behavior and how people should select negotiating situations and tactics. For... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
enhancing economic value and developing organizational capability as ends and means of change." HBS Press Books in Brief (Harvard Business School Press) The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life, by Rosamund... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
might move right into the doctor’s office or clinic. It’s by making lower-cost venues of care more capable that health care becomes affordable, not by expecting large hospitals to charge less. Could you give an example of a technological... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
Maintaining a technological edge in space has therefore become crucial to national security. And as the main source of dynamism and innovation in the space sector, “the American space startup ecosystem is the single greatest advantage of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
employers. As we approached the end of the 20th century we began to question whether the course content was right for the new millennium. Were we developing the kind of leaders needed for our increasingly dynamic global knowledge economy?... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
IT Management from 1960 to 2000 "Today¹s managers are grappling with the turbulent dynamics of the Information Age," says Richard L. Nolan, the School's William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of Technology. The author of a new... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
books, including Restoring Our Competitive Edge: Competing through Manufacturing; The Uneasy Alliance: Managing the Productivity-Technology Dilemma; Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization; and Strategic Operations:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
VC industry so influential? Paul Gompers: From the early 20th century to the mid- to late-20th century, most innovation happened in large firms. Then because of both managerial and organizational changes, innovation in large companies... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
says. “It was a fun, dynamic way to help evolve Utah, which Forbes Magazine has ranked first on their Best State for Business list six times in the last seven years.” Frey left the government role to be an angel investor, allowing him... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
managerial know-how and resources, "needs to shift its focus from macroeconomics and finance to sustaining and enhancing the capabilities of key organizations, from bureaucracies to schools and firms." Other... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
says. “There’s always going to be a pure technology component, but that will often be overwhelmed by a managerial component.” This morning’s case, “Rich-Con Steel,” proves his point: A steel distributor attempts a company-wide conversion... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
investment banking, law, and management consulting firms — are unique in that they have no products, manufacturing plants, or distribution systems. Their financial success depends entirely upon the capability and performance of their... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Minister, Rajiv Gandhi-of Japanese manufacturers such as Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki changed the dynamics of the marketplace completely. Waiting lists eventually gave way to overcapacity, and a new generation of motorcycles drove the sale... View Details