Publications

April 2010
Course Overview Note

Managing Human Capital

By: Boris Groysberg

Managing Human Capital, a second-year elective course at Harvard Business School, seeks to create business leaders who understand human resources practices essential to firm performance and who think strategically about managing their own careers. This Managing Human... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Management; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career

Article

Ten Steps to a Global Human Resources Strategy

By: John A. Quelch and Helen Bloom

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01 Jan 1983
Conference Presentation

Frontiers for Strategic Human Resource Planning and Management

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Planning; Management; Human Resources; Strategy

1995
Chapter

Strategic Change: A New Dimension of Human Resource Management

By: R. A. Eisenstat, M. Beer and R. Biggadike

Keywords: Human Resources; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation

Article

Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations

By: P. Rosenzweig and N. Nohria

Keywords: Management; Practice; Global Range

February 2024
Case

More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company

By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert

In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation’s recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to becoming a leading global medical technology (MedTech) company. Over the past dozen years, Takeuchi and prior... View Details

Keywords: Global Human Resource Management; Medical Technology; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Globalization; Business Model; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States

Educators

November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
Supplement

Apple Computer (C1): Reorganizing the Human Resource Function

Provides a follow-up to the (C) case. A new organization chosen for the human resource (HR) function is described. Students must compare the design chosen by Apple's HR managers with the one they chose. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Human Resources; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry

April 1980 (Revised July 1982)
Case

Honeywell: Human Resource Planning (B)

By: Wickham Skinner

Keywords: Human Resources; Management; Planning

August 1996
Teaching Note

TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management TN

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Teaching Note for (9-496-003). View Details

June 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Verizon Communications, Inc.: Implementing a Human Resources Balanced Scorecard

By: Srikant M. Datar, Marc J. Epstein and Jeremy Cott

In early 2000, Verizon Communications implemented a Human Resources Balanced Scorecard to evaluate the effectiveness of and payoffs from human resource management. This case describes the benefits of the scorecard and the challenges of measurement and implementation.... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Human Resources; Telecommunications Industry

Educators

1982
Working Paper

Report on the First Year Human Resource Management Course

By: Michael Beer

2008
Article

Linking Crisis Management and Leadership Competencies: The Role of Human Resources Development

The problem and the solution. Most executives are aware of the negative consequences associated with an organizational crisis and focus on communications and public relations as a reactive strategy. However, many neglect the other leadership responsibilities... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Human Resources; Experience and Expertise

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

To some degree, this has exacerbated the challenge to those responsible for staffing these activities by creating more frequent peaks and valleys in demands for talent. Are there lessons for human resource... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

May 1982
Case

Honeywell Europe: Human Resource Planning (A)

By: Wickham Skinner, D. Q. Mills and Jean K. Trescott

Keywords: Human Resources; Globalized Firms and Management; Planning; Europe

Research Summary

Using IT to Leverage Human Resources in Services

Discussion of the Internet and IT to date concentrates on how they will replace, rather than support, human service providers. While this approach is appropriate for a few firms, it is inadequate for many. The Internet and other information technology... View Details

May 1982
Case

Honeywell Europe: Human Resource Planning (C)--Finland

By: Wickham Skinner, D. Q. Mills and Jean K. Trescott

Keywords: Human Resources; Globalized Firms and Management; Planning; Finland

May 1982
Case

Honeywell Europe: Human Resource Planning (B)--West Germany

By: Wickham Skinner, D. Q. Mills and Jean K. Trescott

Keywords: Human Resources; Globalized Firms and Management; Planning; West Germany

April 2013 (Revised October 2013)
Case

Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter?

By: David A. Garvin, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Liz Kind

Google's Project Oxygen started with a fundamental question raised by executives in the early 2000s: do managers matter? The topic generated a multi-year research project that ultimately led to a comprehensive program, built around eight key management attributes,... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Business Policy; General Management; Human Resource Management; Management; Leadership; Human Resources

Educators