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      • June 2008
      • Case

      Professors Sven Larson and Kenneth Carpenter (A)

      By: James L. Heskett and Tor Askild Aase Johannessen
      Professor Kenneth Carpenter has received word that he has inadvertently offended one of his students. He is pondering a possible response. View Details
      Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Higher Education; Learning; Teaching; Conflict and Resolution
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      Heskett, James L., and Tor Askild Aase Johannessen. "Professors Sven Larson and Kenneth Carpenter (A)." Harvard Business School Case 908-408, June 2008.
      • November 2007
      • Supplement

      Differences at Work: Emily (B)

      By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
      In Differences at Work: Emily (B) HBS Case No. 9-408-046 Emily considers whether to file a formal complaint with her Human Resources department about the emails but ultimately decides to confront the culprits herself, beginning by sending an email to one of her... View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Conflict and Resolution; Communication
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      Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Emily (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-046, November 2007.
      • September 2007 (Revised December 2008)
      • Case

      Michael Fernandes at Nicholas Piramal

      By: Michel Anteby and Nitin Nohria
      Michael Fernandes, the Director of Custom Manufacturing Operations at the pharmaceutical company Nicholas Piramal India Limited (NPIL), schedules a meeting with three of his reports, whose interpersonal conflicts with one another are causing his business development... View Details
      Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Management Skills; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Cooperation; Pharmaceutical Industry; India; United Kingdom; Canada
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      Anteby, Michel, and Nitin Nohria. "Michael Fernandes at Nicholas Piramal." Harvard Business School Case 408-001, September 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
      • October 2003
      • Case

      Henry Tam and the MGI Team

      By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Ingrid Vargas and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
      Within a short time frame, seven diverse team members assemble to write a business plan for a new company and struggle to define their roles, make decisions together, and resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, who joins an aspiring start-up... View Details
      Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Business Plan; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Jobs and Positions; Leadership Style; Human Resources; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Diversity
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      Polzer, Jeffrey T., Ingrid Vargas, and Hillary Anger Elfenbein. "Henry Tam and the MGI Team." Harvard Business School Case 404-068, October 2003.
      • February 2003
      • Background Note

      Identity Issues in Teams

      By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
      This note explains how identity dynamics underlie many of the observable interpersonal problems that team members encounter, ranging from lack of participation and low involvement to misunderstandings and dysfunctional emotional conflict. It provides a framework for... View Details
      Keywords: Framework; Managerial Roles; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Emotions; Identity
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      Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Hillary Anger Elfenbein. "Identity Issues in Teams." Harvard Business School Background Note 403-095, February 2003.
      • February 1992 (Revised March 1995)
      • Case

      Amelia Rogers at Tassani Communications (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Describes a conflict that has arisen between an account manager and a creative director at Tassani Communications, a Chicago-based advertising agency which is making the transition from entrepreneurial to professional management. The client, the marketing director of a... View Details
      Keywords: Rank and Position; Conflict Management; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Practice; Behavior; Creativity; Problems and Challenges; Advertising Industry; Chicago
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      Hill, Linda A. "Amelia Rogers at Tassani Communications (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-034, February 1992. (Revised March 1995.)
      • January 1992 (Revised August 1992)
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      Lexon Corp. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      A general manager at Lexon Computer Corp. must decide whether interception and surveillance of employees' e-mail is acceptable company practice, and whether to follow the advice of his computer operations manager who wants to fire the person who complained that the... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Rights; Managerial Roles; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Ethics; Computer Industry
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Lexon Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 392-071, January 1992. (Revised August 1992.)
      • January 1980
      • Case

      Technotronics, Inc.

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Describes the problems of resolving differences between two departments in a decentralized company. Based on Voltamp Electric Co. by T.C. Raymond. View Details
      Keywords: Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Technotronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 480-054, January 1980.
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      It Takes Two to Untangle: Illuminating How and Why Some Workplace Relationships Adapt While Others Deteriorate After a Workplace Microaggression

      By: Summer R. Jackson and Basima A. Tewfik
      Although scholars largely assume that workplace microaggressions negatively impact the work relationship between the target and the perpetrator, relational deterioration is not the only observable relational outcome. Indeed, there are instances of relational... View Details
      Keywords: Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Motivation and Incentives; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution
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      Jackson, Summer R., and Basima A. Tewfik. "It Takes Two to Untangle: Illuminating How and Why Some Workplace Relationships Adapt While Others Deteriorate After a Workplace Microaggression." Academy of Management Review (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 10, 2025.)
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