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- March 2025
- Article
Differentiating on Diversity: How Disclosing Workforce Diversity Influences Consumer Choice
By: Maya Balakrishnan, Jimin Nam and Ryan W. Buell
Companies are facing increased pressure to “walk the talk” on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their operations. One specific call-to-action from stakeholders is the public disclosure of EEO-1s. Companies with 100+ employees are federally mandated to annually... View Details
Balakrishnan, Maya, Jimin Nam, and Ryan W. Buell. "Differentiating on Diversity: How Disclosing Workforce Diversity Influences Consumer Choice." Production and Operations Management 34, no. 3 (March 2025): 457–474.
- Article
Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes
By: Richard Bohmer and Candace Imison
In 2000 the English National Health Service (NHS) began a series of workforce redesign initiatives that increased the number of doctors and nurses serving patients, expanded existing staff roles and developed new ones, redistributed health care work, and invested in... View Details
Bohmer, Richard, and Candace Imison. "Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes." Health Affairs 32, no. 11 (November 2013): 2025–2031.
- May 22, 2023
- Other Article
How to Manage Workforce Risk Amid Old Challenges, New Disruptions
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Michael Griffiths, Reem Janho, Michael Stephan, Carey Oven and Keri Calagna
C-suites and boards have an opportunity to improve management and expand governance of their workforce to mitigate related risks more effectively. View Details
Fuller, Joseph B., Michael Griffiths, Reem Janho, Michael Stephan, Carey Oven, and Keri Calagna. "How to Manage Workforce Risk Amid Old Challenges, New Disruptions." Wall Street Journal (online) (May 22, 2023).
- March 25, 2022
- Article
Leading an Exhausted Workforce
By: Robin Abrahams and Boris Groysberg
Everyone is exhausted. People are coping with collective grief and trauma on a global scale, which means leaders have to learn and exercise new skills. The authors share steps you can take to foster healthy coping mechanisms and discourage unhealthy ones; help ward off... View Details
Abrahams, Robin, and Boris Groysberg. "Leading an Exhausted Workforce." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 25, 2022).
- April 2002
- Case
Contingent Workforce Planning at Motorola, Inc.
Details the rationale for and design of a unique organizational response by Motorola to the challenges of contingent staffing at its semiconductor facility in Austin, Texas. The new outsourcing strategy is built on principles of supply chain management and business... View Details
Beaulieu, Nancy D. "Contingent Workforce Planning at Motorola, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 902-211, April 2002.
- November 2020
- Case
Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with ‘education as a benefit.’ The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by... View Details
Keywords: Education; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Employees; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Technology Industry; Colorado
Sahlman, William A., Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 821-050, November 2020.
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
By: William R. Kerr and Jordan Bach-Lombardo
Teaching Note for HBS No. 819-042. It provides a detailed lesson plan for the case study discussion, including assignment questions and sample board and slide plans. View Details
- May–June 2018
- Article
Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company: Better Approaches to Workforce Transition
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
Today layoffs have become companies’ default response to the challenges created by advances in technology and global competition. Yet research shows that job cuts rarely help senior leaders achieve their goals. Too often, they’re done for short-term gain, but the cost... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Transition; Strategic Planning
Sucher, Sandra J., and Shalene Gupta. "Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company: Better Approaches to Workforce Transition." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 3 (May–June 2018): 122–129.
- October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce
Resource Link is an in-house temporary firm, supplying managers and technical workers to the 26 business units of AT&T on a contract basis. The challenge facing Resource Link is how to grow, since an increasing number of managers are eager to use variable workers to... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Organizational Design; Personal Development and Career; Employment Industry; Telecommunications Industry
Bradach, Jeffrey L., and Nicole Sackley. "AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 497-004, October 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- 23 Mar 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Startup
Keywords: Re: William A. Sahlman
- October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
MacTemps: Building Commitment in the Interim Workforce
MacTemps is a provider of temporary workers skilled in computer graphics and database management. Unlike many temporary agencies that treat temps as a commodity, MacTemps has attempted to build relationships with temps through offering benefits and training. This case... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Organizational Design; Personal Development and Career; Information Technology Industry; Employment Industry
Bradach, Jeffrey L., and Nicole Sackley. "MacTemps: Building Commitment in the Interim Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 497-005, October 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- 2006
- Working Paper
Defining the Attributes and Processes that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms
By: Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas
Workforce diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization of the U.S. economy and the desire for organizations to more accurately reflect the demographic diversity of the US population. Yet, most research on diversity in organizations... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Globalization; Employees; Retention; Knowledge Sharing; Research; United States
Akinola, Modupe, and David A. Thomas. "Defining the Attributes and Processes that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-019, September 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
- August 2022 (Revised October 2024)
- Background Note
Women in the Saudi Arabian Workforce
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Fares Khrais, Shalene Gupta and Menna Hassan
Sucher, Sandra J., Fares Khrais, Shalene Gupta, and Menna Hassan. "Women in the Saudi Arabian Workforce." Harvard Business School Background Note 323-017, August 2022. (Revised October 2024.)
- April 2021
- Exercise
Valuing Employment Exercise
By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and Katie Panella
The Valuing Employment exercise can be used to show the importance of impact measurement in designing incentives and contracts. The exercise has two phases. In the first phase, participants play the role of managers at the State of Massachusetts Infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Bid Evaluation; Workforce; Impact Measurement; Bids and Bidding; Contracts; Design; Measurement and Metrics
Serafeim, George, Ethan Rouen, and Katie Panella. "Valuing Employment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 121-086, April 2021.
- May–June 2019
- Article
Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Judith K. Wallenstein and Alice de Chalendar
In 2018 the Project on Managing the Future of Work at HBS teamed up with the BCG Henderson Institute to survey 6,500 business leaders and 11,000 workers about the various forces reshaping the nature of work. The responses revealed a surprising gap: While the executives... View Details
Keywords: Management; Employees; Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Judith K. Wallenstein, and Alice de Chalendar. "Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 3 (May–June 2019): 118–126.
- 2021
- White Paper
The Future of Boston's Workforce: The Path Forward from COVID-19
By: Will Dorsey Eden, Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
In response to the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic on Greater Boston’s economy and workforce, the Boston Foundation, Skillworks, and the Project on Workforce at Harvard partnered to convene workforce leaders from across the region to address how might... View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; Workforce; Pandemic; Labor Market; Health Pandemics; Labor; Employment; Organizations; Cooperation; Strategic Planning; Boston
Dorsey Eden, Will, Joseph B. Fuller, and Rachel Lipson. "The Future of Boston's Workforce: The Path Forward from COVID-19." White Paper, Boston Foundation and the Project on Workforce at Harvard, Boston, MA, 2021.
- March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Layoffs in the Tech Industry: 2022–2023
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Marilyn Morgan Westner
This case examines the mass layoffs that swept through the tech industry (2022-2023) through the lens of four companies: Twitter, Stripe, Meta, and Google. How these companies implemented workforce change through mass layoffs raises critical questions applicable beyond... View Details
Keywords: Layoffs; Human Resource Management; Workforce Reductions; Ethics; Human Resources; Management; Values and Beliefs; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Sucher, Sandra J., and Marilyn Morgan Westner. "Layoffs in the Tech Industry: 2022–2023." Harvard Business School Case 323-095, March 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
powerful. Despite numerous advances in the Indian economy, reduced birth rates, higher levels of female education, and other promising signals (this year saw the highest-ever number of women elected to Indian Parliament) the number of women in the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- Editorial
Make America's Workforce Great Again by Revamping Education
By: Joseph B. Fuller
Fuller, Joseph B. "Make America's Workforce Great Again by Revamping Education." The Hill (December 16, 2016).