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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online
Certificate Courses (10) Leadership Principles Professors Joshua Margolis & Anthony Mayo Learn to bring out the best in others by applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that drive team performance. 6... View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
Summing Up Can Managers Afford to Ignore Predictions in Planning? There is a healthy skepticism when it comes to the reliability of predictions as a basis for planning. Donald Kortalon, commenting on this month's column, cites a number of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
Linus Dahlander, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT)
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
quarter to prepare for that growth, adding staff and taking scores of inbound inquiries for Banyan’s services. “How does a bank quickly grow its portfolio while managing risk?” she asked. “They should... View Details
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
saw potential in sports endorsements in the television age. McCormack informed Palmer that he was planning to start up a business revolving around personal business managers or "agents" handling professional golfers' affairs.... View Details
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By: Dante Roscini
Over the past decade, I have taught the course Business, Government and the International Economy, part of the required curriculum in the MBA program and the course Managing International Trade and Investment, part of the elective curriculum for second-year MBAs. View Details
- January 2017
- Teaching Note
The Park Hotels: Revitalizing an Iconic Indian Brand
By: Jill Avery and Chekitan S. Dev
Priya Paul, chairwoman of The Park Hotels, an award-winning portfolio of thirteen boutique hotels scattered across India, was in the midst of a brand revitalization program. Landor Associates, a leading brand consultancy, had identified three areas of concern: the... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Faculty & Researchers Faculty & Researchers Project Co-Chairs Joseph B. Fuller Professor of Management Practice Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at the... View Details
- 06 Feb 2023
- HBS Seminar
Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies
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Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)
The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details
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Media Coverage - Managing the Future of Work
Work Re: Christopher Stanton, Raffaella Sadun, Shane Greenstein, Prithwiraj Choudhury & Zoe Cullen 24 Feb 2025 USA Today Musk’s DOGE Email Ripped from Private Sector Playbook, Says Harvard Expert Re: Joseph Fuller 19 Feb 2025 The Project... View Details
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Community College Report - Managing the Future of Work
collaboration between America’s community colleges and employers, Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work partnered with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The... View Details
- March 2007
- Article
Authority, Risk, and Performance Incentives: Evidence from Division Manager Positions inside Firms
By: Julie Wulf
I show that performance incentives vary by decision-making authority of division managers. For division managers with broader authority, i.e., those designated as corporate officers, both the sensitivity of pay to global performance measures and the relative importance... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Model; Globalization; Measurement and Metrics; Status and Position; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Divisions
Wulf, Julie. "Authority, Risk, and Performance Incentives: Evidence from Division Manager Positions inside Firms." Journal of Industrial Economics 55, no. 1 (March 2007): 169–196.
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
cycle(s) and get ahead of the curve. They understand the family's cash needs, now and in the future, along with its true strengths and weaknesses. They want to educate themselves about the differences between families with operating businesses and post-liquidity... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
It's getting a little less lonely at the top. So says recent research that reports a dramatic change in the top management structure of large US firms. According to a survey of some 300 Fortune 500 companies, the number of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Managing Customers for Growth Course Number 1965 Associate Professor Eva Ascarza Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Project Overview: Without customers, there is no business! View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
School and a leader of the Managing the Future of Work Project and the Project on Workforce. Lakshmi Ramarajan: Don’t leave struggling workers behind Employers should remember... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- May 2021
- Article
Making Doctors Effective Managers and Leaders: A Matter of Health and Well-Being
By: Lisa Rotenstein, Robert S. Huckman and Christine K. Cassel
The COVID-19 crisis has forced physicians to make daily decisions that require knowledge and skills they did not acquire as part of their biomedical training. Physicians are being called upon to be both managers—able to set processes and structures—and leaders—capable... View Details
Rotenstein, Lisa, Robert S. Huckman, and Christine K. Cassel. "Making Doctors Effective Managers and Leaders: A Matter of Health and Well-Being." Academic Medicine 96, no. 5 (May 2021).
The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy
This HBS working paper focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, and diagnostic control systems. The project analyzes data from 75 field studies to illustrate how managers adjust span of accountability and span of control to... View Details