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- 08 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
and human resources. Francesca Barrett, an MD/MBA candidate, noted that, "As someone with a strong interest in health care, I’ve never had the chance to marry that with the tech industry. Being able to visit start-ups where I learned... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
these times. Be open with your team and give them ways to reach your executive team that may not have been as readily available in the past. 2) Cut costs wherever you can before letting go of employees. Culture and human capital are more... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change
that provides funding to social entrepreneurs; offers a fellowship program that provides seed funding to emerging social entrepreneurs J.M. Kaplan Fund - a not-for-profit foundation with $146 million assets under management. The foundation primarily... View Details
Platform for Dialogue
firsthand the benefits of combining insights from the social sciences and humanities with questions raised more explicitly by management studies, I am confident that my research and teaching will thrive as I continue to work at the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Bookshelf: Try As One Might
though exposing someone to a situation means they’ll learn something from it—which we absolutely know is not true. Some very basic human tendencies can get in the way. It’s often said that we learn more from our failures than from our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
a quiet smile from my father, I suspect. More recently I’ve written 2 books, 10 peer-reviewed articles for scholarly journals, and more than 30 opinion pieces and essays in the fields of education and human development. Recently, I helped... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
monthlong hike in the Colorado wilderness. Musing on the connections between his business and writing careers, Barron observes: "The people I know who have done best in business pay attention to the subtleties of human relations and... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
higher pay, putting even greater pressure on compensation committees. — Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS and an expert in corporate governance. View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
from Nebraska and former US Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services] and Don Berwick [former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and current Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate] said that our health... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
discussions about the most important things in life (like happiness and sadness or hopes and fears)—is critical to helping develop the self-awareness, compassion, emotional intelligence, and authenticity required to be inspired human... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
in Paris arranged Trumbull’s interviews with government officials and NGO leaders across the continent. “They were all exhausted,” Trumbull recalls of his interview subjects. “The human weight of the situation was taking a toll on them.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
culture. As a student at HBS, for example, he didn’t take his courses in human behavior seriously. Now, he said, he understands that “culture is everything.” Culture, in fact, was IBM’s problem. “The behavior, values, and systems were... View Details
- March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Supplement
Arck Systems (E)
By: Ian Larkin
The Arck Systems series of cases describes the dilemmas faced by a senior sales manager in determining a sales compensation plan at an enterprise software company. The existing compensation plan is aggressive and highly rewards "star" performers. The cases track a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Framework; Compensation and Benefits; Organizational Design; Performance Evaluation; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives; Software
Larkin, Ian. "Arck Systems (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-060, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- October 2010
- Case
Scollon Productions: Working with a Bunch of Characters
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
As the sole female employee in an 11 person production shop, Lisa Ocheltree complained about being subjected to crass sexual "jokes" and antics; after being discharged, she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer, Scollon Productions, alleging... View Details
- October 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
King Arthur Flour
By: Thomas J. DeLong, James Holian and Joshua Weiss
Steve Voigt, the CEO of King Arthur Flour, must determine how the company can continue to grow, whilst preserving its unique culture. In 1996, the company was sold to employees in as ESOP transaction. The following decade saw significant growth, despite declining sales... View Details
Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Employee Ownership
DeLong, Thomas J., James Holian, and Joshua Weiss. "King Arthur Flour." Harvard Business School Case 407-012, October 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- February 2003 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Large Scale Change at The WSSC
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
Describes the organizational transformation occurring at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), a public utility. Faced with the possibility of privatization after decades of providing service in the absence of competition or performance pressures, the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Change Management; Restructuring; Privatization; Resignation and Termination; Utilities Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Corey B. Hajim. "Large Scale Change at The WSSC." Harvard Business School Case 603-056, February 2003. (Revised March 2003.)
- June 2000 (Revised July 2000)
- Case
ORIX KK
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Andrew Eggers
Describes the challenges facing a Japanese financial services company as it attempts to maintain its ability to attract and retain talented employees. The CEO's ideas of corporate governance and evidence from the competitive labor environment suggest the need for more... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Geographic Location; Financial Services Industry; Japan
Salter, Malcolm S., and Andrew Eggers. "ORIX KK." Harvard Business School Case 800-272, June 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
- October 1982
- Supplement
Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video
A two-part taped interview with Pat Paterson. Paterson describes the action he took in dealing with his company's profit problems, then talks about the outcome. His decision to dismiss 1,500 workers may have accelerated the company's bankruptcy. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Resignation and Termination; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-512, October 1982.
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
A CEO’s Guide to Planning a Return to the Office
- 28 May 2020
- News