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- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
don't necessarily conflict with making a profit, business leaders today don't face such formidable challenges to their views. Still, what can managers do to ensure that their industries, their companies, their workplaces, their work,... View Details
- 12 Dec 2014
- News
The Inescapable Paradox of Managing Creativity
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
precisely target individual diseases. Isolating the genome's three billion chemical units is a task of such immense scope that the NIH formed a consortium of academic and government research laboratories to undertake the work... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- August 1996
- Case
Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (B); The Partnership Meeting
Continues the plot about growth and sales strategies, and adds interesting pricing and sales compensation elements. The partners' meeting sharpens the disagreements among the five partners, and forces Anne Howard, the managing partner, to develop a clear action plan. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Price; Sales; Strategy; Asset Management; Partners and Partnerships; Service Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (B); The Partnership Meeting." Harvard Business School Case 597-022, August 1996.
Managing School Districts for High Performance

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Celebrating the Work of Keith Murnighan
By: Donald E. Conlon, Max Bazerman, Deepak Malhotra and Madan M. Pillutla
In this tribute, four scholars highlight research published during the career of 2015 International Association for Conflict Management Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Keith Murnighan. In the four sections of the paper, each scholar highlights one of Keith’s... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management
Conlon, Donald E., Max Bazerman, Deepak Malhotra, and Madan M. Pillutla. "Celebrating the Work of Keith Murnighan." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 9, no. 4 (November 2016): 332–344.
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Catalant's Operating System for the Future of Work
By: Christopher Stanton, William R. Kerr, James Palano and Kendall Smith
This case touches on the topics of project-based work, agile methodology, and skill and talent management through Catalant's evolution as a company. Catalant’s journey to becoming a software platform and talent marketplace provides context for students to explore new... View Details
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About Us What we do Since 1999, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has connected the School’s leading edge research and ideas on business management with practitioners, thought-leaders, and academics.... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- News
Four Imperatives for Managing in a Hybrid World
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Popular Research | Working Knowledge
Popular Research Discover this week’s top-read stories on HBS Working Knowledge. From faculty research highlights and data-driven analyses to practical management insights, explore the articles our readers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- News
Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
Managing Through Crisis: How To Be Happy During COVID-19
- June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Spir-It, Inc. (B): Managing People
When Jack Sindler founded Spir-it, Inc. in 1934, he was the company's sole employee. By 1999, Sindler's firm more than survived its first 55 years. Employment was up to nearly 200, with facilities in two states and work done in three shifts. The product line--which had... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Production; Business Growth and Maturation; Interpersonal Communication; Logistics; Human Resources; Diversity Characteristics; Manufacturing Industry
Spear, Steven J. "Spir-It, Inc. (B): Managing People." Harvard Business School Case 601-091, June 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
breakthroughs in an Academy of Management Discoveries article, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises. "Your immediate manager plays a huge role in establishing your View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
every interaction, shut down creativity, and undermine productivity. Take the case of Jeff, a team leader at a Fortune 100 company who was working on a large, long-term, high-pressure project. Each Tuesday, Jeff and his peers had a... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
can help make work feel meaningful and reduce turnover As an existential resource, nostalgia helps people maintain and enhance meaning in the present — when they reflect on past meaningful experiences, they become motivated to prioritize... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 28 Jan 2021
- News
9 leadership books every manager should read
- September 2013
- Article
Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Business leaders send a powerful message when they make a commitment to diversity that goes beyond rhetoric. But what motivates them to do so, and how do they actually create inclusive cultures? To find out, the authors interviewed 24 CEOs whose firms were known for... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Gender
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (September 2013): 68–76.
- 22 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees
The COVID-19 pandemic made remote work more the norm than the exception, and now many companies are struggling to map out a hybrid plan that both managers and employees can embrace long term. With... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Nov 2021
- News