Norms - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

expertise on this unique and growing clientele, ultimately setting myself apart in the industry. It was a strategic choice that clashed with the industry norms of prioritizing rapid asset accumulation, requiring me instead to focus on... View Details

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

through his own leadership of the meeting. The purpose of these rules was to introduce new standards of interpersonal behavior and, in the process, to combat several dysfunctional routines. One serious test of Levy's ability to reinforce these View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

both masculinity and competence. In all three realms, work norms encouraged such displays, and organizational practices rewarded them. Research shows that in dangerous, male-dominated work settings, men's tendency to gain respect by... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2023
News

Fostering a Supportive Community

Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right. “Navigating norms and rules in the workplace and on campus can be difficult for people from different socioeconomic backgrounds,” says Insik Kim (MBA 2023), who is copresident of the club... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

01 Dec 1997
News

Short Takes

winners and losers?" he asks. Bradach will continue to study these issues in future work. Coordinating Patient Care With tight hospital budgets and shorter hospital stays the norm today, hospitals must not only improve the coordination of... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

is conducted. Practicing solid values does not guarantee results unless a passionate commitment to performance standards is incorporated into the organization's norms. The question is, Do the organization's norms drive performance or do... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

agricultural sector, which is respectful of the structural and cultural norms that still persist today. At the core of WayCool's strategy lies a deep understanding of the challenges plaguing Indian farmers – from fragmented supply chains... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

Private Equity under Investigation

behavior in the Justice Department’s crosshairs — deal sharing — is an important aspect of this competition that benefits us all. To understand the benefits of deal sharing, it is helpful to look at private equity’s older sibling, venture capital. VC syndication has... View Details

Keywords: Josh Lerner; syndication; antitrust enforcement; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

majority of newsvendor settings. When demands are uncensored, subjects tend to order below the normative quantity when facing high margin and above the normative quantity when facing low margin, but in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1999
News

Joel Bines

chair of the ad hoc student-faculty Committee on Section Dynamics, he helped resolve controversy over a faculty-written document outlining norms for HBS classroom behavior that students perceived as proscriptive in nature. The committee... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Jun 1999
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

grueling to most people, for Lirio Marcelo it has been more or less the happy norm since she matriculated atHLS in 1995. "The busier I am, the more motivated I get," explains the active dynamo, whose interest in business prompted her to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart from my studies, a number of... View Details

05 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’

unwritten rules and possible challenges to expect in the new role. For example, one unwritten norm critical for a successful entry into the organization is the need to build strong lateral relationships that cross several boundaries, such... View Details

Keywords: Re: Dorothy A. Leonard; Banking

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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA

statement. To support our educational objectives and to enable excellence in teaching and learning, it is vital to foster the norms and conditions that will encourage free, open, vigorous, and respectful classroom discourse that allows... View Details

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

focuses on potentially contested practice where few norms seem to prevail. Whole-body donations for medical education and research provide the setting for this project. The goal is to understand how individuals and organizations operate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

story. But at the News of the World, the people who were asked to hack the phones were apparently hired by journalists, but were not journalists themselves. This gave them the freedom to obey norms different from those of their employers.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

for international norms of negotiating sovereign debt restructurings and is therefore unlikely to be used in future debt restructurings. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

How to onboard recently graduated MBAs

fostering normative behaviors becomes more complex. To reduce tensions and increase mutual satisfaction in the workplace, Brennan suggests a variety of policies and perspectives that can make onboarding more successful: In-person... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA

the end of all scheduled events. Dress Code Students are responsible for packing attire that is appropriate for the weather and respectful of cultural norms in the immersion location. Students are responsible for confirming dress codes... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

New Releases

which looks at the roles of three management groups: worldwide business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. A second new chapter, "Managing the Transformation Process," outlines the structural and process changes and the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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