Program Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

quotas Instead, I favor an individualized approach where the organization names diversity and inclusion as values and then individuals are evaluated based on their words and behavior rather than on numbers.” Frances Pratt suggested that,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden

Eileen Rudden A native of Nutley, New Jersey, Eileen Rudden always loved math. So it was only natural that she spent her summers programming computers as an undergraduate at Brown University. "That was back in the mainframe generation,"... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

delivery around specific categories of disease. It provides an opportunity to evaluate BWH's approach to integration along all of these dimensions and to identify the nature of the tradeoffs that hospitals—specifically, academic medical... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

to all these decisions is the notion that project managers, left to their own devices, do not have sufficient information to fully evaluate their potential impact on the entire system. Hence there is a need for a manager with a broader... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

Clustering Customers at Chateau This case was written for the EC course “Managing with Data Science.” The course provides MBA students with no programming experience an introduction to the field of data science and its applications in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Mar 2019
Blog Post

PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path

many well-qualified veterans are not admitted to HLS and HBS every year. Evaluate the strength of your application relative to other veterans. Other than your military record, what makes you special or unique relative to everyone else?... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

What does cyberspace mean for physical retail space? Has online shopping changed the fundamentals of retailing? How should managers evaluate new in-store technologies? Harvard Business Review posed these questions to three retail... View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

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Equip our students to become leaders for racial equity. - Advancing Racial Equity

Action Plan Equip our students to become leaders for racial equity. Each of our educational programs has committed to improve how it prepares students and participants to lead in a world of racial diversity. In the MBA Program, for... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

Strategy Personal Case Project Featured Exercises Evaluate a company’s culture through a culture exercise Reflect on the values, norms, and behaviors that constitute culture Diagnose your company’s culture by connecting the LEASH model to... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

mobility. To explore possible solutions, in another recent study Choudhury evaluated how policy changes around worker location in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) improved productivity. The USPTO employs about 8,000... View Details

Keywords: April White

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

As Stan is indicating in that quote, there's a big difference between experienced and inexperienced entrepreneurs. SS: Does that mean that if you're constructing a mentoring program that you don't want a master teaching a novice? DL:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

all visas, as travel fees are not refundable if a student does not secure visas on time. For detailed information about what the course program fee includes and excludes, as well as information about student accommodations, please visit... View Details

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IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

processing time for all visas, as travel fees are not refundable if a student does not secure visas on time. For detailed information about what the course program fee includes and excludes, as well as information about student... View Details

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

non-conformance and quality control programs that were designed to optimize patient experience. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA given your STEM background? I studied mechanical engineering because I wanted to build upon my analytical,... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Message from Dean Clark

business forces at work in Asia by facilitating research and course development in the region. Executive Education rolled out the innovative Program for Global Leadership, with modules split between Boston and Asia (and this year, Boston... View Details

24 Mar 2021
News

Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

been too far away, otherwise.” Along with pandemic-related shifts, the Black Lives Matter movement inspired a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in the alumni club ranks and in projects and programming. The Community Partners View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Jun 2022
Blog Post

HiHome Sweet HiHome

Massachusetts, while Parker had recently gone through the process of buying a new home. “Tony really understood me,” said Parker, who graduates from the MS/MBA program this week. “He was able to articulate the pains that I had felt as a... View Details

25 May 2023
Blog Post

6 Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Interview Process

but not limited to, race, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation) benefits an organization. In addition, if the “likeability factor” does matter to you as an organization and it impacts how employees succeed in the role, Iris Bohnet, director of the Women... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found little... View Details